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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 31, 1939
Page
4
The fragment lists rainfall totals and dates across years from 1887 to 1948 for Boorowa. It shows monthly and yearly figures, with numerous numeric entries and abbreviations, indicating a long term rainfall compilation and trend observations for the town and surrounding area.
Clothes and a blouse were found in a deep hole near Albury three miles from the murdered girl of the Pyjama Girl Mystery. Police hope the items help identify the victim and recover the weapon used. Det Wilks arrived to oversee the inquiry as drains may reveal more clues amid heavy rain and mud. BURROWAR RACES, April 4th and 4th next.
A Land Board meeting at Bootown Court House on Thursday April 6 will hear cases including power and land loans for Mrs. Marjorie Ruth and Alfred Andrew Armour, George Austin Pearsall, Andrew Cummings extension, Bocrowa Electric Lighting franchise extension, Cyril Stewart Robertson road purchase, and a note on a parish policeman. A passerby recalls a car hitting a woman who wore a flowerpot hat trimmed with cyclamen ribbon and fake furs.
A fragment hints at a leading actor in the upcoming film Hollywood Hotel, detailing wardrobe elements and costume notes. Sparse text suggests production focus on visual styling and star power rather than full plot details.
The Young Pastures Protection Board declined to cooperate with the Stock and Stalllom Agents Association and to petition the Postmaster General to post daily weather charts outside post offices. Other items included discussions on fence extensions, boundary reports, camping reserve proposals, weather charts versus wireless updates, permit fee considerations, and district land holdings. The meeting adjourned with no action on the weather chart proposal and a pending report from Mr. Coward.
The report notes unsettled wool values amid broader commodity uncertainty with prices for other materials likely to fluctuate. It cites weaker trade signals, rising artificial fibre output, and shifts in wool importing costs in Britain and the United States. Sydney sales span March 20 to April 3 with upcoming catalogues on April 24 and May 3.
Small flocks benefit from regular classing before shearing or after six to eight months wool. Classing improves merino and crossbred flocks alike and is essential whether producing wool, dual purpose types, or fat lambs. Even careful breeders have some animals with flaws.
Two faults in wool covering deem ewes unfit for breeding. Ewes with frame faults or wool not true to type due to lack of strength density softness or character or uneven or dingy wool should not be fed from. Rigorous culling maintains and improves flock standards and wool quality. A pamphlet on sheep culling principles is available free from the Department of Agriculture Sydney. Assistance in closing is available by arrangement with the department.
Walter Merriman warns that any trespassers including those hunting shooting or removing timber on Beverley Gaffney and Ainsbury paddocks will be prosecuted compliance with the notice is required by law.
Sunday April services listed for several Methodist locations Rye Park Bourawa Rey Eo Predinnick Rangiora Kopin Fecoutive meeting on Saturday April 1 Minister E Tredinnick. Mass times and Holy Communion noted for Boorowa Marringatt Kiels Flat Feagmure and Rye Park Easter and Good Friday observances. Presbyterian services include St Johns Tah Pom Tah Park and Mangere with ministers H I Brown and Hilton Thomas.
In Queanbeyan Magistrate Court two swagmen pled guilty to rifling a poor box at St. Gregorys Church. Gerald Lorraine 27 sentenced to two months. Keyes fined £1 with two days hard labor in default. Both men had prior convictions and were remanded from a brief police chase near St. Vianeys Uriarra Road. The article notes upcoming O14 Time Ball on April 4.
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