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Newspaper
Kyneton Guardian
Location
Kyneton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 27, 1916
Page
2
Sale notes extreme discounts across fabrics and garments with low yard prices for silk, velvets, crepe and imitation furs. Items include Amazonian cloths, winceys, velveteens, shirting, towels, blankets, and woollen sweaters. Prices show drastic reductions to near minimal values for last week of sale.
Tulsa WYRK ad promotes a towel window event promising cut prices. Local shoppers are urged to visit the window display for discounted towels and special sale terms.
Betcalfeshire election scene shows councillors of the Shire of Metesife facing retirement due to amalgamation with Chewton. President and Drs Pritchard Owens Dole Ads S thiel Donovan seek re election while Dr Corady of Chewton likely to retire. Dr Dale announces North Riding candidature amid support from Sin craggy residents. Exhibition of French goods and Kyneton Red Cross efforts accompany local notices and social events.
A meeting of the Kyneton Women's Patriotic Committee St Pauls Red Cross Society and military officials discussed cancelling the Queen of Anzac Carnival after State War Council refused permission to fundraise for the hospital. Miss Bell was nominated Queen with supporters thanked and an executive committee formed.
Cadets from Kyne ton and Castlemaine clash in a football match on Barkly Square Saturday. A civic afternoon tea follows with prizes and cakes. Local officers and patrons will assist, and radizs benonine cakes are requested for the south room.
Interstate Con Geo Swink Missiones is named to the Council of Public Instruction replacing the retiring Mr T L Fink. Pupils’ concerts, church notices, and community reports follow, including promotions in the military, local marriages, and civic hearings in Kyneton and surrounding shires with multiple names and places cited.
The Licensing Court sat Tuesday at the Junction Hotel with Mrs Catherine Morton granted the Junction Tote Kynetan license. Applications from other licensees including the Macedonian Hotel and various wine and spirit traders were presented by their solicitors with licensure granted for certain trades and carriers.
A fragment shows the Kyneton Women’s Patriotic Fund acknowledging a prior amount and recording a second installment. It lists Bruce and a soldier Air J Hl Clark among signatories, mentions a high school autograph quilt, and includes monetary figures 940 pounds 5 shillings 9 pence and other small sums.
The committee reports receipts and expenses from a recent concert and dance at Recreation Hall led by Fincher. Funds allocated toward raising a ten pound grant while members pledge support for a future event. Meetings schedule and preparations for tree planting and health conveniences are noted. A farewell for Private A. McMillan is planned as he heads to the front.
Lyal bee farmer Mr Charles Jones donated 45 anworth it honey to Red Cross North Redes dale Meyrile arothk. The honey totals about half a ton valued at £23/6/8 and distributed to patriotic funds. He also gave two guineas to Lyal School Patriotic Fund and other sums to local patriotic efforts. A letter to Kyneton Women's Patriotic League thanking the gift was received, noting its welcome and appreciation.
In Temperance Hall last night the meeting debated carnival proceeds distribution. It was resolved that the entire proceeds be given to Kyneton Hospital after discussions over Red Cross and State War Council participation. Miss Bell withdrew from the Anzac Queen nomination, with efforts to persuade her to proceed meeting resistance.
A measured tribute to generosity praising humble benefactors over wealthy donors. It extols old fashioned charity, noting a widow’s mite compared with large gifts from rich patrons, and argues that faithful giving is a sacred loan to the Lord with rewards to come.
A corporal of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment dies in the Vimy Ridge fighting. A Times correspondent details a comrade who crawled to aid a wounded German, the two men returning to the crater before both died in each other’s arms. The act left a strong impression on captured Germans who requested to witness the burials.
The Taradale bridge over Bag Creek near Taradale is deemed risky and reconstruction bids were opened. The lowest tender exceeded the engineer's estimate, so Newark officials consider adopting the engineer's recommendation and may proceed with new girders and sections of suitable quality to complete the repair.
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