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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 24, 1949
Page
1
Generous donations totaling £117 10s funded new equipment for Boorowa District Hospital. An Emergency Motile Lighting Unit costing £57 10s was donated by Mr St. Stevenson.
Train services to Boorowa will run only on Wednesdays with no goods or parcels accepted due to coal shortages. The only passenger train will arrive at 7 13 a.m. and depart 7 35 p.m. on Wednesday.
Local residents spend weekends trapping rabbits for carcases frozen and exported to England. At Lachlan Pty. Ltd. Boorowa works handLing for less than 1200 pairs daily. Last year about 17 000 pairs were accepted at Boorowa for freezing and grading in Cowra. Price now is 1 3/ a pair.
A Burrinjuck spokesman said last week’s power outages in the Boorowa and Riverina districts were caused by coal shortages at Port Kembla. He noted Burrinjuck is an irrigation auxiliary not a full power source, with coal supply disruptions leading to insufficient steam for turbines and reduced generation. Areas affected span Parkes to Cootamundra and Wagga Wagga to Ulladulla with west and east irrigation districts hit hard.
Boorowa’s elder statesman Mr. R J Dick Riles of Chestrpton Alloway Road marks his 92nd birthday today. He remains active and fit, having moved to Boorowa with his parents as a child and has resided there ever since.
Police investigate a bold burglary at Gundagai General Store where thieves failed to break in through a window but climbed to the roof and pried open a fanlight to steal jewellery worth about £400. Police say only jewellery was taken including diamond rings Whatley and pocket watches.
Due to power restrictions preventing cutting and to allow topdressing of the green, the Bowling Club committee will close the green to play from Monday June 27. It is expected to reopen for play around the end of August.
Following a Saturday draw by the Anarown Show Society the cake competition winner was Miss Meno Flannery of Golden Valley with ticket number 767.
More than 60 members from St Patrick’s Guild CWA and Hospital Auxiliary gathered to honour Mrs G A Malone before her transfer from Boorowa to Goulburn. They praised her eight years of service, presenting gifts and expressing best wishes for her new home and ongoing work with country women groups.
A recommendation to shift from an autumn to a spring show is studied by the incoming Committee. A Preliminary statement of financial results for the past three autumn shows versus spring years is presented with accounts and donations. An official representative of the King may be invited to open the 1950 Show and entrance fees for Sheep Dog Trials may be reduced. Local gratitude notes are extended to judges and volunteers. Break in two Gundagel shops and one Waggen shop yields goods worth over £550 stolen.
Grath and crew members from Clearview including Drumgold EK Deyer Dwyer Edge worth Withers Thompson Woodbridge Miseos Hume and F Drumgold compete in a listed rowing lineup. The document lists participants by initials and surnames in what appears to be a club or regatta entry.
Boorowa Australian Silknit Factory ceased operations on Monday due to electricity restrictions. Many girls lost jobs while Mr Hemphill promised to seek diesel engines to keep machines running and stabilize garment production and prices.
Mail service changes affect inbound and outbound routes at Boorowa Post Office. Incoming Sydney mails arrive Monday Wednesday Friday at 4:45 pm via Harden and Vass. onward dispatches to Wagga and Cowra also noted. Outward Sydney mails depart Monday Wednesday Friday. other country routes depart Tuesday and Saturday using Binworth and Harden, with specific times listed.
The Empire Theatre announces no screenings in Boorewa and District due to electricity restrictions. Manager C. H. Weeden issues the notice to the public.
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