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Newspaper
Bombala Times
Location
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 20, 1925
Page
1
188 GIGMOTIt Teapttens Durnosa teacher offers piano organ theory shorthand typing and singing lessons. Candidates prepared for public service and other examinations. Visitor Ribbenloke Cathcart noted. Address Kenthurst Mayle Street Hombala.
Miss Connie Sommerlad A L C M abides by examination standards for Pianoforte and Theory. Pupils may attend in their own time if desired. For fees and details contact Mes B. Atking Thatey Street Ring Bowbala. 95
Readable fragments list church services for February in Bombala Nimmitabel Cathcart and surrounding areas. Refers to evensong days morning services and parish clergy including Rev D Sears Rev W Gunous Rev J Roche and Rev J C Maren with times such as 7.30 pm 7.20 pm and 8.30 am across Bombala Nimmitabel Cathcart Bibbaluke Bowbala and Beresford.
Local notices report show booths and events for next week including the Nimmitabel Agricultural Society Show on Tuesday and Wednesday. An advertisement invites readers to a busy day of sport at Cathcart and details stock deliveries by WIDER BROS. A bicycle accident near Maybe Street left a boy with minor injuries and a bent bike, while a film titled The Shadow of the East screens at the School of Arts.
Local notices recount cinema plans at Olympia Pictures with The Fighting Blade and two big thrills at the School of Arts featuring Ton Mix and Charles Jones. Community reports list a school scholarship total from Bombala Group centers and a rabbiting anecdote in Quirindi with Osborne brothers claiming 100000 rabbits and £1300 from skins.
Bombala hosts Jack O'Donnell in Sinbad the Sailor on February 20 with 16 metropolitan stars. Special features include over 300 costumes and vivid scenery. Reserved seats are 4 shillings, other areas 2 shillings plus tax. Box plan at Vidar Bros. opens now.
Government Gazette notification from New South Wales Railways dated February 1925 records land dedication for the Cooma to Bombala Railway. W J Morris signs as Secretary.
At Bibbenlake Station sale 1420 head from the Libbenlake herd were auctioned by Frank Eavender with Quadling of Cooma Jonas and Dawson of Bombala. Buyers from across the state and Victoria attended as cattle grades ranged from Bob Bulls to Jersey crosses with totals and individual prices listed, averaging £7 7s 7d.
The Bombala District Hospital committee met on Thursday with Mr G Wildash presiding. Minutes were confirmed and letters from several staff and groups discussed. Accounts totaled £30 14s 5d. January balances showed £80 4s 8d credit. A letter of thanks for Bikbenlake ball funds was approved and plans for street reforms and a Carnival Day public meeting were set.
Ribbenlake reports the new reading room for the School of Arts is nearing completion measuring about 20 by 12 feet and will benefit the Institute during winter. Dave Thomas the mail contractor plans to move to the city. A farewell evening for estate workers is set for February 20. The Ribbenlake commoners’ initial meeting on January 31 elected Mr McNes as trustee replacing Mr Hansen.
The Bairnsdale Advertiser reports a severe rat surge in the Tambo Valley with rats occupying hay stacks houses and rabbit burrows. Farmers aided by dogs and sticks attempt mass slaughter while traps poisons fail to curb the infestation leaving households at wit's end.
A minister at a Walgett NSW mission asks who can pay debts, and all but one rise. The lone man, shabby and hungry, stands unrepentant as the crowd sits. He explains he is a newspaper publisher and his subscribers are those who just stood.
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