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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 25, 1912
Page
1
Within a month the annual show will be history and the town sees continued success. Improvements include cattle yards, sheep pens, and pavilion facilities. Prize money rises to about £650, aiming to attract many exhibitors and boost local progress.
The piece urges greater local backing for the district show and association highlighting pastoral and agricultural benefits. It praises current members many of whom are nonresidents and encourages more exhibitors to enter early to ease the Secretary’s workload as the event nears.
The Local & General Progress Committee meets Monday night as farmers report poor potato prospects due to continued dry weather and frosts. Cattle are being fed paddocks, hay crops are light though some stands are good. A veteran farmer calls this the worst potato outlook in twenty-five years.
The annual meeting of St James Church lay out churchwardens elected Melvis ADS Mackenzie and BL Sinigien. Reports covered finances and reforms, election of parochial officers, and representation to the Hogtbeil Presentation. New church proposals referred to Building Committee with aims for a laundry project and future See of Grafton endowment.
A large gathering witnessed the wedding of Adelaide Mott daughter of Mr and Mrs Chan Mott and Roger Hawken of Sidney at Springmount. The ceremony took place Wednesday afternoon in a marquee near the homestead with artful decoration. Rev. W H Bradley officiated and the service was fully choral.
The Glen Janes Guardian records a snakebite case involving Mr P Walsh who was bitten on the leg by a black snake while splitting timber. He applied a ligature and suction before riding four miles to his brother for aid, then reached Dr Corfe in Glencoe and was transported by motor car for treatment.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a schedule and prize allocations for a competition with multiple entities and awards. The text is heavily garbled, naming associations, prizes, and procedural mentions, but lacks coherent details usable for a definitive summary.
A Quirindi police court case involves a crossed cheque marked not negotiable. The hotelkeeper seeks the funds after a stranger cashed the cheque and the magistrate ordered repayment to the hotelkeeper. A local banker cites the Bills of Exchange Act noting not negotiable indicates no better title than the holder’s.
Mr. R. EF. Bell of the British National Sailors' and Firemen's Union says labor will end the war between Britain and Germany. He warns that if war breaks out, workers will strike, paralyzing both governments. He praises labor conferences for erasing racial enmity and prejudice.
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