This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 29, 1910
Page
4
The St James district report lists upcoming football matches including St James v Soctables and Doakie v Wattville at Dunkin. It notes weekly visits by Tungamali football authorities, a junior selection from listed players, and local event plans with venues and dates. also mentions a Brisbane-bound shipment and Devonport allocations.
An OCR damaged notice captures a skating carnival at St James with fragmented names and events. The text mentions participants, heats, and local organizers, listing numerous individuals and performance notes amid garbled phrases.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee tabled their report on Dodd's Crossing line, detailing timber supplies, forest reserves, and an estimated railway from Benalla via Swanpool and Tatong to Dodd's Crossing. They project 12 to 16 miles of tramway and 24 miles of rail with costs around £70,000 to £78,000, depending on bridge and earthwork needs, aiming to boost timber haulage and regional development.
A parliamentary committee cautions against a west side Broken River link to Moorngag, urging a permanent survey and a broad gauge line from Benalla to Tatong. It notes potential timber traffic gains if local rates are charged and the line is built east of the Broken River, with a wooden tramway proposed to aid local producers.
A Victoria lecture series on pigs as a profitable dairy adjunct drew a large audience. Speakers urged Yorkshire breeding for profitable litters, noted better bacon pigs with proper care, and highlighted tax and market advantages. A dairy expert demonstrated dairy cows and advised Jersey as a milk producer, with additional notes on herd improvement and breeding practices.
A pearl valued at £1000 was found at Port Hed sus. A Scottish Syndicate bought 45,000 acres of Western Australia land at 21 per acre, with plans for farms. A football injury in Boutry fractured a collar bone. In the US 26 deaths followed an explosive test. The North Yanco Estate of Sir Samuel M Caughey was sold, likely to be subdivided for dairying fruit and lucerne. A cashier Edwin Wider of the Tasho Chinese Bank in New York caused a stir with £19,000 of bank funds and £500,000 to customers amid a year of profits for a state hotel in Gwalin, W.A. A Norwegian steamer found 150 new fish species off Europe and Africa. Advice warns youths about group danger. Chamberlains Cough Remedy advertised. A railway obstruction on Cliftin Hill offers £100 for evidence. A serious blast at Mount Victoria deviation works kills James Ryan, injures two. The miners’ day concluded with new lecturers at Dovenish. Chamberlains Balsam advertises relief for chilblains.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.