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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 19, 1914
Page
3
Benalla citizens resist rebuilding the Mechanics Institute describing the old ramshackle as adequate and delaying fundraising. The piece criticizes water storage plans and railway line proposals, notes past ministerial promises, and contrasts public works delays with local pride in existing facilities and past projects.
Bonatla Golf Club held a Thursday meeting with Mosara Inglis Brown Reilly Clarke Phomeoo and Dr Anderson among attendees. They endorsed clearing the fairway hut, accepted a £3 yearly luncheon room rent offer from the Agricultural Society, and arranged matches with Wangaratta and Yarrawonga Beechworth using each club links. Committees named, afternoon teas to be provided, and a revised rules section allows lifting a ball from a river creak with one stroke penalty.
The Roberts family endured tragedy as Mrs Roberts died from pneumonia contracted while tending ill children. Her death follows a period of illness with two of her five children hospitalized with typhoid fever. Mrs Roberts, a Lincolnshire native who moved with her husband to Victoria, was laid to rest at Benalla Cemetery after a service conducted by Rev. E. V. Wade. mortuary arrangements were by Mr. Manion.
Prime Minister Mr. Cook announced a royal commission to probe alleged beer trusts in Australia, with Justice Street to head the inquiry. The scope will cover all trusts and combines in the export trade, not just the meat industry, and will precede any government legislation drafted to address known legal defects.
At the Yabba Barmera Union meeting the conference date to discuss connecting Dookie with the Yarrrawongs was fixed for June, with Dookie as the host. Delegates Cummins, Hogan, and others were chosen to regrow and manage arrangements, invitations sent to Windsor and Ardmona representatives, and to Shopparton groups. fifty to sixty delegates expected from various places.
On Wednesday evening at the Me Unniist Church Baddaginnie a large gathering honored Mr and Mrs Williams on the eve of their departure for Meligoueno The meeting opened with a hymn and prayers The chairman praised the couple for years of service to the church and Sabbath School and presented them with a bound hymn book and Bible A supper followed with musical items led by Mrs Groom and Miss Welle Till, thanking the couple for their work and friendship
Mr P O Phillips secretary of the Tangainah Hesss Bat forwarded a letter to the hospital committee stating a donation of £100 as the first instalment of a district fundraising drive. The committee praised the generosity and named sanitary governors Mosers Wadoy Fill Lake Rowan Waggarandall Tenant etc. Funds collected included Lake Rowan £20 10/5 Waggarandall £21 43 0 Wilby £20 2/5 Transomali £40 for expenses £5 1. The legal committee was thanked and the donors were urged to be thanked publicly. the motion passed to specially thank contributors and appoint life governors.
A list of public events including Grand Bul Misque at Shire Hall to aid Old Band funds on May 20, an opening penal wolf season on May 21, Status Pictures at Shire Hall, a lecture by De Anderson at St Andrew's Hall, Finpire Day celebrations by school children in the Gardens on June 5, and a cricket club social with a veterinary appointment meeting on May 27, all scheduled across Shire venues.
An advertisement touts Dosts Backache Kidney Pills claiming relief from backache and kidney issues with price details, followed by a report on the Wastealian Presbyterian Assembly condemning Sunday work on sport and liquor trades. The Kalgoorlie note cites behavior around Sunday grounds and numerous drink venues, reflecting tensions between religion and recreation.
In Sydney’s Antandals area the bodies of Miss Kimily Goodstead, 32, and George Adams, 0, were found near the Parramatta Road after a motorcar collision. The driver, Grawnway, was arrested on charges related to causing the deaths as the victims were taken to Prince Alfred Hospital where they died.
A long list reports Madame Lillan Nordica losing £200,000, digestion of railways adopting automatic signals to stop past signals, and immunization difficulties. Other items note John Crisp’s three year sentence for forgery, two-year-old draught filly sales, thefts, a publican sued for ejecting patrons, a fatal accident on a Melbourne bridge, a ballad of railway labour, and various court and transport notices. A Gippsland train wreck attempt, a death at Albert Park, and a royal entourage planning to visit Australia are also mentioned along with agricultural and dairy debates and local incidents.
Fragmented OCR describes Grange activities at Bridgest with references to refreshments and suppers, a missing Miwi Garage tours ban, and unclear lines about events, duties, and times. Mentions vegetable dishes, a place for meals, and protective notices from Me and Miwan, with scattered place names.
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