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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 14, 1910
Page
4
A garbled report from St James district outlines a sequence of unrelated incidents including a train service, a fencing mishap, a jumper position bid, a medical recommendation, a horse accident at a station, and a police court-like gathering at the Royal Hotel. Names and places are scattered, with unclear dates and outcomes.
A large wedding celebration described with numerous guests and attendants, honoring Miss Annie 3 and Mr. Wilke. The account notes a ceremonial toast, gifts, and a grand reception with mournful memory, silver wares, and floral displays, reflecting a traditional local wedding pageant.
The readable text shows garbled OCR with scattered names and phrases including a possible byline or attribution to Thoripods and Agente, but no coherent event, date, or location to summarize into a complete news item.
Tangamah Shire Council met Monday with members present including chairman, Kelly, Mulquiney and Hodge. Discussion covered amenities, railway service needs, public health cases, contracts, and station work at Tongamal and St James, with finances and outstanding arrears noted and plans to inspect pipes and pumps for safety and efficiency.
Fragmentary OCR item mentions a maternal friend context with garbled phrases about vermin, growth, and hair, referencing locations Benalla and Deveniah with names V. SAY and R. LIGHTON. Unable to determine clear event or outcome from readable content.
In Violetown Valley Court, Alf Brown laborer and John Clarke faced accusations of stealing a watch valued at £1,850. A long testimony chain linked Brown and Clarke to a night of drinking, a shop burglary, and a chase that ended with the watch recovered in Brown’s possession. Police testimony, confessions, and family denials followed. Clarke reportedly sobered, and Brown faced sentencing with labor and surety conditions to ensure good behavior for a year.
An 8 young man at North Show uses vial pills by vitecore and suffers digestive troubles. Ad promotes LAXO-TONIC PILLS 104d asp 1/6 for mile by Thompson & Co Aganut. Beechworth Building Society offers money to lend to purchase properties or on propertitus Wrundy Lullt Kusy terms. Richard Warren, secret ary, ord-street, Beachworth advertised.
Ryan solicits bids for a large inventory including sewing machines oil paints farm tools sacks and binds pulleys and gears household hardware watches windows wallpaper paints cement plaster and related items. Items span lumber garden tools stone, bridle gear and ironmongery with many brand names and suppliers listed. Auction location is near Bonnie Ylower Pots Woot Balen Azle. Ends with purchaser Ryan.
Nominations for the Benalla Racing Club Summer Meeting include horses from Melbourne Albury and the North Eastern district. The program lists trials and handicap events with names such as Lady Gloss Sudden Change Vanguard Shannasay and Portoriat, plus entries from Grah, Murtagh and Staunton, and notes special train arrangements from Melbourne for attendees.
Multiple obituaries recall Mrs Ann Peterson aged 40 native of Karfarshire Scotland who came to the colony at age nine and was married in 1866 in Bo alls. She leaves two daughters and a son and the family’s burial was at Benalla Cemetery read by Rev A C McConnah. Also mourns Mrs Marion C Bain 77 native of Glasgow who came to South Australia at 19, lived in NSW and Victoria. Burials planned in Benalla Cemetery. Another notice records Mr E fall saddler Main Street 76 who served in the Russian war and died after a recent illness. his wife and daughter mourn him.
The cabinet announced general elections for the Senate and House on Wednesday April 13. Prime Minister Deakin said policy would be announced soon and campaign activities would begin nationwide with speeches in Sydney, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, and Perth. A mix of political and commercial content appears in the page text.
A man named Lanfranchi describes chronic kidney and liver troubles and relief after using a tonic promoted as Clem ents Tonic. He cites a doctor's initial diagnosis, a long trial of the remedy, and a regained sense of health, sleep, and vigor, followed by a statutory declaration endorsing the product.
The text outlines loan options from £50 to £2000 at interest rates with a 1 percent reduction in principal to repay the war in 3 1/4 years. Security may be Freehold or Crown Leasehold with possible Freehold later on balance of Crown rent. Loans may be repaid yearly. small fee if paid off within five years, no penalty after five years.
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