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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 26, 1916
Page
4
A dense list of church and community activities from St James Benalla area. Includes Druidy Lodge gathering, church committee nominations, and notes on the Melbourne Anson conference. Also reports on the St James Anglican parish finances, May Day events, and local social happenings with multiple community names and places.
W Kendall and A Saghsh were returned unopposed after nominations closed. Kendall addressed a small Shire Hall gathering, thanking supporters and outlining views on government expenditure, land settlement, education, industrial laws, and wartime duties. He urged reevaluation of lands, broader scholarships, and amended industrial policy to stabilize labor and production.
A fragmentary ad offers help for mothers and children through the Ladies College of Health. It claims testimonials from grateful mothers and promises useful information about women’s troubles by mail for a small fee. Address Dept. 96, Ladies College of Health, 327 Collins-etrost, Mel buon, for writing materials and school regula.
A lively district page notes J W Harvey receiving a luminous watch from comrades on enlistment, May Day and Box Wood Union events, and a return of a wheat truck to the Shepparton flour mill. It records local deaths, farewells, school changes, and a dramatic fox encounter in Wodonga, highlighting community gatherings and honors across multiple towns.
Cyril GJ Ashmond of Bourne Villa Winton North, third son of J. W. Ashmond J.P., leaves for Seymoore camp to serve Australia in the war. Teachers, friends, and family farewell with gifts including a luminous wristwatch, trench kit, and keepsakes while praising his duty and bravery for the Empire.
An herbal practitioner in Genton and Chinowo, now at Sun Ning City Hospital, touts three years of service and a wide cure record. The ad lists treatment of skin diseases, cancers, lumbago, dyspepsia, eye and ear disorders, female complaints, and many internal ailments using herbal remedies. Testimonial claims dramatic vision restoration after weeks of treatment by a patient named M. M'Uonvitim from Jeffoott North.
A local manufacturer advertises tanks from 60 to 6000 gallons and a range of dairy equipment including baths pumps and farmers hood troughs. All items priced at city rates for quick purchase by dairy operators.
Defence department correspondence prompted the Yarrawonga recruiting committee to push for swift embarkation of local recruits. The committee was advised to have the men boarded after it was found some had overstayed in camp. Recruiting-sergeant Fair scheduled an appointment as Stedge departed Yarrawonga on Monday.
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