Molong News Roundup Highlights Local Events
Qudal Show fixed for early April. Davy's Plains sold to Treweeke. Two swagmen jailed for six minutes for indecent assault on a road traveller's wife. Jim Crook buys racehorse Yarraman for £50. Local births 140, deaths 28, marriages 27. Copper Lill oil mine inspected by a mining enthusiast. Molong butter sold in London at 15s per ewt. Western district stripping mostly finished with better than expected returns. Wheat cling to hopes of price rise.
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Qudal
Molong
Munildra
Cowra
Davy
J. K. Wynne
John Burgess
Claude Smith
London
Sydney
Trundle Hosts Sports Day on January 26
Logan Gate defeated our cricketers as Logan Gate 265 to Trundle 67. O'Brien Bros. of Yarrabundia lost 1800 acres of grass in a bush fire. Scoop horses are sought by the local railway contractor.
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Trundle
Logan Gate
O’brien Bros
Yarrabundia
Parkes Community Notes Mixed at Boxing Day Meeting
Parkes Jockey Club posts a small profit despite reduced attendance at the Boxing Day meeting. The Parkes hospital social and civic tidings include hymn book gifts to the Methodist Church and a spitting bylaw adoption. Mining yields at Phoenix and London Lead report ounces of gold from recent cleanups with profits and expenses noted.
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Parkes
Parkes Hospital
Luckman
Burlagna
Carcoar
Grenenger
Carcon
Getooma
Phoenix
London
Polo clubs seek unified bid to raise pony height to 14.2
Dubbo and Narromine Polo Clubs urge other clubs to join in an application to the Central Association to raise polo ponies height to 14.2. Some district organizations decline cooperation. Land sale at Dubbo Lands Office on January 24. Revenue for Oct-Dec quarter totalled £12,215, about £3,000 more than last year.
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Dubbo
Narromine
Central Association
Stripping winds down as crops show varied yields locally
The town notes mixed harvest results with some fields at six to the acre while others lag. Master Jack Egan is tied to local Post Care. A E Anderson moves to Sydney. a gold find is rumored near town. W Austin sells Two Mile Hotel to Bibran. band troubles loom. John Leary returns from hospital improved. farmhands paid 6s a day for harvesting. swagmen deterred by brief stays.
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Myrangle
Jack Egan
Post Care
Nan Hepee
Homeush
A. E. Anderson
Sydney
W. Austin
Two Mile Hotel
Alderman Rowley Resigns and Council Vacancies Grow
A local council loses Alderman Rowley to resignation. Aldermanic billets remain unfilled as tensions arise over an overdraft. In other news, Mr D Chavourier and Miss Toohe wed, a boy Walter Gitles bitten by a brown snake while rabbiting, and treated by Dr McDonnell. Bush fires rage. Tom Goolagong jailed six months for intent to commit a felony. A four year old narrowly avoids poisoning from sheep dip. Forbes rainfall last year measured 22 05 inches.
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Rowley
D. Chavourier
Miss Toohe
Walter Gitles
Caronbalgie
McDonnell
Tommy Goolagong
Chesher
South Forbes
Forbes
New Hat Ad For Land Buyers And Wheat Export Figures
The intelligence department issues a notice for land seekers amid local ads. Victorian wheat harvest totals 22 386 000 bushels with 14 611 000 remaining for export and a surplus valued at £2 375 000. Australia’s New South Wales posts three high scoring cricket matches, and J R M Mackay piles up 1070 runs in eight innings. The official report on state government commissioners outlines 134 shires and 32 municipalities with upcoming elections and land purchase terms under the Crown Lands Amended Act 1903 offering 2 percent interest and possible price adjustments per acre.
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Greson Bros
Intelligence Department
Jessie Maclachlan
Soa
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Mary, Aitchen Piefur
Pearson Soap Company, Ltd
Henry Street
Leichhardt
Pearson’s Sand Soap
John Bakes
Mingelo & Caswell Sts
Peak Hill
Bakes
Qunshine
Australia
America
Arica
Braybrook
Fanmee
Darr
H. V. McKay
Ballarat & Braybrook, Vic
Engine Street
W. Roach & Co
Caswell Street
General
New South Wales
Queensland
Brisbane
South Australia
Adelaide
Victoria
J. R. M. Mackay
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