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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 27, 1937
Page
3
Used leading make combination refrigerator with cube maker and storage, ice cream hole, milk container, 12 cubic feet storage. Over £200 new, 18 months old, fully guaranteed. Owner bankrupt wants £115 balance, £25 deposit, £115 over two years. Free installation and service. contact EK W Burrow Post Office Boor.
Kerosene operated 5 cubic foot Hallstrom refrigerator for sale after one month use. Asking £45 but will accept £90 with free delivery and option for half down and balance in six months. Apply KR E Burgess at the Post Office Boorown.
Mrs E A L Medway of Rugby warns that she will not be responsible for any debts incurred in her name without written authority.
Polo enthusiasts in Boorowa and at Kenya Station show interest in forming a local polo club after a successful Sunday practice. Boorowa players Clive and Peter Hume and Kenya Station’s Mr Brady lead efforts with others including John Myles John Flannery Peter Brady and Jack Ormiston among those who practiced. A paddock on Kenya Station is used temporarily with plans for a central arena as practice continues on Sundays.
R. F. Phillips and W. Preston Baker undertake a formal visit noted in this brief item. The report records the pair meeting or inspecting a location of interest. No further context is given.
In Boorowa Bushby’s promotes silk hosiery suitcases and travel items from Bank of New South Wales visitors and staff. They boast a large hosiery stock, Molasses and seeds from Yates, air service from Sydney to Adelaide, and a big paint and hardware range. Local notices mention racing club meeting and Country Women’s Association event set for September 6.
The Australian Restoration and Acclimatisation Society warns that Murray cod may vanish in five years due to netting set-lines and traps. A committee of scientists and amateur anglers will study causes and a close season in September to November is planned to boost numbers. A note on local sales and a hospital operation for Sidney Silk are also mentioned.
Considerable activity in extending electricity supplies at Binalong with more homesteads joining the Burrinjuck scheme. Operations aim to power shearing at several sites this season. Electric lighting at Binalong railway station nears completion, fulfilling years of Progress Association agitation for better lighting on the premises.
The death occurred Thursday afternoon of Mrs. Armstrong wife of Mr W Armstrong of Allen Hale Boorawa. She had been in failing health for some time and her death was not unexpected. The funeral was held this afternoon at the Methodist portion of Boorown Cemetery.
At the Binalong branch monthly meeting the President Mrs J J Garry was congratulated on receiving a Coronation Medal and a royal letter for her extensive service to the Country Women's Association. The article notes her roles as State Executive vice-president and South Western Group representative and mentions upcoming meetings at Garry owen, plus various local society updates and social events.
W M Dwyer & Company will auction on behalf of P M Ryan at his guild hall Bocrowa. The sale lists furniture including a 4 piece maple bedroom suite oak items, dining set, chairs, lounge, bedding, baby items, kitchenware, tools, bicycles, and a Winchester rifle. Inspection invited, terms and conditions at sale.
Licensing Magistrate Me. Fo OW Pritz oversees the transfer of the Royal Standard Hotel at Boorowa from Augustine Francis Lawler to Richmond Hull Chapman. The document records the legal handover and parties involved.
The article notes optometrists J M Consule and R Bug gee of 67 Castlereagh Street Sydney visiting the Royal Standard Hotel Hoorows on Saturday August 28. It records a Boorowa funeral for Elliott a Warren building contractor native of Victoria who wished burial in Boorowa. Constable Wiggins to Narooma transfer. Two daily air liners pass Boorowa en route to Adelaide and Sydney with a service via Cootamundra Hay and Mildura. L E Minter’s hole in one at Boorowa Golf Club 105 yards on 19/6/57 earns prizes including a Valet Razor Set and whisky framed certificate. Albury Closer Settlement Committee lists potential settlers in Albury district for state government consideration.
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