OUR NEIGHBOURS AND WAR EXCHANGES SUMMARY
Our neighbours report four items from war exchanges and local matters. Motowe PB and A Association incurred £7 loss on the Orange Showday special train. Mr Hector Black and Mr Charlie McGuinness won Exile in the Newcastle Cup sweep. Mr J H Poulton donated a Bible to the local Hospital. Anticipated RC Military Fair may raise about £240. Surveyors are dividing Common land into 40 acre blocks for settlement. A proposal to erect a district soldiers memorial using Molong marble. Cornelius Halpinius Luen timed 44 or a month for stealing a revolver from the Commonwealth Government. H A McCullan, editor of the Express and secretary of the sports group, prosecuted with a silver tea service. Frost and Co. bought racehorses Sylurite Hypptiet Ausbertron. Molong district marbles likened to ancient finds in Egypt. Summers notes proper development should sustain livelihoods for thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motowe PB
A. Association
Orange
Hector Black
Charlie McGuinness
Atteraall
J. H. Poulton
Cornelius Halpinius Luen
Commonwealth
H. A. McCullan
The
Express
Socunt Sports
Hue
Messrs Frost and Co.lave
SyLurite
Iiuppiet
Ausbertron
Molung
Rurie
Myr. Summers
Summers
Rabbite Invasion Plagues Yeoval Farmland
Yeoval residents fight hordes of rabbits that breed across rough country and attack pastures. Farmers fear no action against the pest as the problem grows. A child near Buckinbah Creek narrowly escaped drowning after a group of youngsters wandered into a deep hole and needed urgent rescue by her brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlaize
Abel Maguire
Buckinbah
Reid to speak at Parkes Monday night
Parkes residents are informed that Mr G H Reid will address the town on Monday evening. A £50 pigeon match is scheduled for May. Mrs W Ree is ill with typhoid fever. A Parkes State-Bowhett Building Society is being considered. A Molong butcher's business is up for sale. The P L L seeks Gardiner to speak at a Parkes public meeting. Rabbits are causing damage at the local cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Reid
Parkes
W. Ree
Building Society
Parkow
E. T. Bradley
Trundle Doctor Opens Practice and Rail Project Updates
Dr Leonard formerly of Gilgundra begins practice at Trundle. The Ulwwch Building, a brick structure costing between £600 and £700, was designed by J. H. Bates of Forbes. Williams & Co. win the tender for completing the Buyaw Gate railway work. Contractor Ahearn overran estimates, with disputes over £1,000 to £2,000 in overruns and unfinished sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard
Gilgundra
Trundle
RC. Ulwwch
J. H. Bates
Orbes
Williams & Co’s
Buyaw Gate
Ahearn
Lui
Whols Musers
Williams & Cuvy
Moons
Codd & Lowing
Inieu Sullios
Cumnock News Bits and Local Gossip
The report notes small profits for a local firm, price details for meats, and public discontent among householders. It mentions the marriage of Miss Florrie Hunt, a gauge reading of 540 points in March, and totals of 663 for three weeks. Miss M Miller recovers from typhoid, Mr Charlie Finch plans to Fiji, and Mr Wright visits as school inspector. Jeper owned by Jack Butler wins the Young Raves event.
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A. Aschuviativa
Florrie Hunt
Oumnock
Totel
M. Miller
Charlie Finch
Fiji
Wright
Cummock
Dillard
Jeper
Jack Butler
Parkes Town Band to Hold Ball in Alectown
Alectown scene reports the Parkes Town Band planning a ball on Wednesday the 25th. Also described is a dramatic accident on a nearby road where Mr and Mrs John Davey and their 13 year old son survived a buggy crash after their sulky horse collapsed and shafts broke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkes
Alectown
John Davey
J. Klein
Uuburt
Bogan Gate Meeting Proposes Land and Netting Policy
At the weekly meeting of the Farmers and Settlers Association officers proposed that wire netting be advanced to landholders with charge set against the land value, while another half is ignored. The conference urged the Government to resume scrub land suitable for closer settlement and allocate it to hopeful land seekers, arguing laws should allow such lands to be used beyond sheep runs with potential earnings from 1 to 3 pounds per acre with proper cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iynore
Cyclist Narrates Mouse Encounter With Bicycle Tyre
A cyclist recalls a mouse leaping from a cellar shelf onto his bicycle front wheel. The creature rode the tyre to the door edge, balancing on the tire’s tip but failing to reach the wall. Morning found the exhausted mouse still running as the cyclist noted the chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M Ouse
Mousie
Local Town Bout Ends With Street Fight Title Claim
A pair of residents agreed to a finish fight at a rear town spot with one eye witness and the Marquis of Queensbury rules. After a minute of kicking biting and scratching both men fell. George ended on top and was declared champion biter scratcher and hair puller of Peak Hill district by the observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquis of Queensbury
Mother Earth
George
Peak Hill District
Quite Different Cure Offered by Gough Remedy
A reader from Peak Hill, with notes from Lutingley and Wades, reports ordinary cough medicine soothes but does not heal. The Chamberlain's Gough Remedy is claimed to not only soothe but heal, restoring health and reducing danger of further attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Gough
Peak Hill
Waddl
Lees
Lutingley
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Yeoval
Avon
Spring & Summer Wear
S.W. Lees
Gomingtey
Fred. Metters & Co
George Street
Sydney
Dover
UNION
Baker
Benon
B.scomt
Litchfield
A. G. F. Bollinger
Optician & Qunsmith
Cumnock
Bogan Gate
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