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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 28, 1906
Page
4
Legal and church notices appear with names such as W H Hawdon attorney and conveyancer and Church of Tasmania Australia. Entries reference Gloucester and Darrington areas with event times around 7 80 pm and 8 pains. The text lists officials J D Bawsay and MP Lanes alongside dated entries and campaign points.
Local and general items from Gloucester district report land acreage for Glebe water scheme and a cemetery fence completion. Governor General will visit August 20 with a stop at Wingham. An eye injury to T A Pius is noted, plus railway and bridge discussions and public notices. Accidents include a bricklayer Thomas Moore and a Mrs Julia Robson incident. Community notes cover windmill irrigation, a missing gate question, and a club meeting with recitations and talks on local public works.
The contest for the Cootamundra seat takes place to day. Mr John Norton has withdrawn from the Cootaurac rs election contest.
Mr Robert Bartlett arrived Thursday with a 4502, boint parcel of gold from the Commonwealth Mine Craven Creek. The load comes from 20.5 tons of crushed ore averaging about two and a quarter ounces per ton. Bartlett says the yield exceeds expectations and notes the proprietors have produced a large amount from the battery to date.
A boundary rider found a tin containing 287 sovereigns on Dr Kutar's land in Molong last Friday while rabbiting. The tale recalls an old shepherd known as Jack of Spader who once buried coins there. Earlier near Grafton, 76 year old Howry Wynter killed his wife and attempted to shoot his daughters before surrendering to police. The wounded woman was taken to Grafton Hospital and underwent surgery.
The annual meeting on Saturday discussed the Copeland School of Arts with President Guido Weber. It reported a balance of £4 4s 8d, income £61 11s 0d, expenditure £57 6s 3d, and praised hall renovations and new library volumes. Office bearers were re-elected: President Mrs Guido Weber, Vice President Donald M Lean, Secretary Reg Giddey, Treasurer Daniel Young, Librarian M J Harney, plus a strong committee.
A sprawling page fragment reports various items from finance crime and sport. It notes Sir Charles Yonnant of Tonnant Lone and Co leaving an estate of £2 700 000, a post office savings bank rights dispute, a quip about church going gamblers, a railway revenue surplus for June, and a telegraphy misunderstanding in Millerton New York. It also mentions a hypnotised man in Lismore, a Port Arthur surrender inquiry with severe punishments proposed, Realm the Grand Nation winner’s sale details, and a world boat race with prize distribution. Other notes include veteran skiffs, upcoming races, and rowing figures, plus rugby union results and shooting competition honours and arrivals in Melbourne.
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