07 Dec 1928
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Newspaper
Bombala Times
Location
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 07, 1928
Page
1
A Bombala report notes Rev Father B Tiernan raising funds for the Chinese Mission, with a £127 target and £1000 expected from the convent bazaar. The 1939 prize schedule omits F J Smith and G H Garaldon from the Exhibition Society committee.
A chaotic fragment reports a fox terrier killed by a lioness during a Leon's circus in Queanbeyan. It also notes a Melbourne child death after a bath accident, a slump in Bombala tourist traffic, railway competition concerns, and local civic obituaries and thanks.
Nominations for the Bombala races on December 15 include Elioh's Son Woodrow D Dunamore's Ye Boys Wiltuna Madge Dooley Tra Callaway's Kongoola Tango Lid Yerman Lace Golden Drop Ace Thicket O'Hara San Antistia Cynner Double Escape Tango Lad Woodrow FL Tarentam Sonala Ye Boye Wiltuna and others with weights and claimants listed for the event.
The notice lists events including the annual Convent concert at the Bombala School of Arts on Friday night with a £000 programme and performances such as Cinderella and The Slipper, plus plans for The Big Noise at the Olympia and other features. It also reports the death of 27 year old Hlwyn Green near Benbok after a gun incident and a family bereavement mood in the community.
The readable OCR lists candidates for Budin TL with names Sautelle John and Stevenson Robert and Best.
A fragmented cryptic note lists various meat cuts and items such as mutton and rib blade roasts with unclear context or attribution. No clear event or entities emerge beyond the listed foods.
Passengers may travel via the Bombala line with the special return fare and limited 42 day validity. Tickets must be shown at the point of issue or an intermediate station. Handbills at stations list times and return conditions.
Objections in writing must reach the District Surveyor at Goulburn by 31 December 1928 regarding a land bond proposal involving Bombala and Wellesley. The Land Board offices at Goulburn and Bombala will exhibit documents for public viewing.
An old classified snippet promotes direct sale of glass items from a supplier at a Bombala address. It mentions bead and plate glass options for home use and implies ready availability from G. Co Re at Maybe St.
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