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Newspaper
Carcoar Chronicle
Location
Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 21, 1943
Page
3
Meare C W Graum and Son of Woodstock sought permission to take firewood from the reserve. Secretary J E Walker said the board could grant removal, but Dir Rowlands opposed felling trees. Discussion noted potential penalties and that the stock inspector would inspect the reserve.
The Australian Comforts Fund launches an Adoption Appeal campaign to raise 890000 per year for continued comforts and services. A concert in Sydney on May 17 launches voluntary recruitment and weekly adoption stamp contributions, yielding a special contribution card valued per head toward a formal Adoption certificate signed by the Governor and local AF leaders.
Winter conditions swept Lyndhurst with boisterous winds and the first snowfall. Trees were blown down and tiles loosened from the police station roof as heavy rain and cold settled in. Local residents, including McNamara the relief railway porter, received medical care for a poisoned thumb before returning to light duties. Engagement announced between Gertrude Amelia Mealie Smith and James A. L. of Lyndhurst. families noted from Lyndhurst and Bainbaldry.
The Electricity Advisory Committee reports the Wyangala project would cost about 135000 pounds for a dam power station extension and 82000 pounds for a Wellington to Dubbo transmission, plus 48000 pounds. It would generate power from dam water and use a 5a synchronous condenser to aid transmission to Orange. Connecting to the Southern Electricity system would allow bulk supply to Dubbo Forbes Parkes and Peak Hill, reducing local fuel use and delaying new plant.
Greyhound racing expands in England with London area tracks limited to one meeting weekly. Postwar figures show rising interest as large sums pass through totalisators. Clapton Stadium tops with profits near £97,000 while totalisator turnover is expected to reach £23,000,000 this year, surpassing last year’s £22,260,000.
The dairy at Young is likely to lose its herd of about 50 cows after Mr A H Baileys estate sale on June 2. If not bought locally, the herd will be dispersed, depriving area families of milk. The Mayor Ald J J Paterson and Town Clerk H Pollack say the private matter is beyond council power, though ratepayers will suffer.
A committee notes that the proposed transmission plant would impact costs for the Railway Department and the Public Works Department. It would have limited value as a standby generator, not fully eliminating the need for further power development in the central western area and could defer Hana's action.
Rev Mary Williams of Molong, evacuated from Milne Bay before the Japanese occupation, will preach at Carcoar Fresbyerian Church on Sunday next. Williams, who spent years in Papua, speaks on conditions there before the war and shares the Christian story. An invitation invites district residents to attend, in conjunction with the Methodist Church.
Albert Edward Joseph Richardson and Walter Alben, soldiers, faced Cowra court on eight charges of breaking and entering theft at the Theatre Cowra and related damage. Richardson also charged with entering the Australian Hotel.
At the Carcoar P. P. Board meeting Mr. F. E. Trevitt, stock inspector, announced that zone shearing is adopted this season. Waugoola Shire is under zone 5, others in zone 7, with commencement awaited until September 26. Contractors must file a return of employed workers. the inspector explained the required form.
Bathurst Advocate notes a tale of a rabbiter claiming 85 pounds in two nights near Singleton, a feat deemed physically impossible by locals. Experts say rabbit catches decline as trapped numbers thin out, recounting a case of 700 rabbits one night but only 74 the next.
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