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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 22, 1909
Page
3
Readable portions describe a summer stock sale at Miller & Co, entries for Bevalla Racing Club with a July weekend meeting, heavy horse entries, and weather impacts. A fierce lightning storm killed a horse near Goulburn Valley area and caused local damage. reports from Benalla Tungamah Wangaratta and Dookie detail court notes, water works, and community notices amid racing and agricultural updates.
The St James race nominations include numerous entries across multiple mounts and horses such as Pride, The Grafter, Riverside, Terminus, Lonely Miller, Seldom, Quail Shot, Greystoul, Amherst, The Volant, Northfleet, Formos, Thorn, Lonnty Miller, Greyetoul, Daisy Moo, Scotch Jock, Flyin Shot, Mother's Pet, Admiral Rows, Belief, Hovaypin, Nocthiteet, Beiglarese, Quail Shot, Huret Lad, Steabell, Mitt, and many more. Entries show a wide field with mares, geldings, and colts listed under various owners and trainers.
In Toesday’s session before Mr. Rowan PML William Tower faced multiple counts of possessing suspected stolen gold. He was found guilty on two charges, fined £10 and one month in prison on each. Others accused, including entries in Shaw Bros gold books, were found guilty and fined £10 plus imprisonment. Additional cases were adjourned with similar outcomes as witnesses linked the gold to Kluehammers and No. 2 Junction dredge at Porepunkah.
A letter to the editor laments Benalla’s stagnation amid poor public leadership and spiraling finances in the Central riding. It cites an overdraft, rising expenditures, and questioned use of funds, urging reform and stronger local governance to advance the town as a regional trade centre. A correction follows crediting Dr Barrington and Mr J W Hondington for timely care.
A large fire gutted a fifteen room house near the railway in Wil directions, threatening nearby buildings. The WIlls and neighbors, led by Mr. Fraser, battled flames with water carts and buckets, saving the street from total destruction. Mrs. Mu Null narrowly escaped, while residents Howell, MacNair, and Clinnick suffered heavy losses as the house and contents burned. The building, insured for £26, was reduced to ashes within twenty minutes.
A blaze broke out in the station yard soon after a previous fire. Firefighters found a wad of wheat caught on a large stick, which started the flame. The fire was extinguished before major damage occurred, with the incident under investigation.
Report recounts two suspects, John Thomas Dixon and David James, linked to a stack of wood set alight near a railway platform. Constables Brookes and Cullins extinguished the blaze with no injuries. The article also notes diversions including a mention of Chamberlain’s Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and a Melbourne Christian Association pass, plus school neglect fines and a local building society.
Vast Crown Lands in Western Australia offered as a remarkable prospect by the States Agricultural Bank. Loans of 2800 cleared to applicants with proposals for cultivation, wheat yield, and orchard development. Terms include instalments and a first year grace period, amid notices of exhibitions and railway connections impacting land use.
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