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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 31, 1911
Page
3
Reports from Benalla and districts list a Great Australian Show challenge in Buckjumper riding by Tommy Burns. Items cover Beechworth, Beeichworth telephone link plans, local deaths, court fines, a fire in the Seymour-Tallarook area, and multiple local notices across rural Victorian communities with names like Bogland Eudora and Wangaratta figures.
In a Benalla oval cricket clash Henalla batted first scoring 118 while Benalla replied with 139, led by Rauber 40 Brown 32 Mullins 23 and A Waters taking three wickets for 21. Wilson top scored for Henalla with 85 and 14, but fell short as Benalla claimed a 21 run victory.
In 1909 a Benalla Progress Association drive sought to enlarge Central Riding boundaries. A recent valuation widened the gap with surrounding ridings, prompting renewed calls to form a borough or extend borders. Debt, proposed loans, and planned works loom as voters weigh tax impact and development needs.
The chief State electoral officer Mr Molloy announces a police run canvass to compile a new voters roll for the Legislative Assembly in Victoria. 65 electoral districts, 217 divisions. Officers will visit each dwelling during February and March to collect schedules for adults over 21. Estimated 20 000 dwellings in the state, potentially over 350 000 voters. Commonwealth rolls contain 710 000. Also mentions a letter from Donald Coutts of Condie, Victoria and an advertisement for Chamberlain's Tablets claiming cure for stomach and bowel troubles.
AUSTRALIA AT WORK reports on a remarkable display of modern inventions and machinery. Thearticle notes large demonstrations by MacRobertson’s and Swallow and Apell’s works, with lifelike scenes of production on the Hawkesbury River and other urban industrial life. Readers witness impressive machines and occupational activity across several factories and harvester works.
The article reports a government notice on land tax with penalties up to 100 pounds and the value of a property at 250 pounds, plus a discussion of a Labor Party split over Referenda in New South Wales. It notes a Labor caucus meeting and a majority decision supporting the Federal Government.
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