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Newspaper
Bombala Times
Location
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 06, 1925
Page
1
Mrs Murphy expresses sincere thanks to friends who sent wreaths telegrams letters and cards of sympathy following a recent bereavement.
October brought 210 points of rain in Bombala. A film screening at Olympia Pictures features Zane Grey’s The Thundering Herd. Melbourne Cup results were relayed via Fred Smith’s wireless within minutes. Local official H Cootes now stationed at Bembaka after relief at Bungendore. Bibbenlake Shire Council nominations due by 5 pm Thursday. Convent Bazaar at School of Arts slated for Friday and Saturday. Moort Springs Lick promoted at £9 17s 6d per ton. F W Williams & Co. ads. Lord Mayor Stokes to attend 11 o’clock Mass at St Mary’s. G Goulter to sing. Public Works Committee visit notes. no railway evidence. next day evidence in Rockton.
Miss A from Delegate dies in Bombala Hospital this morning. The Presbyterian Ladies Guild Bibbenlake hosts a Christmas Tree and Jumblg Stall on Saturday December 12. Mr C W Hagga is ill in Jenner Hospital Sydney after an operation. Police Court fines for driving license delays. Rev Father Roche registers convent schools in Bombala Delegate Nimmitabel for West Scholarship exams. Miss Ellison places three winners in Melbourne Cup. prize £300 split if multiple horses win. Venus Benzine advertised at 18/6 to members and 20 to non members. Road maintenance urged on Cathcart Bombala route due to timber traffic. Ma Maloney elected Vice President of Cook’s Hill Surf Life Saving Club. F H Dawson reports Bibbenlake subdivision selling blocks 27 28 22. Main Roads grants allocated to Ribbenlake Monaro Imlay shires for several roads. Gift evening for Miss Belle Lomas to marry Mr Walter Groves. Miss Lomas received many presents. Mary Parkes dies at 68 in Bombala from pneumonia and pleurisy. funeral attended by relatives including Deeney Stratton. ceremony by Rev Roche. Widow of Joseph Parkes, mother of two sons and a daughter.
Mrs Gunn addresses a women voters meeting at the School of Arts urging support for the Country Party and Nationalist candidates. She advises voters to obtain how to vote cards from party organizers to reduce informal ballots and to use them in the polling booth. W G Tweedie Caveat St Bombala.
Sgt. Buckley and family depart after long tenure here for transfer to Millthorpe. Recreation Ground trustees approve concrete wicket for Crick et Club as old one proved unsatisfactory. October rainfall totals reach 182 points, cumulative ten month 2504 points. Local anglers report nice trout landed and river reportedly holding plenty of fish. A branch of the Agricultural Bureau is to be formed locally.
Mrs D Flynn of Sydney donated £17 on Sunday at Nimmitabel for two cathedral glass windows in St Marys Bombala in memory of her late parents Mr and Mrs Richard Witton. She previously funded a £100 High Altar at St Josephs Delegate and a £50 Stations of the Cross set at St Andrews Nimmitabel for the same purpose.
Council members and business representatives from the Chamber of Commerce and Railway League endorse constructing a through road replacing two obsolete routes. Estimates suggest traffic capacity and a cost of about 3,500 pounds per mile with potential mileage near 11 to 1. Delegates will be appointed to present the resolution to both councils.
Bibbenlake Shire Council announces two councillors to be elected for each of three ridings A B and C Nomination Day is Friday 13 November Proposals with consent must be delivered to Bombala Shire Office before 6 pm Thursday 12 November Forms available at the Shire Office Nominees must meet Local Government Act 1919 requirements Nominations declared at noon Nomination Day Election set for Saturday 5 December 1926 Shire Office Bombala 26 October 1925
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