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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 20, 1910
Page
4
Rail and station traffic updates mix with St James community notices including tennis club elections and brigade meetings. Local sport reports cover football draws and an annual court of St James events with rainfall and farming notes shaping community life.
Football round reports show Gymnasium defeating Euroa 3 12 to 2 3 at Benalla Recreation Reserve with key players Geeley Richardson and Kennedy notable. Baddaginnie beat Violet Town 7 4 to 5 1 in a one-sided match as W Keaife Hart and J Danlop led scoring. Trophy news includes Sir G Sutherland presenting a North Eastern Association cup valued at £1010 to promote football, with season openers listed for Nagambie Avenel Broadford and Seymour Longwood.
Benalla district reps pressed Bendigo Progress Association to support a Benalla to Toolamba line linking with North Eastern and Bendigo routes. They cited timber, mining, and military value, noting vast grey box forests and supplies needed for Bendigo and Melbourne markets.
A farewell event in An Incidence of Mrs Nash, Bunyout, Monday evening featured a presentation purse of £10 10s in sovereigns to Mrs Nash for her 20 years of service. Mr J B Higgins chaired, noting regret at her departure and praising her and her family. Mr W Nash also received praise as he leaves for Queensland. Royal and local toasts followed with songs and refreshment, as the district bid farewell with a warm, community-hearted gathering.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Pedic Pomade and various odd terms. Reads like an unclear health product notice with odd names and nonsensical claims about cures and skin conditions. No verifiable facts or reliable entities to confirm.
A 12th century bishop reports seeing a white robed apparition at dawn, chilling witnesses and triggering townwide fear. After a keeper of a private asylum reveals a public paper misplacement by a trusted resident, the haunting is deemed real but not a dream, and the mystery closes.
A fragmented historical passage reflects on dying words from spouses, lovers, and kin. It traces tender farewells at deathbeds across scenes of battle and shipwreck, noting how last whispers shape memory and moral sentiment through generations.
The North Ovens Shire Council supports the construction and official opening of a new bridge from the Ovens near Boorhaman and Killewarra. A monster pirate is to be held, with invitations sent to the Minister of Public Works, Federal and State MPs, and local councils including Wangaratta, Oxley, Benalla, Yarrawongs, and Beechworth.
An advertisement extols Clement's Tonic as a cure for weak nervous women. It claims the medicine restores vitality, strengthens nerves, and improves appetite and memory, with testimonials from Sydney and Melbourne endorsing its powerful effects.
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