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Newspaper
Bombala Times
Location
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 15, 1934
Page
1
Mr P. D. McNee dental surgeon will visit Bombala on Wednesday 27 June at noon and remain till Friday night 29 June. Consultations at Imperial Hotel with early appointment. Also to Cooma at Baan Orrus. Telephone 40.
The notice page records deaths including an elderly former resident from Adanin aby and Me, M. J. McLeod of Towamba, with war injury details. Cooma P P Board appoints Harold Norman Rigg as Rabbit Inspector replacing J D Isaua. a Rocky Hall piano age correction is issued. weekend specials at M S Emanuel's include heavy unbleached shoe ting at 2/8 and 1/6 yard and cardigans from Bombala post office vicinity.
Post Department refused direct Orbost Bonang telephone link while investigations consider improvements to Orbost Cann River route for eastern districts. Local notes report a Gippsland girl Ide Edith Fulton died in Bom Bali Hospital after weekend showers.
John Robbie, 82, of Bibbenlake, was injured when a bag of potatoes slipped and a needle stabbed him in the eye. He was taken to Bombala Hospital in a hopeless condition and later moved toward Sydney with aid from the Returned Soldiers' League.
iS wx ORTIAAN WHITEHEAD of H A Bareachovan ltd will personally visit Delegate Hotel at midday Tuesday and Bombala Imperial Hotel on Tuesday late afternoon, then Wednesday in August for further engagements with attendees and local contacts.
Mr J M Coleman senior sheep and wool instructor classing the Agricultural Bureau members sheep at Ando on the 6th and 7th. He will likely return in August to continue classing. Rev Father McGee to Maraya. Rev Father Keating to Bombala. W W Hedges MEA cites inquiry from Lieut. Col Hoo M B Bruxoer to Main Roads over Wangrabelle road. Train timetable adjustments requested for Bombala line with Sydney departures and arrivals.
The Southern Monaro women's hockey team has excelled in Sydney since Country Week began last Saturday. They beat Narrabri 2 1, drew with Bermin 4 4, beat Bertima 2 1, and defeated Taree 4 0. Key scorers include Mrs Wise from Bombala and Jean McMahon Beresford.
The Bombala branch notes a Thursday meeting with about twenty members led by Mrs Tweedie. Donations were acknowledged from several supporters including Mrs Garnock and Messrs Vider Brothers. Funds from Aunt Mary’s Baking Powder competition benefited Bombala Hospital. New Delegate branch opened by Mrs Blythe. Officers elected: Mrs Branch President, Mrs Armstrong Secretary, Mrs Oxborrow Treasurer. Planned activities include a wireless for the hospital and a euchre party on the 23rd to raise funds, with no street stall this month.
NSW State Director confirms His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester will travel by train from Victoria to Canberra and return via Bombala on Oct 26 1934. Royal Train arrives Bombala 9 45 am departs 10 15 am by motor to Orbost via Rockton and Cann River. Main Roads Board and Public Works plan urgent road works to prepare Rockton bridge and Burnt Creek culvert for the royal visit.
The column notes a truck ex Bombala Station sold for £9 10s owned by C. E. Rolfe of Amo as a model for preserving timber. It lists pelt quotations with heavy pelts at 66d and 50d for others, does at 9d and 15d, and reports an overall market decline of 1d to 3d with 158 tons offered.
Wet weekend yields 43 points at the post office raising monthly total to 102. Delegate beat Cathcart 5 0 in a first grade match played Sunday due to rain. D Ryan scored a try and O Downey converted. A meeting chaired by Mr T M Walcott formed a New South Wales Victoria Border Railway League to push NSW line extension to the Victorian border. Officers elected President T M Walcott Vice Presidents A A Wright and A A Cummins Secretary K Zlotkowski.
The Olympia Talkies host a Saturday program with Wheeler and Woolsey in Hips Hips Hooray and Meet the Baron. Pearl Zasu Pitts Edug May Oliver and Jimmy Dursnte star in a lighthearted bill with musical tunes and comedy routines.
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