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Newspaper
Bombala Times
Location
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1920
Page
1
Local Bombala notes recount early mail delivery issues at the post office, a plant and furniture accident near Nimmitabel, and a Red Grass Society meeting. Eden Police Court convicts on skin trading charges, while discussion turns to government staffing inefficiencies and bore water health claims at Moree baths.
Mr. W. G. Maddox former manager of Gunningarah station dies last Thursday. Mrs. Claude Ryan of Bibbenluke is very ill in Pambula Hospital. Bibbenluke bullocks sold at Homebush brought £40 2s. to price falls show £5 a ton in Sydney and 60 percent drop in America. The Pope denounces Sinn Fein methods. Municipal council urged to build a Town Hall costing about £5000. funding issues blocking progress. Telephone office approval granted for Jersey Vale Rocky Hall line. Civilization shown at School of Arts. World picture The Son, with Kitty Gordon. Miss Mona Douch dies at Bairnsdale after operation. family travel from Bombala. Public notices on ailments and medicines end with Papperment Cure claim.
A record notes Showthorns Orthden Steers remains booked for two years as of the current schedule.
Fragmentary text shows a vague request about six and ten units and payment or count words. No clear event person place or organization is identifiable from the readable portion.
Commercial Wool report notes improved conditions in favorable districts after rain but highlands suffer a cold snap increasing losses. London market shows better tone for merino and crossbred wools, yet demand for medium and low grades remains weak. Large overhang of lower grades by the British Government could affect Australian dividend timing and the Federal Treasurer’s London agenda may delay pool distributions.
An appeal over municipal valuation results in the unimproved value set at four thousand two hundred pounds for the Bega racecourse firm. A Macleay farrier recalls a horse entering his shop without harness, found to have cast a shoe and tied by a ser y so to foot. The horse was shod and left the shop immediately after treatment.
In a Bombala Park match on Wednesday the Bombala Diggers defeated Bega 25 to 3. Kellond starred with two goals and a penalty, while Irvin, Grey, Rumph and Maxwell scored for Bombala who dominated the second half. Bega fought hard with Morris scoring their try. The game featured strong defense and fair play with postmatch dances and Red Cross hospitality.
Bombala beat Nimmitabel by a large margin in a rough Thursday match. The lineups featured Bombala backs W Quotes Swan Dent Kelland captain Elliott Halts Cotterill and others while Monamita BRL lists Buckley Jardine cap Ryan McDonale Howard Whittaker Pak Freebody Driscoll Roach with referee Mr EB G Shaw.
A quiet pretty wedding was held on Saturday May 29 at St Marys Cathedral uniting Miss Olive May Collins and Amos Myles Smith. The ceremony was performed by Rev Father Morrin with Miss Maude Scanes as bridesmaid and Lawrence Smith as best man. After breakfast the couple left for Newcastle for their honeymoon, with gifts from the bridegroom.
A fragmented note describes about half a dozen small holes in a dustbin. The text notes water will drain from it and mentions damage or a leak that occurs when the bin is used. It reads as a stray, garbled observation from a household item.
In a local match, Bombala junior footballers beat Delegate juniors here today by four points to nil. Also reported are notices of a serious accident to Mr A A Wright at Tombong and the funeral of Mrs A H Jeffreys, a noted Red Cross worker and community volunteer, with condolences from numerous local bodies.
A Haberfield resident requests help locating Leslie J. Everett, missing since May 20, 1920. He is six feet tall with auburn hair blue eyes and a limp, wounded right arm, formerly of the 36th Battery 4th Division ALF, treated at Five Dock Military Hospital. He worked for Winchcombe Carson & Co. before and after enlistment. last known home address Wattle Street.
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