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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 06, 1903
Page
3
Local items report Beech Point district events including hospital notes, hotel activity, and a Beechworth area gas company update. Mentions Beechworth and Wangaratta figures, irrigation yields from Roma Humantiah, a Dookie parish retirement, and a Peters family death with coroner notes. Also covers public works bids, railway service protests, and local personages including Father Hogan and Mr. Marshall retirement.
An elderly Melbourne groom Mrs Ince and his bride from Western Australia planned a Sydney wedding voyage but stayed in Melbourne. Richardt Toco a Ballarat resident died suddenly during a seizure at the Victoria Coffee Palace on Collina Street. The groom Tom Luce reportedly planned to depart Adelaide express later that day. The alarm prompted police and a morgue transfer.
A pensioner named William Austin died near Benalla after his body was placed on the railway track. The incident involved a locomotive No 4777, with investigators finding the pension certificate and hair fragments as key evidence. Witnesses described his camp at the saleyards, concerns over rheumatism, and hints he planned a drastic act. The inquest heard testimony from workers, the engine driver, and officials, with magistrate Blackburne presiding at the Victoria Hotel. The case linked to prior pension records and a February 1904 death noted by authorities.
Our Tana South correspondent reports a bus accident at Stone's Hill on the Mansfield road. A New South Wales team wagon capsized into a seven foot drain, breaking shafts and undercarriage, injuring horses and narrowly killing the driver who was pinned by the frame. He calls on the Shire Council for damages. The incident highlights long-standing petitions since three years ago to repair Safe Hill. Mine accidents in four months, one horse killed, others injured, shafts and axles broken, and several people thrown. Shire councils of Benalla and neighboring areas are criticized for neglecting dangerous spots on the main road between Benalla and Mansfield.
Market notes from Henadla Market detail prices and yardings for cattle pigs and horses. Prices range with cows bulls and heifers showing varied demand and several lots clearing at noted rates. A notable horse sale at Corporation yard saw 100 head yarded including 20 high quality fillies selling up to £33 10s and averaging around £26 17s per head.
Melbourne markets report steady business with Mills, Bean, and Pollard in demand. Prices list flour, bean, pollard, oats, hay, straw, potatoes, and various Prime and extra Prime grades with buyers at a Weniti sale showing limited bidding and several high priced items not pursued.
Round About items report the King’s slight fever, Chamberlain warning Cape Colony, and a M’Kenzie enquiry with land disputes involving a 10,200 acre claim and payments. It notes reforms to the Reform Bill, the House’s composition debate, retirements, Beitish despatch thefts, a murder conviction, and local medical adverts and products.
The Benalla Racing Club announces its annual meeting on Wednesday the 5th, with officials and guests listed including president air MM and vice president Semen. Nomination details, weights, penalties, and race events are outlined, with conditions for entrants and officials’ roles, plus a note that entries close by specified dates.
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