Local News Highlights From St. James and Surrounds
A busy week in St. Jamies features court updates and civic notes. Reporter details rains, roadwork, and local appointments while noting social events at Devenish and Melbourne connections.
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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 22, 1910
Page
4
A busy week in St. Jamies features court updates and civic notes. Reporter details rains, roadwork, and local appointments while noting social events at Devenish and Melbourne connections.
A Benalla football club committee meeting discusses joining the North Eastern Association and possible reorganization. Topics include costs for joining the Hvouw and Murrysornistm, potential Yarrawonga linkage, arrangements for a Bonalla May gathering, and interim secretary resignations.
The Wednesday association is renamed the North Eastern Wednesday Association. Club fines set at £11 with last year’s fee. eligible players may switch clubs. Officers elected include President Mr ACS Maude and Vice-President Messrs. Walsh and others. The St James Club met. finances show a £4 credit and a balanced report approved.
The association discussed holding an asmocinti meeting at St Tamok to form a new club colors group called COLORS. The St James navy blue red trim jumper and Esmondan changes were debated, with a move to navy jumper white shirt and red sock. New match arrangements and relocation of aging goal posts were approved, and many old players intend to return with several new talents ready to compete.
A collection of moral tales and anecdotes urging boys to value hard work over genius, keep clean body and mind, and practice honesty loyalty and kindness. The pieces include a sermon on perseverance, a girl Mabel demanding a plug, a teacher prompting animal names, a shy boy claiming to be a hen laying an egg, and a failed musical episode with an elephant and piper.
The article discusses how belief in luck governs ordinary Chinese life, with examples of superstitions guiding actions. An anecdote from Adela M. Fielde’s work describes people reacting to sneezes and perceived luck, illustrating social consequences of fortune interpretations.
The Waggarindall Mutual Improvement Society held its first formal meeting in a schoolroom on a Saturday evening with a new member elected. A Conversational Contest debated whether the savage or the civilised man is happier, featuring speakers Mr. Berndt and Mr. Coles arguing opposing views, with statistics on health, happiness, and morality. The vote ended 8 to 6 in favor of the savage, as the group adjourned for the Beechworth Building Society notice.
A letter from Herbert Perry of Victoria praises Clements Tonic and Wonderfit Nerve and Blood Medicine, asserting strong health benefits and relief from debility. Perry details personal use, liver and appetite improvement, and recommends the tonic for nervous breakdown, fatigue, and general debility.
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