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Newspaper
Bombala Times
Location
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
1
A dense Bombala page lists Roman Catholic, Church of England, Presbyterian and Methodist services with times and delegates, then shifts to community reports. It covers rifle club travel to Bega, hospital updates, wool trade notes, railway data, politics, tennis and golf club results, local accidents, and a fatal steamer incident near Warnambool.
News and notes report two smallpox cases in Sydney, local resignations at the Public School, a dentist visiting Bombal, wool price relief for the T.I.N. company, and electoral moves. Also mentions chess champion Viner, Corin thian Handicap results, a foot accident at Toschekt, Wyndham Canning factory lease, and a Closet Settlement tax amendment debate. A local cinema show returns with proceeds aiding school education.
Friendly Societies hosts a Hospital Sports and Ball on Monday October 13 1913. The event gathers society members for athletic contests followed by a formal dance.
Thursday report notes stretched billiard event, early lambing in district, and heavy weekend snow. Rain totals approach eighty points at the post office. Shipping business faces hindrances. creek bridges may be rebuilt for Delegate Bombala road traffic. A bank staff change, a hutlock mystery on Currawong run, and a ranch accident near Delegate Station are summarized with cautions on camping gear left roadside.
An article cites a physician noting that excess stomach acid from rich meals and wine irritates the stomach and may cause ulcers or growths. It recommends ordinary magnesium magnesia to neutralize acid, citing a case where a long ulcer diagnosis healed in weeks. The remedy is inexpensive and widely available.
The piece touts Pack Wooncocr's Wind Pice as a thirty year established stomach and bowel remedy, priced with old currency terms. It also records local political debate on Liberal candidates in Moree, noting Mr Pike and Captain Millard, plus Liberal preference for Crane, amid factional tensions. Woolly references to Browne's Bronchial Lozenges and John Brown and Son, with broad notes on European preparations.
Market notes indicate the season’s largest offerings, about 100 tons, with medium to good quality skins. Prime and super sorts were sparse, yet record prices were seen for parcels with good fur and no black spate. Silos had strong attendance but slow bidding and frequent withdrawals, values falling 1d to 14d per lb across grades. Dove skins remained well supported.
J W Bied and Co report a fair yarding of mixed cattle at Orbotst Cattle Market on Saturday in August 1913. Prices ranged from fats bulls to £8, light cows to £5, heifers to £4 16s, old cows to £3 6s upwards, forward store cows to £4 10s, strong cows to £3-£3 16s, heifers to £2 18s-£3, cows and calves to £25 0s, springing heifers to £5 1s, backward springers to £4, steers to £8 1s, young heifers to £1 11s-£5 158. Privately sold springing heifers at £5 10s and other odd lots to £6.
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co Ltd reports the last winter sale in the legal market with about 3900 bales submitted by three brokers. The catalogue featured a small selection of quality clips. Demand was keen, especially from continental buyers, with no crossbreds available and merino prices quoted about 74 percent lower than the last June sale.
The article promotes Dr Morse Indian Root Pills as a remedy for constipation and related health issues. It includes a testimonial from John Endres of Bindaberg Queensland praising the pills for relieving rheumatism and bowel trouble without pain, suggesting continued use for ongoing health, and notes the pill’s broader claimed benefits for coughs and colds.
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