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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 03, 1903
Page
3
Typhoid fever runs high in Beechworth with thirty cases reported in weeks. Local courts hear cases over rabbit destruction and disputed horse ownership. Thefts at Dookie races and injuries from accidents fill court logs. Violetown faces water shortages and police cases, while Wangaratta sees dairy and banking leadership changes and financial summaries for Ovens and Murray Dairy Co.
A Rushworth resident named Alu Miller suffered a broken rule in a collision on the 29th with 27 pounds of tobacco valued at 27. A youth named Pohin drowned in Take Nagambio after being helped ashore by Millett and Mitchull. A man named Holt recovered most of the water, while Denrined, once a Christian Brothers student, now at Melbourne, discussed a formal job. A levee-cutting accident near Moo roopna and Shepparton injured Kerr, prompting a police response and temporary fencing to protect travelers.
A long travelogue compares Hobart, Huon harbor and Sydney harbor with enthusiastic praise for Manly and the harbour network. It contrasts Sydney life, beaches, and night scenery with Melbourne, noting Sydney’s lively, musical, and cosmopolitan appeal against Melbourne’s more reserved, dressy atmosphere.
Over four days a spall of weather produced record highs in many areas. In continents, Saturday readings reached 105 in shade and 157 in the sun, with Sunday at 102.1 in shade and 410 in sun. Cool snap followed with west winds and a 0.7 temperate drop, a brief thunderstorm and 18 points of rain.
North eastern interval players named for February fixtures at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with Wangaratta represented by Moss Clarke and Medway Euroa by Pleasants and Morley Seymour by G Wilson Houston and Thompson Trawool by C M Kensie Mc Darcy and Anderson Yea by Begg Alexandra by Lockie A captain to be chosen on the ground. A trial match occurred at Molgallah Public Park where local club beat Hansen 7 runs after Hansen posted 142. Clarke 71 Black 27 and Roayes 20 led scorers for Maryullah. Hansen top scorers were F Aduense 253 and M Quinn 11 not out. Bowling equal between T Black and L Oxy. Racing notes report a profitable summer meeting at Bonalla with over £70 profit and prospects for April. Sparrow shooting window display features prizes donated by Mr McKay for competition. Wool Great Peppermint Cure advertised for children's hacking cough.
Benalla Water Trust met yesterday with commissioners and officers present. Reports showed monthly water consumption totals amid rising year over year figures, contracts for firewood supply completed, and meters at Bridgestreet sites flagged for repair. Tender for sealing and printing accepted from Gascoigne and Hincock.
Departmental Board reports a plan to reduce non paying fines through a progress report estimating savings of £4,000 yearly and 279/184 weeks. outlines route changes between Beechworth, Ypolenndun, and other lines, with daily and midweek adjustments, mileage savings, and engine time reallocations, noting impractical alternatives and idle assets.
Readable fragments show a Miller's Summer Sale with lots including corsets trimmed millinery hats shirts undergarments and men's wear. The ad lists numerous lot numbers and sale prices though many items are partially obscured.
An advertised testimonial from a Sydney, NSW reader praises Down's Backache Kidney Pills for relief from kidney area pain. The ad cites Mr Bod and a Nunm street seller, listing price 2/0 per box with six boxes for 1 13, and directs readers to Foster o Clellon Co in Pitt Street Sydney to obtain the product.
A collage of stale dispatches notes stowaways on a rail car, a senator resigns his Legislation Council seat, and a motor racing event in Latur day yields unclear results. Reports from Australia mention plague cases, torpedo destroyers sunk in the Mediterranean, and a royal reception in Kimberley. Chamberlain praised by Loyalists while reforms in Macedonia demand attention. A poetry line of dubious origin ends with medical patent ad copy style notes.
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