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week and the (.ountry looks splendid.BKINDABELI A NF.WS.(i'roui our co|ie»plt;jndcm~JHaiti—Krom pre-cnt indicator..• h«* nu.rnti.in tf|*trnt«- .ir«* in I• »* a wci w n• lt;r At Bnntlafrcll* uiir «»l lli* M' ttrvt Juiv *» lor uunv ycj'i pasi ha- been experienced there fir- i inn no I* «* than i‘4 wet dav» outthe 30 The i.nii was mostly light • dn//hn» shower* from the wml and n'»rih wf't, the total for the month showing 742 |xint».Snow. -The valley, loo. ha» hid the heaviest snowfall of the past tfc* cade. there being four to six inches on the river, and over .1 loot on the I lull*. 1 lose by- Thin w.iM on the 22n»f ■ ultimo The ranges up antf down tlie river arc ?iill capped in whiteSickncs*. — Much nynipathy 1a felt lor the Franklin family in the very 'tnoux illnt'-fc of Mr-. I.rs Franklin We arc glad to «..»y that ine iorn«i has been turnea and though rt.il! \«r weak her early recovery i-» now ‘Ontidently hoped for • »*. Bhul.al] has I..in •octal trying trip.t ove* the mountain in In- a!tenrfanlt; c 011 Mr* Krankitn. but tl-c warm hearted cfo‘ tor does not allow trifle** like now and r.*in and old .ind mud. nor mid night drive* over tree strewn monn tain load* to keep him irom the• are of hi- pa'.ient*. Mr* I rankltn. sen ha- alfco I1111 on the kK ft I «•» and Hrindabella homestead mis*** the kindly jest and quip of it* ma iron, but she also is on the mem!(ood Maue Mr Audrey Reid has yrown si-mi' very tini corn this sia'on lt;*n tne river Hat* at * K u* tin ky ” lb has tried several Hinds to test the best lor the .short grow mu sta*on m these hill* and ho lar “Early Yellow Dent” has provi-u superior Ii 1^ a heavy yielder and ripens well Mr Reid it making *me improvements at Kentucky.”Marriage.—We have to relt;ord »h« namagc at Queanbeyari on \V.*lt;f msday. 21-t ult , ol Mr Ocorg»* Kraxikhn «»elt; ond son ol Mr. Tnomas I r. nklin. • »l Hrmdabclla station to Miss M Mahon The happy couple are spending their honeymoon in the metropolis We wish them joy and prosperityOfti' jal Kelt; ordniK Station. — The lt;ommonwealfh Meteorologist has arranged witr Mr. W. P. Bluett, ot *'Koorabn. to supply offii ial re- 1 cord*, ol the weather to the Weather lt;Bureau in Melbourne. One parli.u i lar advantage from this recording 1 station on the Upper Golt;xlradi^bee is to supplv data wluch will fte ot 1 -erviic to the Federal authorities at Canberra There is no recording ; station on the Upper Cotter, ard as j ihe two valleys arc .clow by the rain- ; fab in one should be somewhat of ( a guide as to that of the other. Tin- | Burrcnjuck irrigation works wd/also benefit by liavinK regular rain returns « from the higher portion of the C»ood- 1 radigbee River. i
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Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, AU
Tue, Jul 04, 1916
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