SYBIL'S SOLILOQUIES AND LOCAL GOSSIP NOTES
A Geraldton column trails local events from dances and farewells to furniture sales and society chatter. Miss Connor departs for Northam with family. Mrs Innes hosts pleasant dances. a Masonic Hall furniture sale yields high prices. talks at ladies homes reveal social foibles including a maid leaving due to “faults on both sides.” The writer laments help shortages and telephonic exchanges amid tariff debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connor
Northam
Geraldton
Marine Terrace
Susan Jane
Rifle Club reschedules second match after wind disrupted shoot
The Rifle Club held its second match amid strong wind and rain showers. After the first two shooters, a target blew away and the event was postponed. A committee meeting planned to fire the postponed match next Wednesday and Saturday with the option for the two already fired to re-shoot. A Company parade followed with Sergeant-Major Everington giving a lecture on rifle mechanism. Major Buchanan then presented Bandsman Wolff with a silver spoon won at the last rifle match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rifle Club
Everington
Buchanan
Rifle Club Committee
Wolff
Woodpecker Toe Count Defies Common Bird Pattern
A note on avian anatomy states most birds have three toes forward and one back, while woodpeckers uniquely display two toes in front and two behind, illustrating a distinctive zygodactyl arrangement.
Irwin Districts Roads Board Meeting Notes September
The Irwin Districts Roads Board met at the Courthouse in Dongarra on September 2 with chair J Delmage and members Waldeck Pearse Moore and Ellery. Minutes approved, tenders discussed for fencing and road works, gate application deferred, office tender held over, and accounts approved. note on local land purchases by laborers at Twyford, Leicestershire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dongarra
Messrs
J. Delmage
F. Waldeck
N. F. Pearse
J. S. Moore
Ellery
Irwin Vale
Yardarino Road
Pettit’s Road
WORTBERN RAILWAY EMPLOYEES ANNUAL PICNIC 1907
Annual picnic gathering for Wortbern Railway employees lists organizers and local sponsors including P. Stone Geo. Laing Sam Been Wallace Miller Co op Society F.W. Warwicker E Snell L Eskell Cass Bros A S Kent Wolff and Co H Carson D Corrigan C F Chapman G H Griffiths H Pass Co H J Broad A E Blencowo Cream Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Stone
Geo. Laing Sam Been
Wallace Miller Co-op. Society
F.W. Warwicker
E. Snell
L. Eskell
Cass Bros
A. S. Kent
F. Wolff and Co
H. Carson
D. Corrigan
C.F. Chapman
G. H. Griffiths
H. Pass & Co
J. Broad
A. E. Blencowo Cream & Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sybil
Irwin Districts Roads Board
W. M‘auliffe
VT. Kennedy
Secretary
A. Plester
T. Payne
J. Pascoe
Brand Bros
Ww. M' Auliffe
Twyford
Leicestershire
Wesley Hall
Sweet Charity’s Sake
Samuel Tetlow
W. M'Kenzie Grant
Newmarracarra
Mercantile Cricket Club
Eneral
Freemasons
J. Conway
Marquis of Queensberry
Perth
Tom
Mahon
W. Rroowfield
Oliver’s Clothing Company
Masonic Hall
A.S. Kent
Oregon, Jarrah, and
Baltic Timbers, &c
Coburn
Avenarius
Wellbach Light CO
J. M. Ferguson, Ltd
Chas.e. Chapman
Elwesstreet
Wortbern Railway Employees
Northern District Railway
Wm. Oswell
A. J. Davies
F. Green
J. G. Smith
W. Wineberg
C. A. Englebr
A. H. Mounta
Geo. Fowlie
Brennan Bros
T. de Lucey
C. Stokes
and N. Bartlett
J. Cantelo
A. Gibson
An J. Johnson
W. A. James
A. T. Davies
T. Moustaka
J. H. Chapma
dCo
Pope & Brown
Hobart
L. Kruger
Geraldtox
Sedgwick Ltd
William Street
Pennant
Nish
Louis Eskell
Collins-street
Vic
Adelaide
Makine Terrick
John
Teakle
Inglewood
Taseka Siding
J.G
Frank E. Davis
E. Lee-Steere & Co
General Commission
National Mutualife Association of Australasia, Limited
Orient Royal Mail
South British Insurance
Swan Brewery Co., Ltd
Prize Ale & Stout
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