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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 07, 1901
Page
2
A mission conducted by the Very Rev. Fathers Brown and Lynch will be opened on Sunday evening September and will continue through the week ending Sunday evening September . The announcement notes the start time and continuation of the mission led by the two reverends.
A garbled OCR text fragment references a church event or notice with unclear names and details. It mentions a Methodist church and dates but lacks readable specifics such as place, person names, or concrete actions.
The article reports a large cattle and sheep sale with about 800 head from New South Wales and 400 fat cattle, describing mixed quality, strong competition for road quality, and prices ranging from low to high. It notes imports, export demand, and varied conditions across cattle, sheep, and pigs, with prices listed for several grades and weights.
Mrs G Wiltshire and family thank the many friends who kindly assisted them in their recent sad bereavement in particular for support during their time of loss.
A verbose Millicent page records a sequence of society events, literary meetings, religious retreats, and municipal concerns. It notes the Millicent Caledonian Society dance, the St Anthony convent retreat, Buckley and Manning discussions on drainage, and a Catholic mission starting September 8 with Fathers Lynch and Browes, plus weather impacts and local exams and grants.
District Pars and Potalues quoted at Mount Gambier for tubers and cattle values. Mount Gambier Presbyterian Church collection raised funds. Mount Gambier and Town and Country Chess Club played matches, Caledonian Society Hogmanay festivities reported with a large credit note. Commercial Mills expansion and a large Footpent plant project noted. Moramibro Estate offered to SA Government. land not approved for settlement. Wool class students and school of industries crews sent to Hill River Boobooracie Mount Mewarkable. The marriage of Ass Swrah Reilly to Me Te A. Holason occurred at Pevola with bridesmaids Minnie and Agnes Reilly.
A football match between Milliggat and Tantanoula Tony was played on Monday September 4. The weather was dull and damp. A concert and social event followed at Wesleyan Church funds with Millinemt Friends and Mire Bevch performing pianoforte pieces and other numbers. Mr Giddings and Mr W Gromee gave readings and a skilled exhibition at the club.
A patchwork report outlines plans for religious services and a proposed air show at Mount Maen, with Lak Lenka noted among organizers. A November charity event at Weeleyan Church funds the church, while visitors and wartime interest stories accompany weather and social details from the Ameotiner War era.
A fragmentary notice describes Kingston plans and delays for a general public event with intermittent activity. Details are unclear but reference to a forthcoming challenge and a mercury club indicates a local pastime scene amid general hush of information.
A midnight September 1 highway robbery targeted the White Cliffs to Whyte Chills coach carrying valuables. The masked bandit stopped the coach near the Tarella gate, shot a passenger in the forearm, and robbed mail, parcels, and money totaling about £140 before escaping on a bicycle. Passenger Geo Kanter was wounded. another man, Broderick Pings, faced charges but was released upon police verification.
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