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Newspaper
Bombala Times
Location
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 04, 1918
Page
6
The report records individuals from Candela to Goulburn enlisting or assisting war efforts. It notes Captain Cooper and Captain McKillop earning recognition, promotions, hospital admissions, a mayor's death, and a major War Loan appeal in Bibby District with substantial local donations. The Tank total reached £9,530 with large gifts from fathers of servicemen.
The War Loan Tank led by Admiral Hawksley toured Bombala on Saturday afternoon as part of a Commonwealth outreach to boost Seventh War Loan subscriptions.staff included Ms Hawksley, Bgt Paddy Geoghan, and Sgt Wayland with Hon. Austin Chapman joining at Cooma. Ald. Smith welcomed the tank, noting Bombala’s £7,500 municipal quota and reports of £20,000 from Cooma and £2,000 from Nimmitabel as districts rally to support war funding.
Our Own Correspondent reports Sergi Hamilton and his mother returning to Sydney after three weeks with the Cliords. Crops grow rapidly and stock benefit from grass. some farmers plant early potatoes hoping for a Christmas luxury. Lambing is advanced and a Sunday blizzard may cause losses. Frost affects peaches and apricots. a Public Hall committee meeting failed for want of a quorum. No action on Quinburra school yet. children still face limited education from nature rather than formal instruction.
In Lilleth Carroll-street Kogarah a 436 year old boy named George Burton and his half bred foster dog Spot wandered from home at noon and disappeared. A police and citizen search found them in a shallow irrigation well near a Chinamen's garden drowned in about four feet of water near his home.
London reports Bulgaria has accepted Allied peace terms and signed an armistice ending hostilities at noon. Entente control of Bulgarian railways and Danube navigation is established while Bulgaria may demobilize and relinquish transport means. Bulgaria’s Premier Malinoff and Cabinet reportedly oppose the King, with a Turkish peace offer anticipated.
An advertisement extols Ophir tea asserting freshness beats stale stock and warns against inferior blends. It claims a three pound tin of Ophir costs 6/5 and offers superior taste, urging customers to insist on Ophir when grocers push other brands.
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