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Newspaper
Bombala Times
Location
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 22, 1933
Page
4
The 1933 final knockout snooker tournament at the Institute Club Roow drew 39 players. B Livermore won the final on the black ball, with P Brown as runner-up. proceeds added £2 11s 6d to the Institute’s funds as the Club Room Committee completed the event on time.
The half yearly examination at Ando School lists top students by class with several ties. A dance and euchre party on December 13 raised about £5 for school equipment and honored retiring teacher Mr A Short with a carved oak canteen gift. Community leaders and parents spoke, and prizes for novelty dances and a Monte Carlo event were announced along with omissions note for donors in a school picnic report.
From our own correspondent Caterpillars are abundant at Corrowong Public Hall opening drew large crowds both afternoon and night Rainfall at the post office for the month reached 404 points total for the year 2535 points. Mr Thomas Walker son of J B Walker of Tingivingi was injured this afternoon in a horse fall and taken to hospital.
Ma. Mo P. Dunlop argues in Simith's Weekly that dairy farmers earn insufficient living wages as wholesale butter prices swing. He notes a 1920 standard of 275/4 a cwt and that today prices are far lower, urging government regulation to stabilize income and reflect real toil. He highlights two adults earning 4 pounds weekly, working long hours with no time off.
The piece urges women to care for their hands as part of beauty, noting rough hands diminish attractiveness and comfort. It promotes Mirpil as a preventer, recommending regular application after drying hands and keeping a bottle at home for convenient use.
An Orbost to Melbourne report notes a mining revival at Bendoc with an English syndicate taking over the Rising Sun Mine at Bonang for £45,000. Large-scale work expected after Christmas, dredging gear placed at Back Creek, and tracks being cleared toward Victoria mine. A Cann River man promotes Erinundra mining, citing potential profits from the so-called Gippsland Boulder. An old Sunbeam Mine cash book from 1891–93 details losses, wages outpacing production, and eventual bank debt, with investors losing substantial sums.
The sale on the 12th offered 8815 bales from Bareaba Upper Hunter Mudgee Young Yass Boorows Inverell Moree and other districts with dust and texture in many lots. Competition was brisk led by Bradford and the Continent with Japanese buyers active and Yorkshire interest rising for good to superfine wools. Values rose about 5 percent from prior sale and the clearance reached about 94 percent with a top price of 28 44 for 7 bales from AAAME accounts Waters and Sons Metz via Armidale.
The BIBBENLAKE district reports a surge of small caterpillars damaging standing crops while residents head to the coast for weekend activities. School medical tests reveal two child carriers among pupils. The Presbyterian bazaar on December 9 raised 48 pounds 12 shillings with numerous prize items donated by locals and won by community members.
Mr B Garland a grazier of Moree was wounded near the heart when his car rode over a rut. A bump discharged a ride alongsde him. A four month old baby of Mrs Sinclair at Huron Victoria slept as a snake was found in the baby’s pram. The mother killed the snake and the child slept on.
Lehute Bell & Co. report week ended December 16 1933 with Greany Wool averaging 17.31d per lb or £20 14s 10d per bale and an average weight of 287.84 lbs. Closing sales in Victoria for the Christmas recess showed a hardening tendency and buoyant tone as Japan and the Continent were quieter while others bid strongly.
George Begbie, 22, an iron worker from Balmain, had his right arm wrenched off at the elbow when his hand was caught between a belt and pulley at Commonwealth Telegraph Supplies Ltd in Leichhardt last week. He fell from a slipping ladder while striding, and as balance failed he grabbed the belt.
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