19 Apr 1934
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Newspaper
Gilgandra Weekly And Castlereagh
Location
Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 19, 1934
Page
1
A mosaic of notes and items including references to a plan for a four hour industrial week, reactions from British settlers in Victoria, and a London railway accident. The text also mentions a Nepean Dam cost estimate, rugby union updates in Sydney, and quirky personal vignettes such as a match of beans and a daring diary entry.
From the Goo namble Independent files a 1902 summary notes a new Goo namble Volunteer Fire Brigade captain and a Post Office Hotel change. It records jockey club boxing day, a two year disqualification for crosspie, race winners, a January 1902 porphyry landslide incident, and local deaths, retirements, and civic notices including a road superintendent appointment and a marriage.
The Western District News reports the engagement of Thea Audrey Levings of Dubbo to Donald Campbell of Wenshurst. It also notes Warren district property transfers including Jedburgh sold to J. A. McCalman and The Mile to C. Ell, plus local notices on court delays, charitable show planning, and various community events.
Miss Lily Barclay and Mr. William Keech exchanged vows on a Saturday in March at a Woodburn homestead in Tran gie district. Rev Father D Hen nes'ey officiated as the bride wore a dimple flowing gown of white crinkle crepe on Grecian lines with a short train. They will make their future home at Trundic.
A jumble of curiosities reports a murder case in Austria with a reprieve to life imprisonment, a philologist spelling 3420 tongues, Napoleon’s carriage in Berlin, Verulamium’s Roman skeleton, and vast newspaper circulations. Also noted are foot binding laws in China, a rabies death linked to a kiss, wolves attacking children in Poland, Penn’s 250th anniversary stamp, lazy Britons, a solar-powered elevated house, ancient Syrian farming tools, a pedigree horse, a Columbus replica, long air routes, young dancers in London, an English drought uncovering an Abbey near Colchester, and monastic ruins near the Peason gateway.
Prince George will reach Melbourne on October 1 and stay until December 10, then proceed to New Zealand for Wellington by December 15 and remain in the Dominion until January 21. A report covers a range of international events and a dramatic Argentina funeral interruption.
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