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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 07, 1938
Page
10
A notice announces a Thursday January 13 visit from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Royal Standard Hotel. The firm with Mr KE Chek of PLC has visited the town for over thirty years. It warns trespassers to avoid leaving gates open or taking short gut on Lagarno and Sun lands.
The Rye Park Soldiers' Memorial Hall Ball drew a crowded dance floor as James' Orchestra played for a successful fundraiser. The local cricket team defeated Taylor's Flat 363 to 142, with standout scores from D. Perks 164 and Trevor Sargent 46.
A Boorowa Methodist Church ceremony united Misa Jean Armstrong and Dallas Hargreaves with a large gathering from Boorowa and nearby towns. The bridal party wore pale blue and yellow gladioli featured in decorations by the Methodist Church Aid. A second wedding at St John’s Church of England in Forbes joined Angelina May Conquest and Clive Gray in pink and blue color tones with elaborate gowns, train-bearers, and a Brisbane honeymoon planned for the couple.
Empire shows Wings of the Morning with Saturday matinee and evening screenings and Monday night showings. Also featured are Camille with Robert Taylor and Greta Garbo, It’s Love Again, Our Gang comedy Two Too Young, travel talk India on Parade in color, The Roaring West serial, Fifty Roads to Town, and the lakeside adventures Rain Bow on the River and Souls at Sea plus The Country Doctor.
In Georgetown Tasmania a fowl yielded no real fortune. A guardian bag contained three pieces of gold weighing 6dwt and twenty three nuggets about the size of No 4 shot, plus eight others about a sixteenth inch wide, disappointing a hopeful buyer.
Miss Mary Wade of Galong became the wife of Mr. Austin McShane son of the late Mr. and Mrs. McShane of Goulburn. The couple tied the knot at St. Josephs Church Binalong at 7 30 am on Thursday. The bride wore a pearl satin gown with a circular train and a Brussels net veil, with a coronet of pearls.
On Saturday night in the Murrumbidgee River Clarrie Beamett of the Main Roads Board landed a Murray cod weighing 84 pounds over five feet long with a mouth large enough to swallow a kerosene lamp. The fish was caught with a crayfish baited shilling handline and given away in sections after a photograph was taken.
Descendants of the late Mr. Thomas Southwell plan a Sunday service and Monday family gathering to honor his 100 year arrival in Australia. He helped found Methodism here and built a church at Parkwood near Queanbeyan. About 1,100 descendants are expected to attend events around Rye Park and nearby towns.
Messrs J A Donnelly and F C McNamara announce a stock sale at Galong yarding 160 fat and store cattle and 2000 fat and store sheep at 2 p m next Wednesday 12 January Further entries invited contact Galong phones 7 or 9.
The wedding of the youngest Wade daughter to Harold McShane of Goulburn took place at Galong with Father Cahill officiating. The bride wore a pleated tulle gown lent by Mrs. Foley and carried gladioli. Bridesmaid Maggie Wade wore dusty pink crepe. After a small reception at Galong, the couple left for a Jervis Bay cruise and will reside in Galong.
Valmai Ward and John Brennan wed at St Philip's Church Hill this week. Ward, daughter of Mrs. Ward and the late W. E. Ward of Mouman and Boorowa, wore a cream spotted net gown with a tulle veil and carried stephanotis. Brennan, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Brennan of Homebush, was supported by his brother Mr. Lee Brennan.
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