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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 18, 1913
Page
4
Fragmented report recounts a Saturday football event with mention of teams and players amid a storm of garbled names. It notes a public hall fundraiser, dinners, dancing, and committee arrangements, with references to local figures and social gatherings.
The Melluntias Church quarterly meeting at Deveniel parish discussed the Church Building Fund Committee note on Methodism in Australia reaching its centenary this year. A Thanksgiving initiative and evangelistic outreach were approved, with finances deemed satisfactory and Sunday school supervisors submitting positive reports.
A farewell gathering at the Lake Wan Hotel honored two Lake Rowan football club members, Laffey and Goulding, who are leaving the club due to transfers. President J T Tevine presided as a full turnout enjoyed a fine meal, toasted the players, and music and readings accompanied the evening.
A group of residents gathered at the home of Mr. F. Gath to congratulate the couple on their recent union. Mrs. Gath received a rice lamp and clock while Mr. Gath was given a tobbsy pouch. The evening featured songs and musical items.
The piece details a rough football clash between Winton and Thoons, with Winton taking a close win as players like Thootin and Winton struggle for the lead. It chronicles quarter scores, notable plays, and mentions trains, hotel gatherings, and local lineups ahead of upcoming regional fixtures.
A regent-ntroet report from Oktnper- NSW describes a harsh cough lasting all night with severe breathing difficulty. After trying Sheldon’s New Discovery, the writer claims rapid relief and full recovery after five bottles, noting weight gain and lasting health. Available at Tonkin’s, Goorambat.
The Violettown Shire Council held its monthly meeting at Shire Hall. Members discussed road grants for Harry's Creek road, proposed relu gation of fares on cutlery trips, and repairs plus gravelling on multiple routes including Lane's bridge and the Sydney row. Debates over water diversion near Sheep pan crossed with drainage plans, and entries on tender calls for forming and gravelling near Gibb's, Henderson's, and Byho roads.
The document reports a tense audit of Mr Crowther's promised work on a project in Violet Town. Doctors and council members discuss delays and commitments while Crowther asserts he will complete tasks and maintain employment rights. The matter is resolved after further questioning and a close vote.
A 19th century kid’s pages mix moral advice from Sir Frederick Treves urging hard work perseverance and honesty. It shares humorous vignettes about Mabel seeking a pin at church, a quiet child confessing he is a hen laying an egg, and a Himalayan piper’s failed concert when an elephant rejects the tune, all in a breezy instructional tone.
A fragment recounts beliefs among the Chincus linking thoughts to life events. A man sneezes signaling his wife’s thoughts, another man learns his wife did not think of him, and a jealous husband is warned by a wise woman. The tale concludes with a hapless man whose wife’s thoughts supposedly caused misfortune.
The dialogue voices a boastful figure and his fiancée Miss Fare as he proclaims marriage while a friend consoles him. The speaker insists the bride is promised, while the other notes that lovers often break such promises, reflecting humor and irony in a social scene.
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