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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 25, 1910
Page
3
Local notices report a series of incidents and events across Greta Wangaratta and surrounding towns. Include deaths, fires, injuries, court actions, public meetings, weather impacts, and council notes with names such as Miss Ferguson Dr Ferguson and Mr Thwaites among others.
A traveller recounts a long overland journey starting October 29 from Strathbogie to Queensland. The diary notes rough roads, sudden showers, camping beside rivers, mosquitos, river fish catching, and encounters with distant towns, farmers, and locals, with vivid, sometimes humorous observations on terrain, weather, and travel hardships.
A schedule lists half day musketry and lectures for No 2 Squadron at Pavia Town and Benalla with dates from March to May, including skirmishing, scouting, care of horses, mounted drills, and rear guard work. Weather disrupts evening rehearsals, with a sacred music program planned for Sunday after church services.
MQ M Namara reports mixed yardings at the Bona Corporation yards with high prices for draught horses and good demand for young sheep, cattle, and mares despite hot weather. Other firms, King Bros & Little and Watts Turnbull & Co, note lighter sales and softer fat cattle prices, with buyers scarce and steady to improving market signals across Benalla, Bevarlla, and surrounding districts.
The adjourned monthly meeting of Benalla Waterworks Trust was held Monday evening with chair Relea and members Vandenberg and others present. Reports on water supply, meter requests, arrears, and recent repairs were discussed. The secretary noted payments, a meter request at Barkly Street, and water supply issues for the poker paddock. The meeting adjourned after addressing inspector notice and arrears.
The Tolmie country railway project remains under review by Minister of Railways A A Billson. A lands department report outlines possible land gains for Crown and private holders and the incentive to relinquish parcels if the line proceeds. The Bent government halted new grazing leases and license selections, while some applicants seek refunds of fees despite no land being allocated.
A legend from Fredericks the Great’s era recounts a treacherous servant and a venomous chocolate spill that killed the king’s hound after a spider haltingly dropped from the ceiling into his cup. A golden spider commemorates the tale in the Winter Palace at Potsdam.
The article outlines sugarcane origins from Herodotus to Theophrastus, notes the Sanskrit link to the word sugar, and traces spread from India and the Far East to Syria, Moorish Spain, and Cuba where sugar works numbered in the late 16th century, influencing West Indian production.
A physician extols pedestrianism as a health giver and lifesaver. He advises starting with three to four miles, adding a mile every other day, and wearing proper shoes and thick wool stockings. After three weeks, one can walk twenty miles daily with strengthened muscles and a sharper mind.
Mr Huckins spent a hot day fitting a door for widow Jennings arguing about width and alignment. After the hinge issue was fixed he refused a bill but warned the extra charge would be higher than ordinary due to the conditions and a supposed "poster" expense.
Sir Wilfred Laurier handles a bored American critic during a Lady Minto recap, contrasting national emblems. The exchange jokes about the beaver versus the eagle with a sharp taunt that Canadians may be historically misperceived, highlighting imperial comparisons.
The late Lord Kelvin and Doctor Joule toured a factory where deep sea sounding apparatus was under construction. A bundle of piano wire in a corner prompts the question its use. The reply says sounding purposes and a note named as deep O.
Any person found lighting fires smoking or breaking or cutting green timber for fishing rats on any property will be prosecuted. There is no reserve along the Siyer property.
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