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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 13, 1933
Page
2
Boorowa notes current and upcoming activities including the Band Ball on Anniversary Day, welcoming visitors from nearby towns, and a report from the Band Committee. Local residents celebrate the carnival, travel plans, band rehearsals, and a recent fire incident near the old racecourse.
The Boorowa C P S office records for 1932 show counts across courts and activities including 54 charge cases and 70 summonses in Petty Sessions, 11 cases committed for trial, 11 shire and municipal appeals, 15 license applications, 20 charges in the Children's Court, 24 plaintiffs in small debts court with 10 verdicts for plaintiffs, 1 7 in total monetary verdicts, 1 execution, 1 garnishee order, 24 billiard and liquor licenses totaling 56 licenses, receipts of public money 10d, letters in at 171 and out at 2354, 111 dogs registered, 71 births, 20 deaths, 24 marriages, maternity allowances and various pensions, and licenses issued under multiple acts. Public revenue and other sums are listed. note on horse events and upcoming auctions.
Mr J Sutcliffe of Brocklesby owns a well travelled hen that hatches eggs in a bag tray under a wagon and walks daily to the station to sit calmly while wheat is unloaded. He notes station noise does not disturb the bird and remarks that modern girls value driving licenses as much as marriage certificates.
In Borroowa district large wheat yields are being harvested with a peak near the Barn as 55 004 bushels, 1473 tons, delivered to the silo and 680 tons trucked away. Congestion arises as silos fill and railways dispatch bulk grain. Open for another fortnight, with only 100 bags stored in the grain shed.
The article notes a surge in wheat handling with over 26 million bushels in Selucey county and 28,922 bushels of wheat received, far above last season. It cites Acting Wheat Commissioner G. A. H. Holborrow, reporting 90 million bushels potentially final, 0.644 million moved to White Bay terminals, 6.26 million loaded for export, and 4.274 million stocks on hand, with export draws easing congestion and no expected recurrence.
R and Mrs G R Peisley of Galong express sincere thanks to friends and relatives for sympathy after the death of their eldest son Bobby. Special thanks go to Dr Eiselle the Bush Nurse of Binalong Mrs Todd of Hotel Binalong Adrian Friend Dave Dunn and other friends. They say they cannot forget her smiling face and vacant place.
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