Special sale at Bom bala and local notices
Messrs Reed and Co announce a special horse and cattle sale at Bom bala on Thursday. Mrs B Platts donated potatoes and bread, Mrs J Parkes sent loaves and fowls for a previously mentioned family. Koranga returns from Twofold Bay with extensive edible fish catches, including fat head. A Burnims Station load of 2300 forward steers sold at Homebush up to £17 17s per head. A missing boy Brand aged 15 from Queanbeyan was found dead by hanging after a police search. The Mayor calls a public meeting next Thursday for returned soldiers relief. The murder trial of Herbert Reit Shaw at Katoomba yields a death sentence with mercy rider. twin brother Lionel Shaw acquitted as accessory. Woods peppermint cure advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. Platts
J. Parkes
Ling
Boga Exchange
Burnims
Bombala
Homebush
Burni
Herbert Reit Shaw
George A. King
Katoomba
Shaw
Steigal
Lionel Shaw
Woods
Loving tribute to a departed husband Anagwa 1918
A heartfelt memorial notice from his wife and children for 608 the inquary of my deur husband Ani Ony done daily Anagwa who passed away on 4 June 1918. The family expresses enduring love and remembrance, promising to keep his memory alive each day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ani
Anagwa
Lone Pine Band and town notices in brief
News and Notes cover Lone Pine Band fundraising and a roadside announcement by Fakhry. The issue notes a snowball scene, a plumber’s new premises, a postponed School of Arts social, and a forthcoming musketry course closing date. Also referenced is the seventh Canlonhealth Parliament opening with a mace controversy and a national anthem singalong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Arts
Lone Pine
Local notes and society items from the district
Wednesday’s weather damp and likely to persist. Mr C Madisant travels to Bombala Monday for hospital care. Mr A Baldwin ill with pleurisy. Rabbit trapper meeting on Bombala Freezing Company offer yields no action. Dr Nobile from Yass may settle here or return to stay. Club Room billiard final Sol Goodman and F Bowey. Bowey wins 21 to 20. Casualty list lists Private F J Mellvean missing. Private McTlveen, former headmaster, now bee farmer and prisoner is feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol Goodman
Ser
F. Bowey
Mr. Bowey
F. J. Mellvean
McTlveen
Education Department
Fragmentary Note on Household Items and Qualities
A fragmentary excerpt discusses household goods and their qualities such as high purity acetylene carbide and kerosene aroma. Mentions light air and simple teal items, with unclear measurements and context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleb
Global unrest and protests ripple across Europe
Reports from Prague to Geneva detail revolutionary fervor and street clashes as crowds chant Russia and France, while German intrigues are expelled from Afghanistan. Wilson calls 70,000 volunteers for overseas service amid growing war weariness and a surge of peasant seizures and civil disorder across multiple regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Briday
Prague
Bohemia
Russia
Oly
Afghanistan
William Robertson
Brusiloff
Brusesiloff
Washington
Wilson
Inovnes
Laguna
Switzerland
Constantine
Venezelos
Jonnert
Greece
Venizélists
Geneva
Hoffman
Germany
London
Daily Mail
Petrograd
Lone Pine Memorial Band visit to Bombala praised
The Lone Pine Memorial Band toured Nimmitabel Bombala and Bendigo districts under wartime spirit. A generous £70 was collected in Bend for the band raising funds to aid returned soldiers. They enjoyed a well attended concert and dance with free venues and support from hotelkeepers and the Red Cross Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Pine
Bombala
Nimmitabel
Mr. Hyde
Bontdale
Boye
Robert Arnald
R.S.A
W. Butler
Donaghy
Mr. R. Arnald
I. Nicholls
Calthorpe
Jack Butler
Haken
Spud” Murphy
P. Jonas
Miss O'Brien
A. Bellchambers
Butler
Red Cross Sociaty
Treasurer’s account figures for book sale and dues
Hon Treasurer Mr R L Irwin lists Dunes 9 19s, supper 3 13/3, raffle 1 10s, sale of book 28 ds, box plan 17 18/6, door 28 1s Sd, total 70 Os Sd. Posting and ill posting 172 Gd, car 275, total 7 17/6. Balance 62 3/1. We request bidders who have not paid for the book to settle, money left with Mr Tewin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Irwin
Municipal Council Meeting Notes and Financial Report
