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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1929
Page
3
The rector and congregation at St Matthews Church presented Sister Hume with a bound prayer and hymn book on leaving after service on Sunday May. The gesture conveyed gratitude for her service, while the parish paper notes support for the presentation. A side note instructs greasing frying pans with soft paper to absorb grease for fires.
A Church parish paper appeals for clear funds to pay a debt and cover ongoing expenses. It calls church officers to raise money honorably and for all members to increase offerings at services, emphasizing unselfish generosity. A side note mentions lemon juice preventing browning of cut bananas.
The local paper reports on the Foothst Carnival activities with the Town and Country Stallholders hosting afternoon teas on both showground days and noting excellent business. Winners include Miss W Lyons for weighing a coke and Mr Wilton for a dressed turkey. Reports mention new stock at Goulburn Dales and a special line of women’s jumpers. Adulterated whisky case involved Dudley Sealy fined £3 plus costs. Donations to Boorowa Hospital staff and public works society plans a June concert and ball to raise funds. A Euchre party at J Barton’s Little Plains drew about 200 attendees with various prize winners listed. Events include a Burrowa first-grade match against Dalton, band concerts with missed acknowledgments, and local trades advertising materials. General notices touch on local shops, Doris Crowley guest dentistry, and a new hotel management opening in Boorowa. The article also references the appointment of Very Rev Edmund Gleeson to a church order and his journey from Waratah Monastery.
In Bathurst on Monday E L. C. Moulder of Condobolin drove into a tall tree. His partner C E Finn also of Condobolin climbed the tree and sat astride a branch to play the ball within a few feet of the pin in a Canadian fourball.
Alec C Dalziell aged 14 captured the northern rivers golf title at Lixmore on Monday with rounds of 77 and 81 and a four handicap. His father, secretary of Liemore Golf Club, powered the victory as the team event saw See take first, with Grafton and Balina following.
The parish notes joy in monthly family services held on the third Sunday, inviting more families to attend. It highlights the value of gathering, especially for distant members, and urges churchgoers to come with their households to the House of the Lord.
The Boorewa Town and CNatrice Band present a high quality concert featuring duets and selections in the Public Hall Reid's Fir on Saturday evening June 8 at 8 pm A hoped for good turnout and a well presented programme from the band members.
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