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Newspaper
Bombala Times
Location
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 07, 1917
Page
6
Ladies of Bombals parish led by Mrs Sage held a grand ball at Olympia Hall on Friday 30 November to raise about £25 for the convent. Dancers from Ribbenlake Cathcart and Delegate enjoyed a well lit hall with Miss Ruby Stewart and others providing music. a Cinderella event and supper were noted as successful.
The New South Wales Automobile Club urges rapid completion of a coastal Gippsland route from Melbourne to Sydney. It notes the Kinh River bridge is finished and Eden to Victorian border work nears completion. A proposed eight mile Genoa to Mallacoota side road could open the Mallacoota lakes to motorists, with tenders for the Maramingo Hills deviation and Genoa to Border road awaited.
Schedule lists memorial and religious services in Bombala and nearby towns. Entries include a December 11 memorial for Private James Morrison of Galahatoany, a service for Mrs. Wilson, and Roman Catholic rites at multiple locations with times in Bombala Cathcart Corrowong and Delegate.
An advertisement touts G W Hean tonic nerve remedy claiming safe nerves without narcotics, with a price of three shillings for ten days. Reports describe lively Moruya meeting scenes with projectiles and confusion after the chairman was chased home.
Commercial A. Macarthur & Co report a very successful Delegate sale yarding over 1900 head of cattle chiefly fattening hillocks with good quality cows. Bullocks sold near steady, cows and calves and heifers well supported at top rates. buyer demand varied by lot with prices listed for multiple firms and consignors including Sellars Leura Baird Koorong Doyle Brothers Hayden’s Beaconsfield and many others.
P Reed and Co report a successful Catheu sale last Saturday with heavy yarding and full cooperative yards. Buyers attended from Gippsland Delegate and Nimmitabel, selling 16 Crewah Station store cows for £14 5s per head and various cattle at quoted prices. next sale set for 22nd December.
From our own correspondent reports Alf Sellars's appendicitis operation at Burnsides Hospital and election talk at a local meeting. A cattleman Reed injured at Macarthur yards. a Red Cross dance raised about £35 for the Our Day Fund. Court cases involve Rosenberg and Hoche with a demurred murder charge. an inquest adjourned. Howard Catts charged over a false electoral claim. magistrate finds the statement false but believed true.
Printed and published by W. G. Tweedie at the Bombala Times General Printing Office on Mayba Street Bombala New South Wales. This notice records the production location and publisher for the period in the local newspaper.
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