Sheep Show at Bombala Exhibition Society Exhibition
The Annual Sheep Show at Bombala attracted fair crowds and a strong display of Merino sheep. Wildash and Gerard won grand champion ram, Maslin took top prizes with several champion ewes and rams, while Platts Brothers again led exhibitions with multiple ribbons and cash from prize pools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombala Exhibition Society
A. J
Tam
Massré
Wildash
J. C. Maslin
G. H. Garnock
Masin
Gerard
Platts
John Garnock and Son
Maslin
John
Garnock and Son
John Garnock
Bon
J.C. Maslin
Yli
Jona: Garnock and Son
Cambalong- Ltd
Bautelle & Jent
Alban Platts
Gerald Platts
Syntelle
Alban Platte
G. W. Platts
W. Sumerill
Alba Platts
Cambalong Ltd
W. Summerill
Platte
Wildwash
J. C Maslin
Merino Ram
J. Maslin
Merino Ewe A
G. Platts
Monaro
J. (. Maslin
J. G Maslin
Gerald Platte
GH. Garnock
J. G.” Maslin
Barabra Chamber Hears Road Petition And King’s Highway Plan
The Barabara Chamber of Commerce held a Tuesday meeting. Members pressed for better postal links between Rockton Cann and pressed for a new road, asking for wider Victorian border turns and mile posts. They debated Area Commissioners powers and backed naming a future road King’s Highway to Canberra with white on purple signage. They discussed the Great White Train, war trophy housing, concert funds, and improved Bomala Sydney telephony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Chapman
Chamber
Lee
Rockton
Cann
Who
O'Connor
Conn
Widergai
Sir Austin Chapman
Austin
Weolie
R. A. Kimber
O' Connor
Rodkou
Tivis
Rocklan Road
Smith
Weber
Pat ‘Kins
Tully
Hoo
Amber
Leo
Weeragun Progress Association
Dan
Weoragua Progress Association
Nyeition Law
Me. Weber
Canberra
Prince's Highway
Bom
Bala
Cooma
King’s Highway
J. Vider
The Stones of Healing in Jewel Tradition
An examination of precious gems and their medicinal lore from antiquity to the early modern era. The piece traces beliefs in amethyst and sapphire calming power and red vitality in rubies and garnets, the use of gems in pharmacopeia, and famed talismans like the Lee penny. It notes methods of preparation and historic poison antidotes, concluding with the Lee penny’s role during the Newcastle plague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomet
Florence
Languedoc
Lee
Newcastle
Chamber appoints rep to Eden Bombala railway inquiry
The text indicates a chamber appointed representatives, including Mr Shaw and Mr Shelley, to represent the chamber at a Public Works Committee inquiry concerning the Eden Bombala railway project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelley
Public Works Committee
Eden Bombala
Woman on Glasgow tram scolds noisy baby
In Glasgow a mother travels with a crying baby aboard a tramcar. She quiets him with gentle phrases while muttering at other passengers. At a stop the conductor shouts George's Cross, triggering the mother to exclaim that the child would bite her back teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Laddie
George
Bed in the passage at lone town hotel
A traveler in a small town seeks shelter at the only hotel where the proprietor offers a bed in the passage behind a curtain. A cold draft and a sheet used as a partition reveal a strange scene as the guest complains and asks for a pin to fix his bedding while noises echo from the stairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taveller
Ernsts Violin and a World Hearts Aglow
A romantic tale of Ernst gifting a Stradivarius to Madame Norman Neruda, helped by a generous prince, and of Ernst’s long voyage to prove himself. He earns forgiveness from aobr father after love lost, composing a tender Elegie on the Cremona violin, a haunting testament to fate and devotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Wil
Iterelf
Ernst
Nerads
Paganini
Europe
Heaven
Classroom riddle ends with a grim punchline
A teacher tests adjectives with students. When asked for the comparative of stele the boy answers wore. She extends the test and asks for the superlative of sick. The pupil replies dead with no hesitation.
The Ramange of the Pearl Through History
A brief survey traces the recognition and value of pearls from ancient China and India to Roman times and medieval Britain. It notes early tribute from oyster pearls in 23rd century B.C. and Tacitus on British pearls, contrasting Origen’s high regard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceylon
India
Britain
Tacitus
Origen
Dileh
Also Mentioned on This Page
Messrs. Platte Brothers
Adios
Wusunil
C. Cotterill
A. W. Garnock
D. H. Shelley
A. Bartsey
L. Goldberg
A. Haggar
E.W. Sullivan
J. Beileiter
W. Haggar
J. G. Walker
W. Dorl
C. Elton
B. Beveridge
F. Dorl
Pearson
P. Mooney
Gerald Platta
O. Wiles
H. Forsrest
Craigie
J.F. Bruce
Wallace Bynes
Gerald Phitts
Wothers
W.R. Platte
Wyandotte
Silver
Dawson
Hon. T. Cotterill
Leghorn
C Solomon
L. Cotterill
Brown
Cotterill
Orpington
Black
Crisp
T. Johnston
W. B. Crisp
Bull
Hen
W. Ingram
Minorca
Cook
FR. Ralphs
H. Ralphs
Rhode Island
Ellison
W. Tngram
H. Ellison
Miss Edwards
T. Cotterill
J. Slattery
Udon
W. Re Pendon
Turkey
M. Brasington
William
J Shell
Sid
Thas
Chamber of Commerce
Barbara
The
Messrs. Shelley
J Badgery
P. and
A. ‘Weber
B. C. Boys
F. J. Smith
G. Coulter
D. James
E.g.shaw
V. @home
Sec
W.g .Tyyeedia
Jincumbilly
Ribbenlake Shire
Ter
Area Railway Commissioners
Rookton-Cann Road
Bombala
Fred Smith
Sydney Telephone
W. Thorne
Sydney
Newra
Albury
Bombula
Onara’s
Q.co.e
P.O
Mr. Shaw
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!