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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 22, 1939
Page
5
The Catholic Bishop of Goulburn Mont Rev D T B McGuire will return to Goulburn this week after a lengthy illness. He has greatly recovered but will not resume full duties until early in the New Year and will live quietly during the interim. The news brings elation to Catholics across the Goulburn Diocese.
A grand Ball will be held at Memorial Hall Rye Park on New Year’s night to aid hall funds. The 2LF Trio will provide music and a knife and fork supper will be on tap. Tickets cost 6 shillings for genres and 3 shillings for Indies, with a bumper house hoped for.
Winchcombe Carson Ltd reports on the current wool stocks and market outlook. The British Empire controls major supplies with strong imports and high crossbred demand for uniform use while merino tops show smaller gains. Australian and New Zealand clips are discussed as prices adjust under war time conditions. Appraisals resume in Sydney January 8 with the first catalogue January 12 and final appraisal January 15.
Rev. Brown offers congratulations to Mr and Mrs Dutton on the Molong appointment and thanks to Rev Tredinnick. Students sing First Noel and Sweetly Slumber. Santa distributes gifts and lollies as the break-up ends. Mr Leo Conroy travels to Sydney for medical care.
The fourteenth annual tennis tournament will be held in Binalong during the New Year holidays on Saturday Sunday and Monday December 30 31 and January 1. A strong committee has started organisation and a similar programme will be offered to players. The programme will be available next week. The hon secretaries are Messrs T V ao Cc C Smith Rex and E Davies all contactable by phone at Binalong. The annual tennis ball will again be held on Monday night January. The hon organisers are Miss A Martan and Mr E T Shine.
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