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Newspaper
Bombala Times
Location
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 09, 1916
Page
3
A teamster was fined £3 and costs in a Bellingen Police Court for obstructing traffic by leaving a loaded vehicle on the roadside. The magistrate warned of higher penalties and urged the shire council to address unsafe road practices and inadequate passing space by motorists.
Coroner reports Reverend Metcalf died of pneumonia after a single head injury from Montagu Murphy. Murphy, found unconscious nearby, is charged with murder and remanded to a lunatic asylum.
The report details a major battle off Jutland with heavy casualties on both sides. British losses include battle cruisers Invincible and Indefatigable, Admirals Jellicoe notes eight destroyers lost, while German losses claim two battleships and several cruisers, with disputed casualty figures across reports.
A workman uncovering a bar of gold worth £50 during a building demolition at Ballacat is reported. Also noted is the engagement of Mr. R. B. Bush, a prominent dentist, to Miss Vera Westherhead of Bega. At Singleton a schoolteacher was fined £2 with costs for ill treating a State boy who showed severe cane marks.
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