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Newspaper
Carcoar Chronicle
Location
Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 10, 1905
Page
2
F W Green expresses gratitude to Dr Hawthorpe and Dr Cribb for skilled treatment and to Nurse McLaughlin and Maree Garrell for care and kindness during his stay at Carcoar District Hospital.
The Church of England holds services on the second Sunday with Carcoar activities at 11 am and 3 pm and a 7 pm session in the evening. Presbyterian conducts a second Sunday service in Carcoar at 7 pm with an 11 am service earlier. Wesleyan schedules a second Sunday service in Mandusama at 11 am and a later session in the day.
Tenders are called by Mr T Grant of Sarrills Shaw for a rabbit-proof fenos. The annual municipal election occurs tomorrow with two auditees to be elected. The statements cover hospital subscriptions, a two-week sale at Enterprise StorA, auctioneering prices, and local land selection applications.
Our Own Correspondent reports mining activity quiet but hopes for a pickup. Farmers report light returns with some fields yielding up to 40 bushels per acre. Neville Jockey Club sets February 22 racing day with events including two Princes races. March 7 marks the Athletic Club annual sports meeting. Local cricketers approach the second half of the competition in polished form.
The Monday race meeting drew a large attendance of over 1000, with Cowra and surrounding districts represented. Despite expectations, betting was light as officials led by J.P. L. Pureggl and secretary G. S. Wood supervised a well run event. The social program included a marquee entertainment and a later hall gathering with music and refreshment.
The Railway Department issues tickets to Melbourne by train leaving Carcoar at 5 pm on Wednesday February 15. On Tuesday evening next the welcome in Carcoar will be given to the Presbytery of Bathurst visiting the Presbyterian Church. Expected is a small company of six or seven clergy with meetings in other district areas and officers and workers gathering before the main meeting. Everyone is invited.
The town records the death of Aldest daughter of Benior-Constable je Grenen ee of Garcoar from heart failure aged scarcely 15. Funeral at Satan bury cemetery under guidance of Mr Waller Wataos. Also notes Crown Landa sale in Barrage and Calvert lot purchased by Mrs Jarvin. advertises Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets at 1s 6d with local suppliers A Hewins and TH Rowlands.
Gazette notices detail lease approvals and voids across multiple parishes with allotments and rents, including Hopkins improvement leases and various properties. The text shifts to health guidance urging caution with colds and promoting Chamberlain's Remedy as a cheap cure, listing local sellers in Carcoar and Mandapame.
Burraga records seven to eight typhoid cases with numbers over twenty. Precautions include escorts for teachers and nurses. A two-room dwelling has been rented as a hospital outside town. The town’s prior sanitary state was described as awful with water quality noted as worse. Mine work continues, business is brisk, fruit and vegetables are plentiful but expensive.
Scattered rainfall across the Tronkey area exceeded half an inch with 25 points recorded in a Sunday morning storm. Two local residents, both mothers, Mrs Walsh and Mrs O'Hara, died. Mrs Walsh was buried at Long Swamp Cemetery. A blacksmith shop belonging to Mr W Mackenzie at Heather Heath was destroyed, valued at £100. The Old Age Pension Board, with Mr T A Smith and Mr J J McPhee, held a meeting. many cages were processed and a Warden's Court sat the same day. J Cagh was granted a gold mining lease on private property near Hobby's Yards. A two-year-old child of Mr Guddeo sustained severe burns from boiling water and remains critical. Mine work resumed at Pem broke Mine after recent rains. unemployed miners were rehired. Rabbits are not breeding rapidly. owners struggle to control them. Crude phosphors are being replaced by Vernox poisons for safer mixing, with ideal poison carts gaining popularity locally.
The Hospital Committee met at the School of Arta on Tuesday. Members present included Mesara P Byrnes as chair and W B MacDermott as treasurer. The minutes were read, donations acknowledged, and several accounts approved for payment. Elections named Mr W B MacDermott president and Mr P Byrnes treasurer with finance and visiting committees formed. Easter Monday picnic plans announced with a decediary committee appointed. Supplies to be obtained from M M Kauffmann for the current month.
An advertisement asserts a bad mouth taste stems from a disordered stomach and can be cured by Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. It claims the tablets clean, invigorate digestion, and restore relish for food. Sold by Al Hawisa, Oarcoar, and IT- Rowtiwoa Mandorama.
A well attended Council Chambers meeting on Monday discussed re forming the Careams Progress Association. The Mayor noted past achievements and a new committee was elected to revive local planning under the old rules. Officers named President W Clark Vice President A Tucker Secretary Treasurer T Brady with a canvassing committee to raise subscriptions.
A special meeting of the Municipal Council elected the mayor for the ensuing year. Aldermen J. G. Darwin, A. Tucker, P. A. Links and W. Links supported the motion. The mayor thanked colleagues and officers, noting the council clock and reports. A slight sanitary-rate increase was discussed. The council unanimously opposed a Transcontinental Railway project to Lyndhurst and Port Augusta, warning cost burdens on taxpayers. Auction and land details from Lyndhurst noted with price.
Mandarama Jockey Club held a meeting despite weather delays with good fields and lively betting. Confederate and Pharoe won major races while Little Nell and Bally posted notable performances. Officials praised the conduct and a bustling fair program ran at Mc Owen’s booth with strong attendance and betting action. The Cricket section previews Mandurama vs Carona in the O.D.C.C. round two, listing competing players and teams.
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