Wongwibindi Red Cross Sub-branch Financial Report
The annual meeting for the Wongwibindi sub-branch of the Red Cross presented a balance sheet showing a year ending June 30 with £18/11/ in credit, £296/3/1 disbursed, £239/8/1 remitted to Guyra, £31 to the POW fund, and revenues from events totaling £111 plus £39/8/1 and £31/8/6 from various drives. A quilt sale by Mrs Faulkner raised £5/13/, while Ebor carnival proceeds added £37/20/AL. The Guyra branch reported receipts £62/1/7 and expenditure £56/13/3. Bank balance stood at £68/5/10. Remittances to the POW adowson scheme £21/2/ for April–June and £30 fourth air-race instalment. Revenue included £11/4/ from POW groups, £3/7/8 boxes, £13/4/8 street stall, and several donations including Mrs Dutton, Mr Besley, Mrs White, Miss Parsons, Mr Lowe, Backwater residents, and Mrs Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wongibinda
Red Cross Society
Guyra
P.O.W. Fund
Red Cross
Connolly
Faulkner
N. W. Frewin
P.O.W. Adowson
P.O.W
Dutton
H. Besley
H. F. White
M. A. Parsons
Robert Lowe
Backwater
H. Williams
Foot goes to sleep causes post office mishap
A Guyra postal worker, Mr Morris, sat by the fire last week and noticed one foot had gone to sleep. The numbness caused his foot to turn and dislocate as he moved. He could not walk for several days but returned to duty on Monday. Mr Taylor of Walcha served as relieving officer during the absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Guyra
Mr. Taylor
Walcha
Mr. Morris
War loan figures show Guyra subscribers total 37000 pounds
War loan headquarters report 373 subscribers in Guyra invested a total of 22 070 pounds in the First Victory Loan, equal to 14 pounds 14 shillings 3 pence per capita. For the Second Victory Loan the quotas for Guyra are 24 000 pounds and 300 subscribers. The Joan organiser Mr Duncan, based in Armidale, met the local committee at the Council Chambers to discuss arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Loan
Guyra
Joan
Duncan
Armidale
Early Guyra Wedding and Town Developments
From Argus Files 1914 a wedding at Hose Mount Black Mountain unites Charles Brooks and Anna Handebo with a 40-guest breakfast and bon voyage. Near the town, the Bank of N S W opens a fine brick building on ull 79th, with future residential extensions and a gas plant. Cues include a music hall refrain about It’s a Long Way to Tipperary, a broken collarbone accident involving Douglas Moore, and inoculation for Kitchener’s army. Guyra Juniors face Ben Lomond on Saturday at 11 a.m. plus notes on troop trains and AIF volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hose Mount
G. Ahandebo
Black Mountain
Charles
Annie Handebo
Edward Diederick
Henry Brooks
E. N. Mckie
Dolly Broks
Wingham
Mrs. Brooks
Bullalitz Tor Te Bank of
N.S.W
3000 Bags Delivered In New England Region
A regional delivery report shows 3000 bags of potatoes delivered across New England last week. Totals list towns including Guyra Black Mountain Ben Lomond Tamworth Walcha Deepwater Glen Innes and Tentesfield with 1228 and 570 bags noted in the figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Guyra
Black Mountain
Ben Lomond
Tamworth
Walcha
Deepwater Glen Innes
Tentesfield
Troops Pass Through Guyra As Expeditionary Force Moves
Train load of 27 officers 501 men 560 horses and 2 wagons detrains en route to Sydney for embarkation. a son of Jethro Bell of Killarney Dairy injured earlier and treated at Armidale Hospital. a euchre party and dance at Ben Lomond Literary Institute with prizes to S Little and J Little Jr. music by R Mackson Boram and Palmer and MC S Perritt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guyra
Sydney
Literary Institute
Ben Lomond
8. Little
J. Little
Jun
P. Egan
Miss Healey
R. Mackson, Boram
Obituary of Patrick Joseph Garrahy of Guyra
Bereavement struck Mrs Frank Garrhy of Guyra as Patrick Joseph Garrahy died last Wednesday aged 78. A saddlery businessman for over fifty years in Guyra, he later lived with his sister in Uralla. He died at Armidale and New England Hospital. Survived by son and two daughters Mrs D H Sharpe of Moree and Miss Dot Garrahy of Sydney. Interment followed a Catholic service in Uralla cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Garrhy
Guyra
Denth
Patrick Joseph Garrahy
Uralla
Armidale
New England Hospital
D. H. Sharpe
Moree
Dot Garrahy
Sydney
Advertising Rates For Classifieds And Notices
Advertising rates including small classbeat ads up to sixteen words with two for six pence and extra words at one pence each. Settings social and announcements charged per single column inch. Births engagements marriages and deaths listed with charges. free if properly certified. Subscription to the Argus is 43 in advance postage free. Single rates 34.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argus
Also Mentioned on This Page
Navy
Army
Air Force
Merchant Navy
Fisk Radiola
Australia
Radiola
Amalgamated Wireless (Asia) Ltd
Australie's Nation Wireless
Organisation
H. Burgess
L. W. Burgess
Wongwibindi
Guyra Finances
Foot
Messrs. H. Burgess
N. P. Cameron
N. W. Win
D. E. Sutherland
J. Jones
W. A. Roberts
Argus Files
Bank of N.S.W
Tipperary
Douglas Moore
Harris
Lord Kitchener
TroopLaden
Colvey
C. E. Cox's
Blue Cafe
Claude Heagney
J. Hill
Claude Johnson General Carrier
Ollera Street
Jethro Bell
Killarney
Armidale Hospital
Euchre Party
P. J. Garrahy
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