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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 28, 1905
Page
1
Benalla police court reports indecent behavior case against Thomas Batten and fines others for school attendance. Local notes cover robberies, insolvency hints, Go utah Valley farming issues, river flooding or water works debates, and a serious accident involving a hawker near Carboor. Also includes district updates on goats registering, sheep losses, and a tribute to Arthur Karl for saving a girl from a flood.
Seymour reports say Keighan and P. G. M Bright along with P. G. Oliver Yatmmmonge visited Friday delivering a prefecture to several P. G.s. They were aided by Piggott Kittock and Johnston Wangaratta. a smoke night occurred. Road freight from Melbourne to Seymour remains heavy with 100 percent increases cited by some storekeepers and prospects of traction engines for haulage.
In Bulen, Frederick Hawkins a painter faced charges of a criminal offence against his daughter aged 18, described as imbecile. She testified with difficulty as Hawkins pleaded not guilty and was committed for trial at Shepparton Criminal Sessions. Bail of £100 with two sureties was set for September 13, but Hawkins did not appear. The drowned body of Albert Emerson Hilot, 22, was recovered after flooding at Gooramadda. In Wangaratta, rain total reached 4.60 inches for the month, and a horse belonging to baker A Barrie drowned after being swept into the Ovens River near Pant bridge. A schedule for contractor Thomas Karwaker was filed at Wangaratta.
In Glenferrie a resident recalls a twelve year ordeal with chronic digestive and back pain. He credits Clements Tonic with restoring appetite, digestion, energy, and sleep after doctors offered little relief. The witness urges publication of his testimony as a public declaration.
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