Caragabal Notes on Harvests and Community Life
Farmers in Caragabal near completion of harvest with good yields averaging 18 bushels per district. Wheat remains strong in color and weighs over 50 pounds per bushel despite rain. A Church of England and Women’s Guild kitchen tea celebrated newlyweds Mr and Mrs J Loftus. Local improvements include culverts, street work, saloon restorations, new cottages, and a Kelvinator purchase by hotelkeeper Mr S A Thame. A juvenile ball and tree donations mark holiday activities. Grain receipts for the fortnight reached 109000 bushels, with Canberra weighing 67 pounds per bushel and no wheat under 6 pounds per bushel.
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Dh. Parler
Canberra
Amateur Fisherman's Association Formed at Municipal Chambers
A well attended meeting at the Municipal Council Chambers led to the formation of an Amateur Fisherman's Association aimed at stocking Wyangala Dam with suitable fish. Plans include possible fly casting competitions between Grenfell and Cowra fishermen in the near future.
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Municipal Council
Chambers
Hydea
Wyangala Dam
Grenfell
Cowra
W R Shannon Tops Young District Crops at Dundee
W R Shannon, after years in Young and Grenfell contests, tops the Dundee crop list with 658 acres at Iwate postal address Tya- Rong. He works with fodder conservation, three silage pits, three hay stacks, and a mouse-proof grain shed. This season 270 acres of Dundee Wasatah and Ford wheat, 100 acres of oats, and 260 acres planned for next season. The farm includes 150 Merinos and crossbred cattle, with tractors preferred. The winning chocolate jeam plot has been cropped for 12 years, with sowing and fertilizer practices described, yielding nearly 12 bags per acre for rye and good overall condition. Some weeds and black oats present, with saffron thistles also noted.
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Young
South Australia
Dundee
Wasatah
Ford Wheat
Coroner Alderman Warns on Electric Circulars
The Casino municipal council debated distributing ratepayer circulars urging more electricity use. Alderman E. Jones, also district coroner, remarked he hoped the wording would be discreet, recalling a prior circular that suggested, Don't kill your wife. Let electricity do it.
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Casino Municipal Council
Ald. E. Jones
Young's New Mayor for Young’s Municipality
The article reports the election of Alderman Western as mayor of Young by the Municipal Council. Ald. Rabbets, long-serving ex mayor, was praised for his record and dedication. The mayoral salary is set during a civic function after council adjourned.
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Ald
Rabbets
Ald. Rabbets
Privat
Sparit
BIMBI Telephone Exchange Hours Expanded
The Deputy Director of Posts and Telegraphs in Sydney records that the Bimbi Telephone Exchange will extend attendance hours. From Monday to Saturday nine to one and from five to one on Wednesdays, nine to ten on Christmas and Goat Friday, with Sunday hours starting later. The change awaits approval and depends on the current Postmaster and his successor.
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Ube
Esis and Telegraphs
Sydney
Creeing
Railway propaganda quashes speed limits proposal
A London broadcast reported a message urging engineers to consider a speed cap of 150 mph for cars and proposing rail travel for faster journeys. It also suggested private car owners be allowed to drive only on alternate days to ease traffic.
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London
Record Cherry Case Production at Denman Orchard
Mr Baldo Cunich’s orchard at Young employed Mr E Cherry of Denman near Muswellbrook. In six days they produced 3000 cherry cases and used 48 000 nails. Industry officials call this performance a new record, though the previous figure is unknown.
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Baldo Cunich
Young
E. Cherry
Denman
Muswellbrook
Relief reforms expand relief income rules for workers
The Minister for Labor and Industry announces amended relief work income regulations effective immediately. New rules treat single men and certain widowers as separate units, include only the applicant and spouse as income, grant extra hours to parents of children 14 to 20, exclude the first 20 of military and war widows pensions, and replace the former 15 shillings exclusion.
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Minster For Labor and Industry
Ovo Egg Preserver Promise Perfection for Winter Storage
Association Brokers Ltd promotes Ovo an egg preserver claimed to keep eggs perfect for poaching boiling or frying through winter. Advertising claims say Ovo stores eggs to be used later and maintains quality better than other methods. Available through wholesale grocers in Sydney or Newcastle from 61 Marker Street.
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Sydney
Newcastle
Associated Brokers Ltd
Marker Street
Perth civic welcome for Amalgamated Wireless chairman
Mr B T Fisk of Amalgamated Wireless Australasia returned from England to Australia and was greeted at Perth Council Chambers. He credited two causes for his work the love of wireless and Australia, noting 1500 staff non imported. He spoke on television noting low definition is over and high definition ultra short waves are being tested. He said experts abroad would not comment on revision. Fisk claimed television is coming.
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B. T. Fisk
Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Limited
Australia
England
Perth
Fisk
Wireless
AWA
Fick
Months in Military Hospital Discharged as Hopeless
A former patient recalls being invalided home in 1916 due to rheumatism and kidney trouble after months in a military hospital. He states pain limits, then reports recovery after using Schumann Mineral Spring Salts, noting weight gain. The salts are sold via Chemist stores at 1/6 and 2/9 per jar.
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Umea
Schumann
Change operation for woman track champion noted
Prague diary notes Miss Zdenka Koubkova of Czechoslovakia. The four year old world track champion will undergo an operation to become a man. She previously refused London Medical Board examination in 1994 assessing athletics impact on female constitution and resigned from the Czechoslovakia Women's Athletic Federation, skipping this year's events.
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Prague
Daily Telegraph
Zdenka Koubkova
Czechoslovakia
Bishop Crotty and his London parish life
English born bishop Ceotly, educated in Melbourne, moved through Melbourne schools and church roles before becoming Bathurst bishop in 1928. His ornate church near Euston Road fronts Endsleigh Gardens places him amid Bloomsbury and major rail hubs. The anecdote recalls his distinctive clerical attire and a local remark about it.
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St. Pancras
London
Io Lather
Melbourne Grammar
University
Westminster
Bulletin
Melbourne
Newcastle
Bathurst
Euston Road
Endsleigh Gardens
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