Diocese of Goulburn to mark seventy five years in March
The Diocese of Goulburn spanning from Goulburn to Albury and Koorawatha to Bombala will observe its seventy fifth anniversary across forty two parishes from March 1 to 27. Centenaries will also be celebrated in six parishes with remembrance of Pioneer priests and early builders like Sowerby Cartwright and Pryce.
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Goulburn
Albury
Koorawatha
Bombala
Bourke
Ecapachus
New South Wales
Canon Leigh
Robert Earle
Abercrombie Ranges
Barker
Sydney
John Young
Thoms
Australian Literary Competitions Offered for 150th Anniversary
A £500 prize fund funds a broad Australian literary contest as part of the 150th Anniversary Celebrations. Prizes cover short story full length play short poem long and short essays with detailed rules for Australian entrants and strict confidentiality measures. The closing date is December 1997 and entries go to S Elliott Napier chair of the Literary Committee.
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Australia
Dunningham
Commonwealth
New Zealand
British South Pacfic Islands
Wll Mss
Lawer
S. Elliott Napier
Box
Sydney
Great Sea Monster I Haunt Darwin Pearl Fleet
Reports from Darwin recount a Japanese pearling fleet returning with terror after a diver is lost to a mysterious sea monster. Over seven weeks seven divers have perished, with one creature allegedly dragging a diver and his gear underwater.
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Darwin
Man’s Best Friend Dogged By Faithful Loyalty Ode
An excerpt extols a dog as humanity’s truest ally through poverty illness and misfortune. The piece celebrates the dog’s steadfast devotion, guarding sleep and wounds, following a master into exile and hardship, offering unwavering companionship regardless of fortune.
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Senate
George Graham Veet
Meeting Dates At Hotels For Upcoming Visits
Dates listed for visits to Boorowa Royal Standard Hotel on Saturday July 3, Albion Hotel on Thursday July 1 at 9 am, and Carrington Hotel on Friday July 2. Residents advised to note arrangements.
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Boorowa
Royal Standard Hotel
Young
Albion
Harden
Carrington
Diocese to mark 80 years with 1988 thank offering
The diocese plans an £10,000 thank-offering to rehabilitate diocesan finances and fund forward looking church work during 1988 celebrations of Bishop Thomas's episcopate eighty years. Canon Hirst will visit parishes to promote the appeal and a renewed consecration of lives and work will be sought amid reflections on a century of evangelical faith and Catholic order in the Church of England.
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Tlean Sowerby
Goulburn
Robert Cartwright
Edward Smith
Queanbeyan
E.G. Pryce
Monare
Gippeland
P. G. Smith
Danberry
Canon Soares
Canon Leigh
Porson Srngslocke
Yara
Murrowhidgee
Waren
Mosac Thomas
Chalmers
Barlow
Radford
Lake Bathurst
Lake Witch Tella
Macquarie
Arkstone Forest
Cartwright
Lachlan
Murrumbidgee
Boorown
Lang's Creek
Thomas
Canon Hirst
Church of England
Sleepless for Twelve Years A Huddersfield Man Keeps Cheerful Pace
William Blackburn of Huddersfield claims no sleep for 12 years at age 68. He takes two morphia tablets nightly since an operation in 1925 and has used about 10 000 tablets. He reads, smokes, and does crosswords beside his bed and hopes for a few hours of sleep.
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William Blackburn
Huddersfield
Diocese Marks Century of Faithful Pastoral Work
A diocese reflects on a hundred years of faithful pastoral service and calls for courage to advance, inviting gratitude to God and renewal of commitment as it marks the milestone.
Jewel Shop Opening in Marsden Street Boorowa
Mr. Ralph Walton opens a new jeweller shop on Marsden Street Boorowa stocking a wide range of jewelry for local customers in the town.
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Ralph Walton
Marsden Street
Boorowa
Erosion Menace Urged Cure Through Tree Planting Pasture Work
Mr F. Leigh warned Parkes district listeners that Australia faces total pasture loss from erosion. He argued trees hinder soil fertility, cited forest decline, and warned of rising winds and soil transfer to oceans. He cited Broken Hill sand drifts and Condobolin exposure as evidence of accelerating erosion endangering agriculture.
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Australia
Mr. Leigh
China
Broken Hill
Condobalin
Parkes
Ategi
Nature’s heavy task to restore soil after deforestation
A scientific estimate says Nature would need 10 400 years to replace lost soil from hillside tree removal. Northern hills once forested twenty years ago are now bare rock. Mr Leigh concludes erosion can be checked by pasture culture and planting trees and grasses, potentially in three years.
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Central-western
Leigh
Mr. Leigh
Nature
£70,800 Estate Inherited By 15 Year Old In Australia
The Equity Court Sydney ruled on the late Garnet Dudley Lyle Marsden's residuary estate. A 16 year old, William Garnett Marsden, will inherit £70,900 in ten years. Marsden senior, once owner of Euralie Station Yass, left a sizable estate.
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Garnet Dudley Lyle Marsden
Yoss
Equity Court
Sydney
Justice Nicholas
Marsden
William Garnett Marsden
Mr. Marsden
Euraliie Station
Yass
Paraffin heating and garment drying instructions
If paraffin is kept in a metal teapot it can be heated and poured easily. After washing a cardigan or pullover place the garment in a colander. Press out water shape it and dry on a large cake rack or sieve in a good draught of air.
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