Gil Guide Company Praised For Sandy Creek Camp
Mrs Kincat, Guide Captain, commends Gil Guide Company as they start up. Seventeen guides attended a five day Sandy Creek camp with seven learning to swim. Prizes awarded for cooking, behavior, woodcraft, sport and marching. Janice Parsons and Gwen Heagney praised as top swimmers. June Williams led several categories. Lois Redian leaving district. Marjorie Mitchell promoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Creek
Caroline Gilmour
Woodcraft
June Williams
Valarie Bean
Shirley Starr
Marjorie Mitchell
Ann Parry
Janice Parsons
Gwen Heagney
Tenterico
Col Mitchell
Burgess
Mitchell
Cox
Parry, Hayden, Starr
Pearson
Town Improvers Push Footpath Plan in Guyra
The Guyra Town Improvement Committee urged council to fund a six foot white gravel footpath between Starr and Burnham streets with an estimated cost of £194 4s 6d. They also proposed a three to four foot path to save funds, and discussed overtak ing bans on Fridays and Saturdays to ease parking and traffic near the town. A low level footpath to avoid the cutting danger was also considered with an estimated cost of £243 11s 8d. The committee urged street kerbing gutters and signalling changes and asked Main Roads Board to consider a railway crossing line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guyra
Starr and
Burnham Streets
South Guyra
Messrs
J. Holt
J. Dowdell
Inverell Road
Main Roads Board
Bradley-street
Ollera-street
Llangobhlin Street
The Giant of the North Pacific Railroads and Empire Ventures
Temple Bailey notes in Reader's Pipe that the Canadian Pacific Railroad has diversified into Turkish baths, a dance hall, fire stations, bus lines, steamships, hotels, insurance, a continental telephone system, and more trucks than any Canadian firm. The piece cites CPR’s wide reach and mentions heavy water production and other ventures as part of a broader narrative of private enterprise shaping national transport and infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Temple Bailey
Canada
Dominion C.P.R
Saturday Evening Post
Columbia
Transcontinental Railroad Testimony From a 19th Century Account
A historical passage describes 25,000,000 acres of land and an 8 20 year tax exemption aimed at binding the nation via a railroad. It notes feats of construction on the transcontinental line with workers who dug ridged and blasted across hundreds of miles. It cites mica stretches costing 31 dollars an inch and recalls CPR employees taking pride in club and company lineage.
Wedding Choldcroft and Strange Tie The Knot At Glen Inches
Lorna Gwennyth Strange wed Charles Arthur Choldcroft in Holy Trinity Church of England Glen Inches. Families from Backwater and Wellington, New Zealand, attended a formal ceremony with daisies and roses, bridesmaids in lemon taffeta, and a reception at the Eclipse Cafe before the couple departed for Randwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Trinity Church of England
Glen Inches
Lorna Gwennyth
H. Strange
Rubbaned notice from Roy Awake prints address clue
Printed and rubbaned by Roy Awake at 120 Mos mast Arms the Fietons The Arm as geet Com Id 113 Pouikner street outputs a cryptic local notice referencing street names and order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
the “Armas Geet
Pouikner-street
Ben Lomond Defeat Parry's Team in Local Tennis Match
Ben Lomond won a tennis contest against Parry's side on the local courts Sunday. Although Parry's visitors won more games, Ben Lomond took the fixture by 2 sets aided by A Tarrant J Egan Palmer and Amos. The second shoot at 300 yards Saturday afternoon drew six competitors with scores led by H Tu S J Porritt 43 54 48% Butler 41 6 AT Pearson 40 6 48 Pollock 6 4d If E Pearson 38 GAD McDonagh wo 6 S. The next shoot is planned for 900 yards on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Lomond
Parry
Messrs
A. Tarrant
J. Egan
Palmer
Amos
OR. H. Tu
S. J. Porritt
B. Butler
By S. Pearson
J. Pollock
If. E. Pearson
P._ McDonagh
Four Trustee Seats Vacant At Literary Institute
Mrs H E Pearson underwent an operation in Sydney recently and is making satisfactory progress. At a meeting of Literary Institute members the seats of four trustees were declared vacant. A meeting will be held to elect trustees to fill the vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Pearson
T O
Sydney
Literary Institute
Cattle sale at Guyra yields strong bids
A cattle sale at Guyra drew good bidding and steady demand for cattle including heifers and cows. Buyers from local districts participated, with prices reported in the high pounds per head range and notable activity in the trade.
Church Services Announcement Amid Weekend Schedule
Readable fragments indicate church services with a Sunday evening choral concert at 2.30 pm and a noon service on the same day. Additional notes mention a Backwater event at 12 pm and prayer plans, with details likely from a Sunday schedule column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evenssog
Rennene Fay
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. Cockburn
Friendly Service Store
Nts
Neptune
Guyra Bus Service
Wateli Foe
Netelle
Weicks’ Dry Cleaning Agency
New State Stores
Newcastle
Messrs, T. E. Sole & Coy
THE
New England
Co-Operative
Malpas Street
A. H. Helyar & Sons
Gil Guide Company
Enverell
Rauiey-Street
Councid Chambers
Ollera Street
F. Parsons
H. Burgeet
Bots
Council
CPR
Tudmens
Choldcroft
Strange
Betty Strange
Marjorie Davie
Range
Davie
Matehig Finke
Randwick
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