Donse Boomers Hop to Date Verification
A fragmentary item notes a date verification process for the Donse Boomers team. Details read unclear but indicate a scheduled check or update, with emphasis on timely confirmation and data accuracy.
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Newspaper
Bombala Times
Location
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
1
A fragmentary item notes a date verification process for the Donse Boomers team. Details read unclear but indicate a scheduled check or update, with emphasis on timely confirmation and data accuracy.
A collage of brief items mentions Cathcart races scheduled for Tuesday and a note that no Times issue will appear. Reports include a £10 fine in Queanbeyan for leaving a rabbit gate open, Bombardier Clifford Evershed killed in action, and local accidents and hospital updates. The House passes Daylight Saving, Entertainments Tax, and an anti J W W banner bill. Masters David Livingstone injured, hospitalized after breaking five wrist bones.
Printers announce Christmas holidays and a Lantern Institute screening by Blind Parker’s Electric Pictures. Delegates clash with Bambala races on New Year’s Day, while local donations to Bombala Hospital total over £5.13s.6d and a Christmas tree sale supports Red Cross funds. Community events include a Church youth day and Ernest Archer Dramatic Company season with Boxing Night tied to Every Inch a Monk.
The Daylight Saving Bill passed the House of Representatives and will likely become law soon. It sets clocks one hour ahead from the last Sunday in September to the last Sunday in March each year, causing workers to start and end hours differently. Additionally, recent Police Court cases include fines for indecent language and drunkenness, with licenses granted to three women in Ribbenlake, Delegate, and Cathcart.
The Roll of Ronde wir and Mrs J Overend report the death of their son and brother V E T Overend at 27 after service in the ATT. Enlisted Sydney January, rose to sergeant but refused to leave comrades. Trained in England, sent to France, seven weeks on the firing line before death. Another brother Walter is in England. Also noted is Retford Green’s horse incident involving the Collins Bros and Mr C Bright’s stock. Additional political notice: Austin Chapman proposes a National Government to unite parties and support war effort, with cross-party leadership and war administration reforms.
The report notes President Wilson proposing soundings to assess terms for potential peace, stating peace may be nearer than expected. It mentions reactions in German American papers and ongoing Allied wartime actions including British, Romanian, and Greek movements, plus a Zurich note on Zeppelin raids and a London prison execution in Australia.
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