Three Australian Country Party MPs honored for silver jubilee
At the Sydney L C P Conference three members received wallets of notes for 25 years in Parliament. M F Bruxner and D H Drummond marked 25 years in state parliament since 1920, while Sir Earle Page, M H R, has 26 years in federal service as Member for Cooper. Presentations were led by Roy Vincent and supported by Fadden, with tokens also given to their wives.
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Australian Country Party
L.C.P
Sydney
M. F. Bruxner
D. H. Drummond
Earle Page
M.H.R
Cooper
Messrs. Bruxner
Drummond
Roy Vincent
M.L.A
Olleague
Vincent
Eader
Fadden
M.lh.r
Quaint Easter Customs At Coleshill Parish
In Coleshill Warwickshire quaint old Easter customs were observed. Young men who caught a hare and brought it to the parson before 10 o clock on Easter Monday received a calf's head 100 eggs and a groat.
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Coleshill
Warwickshire
Guyra Football Club Triumphs In Sunday B Grade Match
Guyra defeats Uralla B Grade Ian on a patchy day with two Aub Cope land tries and Reg Dowdell a standout five eight. Jack Doyle Jack Prisk and D Starr form strong forwards while Jack Gunn at fullback held firm as Guyra eyes further Cup action.
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Guyra Football Club
Guyra
Uralla
Reg. Taylor
Pat
H. Williams
Les
Aub Copeland
Aub
Reg Dowdell
Five Eight
Joe Williams
Doug Starr
Jack Prisk
D. Starr
Jack Doyle
Reg Campbell
P. Cullen
Reg McDonald
Inter-City Highway Move Divides Armidale Shire Council
The Armidale Grafton road proposal to declare an inter city highway drew mixed reaction at a Shire Council meeting. Support cited development and port benefits while opposition urged prioritizing a railway over roads and warned a highway could hinder rail growth.
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Dumaresq Shire
Arndale
Trapper Lacey Sets Fox Poisoning Record in Caber Feidh District
Trapper Mr. T. Lacey is credited with destroying over 200 foxes in the last fort night at Caber Feidh after aimlessly trapping rabbits, foxes raiding his catches, and subsequent fox trails yielding large hauls. Nearby Guyra reports dingoes active from Mount Mitchell to Ward's Mistake, with fifteen dogs killed and farmers facing heavy losses.
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Lacey
Guyra
Mount Mitchell
Ward
Market prices for eggs butter cheese and grains
Market list shows eggs in multiple qualities with prices from 1/3 to 2/0 per dozen, butter at 169/4, cheese from 1/ to 1/3 per pound, honey and beeswax with small figures, bran pollard, potatoes, peas, maize and chaff with varied shillings per cwt, lucerne hay, and metals including tin 66/ copper £62 delivered and antimony British £395 crude £90.
World records claimed for tin scheelite and antimony ore
The report credits two mineral production records to New South Wales for tin and scheelite with high assay results. J Beatty’s Blue Hole parcel returned 77.6 percent tin and J Usher’s Damifino parcel assayed 78.0 percent scheelite, close to theoretical limits. Campbell and party also set a record at Burra Pine with a 10 ton antimony parcel assaying 68.9 percent, near the 71.7 percent theoretical limit, per O T Lempriere & Co Pty Ltd.
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A. J. Reid
J. Beatty
Blue Hole
Glen Innes
J. Usher
Hillgrove
Reid
Messrs. Campbell
H. L. Sharman
Burrapine
Macksville
O. T. Lempriere and Co. Pty. Ltd
Monkey Nuts Cropping in Portuguese West Africa
Monkeys nuts are extensively cultivated in Portuguese West Africa. The natives store them in bulk on bare tree trunks after they are harvested.
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West Africa
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Red Cross
Quentin A. Biddulph
Armidale
Garvra
Solicitors
Perces
Guyra Armidale
Mr. A. Horner Fletcher M.lo
Prometrist
Optician
Beardy ST
C. Bull
Geo. Reeves
George
Jack Dean
Lock
John Beesley
Jack Gunn
G. Woodward
Gordon
B. Browning
jHe
Ber
Elliott
Chamber of Commerce
Ebor
W. Mulligan
Dr. Browning
L. de W. Slade
Regional Boundary Development League
Browning
Country Party
R. H. Williams
Slade
Grafton
Mulligan
Brownning
Crampton Engineering
Bradley Street Guyra
Chevrolet
Army
General Motors
Burgess’ Garage
Trapper
Mr. T. Lacey
Caber
Feidh
Ani Isl
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