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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 28, 1913
Page
4
Fragmented ad for Imparied Shirts and new styles from Prashe's Tailoring. Mentions beef prices and meat reductions, with unclear references to foods and prices, and various garbled names. Reading notes show a local shop trade as the main readable fact amidst corrupted text.
Fragmentary OCR shows Massey Harris reaper threshers and related farming implements. Mentions Plows, accessories, vendors, and prices. Includes scattered names and locations, with unclear context and several garbled terms.
Fragmented OCR text records a Saturday gathering with officials and parish members, noting transfers, a proposed factory purchase, and services at Way Grandall. It mentions Mise Carrull, Mr Caruthers, Dr Hats, and a sermon by Prekcha with music led by Mise Juwol at the organ, amid chaotic place names and garbled lines.
A strong MCC side visited Benalla for a Good Friday and Saturday match, winning by 274 runs. Burdened by a poor Benalla batting display, highlighted by Brown’s 24, the home side struggled to reach three figures as Mayhews took six wickets for MCC. The Benalla tally reached 448 for the visitors to celebrate a highest-ever score on the local ground while Armstrong led the visitors with a quick-fire all-round display. In the St James match, Exeter, Polly and Cadmoure impressed with centuries and near-centuries as 209 was posted in the first innings, MCC chasing 209 before a second-innings effort fell short.
A concert at St Jalion hall on Easter Monday by Ascot Viste Yuuting Paviy and GConestt Company, with cricket club support, drew a good attendance. Mr Vilorman presided and praised each number, while Mike Dolly Stewart opened with Thy Bos Cure fur Rieu hatin. The program featured Miss Camlwell, Mr Ferguson, Miss Stewart, Mrs Kerville, and a closing Ancot Vale Louying Party performance, with accompaniments by Mrs Anderson and others. about 25 couples danced to Auld Lang Syne.
A Pro gress society convened at Hibernan hall on Saturday discussed whether to hold farmers classes at Devenish again this year. Despite calls to support the scheme, attendees debated public response and the Benalla society’s venue. After protracted talk, the motion to hold the classes was rejected six to four.
The Benalla bowling party faced unsettled weather in Melbourne with three days affected by rain yet enjoyed lengths of play. Matches against Exmundon, Stool, Briggs, Gascoigne and others produced tight sequences with Briggs and Gascoigne’s rink performances and the final sets showing Benalla’s late rally though defeats persisted.
In South Melbourne the Moe wind and a very fast green tested Boualla and Boualla players as Boualla’s Bonully led early, then Wrigue Sink gained ground. Skippers Purser and Brown showcased sharp play with crucial ends and a standout shower of ends, Gascoigne versus McGregor delivering a strong bout as the crowd noted. Final scores highlighted numerous ends won by DENAAR, Hiewwck, Vallander, and others, with Parser narrowly ahead in late ends.
Fragmented report on Benalla bowling events with mentions of players Brown, Sarah, Gascvigne, Morgan, Emmerson, and Sto Gascuigne. Describes end-by-end scoring snippets, player form, and upcoming rink championship, noting strong performances and family ties.
Monday morning showery weather saw Benalla V Malvern Heights visit Mr Gilpin's district ground for a bowlers clash. Home side Benalla won 64 to 60 after a tight contest with strong showings from Gascoigne Brown and Kirkland against Bennett Briggs and Gilpin. Detailed ends scores reveal a close affair with persistent leads and a final Benalla edge.
Armadale edged Benalla by two points in a tour match with a pageant of ends and singles. Armadale led 10-8 at ten ends, then dominated ends eleven and twelve, while MacDonnell and Briggs paired with M'Donald and M'Rorie in a tight race. final margins kept Armadale ahead as the home side secured the victory.
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