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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 30, 1919
Page
4
Community notes report hotel licensing hearings in Yarrawonga, shifts in local officials and farewell gatherings for St James clergy. Updates cover school events, Defence department proclamations for St James, farming conditions, rainfall, and local celebrations for returning residents and national remembrance.
A district roundup reports on a war honor board at the local school listing 44 past pupils who served in the AIF and the handful who died. Council debates school engineering building and confirms the president, with several retirements and honour deaths noted across Beasworth Benchworth Glenrowan and Violet Town communities.
Peter M'Donald of Yarrawongae retired farmer died April 29 leaving a will dated January 1, 1913. Rest estate valued at £800 and personal property at £2164 bequeathed to his daughters and granddaughter. A fire at Mr Walker’s yard caused damage about £2. The death noted of Mrs M-Garly on the 22nd of May, resident of Wilby for many years.
The Bunalls Lravch of the VEU held at the commaretal hotel on Tuesday with Mr. A U Stewart in the chair. Attendees were few as talks referenced a May meeting at Tuogamah and the preselection ballot, with W J Wood and Alberta Willis sending notes. Discussions covered water frontages on Ryan's Creek and Watchbox Creek, licensing disputes, and a push to recruit more female and 21 plus members. A motion urged the Government to require export meat branding and classification, and there was an exchange clarifying Gippsland and Northern Co. positions. The meeting adjourned with plans to reconvene near fall.
The latest directors report shows total balances combining the two banks at £32,637 with £177,636 available for distribution. Proposed transfers include £60,000 to capital reserves and £10,000 to reduce bank premises, raising dividends to 8 percent. The report also notes staff losses in action, with 89 killed. It cites boat race results and a state wage arbitration ruling, plus health updates and shipping plans for Australasia.
In a Melbauran court ruling the Koch estate dispute concluded after a man, believed demented, destroyed his own will. The judge ruled Koch had testamentary capacity when he destroyed the will and revoked earlier letters of administration, ordering probate of the will to Susannah Oliver and Ghados B. Loduman, with provisions to the testator’s family and creditors.
shareholders discuss funding and negotiations for a Moyhu butter factory. Directors may buy the existing building or erect a new plant if the sale fails. A shareholder pledge blocks Holdenson and Neilson supply and debt funding is to be secured via debentures.
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