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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 21, 1916
Page
4
Extracted fragment notes a Marshall Burgeon, a dentist from Yarrawonga, visiting Tungamam and St James monthly. Mentions Tringsmish Hotel and Royal Hero. Dates appear as Mondays in May and June with names Janice, Sid, Mil.
A long reading lists a motor car for hire and a series of local notices from Devenish and surrounding districts. It covers private transport arrangements, upcoming public office closings for Easter, changes of hands at a local store, a weighbridge project, auction results, a charity entertainment, and community farewells. Also noted: deaths of Misters Quinn and Horning, and a Danish resident Mr. Horling with funeral details in Devenish cemetery.
Regretfully reported is the sudden death of Mrs. Dan Doyle on a Saturday. She underwent a medical operation at St Vincent's hospital after a period of illness but did not recover. The bereaved husband and five daughters mourn her loss as funeral rites proceed at Dovkle cemetery. The event recalls local kindness from Mr Win Ladoman who recently donated oats to the school fund. Master Douglas Tapay of Dookle is noted as winner of the raffle.
The fortnightly Glenrowan Red Cross Society gathering met at Gordon Hall on Wemonday afternoon. Members listed include Mra. Manley and other attendees. votes were taken to hold monthly meetings with the next on May 10. Gifts and supplies were dispatched to central depot, including envelopes, stationery, cigars, and various items, with detailed allocations to named members and donors.
A distressed wartime plea urges men to join the army, lamenting casualties and neglect while recalling loyalty to homeland. The appeal insists volunteers are needed now, touting sacrifice and urging readers to enlist despite personal fears or hardship.
A jumble of notices reports thefts bank fraud and court actions across several towns. Counterfeit five pound notes circulated in Warrnambool while a bank fraud was halted after a clumsy paper error. Masked robbers stole 300 from a water office safe and a suicide in Adelaide ends a police pursuit. Bank embezzlement charges rise as Bannockburn manager faces theft allegations. Wagga court imposes death on a man for murder at a camp, while a new lending society opens offering terms on hay and chop property. Also ads for a money saving cough remedy and local loan agents advertise available funds.
Frederick William Brigua, executor of the Inglevant estate of Arthur Dunkley, sues Watts Turnbull & Co and partners in Melbourne for insolvency involving stock sales at Wangaratta and Benalla. The judge notes transactions from August to December as potentially within Insolvency Act sections 49 and 42, considering preferences and fraudulent dealings. The insolvent stock dealer managed by Hill and Prentice faced prolonged drought and crisis from 1914 to 1915, with health and financial strains shaping the court’s inquiries.
The court analyzes payments and mortgages tied to a solvent debtor, noting the defendant’s role as main agent and the need to determine sums to hand to the assignee. It considers whether mortgage transactions and ledger entries should be treated as payments toward debts and outlines plans to calculate a fair distribution among creditors, with judgment for the plaintiff and costs, subject to possible stay and future order.
The article reports the unresolved disappearance of Cornalian Joby Dinnw from Benalls on a Friday, with family and police inquiries failing to locate him. Dinnw, about 87 years old, 5 feet 2 inches tall, with fair features, brown hair, and a brown felt hat, left a £2000 estate divided among heirs. His brother traced him to Cootalanila NSW under an assumed name before they returned toward Mansfield, but he vanished again near the hotel.
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