18 Dec 1930
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Newspaper
Grenfell Record And Lachlan District Advertiser
Location
Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 18, 1930
Page
1
Sunday services at Caragabal Piney Range and Bimbi announced for December and January. Mass times include midnight Christmas, 8.30 p.m. Christmas Eve, and regular morning services at 8 a.m. Piney Range 8 a.m. Caragabal 10 a.m. Pullabooka 9 a.m. P McAlroy P.P.
Mr D J Bune FLO London fight specialist from Orange will visit Grenfell on Friday December 12. Appointments may be arranged at Edwards Pharmacy consulting room at the Royal Hotel.
Butler and Cox yarded about 200 head of cattle with good competition for prime cows and little change in prices from the prior sale. Vealers declined 10 to 15 shillings per head while medium quality steer calves were hard to sell. Sheep showed dull demand in the fat pens. Prime steer beef brought up to 34 shillings, cows 27 to 30, vealers 35 per hundredweight.
A rural column recounts farmers debating farming policy and weather benefits, a Rolls Royce bog incident near Coonambis, and a court scene with a sleepy associate. It notes wheat entries by H O McColl and A J McColl, Nabawa third and Waratah 37 bushels per acre, and announces Dalgety wheat marketing with regional agents and booklets.
Will Carter narrates uncanny life parallels and tall tales from Bendigo, recounting a magpie episode and a mock geologist’s dream of a Magpie Reef. The piece folds humor with frontier lore and a political jab about parrots in Voteville as Hogan dodges a pointed question from Hardacre.
In a bustling Whitechapel style scene, the speaker defies critics calling clergy beneficiaries of stipends while cursing a parrot scandal. Mrs. Flint resists subscriptions and the court scene erupts as Dooley defends his honesty against a probing lawyer. The tale blends satire with a courtroom clash and local color.
Church notices list December 21 1930 services at Grenfell Lonsdale Caragabal and Woolloomooloo with 11 am and 7 30 pm times for Church of England, 11 am and 7 20 pm for Presbyterian Grenfell Weddin 3 pm, Methodist Grenfell 11 am 7 30 pm Greenethorpe 3 30 pm Cowra Road 2 pm led by G L Connor, Salvation Army knee drill 7 am holiness 11 am praise 3 15 pm salvation 7 30 am led by Capt Sweeney.
J B and R Burgess promote solid foundations of sight and knowledge as high order eyesight specialists based at 67 Castlereagh Street Sydney. They will visit the Exchange Hotel Grenfell on Wednesday January 7.
Dalgety LTD advertises a marketing scheme offering a cash advance on delivery and progress payments as wheat is sold, with the promise of better returns for farmers. The note states wheat taken at any station under the scheme.
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