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Newspaper
Inverell Times
Location
Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 03, 1925
Page
2
Fashion note outlines silk leg styles with backs and list heel and toe. Hale Can Pender tops Canally 5/11 pair with sale price 2/11 pair.
The Macintyre Shire monthly meeting chaired by Dr. H W T Minghes discussed endowment funds, holiday proposals, and road repairs. Reports covered maintenance on Ashford and Armidale roads, drainage work, and staffing, with emphasis on the Federated Municipal and Shire Employees’ wage adjustments and anticipated costs for the coming year. The engineer reported on road works and planned tree removal, while Dr. Wiggin noted pension and finance details and the year’s totals for expenditure and revenue.
A district event at Hakhella featured raffles, a money-raising race, and a large crowd. Volunteers and hospital secretary Walter Maidens oversaw activities. Jockeys and horses competed in multiple races with several winners and a costly road improvement vote approved for Paradise road.
Obituary notes the death of Archibald Daniel McKensie formerly inspector of schools born in Singleton. He served in Southern Riverton Lithgow and the South Coast. A progressive educator and active Mason, he retired nine years ago to Sydney leaving a widow four children and a son and daughter in law. Funeral service at St Stephens Phillip Street and Masonic rites at Rookwood were conducted by Rev Hugh Paton with organ music by Mr W Chowder.
Kogarah Stakes divisions see Chillagos and Coo victorious with 10 to 1 and 8 to 1 odds. Nursery and Welter handicaps list Wirruna and Polvere as winners. In White City final, Davis Cup hero J O Anderson defeats Gerald Patterson to retain the title. Beauford wowed at Newcastle J C meeting with Mayo aboard a sharp gallop over five furlongs in under a minute.
Commercial report notes demand and price movements at Homebush with lambs selling around 31/ per head and mutton prices easing slightly. Wool prices mostly steady versus the previous sale, with a 5 percent drop for inferior lots as competitive bidding from America Germany Japan and Yorkshire influenced outcomes.
A charity day at Bonshaw on the 26th supported the Texan District Hospital and Benshaw Soldiers' Memorial Hall with many visitors from Texas Bilverspur and Ashford. Winners in open and maiden races included P Ah Que's Yankee Yor and G Weber's Snip, plus multiple pony and Hunter events. The ladies event and dancing night drew strong attendance. proceeds expected to exceed 220. Local residents returning from Brisbane, Toowoomba, Burney noted.
H F White Bald Blair and Guyra report Phalarie Bulbosa as the best permanent pasture grass for calde districts. It endures drought and winter, self secures, and improves yearly. best on rich soil, especially heavy black soil. Proper sowing, fertiliser use, and rolling are advised, with seed supply via Means John Pringle and Co. in Guyra.
A Liverpool Daily Courier report highlights vast bootlegging profits and diverse participants from ex-convicts to bankers. It recalls pitched battles between government cutters and bootleggers, with rifles machine guns and cannons in clashes.
Fragmentary OCR text shows ambiguous reference to Sander and Sons and an extract labeled eugalYPT with unclear surrounding content. No verifiable events, dates, or named places readable. The snippet lacks coherent facts to form a news-style card.
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