07 Jun 1951
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Newspaper
Benalla Ensign
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1951
Page
1
The report praises a team victory at an event attended by Mr Wy buatie and Captain Myr J Gin. Andrew's Club and Lions figures supported the win with compliments on the effort and youth engagement.
The Victorian Railways Department ordered 26 1500 hp diesel electric locomotives capable of 70 mph for fast passenger and goods work. The Overland service between Melbourne and Service will use them first, with later deployment on Albury Mildura Bendigo Sale and Warrnambool lines as traffic dictates. They can run as multiple units on a single train.
The committee debates pageant admission fees with adult and child rates. Concerns focus on funding, arrangements, and the impact on schoolchildren and public attendance as calls are made for clearer governance and possible donor support.
Wangaraita Co operativ e Housing Society No 2 reports debts of £65 000 lent with total proposed £80 000 and £4 000 already lent. Secretary R Mackenzie notes PEC base erection of over 100 homes financed since inception in 146 and more than 70 new homes completed through the scheme.
The Benalla and District league appoints umpires for Saturday matches including Dookie versus Benalla with B Squires and St James versus Tungamah with J Barry Devenish versus Violet Town umpired by McGuire North Wangaratta versus Wilby by EB Weston Yarr awonga Rovers against Myles M Warris Burramine versus Wanga Yada by M Pullerton Glenrowan versus Benalla by M Lewis Tateny versus Goorambat by J Re
The F C 5 Past Pupils Annual Debutante Ball will be held at Shire Mall on Friday June 16. Four debutantes Mirson Lois McCabe Valerie Medill Drew Bates and Margaret Clancy will be presented to Rev Dean Bohan PP. Ron Barbers Orchestra will provide music and homemade supper will be prepared by hostesses. Tickets are available from Miss N Waters secretary Min N Todd or any hostesses. Gallery bookings for the presentation will be made.
The Benalla polio scare widens with a nine year old patient admitted after a prior case, and another adult woman in a nearby housing commission area. Health officials promise investigation as the Wangarals Base Hospital reports worsening conditions and an expanding cluster.
Ian Harcourt has recovered enough to leave Wangaratta Base Hospital and enters local care. Mrs Hummett of Hawkesdale is holidaying with her son and recovering. Tom Slobbrook is quickly improving at Wangaratta Hospital. Residents mourn the passing of Mrs Geet Sea, longtime local figure.
Saturday results in the local Basketball Association show Primrose 121 to 20 over Bens alin A' and other games. A stray fragment mentions Corona and Benalla Hotel Corner and a Monday 9 am gathering, plus a note about a fire at Kemal adai and a slate comedy scene.
Cr FA Cook, MLA, conveyed that a further grant was approved for the Benalla Bush Nursing Hospital after representations by the community. The funds will cover maintenance costs amid rising expenses and ensure continued operation of the facility.
An elderly married woman in Hamaria barely escaped death when her apron caught fire yesterday morning in front of a fire view of her home. Myo Slehard Brown rushed to help but could not find a pair of scissors, then extinguished the flames after the husband arrived. Mrs Brown is hospitalized in serious condition with burns.
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