14 Jul 1910
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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 14, 1910
Page
1
Lands at Wandsworth near Guyra to be sold by public auction on August 13 1910 at the Wandsworth Hotel. Two lots offered on freehold with black and light soil, suitable for farming and grazing. Auctioneer S Mackenzie. Further details from executors estate.
A. S. Mackenzie, at the Vicarage in Guyra, conducts a public sale of the Rev. E. J. Miercnant’s entire household goods on Saturday July 23 at 2:90 pm. including beds, seating, lamps, organ, wardrobe, sewing machine, dining and office furniture, kitchen items, garden tools, poultry, cattle, and more, with no reserve and further items unlisted. Auctioneer A. S. Mackenzie urges buyers to attend for good practical requisites.
The Shire invites tenders to 12 noon on Saturday July 18 1970 from qualified persons to complete the List of Electors as required by the Local Government Act 1907 8 and related ordinances. Tenders are to be submitted at the Shire Chambers Guyra.
Tenders will be received up to 31 July 1910 by the Shire Engineer for purchasing old decking from bridges and culverts being repaced. Applications may be made to the Shire Engineer. Mo E Phelan Shire Clerk Council Chambers Guyra 7 July 1916.
The article urges establishing an Experimental Farm at Guyra to grow clean seed potatoes and combat Irish Blight. It recommends an eighty acre site on the Temporary Town Common, a self sustaining operation, and a unit for cross breeding Blueskins and Rubys. It argues the venture could become profitable and improve potato farming statewide.
Rainfall for the half year ends 20.69 inches with 38 wet days. March is the wettest month at 17 inches. May is the driest with 61 points. Emil Doro fined £10 plus £5 costs for cyanide poisoning baiting near Warwick docks. Complainants warned cyanide use risks and potential criminal charges. Reverend E. J. Merchant leaves Guyra for Bangalow. Rev A. W. Coates to succeed. Local Railway League meets at Tattersall’s. Guyra District Football Club to face Dreadnoughts. Minister W H Bradley on leave. locum tenens from Sydney. Rain and 1 point since last night. Guyra football beat a Ten terfield Union side 22 to 6. Mayor presided at dinner. J Lonsdale tender for Armidale RC Cathedral accepted.
The government orders police to prohibit bioscope screenings of the prize fight across South Africa. In England opposition grows and similar steps may be taken locally. Johnson's victory brings jubilation among negroes who celebrate by kissing and stroking his car. Jeffries may lose sight in his right eye after the bout.
A fragmented OCR passage reports temperatures at the local Post Office on Thursday. The text includes garbled dialogue about hanging and plans for punished men, ending with a plea for a remedy for a long journey.
During Wirths circular Marrarandi show on Friday three lions and two wolves escaped. Panic rose as animals roamed the street and audience fled high balconies. A resident, Mr Cannan, was injured by a lion and later killed to prevent further harm. The animals were recaptured after 1 am with lamps and cages.
The District Coroner Mr G Atkins held an inquest at Armidale Quart House into the death of 10 year old Mary Ann O Piaherty at Wat Armi dale station master's residence. Post mortem by Dr Chanvery and Dr W E Harris found inflamed lungs kidney congestion and brain congestion with death attributed to natural causes from replication and inflammation of the lungs.
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