Mandowa Shire Rejects Move To Take Over Noxious Weeds
Mandowa Shire Council debates Tamworth Pastures Protection Board plan to control noxious weeds. Officials warn future costs and enforcement powers. council votes four to two to inform PP Board it will not entertain the proposal. Drs. Bowman and White opposed.
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Mandowa
Tamworth Pastures Protection Board
Heywood
P.P. Board
Gardner
Coote
Shire Council
Dr. Coote
Upper Manilla Social Aids RA Church With Net £34 4s 6d
The Upper Manilla social event held at Upper Manilla for the RA Church was highly successful both socially and financially. It netted a total of £34 4s 6d.
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Upper Manilla
Arsenic Find at Mole Prompts Town Interest
A large arsenic deposit is discovered on Mr Caldwell’s Mole property near Tenterfield. Miners visit the site. two men hauled 39 tons in a week. The lode extends a quarter mile. assays show 27 to 50 percent. City mining men negotiate. a company may form to work the vein and create employment.
Farmers Ask Crown Law to Excuse Harvest Jurors
The Farmers and Settlers Association urges authorities to exempt farmers from jury duty during harvest season. Farmers say court appearances disrupt harvest work, with two to three days away potentially harming crops and raising substitute-labor costs.
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Farmers and Settlers’ Association
Crown
Circuit
Fea
Community notices and local updates from Mandowa district
Wind and dust sweep through the area as Red Cross Hospital stalls request donations to boost funds. Calendar items include Presbyterian Fete on November 23, Caledonian Society St Andrew's Day on November 30, and a Friday fish delivery at the Freezing Works. Federal and State tax returns are due December 12. Mandowa Shire sets 13 ton load limits. British Parliament dissolves for a general election on December 6.
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Red Cross Hospital
Hall's Creek
Presbyterian Church
Caledonian Society
St. Andrew's
Mandowa Shire
Fred Field
Imperial Hotel
Mackenzie and Sons, Ltd
Competition for All Ends March Prize at Adie’s Store
A promotion by Fountain Brand Baking Powder offers a handsome prize to the person collecting the most lids from 1% tins and 241b lids. All lids must be returned by March 31 to Mr A Adie’s Economic Store, where sample tins and details are available for interested ladies.
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A. Adie
Messrs
W. C. Douglas
Caldwell's Wines Dominates Australian Exhibition Prizes
At Brisbane's National Exhibition in August Caldwell's wines won two champion gold medals nine first prizes nine second prizes and five third prizes. In eight years Caldwell's accumulated 32 champion gold medals 129 first prizes 62 seconds and 45 thirds marking a standout Australian industry record. The firm is celebrated as a leading example of national wine excellence.
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Brisbane
Caldwell
Caldwell’s
Australia
What is a Billion A primer on large numbers and clocks
London Daily Chronicle explains billion with examples. It compares English German and American usage and offers a clock as a mental gauge, noting a billion ticks would require about ten thousand years in the future and illustrating how many noughts each system uses for large numbers.
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London
Daily Chronicle
Germany
Orchids From India Arrive With New Collector's Prize
Aft. K. J. Black returns from Sybury with a remarkable orchid collection last arrived from India. He purchased the lot for £150, a purchase noted in Mullombimby Star.
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K. J. Black
Sybury
Mearwday
Ben
India
Tax noncompliance fines at Goundburn Police Court
Defendants appeared at Goundburn Police Court and were fined between £2 and £5 for failing to furnish income tax returns and information required for taxation. The case noted penalties as part of the court's tax compliance action.
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Goundburn
Commissioner of Taxation
Warwick Building
Hamilton Street
Sydney
Customs House
Retired G Armstrong of Railway Service After 42 Years
G Armstrong retires after 42 years in the Railway Department rising from junior porter at Morpeth in 1881 to assistant superintendent of goods and Live stock transportation. He oversaw growth, was stationed at Darling Harbour, and once saved Sydney Parkes, earning praise from Sir Henry Parkes who gave him a letter and six Shakespeare volumes.
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G. Armstrong
Railway Department
Darling Harbor
Newcastle
Tamworth
Gunnnedah
Hawkesbury River
Armstrong
Henry Parkes
Sydney Parkes
Venturesome voyage from England to Australia in a 26 ton yawl
Captain J. Symonds and wife sail the 56 ft yawl Seeweed from Southampton on June 1 reaching Suva Fiji after clearing the Panama Canal on August 30. The voyage via Galapagos Marquesas Melbourne and Sydney includes one seaman and marks the skipper as son of Port Arlington resident C E Symonds. The Seaweed’s former master commanded the British Peer before resigning in 1922 to undertake the trip.
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England
Australia
J. ‘. Symonds
Southampton
Suva
Fiji
Symonds
Barbadors
Trinidad
Celon
Balboa
Panama Canal
Galapagos
Marquesas
Melbourne
Sydney
C. E. Symonds
Portarlington
Vic
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Man Remanded After Betting House Charge
John Palmer Wilson appeared at Central Court charged with using a house for betting and asked for a fortnight’s remand. He referenced “red tape” and offered to be treated like fourteen bookmakers rounded up last year. Magistrate noted no change in law and remanded Wilson until November 20.
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Central Court
John Palmer Wilson
Oakes
Floggings Sweep Texas and Georgia in Social Crime Backlash
The Gay Texan reports widespread vigilante floggings across Texas and Georgia as bands of private citizens punish alleged offences. A 14 year old girl named Tucker was publicly flogged in Texarkana by Leonard Johnson, who was fined after conviction. Johnson’s brother killed the girl’s brother in a duel, wounding the younger Johnson. Six similar cases caused multiple injuries. at Macon seven men were flogged recently, one dying of tuberculosis. An unknown white man was kidnapped near a railway station and disappeared in an automobile as police fired.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Rangers
Tucker
Texarkana
Leonard Johnson
Johnson
Macon
Georgina
Government should give buses a clear run against trams
Mr Oakes urges government to promote motor bus competition with trams while Mr Lang Labour leader says the Murri mbideee immigration scheme lacks popularity. Princess Maud wed Lord Garseige on Monday.
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Oakes
Lang
Princesses
Maud
Lord Garseige
Impounded Heifer and Calf in Manilla Pound Notice
Impounded at Manilla Progress Lane on Thursday November 8 1923 by impounding officer. Red and White Heifer branded C M and one Roan Calf. If not released they will be sold at Manilla Pound at noon on Thursday November 22. J Blair Poundkeeper.
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Manilla
Progress Lane
C.M
J. Blair
Farm for sale on shares seeks experienced farmer
Share farm wanted. A farmer with a complete plant and many years of experience requires a farm on the shares. Apply this office.
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Caldwell's Wines
Continent
Kyber
Port Arthur
Iree
Benes
Fort Tt
Tremorvah
Mackenzie and Sons Ltd
Manilla and
Glen Innes
Mayvale
Finder Paar
C. W. Coote
Jas. Bignall
Orpington
H. Dimmock
Apply AB
Express
Manius Livery Stables
Herb. Chapman
Hall's Creek Hospital
Manilla District Hospital
Lady's
C. McDonald
J. R. Berry
H. Collier
Bingara
W. H. Whiddon
Imed
C. D., Scott
Goulton
Master Pictures Present
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Anita Stewart
D. W. Griffiths
H. M. Jones
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