Tax Railway Commissions Refuse Train Service Acceleration
Typhoid fever claims first local victim of the year with a hospital death on Sunday. A landholder predicts bush fires will continue until the arsonist is caught. Debate grows over reducing aldermen from twelve to nine as a previous nine-member council proved unsuccessful. A Marsden wedding last week allegedly sparked a large fire spreading across miles, starting from a group of young Indies clearing items from a buried litter. the church and hall were saved with difficulty.
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Marsden
Molong Friendly Societies Sports Set February First
Local items note sports events by Molong Friendly Societies planned for 1 February with the Sheffield Handicap valued at £20. The report also covers community goings on including local officials, horse fatalities due to heat, a stallion sale, a large land purchase near Cudal, a rescue incident near Gamboola, and an alleged phosphorus attack on a Cranbury wheat crop.
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Sheffield
Deak Hill
Skipp
W.T. Job
Peak Till
P. and A
P. and A. and Hospital
J. Haslam
A. Connolly
T. Staines
Redbank
J. Crook
Clydesdale
A. Rexsante
Cranbury
Cumnock News Highlights Local Farm and Club News
Harvesting at Burrawong ends soon with a fair yield. one paddock yields up to 18 bags per acre. Whittaker’s ram sales set for Yeoval on February 3. Telephone at Yeoval refused under the Guarantee system. Tom Connolly resigns as Jockey Club secretary but is recalled. A meeting will set the annual races date. Fruit pickers remain active in Burrawong and streets stay busy Saturday nights. Rumors of band tensions as six members resigned this week.
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Burrawong
Whittaker
Yeovul
Yeoval
Tom Connolly
Jockey Club
Cumnock
Narromine Anniversary Day Bridge Tender Plans
Narromine holds a race meet on Anniversary Day and invites tenders for the erection of a bridge over the course. The notice seeks bids from contractors to complete bridge work connected with the event facilities.
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Narromine
Peculiar horse mishap and local incidents at Narromine
A sequence of odd events and minor misfortunes reported in Narromine includes Millar and Co losing a valuable horse attached to a sulky at the Federal Hotel, a heifer killed by butcher J. W. Bunith weighing 951 pounds, and a cart accident injuring Nathan a son of a storekeeper when he fell and a wheel ran over his leg. The Narromine P.8 office records public revenue of £147128 and public monies £109 4s for the year, and a local man fined £5 or two months hard labor for indecent language in a hotel.
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Macquarie River
Malek
Millar and Co
Federal Hotel
J. W. Bunith
Nathan
Parkes News Briefs Highlight Local Fire and Hospital Matters
The Cambridge Hotel narrowly escaped a blaze. Parkes Hospital faced a £5 10s dispute over fees after suing a patient’s father. a prior non suit is under appeal. Fragments of burnt grain drifted from Forbes district after recent large fire.
Land and farm leases near Trundle and local notes
The Eden Valley manager offers farms from 100 to 1000 acres on shares for five years within a mile of the railway. Mrs. Vandermaal has collected £358 6d for Parkes Hospital. A local railway contractor reports progress. Some crops yielded well this year while others were poor. Mr. E Bourke bought the Miners Arma Hotel at Fifield. Wire-netting is hailed as the only effective rabbit control while the pest grows despite poison carts. Mr. Clifford of Bogan Gate reports a colt by Mambrino Abdallah offered at £100.
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Eden Valley
Trundle
Vandermaal
Parkes Hospital
E. Bourke
Miners Arma
Fifield
Wonderful Chamberlain remedy praised for bowel complaints
Mr George Adams of Albury N S W endorses Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a wonderful medicine. He cites a country trip where a friend was cured after one dose. The product is sold by Gibson Bros Peak Hill and J W Lees Tomingley.
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Chamberlain
George Adams
Albury N.3.w
Gibson Bros
Peak Hill
J. W. Lees, Tomingley
Turnover Hit by Byron Bay Dairy Firm in Ten-Year Span
The Byron Bay dairy company reports a ten year turnover nearing £1,640,000. This figure underscores the scale of its operations and market presence during the decade.
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Byron Bay
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