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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 05, 1929
Page
1
Walter Burns, auctioneer and stock and property valuator, forwards an application listing sales across the state with favorable terms for buyers. Local and statewide stock consignments, account sales, and post sale cheques are mentioned, with handling of trucks and consignments to Sydney or other agents as a specialty.
A long list covers peak show dates for towns including Peak Hit Tullamore Trundie Condobolia Began Gate Parkes Forbes Manildra and many others with dates mainly in August September and October. The segment also includes stray verses a spoof golf rhyme and assorted ads for agricultural equipment and services from Boorowa, including Massey Harris Ltd, Lindeman's wines, and tax return services.
The Wealth Inspector reports the fortnight ending July 1 with meter readings and June consumption of 1247 units. Dairy premises inspections by T Farrell and others are satisfactory. Straying stock impounded for Mur rumburrah Pound. A notice is recommended to J J Cummins to remove bricks and earth obstructing Market Street footway after old bank demolition.
The Yass Sheep Show Association held its second annual exhibition on a Thursday in September 1876. Judges evaluated merino sheep by wool quality and fleece, awarding cups and prizes to exhibitors from Queanbeyan, Goulburn, Burrowa, Young, and Murrumburrah, with Mr. A L Faithfull and Mr. F W Hume among notable winners.
Geoffrey Crook aged 12 did not return from Morrisdale Station near Crookwell after an errand at noon. A search party found him dead on the station property with a report he was dragged by a bolt of his horse for a distance before the stirrup released. His father rode 50 miles through freezing night and snow to the scene after hearing the news.
Lily Webster aged 79 from beyond Her Tigan faced a Tocumwal court after police found 180 possum skins in her possession. Webster pleaded guilty and was fined £1 per skin, totaling £180, with six months hard labor in Albury as an alternative. Beachley, found with her, was acquitted but later attempts to obtain funds failed. Chek Fook a Bathurst resident of 14 years was remanded to Sydney on a charge of being a prohibited transport immigrant after deserting the ship Strathace in January.
The sixth year show features prizewinners from Leicestershire and Lincolnshire with Jubilee cups and merino combing prizes. Notables include Mr. Robert Kennedy Collineweed and Mrs. Remmington Hardwicke with two ewes and lambs, while Angora specimens and a Goulburn wool halo draw attention.
The Cork Ireland factory unveils a new Fonieon Tractor with 60 percent more power and two Australia prices. A new Mord Truck gains fame in commerce with noted power speed and economy. Automotive sales data from four cities show Ford production beginning January 1929 and state departments adopting the new trucks. Dr Purchas recovers after illness. local hospital care credited. Warmer lines celebrate poetry about love and weather.
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