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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 23, 1913
Page
3
Election fixtures list polling day Saturday May. Mr M K M Kunzie Koonta School 4 PM Goomalibee Hall 7 30 PM Mot May 260hinet 1.
Mr C J Ahern the Liberal candidate for Indi spoke to a large gathering at Malyullah all on Friday noon with many ladies present. Local party chair Mr Blackburne introduced him and urged a fair hearing then Ahern outlined his views. Another speaker urged No to six referenda proposals.
Funeral notices and obituaries report the deaths of Miss Ann Craves at 77 after senile decay, Michael Conway at 77 in Bungeot, Mr Maitland at 73, and Mr T Clancy at Glenrowan after pleurisy and pneumonia. Interments, clergy, and mortuary arrangements are listed with local families and venues.
The sale led by Rees and partners drew strong buyer attendance with cattle, sheep, and pigs offered at high but uneven values. Prices ranged for sheep and wooled ewes and rams across multiple grades and breeds, with buyers and sellers noting stable demand and relatively steady to rising trends in overall turnover.
Empire Day events marked by an excursion from Benalla to Glenrowan. About 300 adults and 400 children traveled by special train with more by a second service. Mr Green delivered an Empire history address. proceeds included a flag ceremony, loyalty declaration, and National Anthem. A minor accident injured two riders, treated by local doctors.
Beoula Agricultural Society president Mr T V Cowap and secretary Mr R J Blackourne visited Wangaratta to inspect show grounds for Bunalla Sossisty improvements including a new grandstand. They were met by Wangaratta officials and toured the grounds in a Clemont built car praising the grandstand, offices, ramp, poultry pens, and luncheon rooms as among the finest, with high praise for the managing body.
District notes report a roof in Chiltern north west area, a 24 ton crush yielding 364 02 gold, and a £1250 loan by Euroa shire to clear municipal elect ra costs. Ulburn Valley items cover frog consignments to Melbourne University, forwarding plans to Shepparton for more specimens, and a 200 piece NZ shipment. a farmer John M’Gill Andergyon was arrested over offences against his daughter. an injury to Mr Warren Sanders of Wanghuu from fencing. Nathalia Butter Factory auctioned and passed in at £600. Netherlands vice consul Folivg tours Shepparton assessing Dutch settlement, with blocks 90 acres plus for dairying and vegetables. Catholic ball planning underway.
Reports from the directors of the Lutter factory show 980 gallons of milk and 86 lbs of crop received in the last month. Butter production rose, while supplies decline. In Mansfield, the daughter of a state schoolteacher died from a pen-till accident after a buggy fall. Rutherslen hosts Rural Producers meeting urging members to join and form a farmers’ unity against rural workers. One incident in Yungabiah details a severe accident during a builder’s relocation. A court case in Dalton involves Edward Muller, charged with theft, receiving a suspended three month sentence conditioned on good behavior for 12 months.
Coming events list reads Empire Sunday at St Andrew's Church for Light Horse Infantry cadets and a Wednesday Race Club winter meeting. Mentions finances and an advance notice to Apply at Willan Street and Beechworth with names Richard Warren.
Wangaratta Borough Council marks its jubilee since 1863 amid a £2320 overdraft. The Mayor declined a public celebration, opting to host councillors and officers at dinner. A joint meeting with the water trust considered tenders from Colonial Gas Co, Eggs Ltd, and Provincial Electric Development Co for street lighting and pumping town water. Colonial Gas extends the current contract for a year at existing rates. the electric option proposes 45 000 gallons hourly pumping at about £3300 yearly. The Sydney firm was asked to confirm cost and term for electric lighting.
Wales motorists protest a Victorian Motor Act tax of 50 for a special permit to cross the Murray Bridge into Victoria unless registered in NSW. Riverina landholders say Victorian motor raids cross into NSW without charge, inciting cross-border mileage to avoid the tax. A letter to officials claims the levy harms border-town business and prompts NSW residents to transfer trade across the Murray. At a May Day council meeting a request to fire a motorized fire engine led to note of a possible conversion at Yarrawooga and ensured manual levers could be adjusted if the motor fails.
A quiet wedding was held at Holy Trinity Church with Miss Mary Euilin Nicholson and Mr. Guo Morris Allen married. The ceremony was led by the bridegroom’s father with several clergy, the church was decorated in pink and white, and a large attendance witnessed the couple’s departure for a honeymoon in the Butlaly Mountains.
Petrcian Vrauklark, planning to be the king of globe trotters, recounts a long itinerary across North America and Europe, claiming a history of travel without paying, surviving shipwrecks, imprisonment, and slave labor before reaching South America and Australia. He plans to publish a book compiling clippings and credentials from various papers.
In Benalla next to the Shire Hall, Mr. Chris Stolz runs a large furniture and home goods business with extensive stock from dining suites to bed linens, carpets, and crockery. He offers delivery and also operates Allan’s piano and stove agencies, with a Yarrawonga branch carrying modern furniture, highlighting the firm’s regional reach and comprehensive showroom.
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