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Newspaper
Bombala Times
Location
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 19, 1931
Page
1
Methodist and Presbyterian services listed with 21 delegates and times in Bombala at 7.20 pm and 8 am and 7.30 pm in June. Church of England notices mention June 21 at Bombala 8 am and 7.30 pm and Cathcart 2.30 pm with reverend names.
Various items include a party and dance at Kennedy's Hall next Thursday, hints about an upcoming Riverina Movement visitor, a state lottery plan for hospitals on June 22, and local notices on sheep sales, land auctions, and a politics reshuffle.
Four of five Candelo recreation ground trustees resign in protest after a Sunday football match was played on the ground despite the trust’s refusal of permission. The item notes local governance and community friction surrounding the use of public space.
Report notes Tuesday through Wednesday rain totaling 34 points at the post office and hills blanketed in snow. Bombala footballers beat Delegate 21 to 35 on the local ground while police issue opossumis summons. A Delegate P A Society meeting passes sympathy for Mr J B Santelle’s relatives. Delegate Police Court hears cases with William Watson fined 5 pounds for theft related charges and Hugh Richmond in costs with default penalties.
The Moth aeroplane carrying Joseph Eking, missing from Melbourne to Albury on the 8th, has been discovered in the Tallarook ranges. Four Italian woodcutters found it then reported quickly. a horse patrol went to verify. The craft crashed through trees, breaking a wing and burying the engine two feet underground.
The first string team will meet Bib benlake at Ribbenlake tomorrow with Fall back S Dent three quarters Boland Carman Elliott Lomas five right C Kimber half Hawkins Dent Perkins Savage Elliott Presley Elon. The reserve lineup also set for Ribbenlake with Full back W Gleeson Presley Beileiter Platts Wise Ste venson Elton Johnson Stevenson Robbie Greer Brownlie and others.
Assistant confirms glue boiled over at ten fifteen during a carpentry session. The exchange notes a warning and a reminder of the timing in a terse workplace dispute.
A pretty wedding was solemnized at St Pauls Church of England Cathcart on Wednesday afternoon 10th instant by Rev Brondigot. Miss Emily Helen Davis wore white crepe meteor and carried jonquils with asparagus fern. Mr William Edward Talbot of Creewah married her. Reception at the bride’s home. couple to tour the South Coast and Malocoota Lakes. many gifts and cheques reported.
Two football matches scheduled on the local ground this Saturday with Bombala Reserves meeting Bibbenlake Reserves at 2 o'clock. A Red Cross Society branch meeting occurred Wednesday to plan ongoing support. A euchre social netted over £8, and a large crowd attended the Cathcart versus Bibbenlake match, which Cathcart lost 5 to nil after a hard fought game.
A. H. Rolfe pleaded guilty at Nimmitabel Police Court to possessing eight sheep with disfigured marks and failing to notify the inspector. He received £5 fine, 8 shillings costs, £3 3s professional costs, and 17 days hard labour on default. He also admitted removing sleep to Fleming ton without a permit and was fined £1, 8 shillings costs, and nine days hard labour on default.
The couple travels to N. Wales and settle with support from child endowment and a dole. Their future is described as living happily ever after.
The Bombala sub-branch held its monthly meeting on the 17th with a balance sheet showing a credit of £48 17s. Donations are sought for a silver casserole dish from Mrs. Garnock. A request from Furlough House Narrabeen asks for foodstuffs linens and towels. The Home provided fortnightly food and comfort at the seaside for needy mothers and children. The Anzac Relief Division reports efforts for unemployed Tiggers and a venture selling one pound cartons of Invincible Digger Dessert Prunes grown by returned soldiers. The next vesting is listed for July at A G Tooth's offices.
Sydney action reports that George Leonard Platts, a Bombala grazier, had habeas corpus justice ruled absolute by Mr Justice Davidson on the grounds that no prosecution could start under the Crimes Act without Attorney-General sanction. Platts was charged with impropriety with his 18-year-old daughter, remanded, then discharged after bail and re-arrest, with a new hearing set at Cooma on October 12.
Two prospectors Norman Waller and Alfred Ford near Mount Disappointment in Victoria reported finding a white handkerchief with a heavy blue border and indelible writing We're settled wind too strong near the scrub. The cloth bears the figure 6 and other strokes and was sent to the relative of a passenger from the Southern Cloud.
In a jury trial before Mr Justice Tumes Industrial Acceptance Corporation Ltd sued W L A and M L A for 150 pounds for the detention of a Chevrolet car. Frazer, a dealer, took the car under a hire purchase and defaulted. later the car came into the defendant's possession. The jury awarded the plaintiff 101 pounds 5 shillings 4 pence. The judge expressed sympathy for the defendant but held the law against him.
Fat sheep sale announced for Tuesday at 1 pm featuring 650 fat sheep and 100 aged ewes in prime condition. Bertha Toodgers and Caltriorree advertise event with Abor data and venue details.
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