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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
3
District notes recount youth trespassers at Mr Williams and Mr Nicholson properties, garden thefts, a skyward storm at Beechworth with shop damage, and a fatal hand injury from a quarry gun accident. Reports cover transfers, ambulance fundraising, local donations, irrigation talks, thefts, court actions at Tungamah, butter factory results, and four weddings in the Eastern district.
In a case before Judge Beagon and J.P. Me Vandenberg, Ephraim Bell faced a best interest pension claim for his parent, William Bell. The court weighed Bell’s past and present support, noting long gaps and shifting wealth, with the defendant already paying 12 shillings per month and the need to determine if future contributions are feasible. The proceedings emphasized family duty when a parent lacks resources, amid testimonies about mining fortunes and declined cohabitation.
In correspondence from Benalla, A K Ibbott defends landowners against critics who argue value rises stem from outside influences. He cites a farmer with 640 acres valued at £87 16s 3d per acre, noting improvements worth £1310 and questions who created the value gap, while a local reader counters with a forged logic about forge activity.
Upcoming events include a Cricket Club meeting at Mechanics Institute on Monday September 7, plus Moorning net sessions on September 6 and 10. Albury Show dates and H.A.C.B. 8 Ball event unclear. Wangaratta orchestral concert on September 18 with October 6 Boualla show.
Reports say the Cabinet may provide state aid to farmers severely affected by losses this season. Benalla resident T D Gin urged a permanent silo to qualify for help, arguing it would extend support and allow stock to be kept for autumn selling.
At a Shepparton Progress Association meeting the president reported on a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways session. He criticized the commission’s methods and urged support for the Dookie and Daventry extensions, noting the Goulburn Valley’s need and questioning loading costs per truck.
Sealed accounts owing to the claimant are to be placed in the solicitor’s lands for collection. The notice names W I Stredwick, commission agent, Nunn-St., Benalla, with action to seize on or before the 4th instant. The directive directs legal collection measures through the solicitor.
A garbled timetable notes an excursion from a rural area to a court house stop described as ideal for plenking. Frequent station names such as Buran Balmatiin Violettown and Wangaratta appear in a jumble with arrival times around 7.25 and 7.10 pan. The text reads as a fragmented list of places, without clear events or outcomes.
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