The council met Thursday night with Aldermen Smith Jonas Noreis Lancaster Plowright and Moore present. Auditor praised accounts and books as correct. General Fund balance 78 pounds 17 shillings 3 pence. Sanitary Fund 11 pounds 3 shillings 5 pence. revenue down 74 pounds and expenses down 44 pounds in 1916. Outstanding rates 301 pounds general and 170 pounds sanitary, higher than last year. Sanitary income insufficient to cover running costs. proposal to raise charge to nine pence with two pence discount for prompt payment. Perch supply for Roukton area refused. noted for later. Mrs Woolley Pittaway and Stafford granted building permission. Clerk to appoint Returning Officer at 2 pounds 2 shillings and poll clerk Hyde at 10s 6d. Accounts paid: Sanitary 45 pounds 9s 10d. General 76 pounds 17s 3d. Clerk to obtain more street trees. Works Committee and Inspector reports read and received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ald. Smith
Jonas
Noreis
Lancaster
Plowright
Moore
General Fund
Sanitary Fund
Pope
Bombala
Roukton
Woolley
Pittaway
Stafford
Ald. Lancaster
Ald. Moore
I. Hyde
Works Committee
OUR BOYS AT THE FRONT IN A BRITISH TRENCH TALE
Pte Arthur Beiliiter writes to Mr OC Tors about war in Prangs. He describes frontline actions with heavy shelling, capture of a trench with 30 prisoners, and counterattacks. He sustains shoulder and thigh wounds, trench feet, and praise for comrades as he returns to health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Beiliiter
OC Tors
Prangs
Jack Johnsons
Jimgalore
Gre
Fritz
Miraculous Escape From Death Near Bombala
A car accident near Delegate on Saturday left Father Roche with only bruises after the vehicle skidded and rolled twice. The priest crawled free from beneath the upside down car and, despite the wreck, recovered quickly, driving home the next morning with Sydney friends toward Mount Koevinsee, expecting to return to Bombala soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father J. Roche
Bombala
Delogue
Bombuls
Burns
Father Trocin
Tly
Yvon
Agnile
Phippards
Olntock
Messrs
Frank Mullane
Les Kelly
Walsot
Balgownie
Marvallel
Father Roche
Sydney
Mount Koevinsee
Sumi
Bomham
Bendoc War News and Local Mining Updates
In Bendoc district reports soldiers like the Bondos boys endure heavy front-line fighting near France, while Private W H Mustard predicts victory in three months. Local mining ventures surge as the Victoria Mine seeks capital, Bendoc River properties change hands, and the Mustard Dowling battery moves toward reerection. The Mount Bendoo mine shows returns from ore, and Jamieson brothers advance timber transport as infrastructure upgrades proceed in Back Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bondos
France
W. H. Mustard
Bullecourt
Germany
Dodd
Bondoc State School
Wangrabello
Victorian Education Department
Bondoc
G. Hoelmars
Junr
Bendoc
Victoria
J. Windle
D. Rankin
Bairnsdale
Rankin
Mount Bendoo Bismuth
Wolfram
Church Robinson and Parry
Sydney
Curran Process
Back Creek
Messrs. Jamieson Brothers
Combeinbar
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dance Brothers Motor Car
Dalgety & Company Limited
New South Wales
Philliprst
Kennedy Bros
Moses
O'Brien
Imperial Hotel
An Biel
AL Remde Lane
B.D.S
Tld
Cathcart
Delogatee
Pourther
Countey Printers
W. G. Tweedlg
Ranidale Tones
TF. H. Mullane
Dotegate Argus
Reed and Co
Bega
J. Collins
Jour.’S
Queen's Hotel
Candelo
Emanuel
Twofold Bay
Brand
Queanbeyan
Troma Trea
Ian Gath
Perms
News and Notes
Fakhry
W. J. Barely
Candaleon
David McDonald
Cunans
W. Elliott Johnson
J. Matthews
Port Melbourne
Mr.c. Madisant
A. Baldwin
Bombala Freezing Company
Nobile
Yass
A. Biacarthur & Gas
Bairnsdale, Gippsland
Sne
Orbost
Qmeo
Melbourne
Macarthur & Macleod
Odie
A. MacArthur & CO
Town OF
Delegate
Veradah
Cates Forse Sale
Blonmbala
Thureday
Pcree ® and Co
RED Cross
Pedges
James’ Sale
Bibbenlake Shire Council
Yessort
Bowbala
Merimbula
Alteronts
Shire
GEG. D
Langley
Shire Clark
Shira Office
Tune
Cathcart Co-Op
Dairy Co, Ltd
Kie
Ifpho Company
Aearns
William Baker
Secratary
The
Cao He Sein
Little’s Hotel
W. J. Barclay
Anpnese—Shop
Condateon's
N.R.A
Aptain
Damin
Rifle Club
Fopeament
Bombaly
School of Arte
S P.m
He, Robbie
Hoi
Sag
Bt. Rifle Club
RED Cross Society
Kennedy's Hall
Edite Garnock, Hon
Connell Chasbers
Atierdon
Eae Ik Stapa
Mr Smith
Winn
Erted
Brewer Y
Lone Pine Band
Church Services
Church OF England
Euuorr
Ako
Presbyterian
U—Ribbonlake
Aude
Rendoe
Ray
W. B. Mansuary
Joux Roch
Methodist
Jovest
Rokalong
Ms. Payne's
Mouint Daragh
Boveoturd
Sovoutree
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