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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 28, 1911
Page
4
A detailed notice from St James and surrounding district outlines a weekly sale at St James Royal Hotel and related operations. It covers road and footbridge works, shire committee actions, and community arrangements with references to local personalities, elections, and public meetings. The report notes disruptions from weather and accidents and mentions banking and cricket ties.
Residents urged to decide on proposals for carting poles and wire and to state guarantees. The Stewarton and Minn Pinins plan to move along the mill route while the Box wool party remains largely indifferent. It was announced a public meeting will be held at Tokwood school on Monday.
District items and local notices from Haworth include a coroner of Veuginius wound, a funeral, and a widow left with seven children. The Tallapystiy butter factory plans to compare oat with wood, while carters face rind issues. Public notices reference constable transfers, school delays, and upcoming closures. Additional items report farm, medical, and transport incidents across Goullburn Valley and surrounding towns.
A nearly forgotten tale set during the Russo Turkish era recounts the Russian ambassador Schiuraloff posing as another to withdraw funds from a bank. The plenipotentiary, famed for absent mindedness, reveals his disguise through a chase and a clever escape that lands him a path to Siberia.
Reports from Auvtslie note sun up oohpas and a rowing championship match for the world title. Harry Ponves won the alamiplin sculling event at a Saturday meet, with a future world championship dispute and a purse of £200. Also covered are a Broken Hill fatality from a gun accident, a death sentence commutation, a NSW swimmer selection, school attendance records, a wagon accident, and a house fire discovery, with assorted local advertisements for stationery.
Davidson a Scotch owner of Denver Colorado arrives in England with plans for a flying machine that uses two large rotary fans to create downward thrust lifting the craft. The three ton machine was built in Denver and reportedly rose briefly under its own power before a boiler burst ended the test.
A scattered clipping discusses dairy cows needing careful, year round feeding to rebuild energy after poor care. It notes that maximum milk yield comes after sustained good feeding, warns against overfeeding, and stresses gradual energy replacement and proper moisture. A humorous hospital zoo scene and casual banter intersperse the text.
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