Dubbo Local Council Minutes Outline May 14
Aldermen elected T Jackson as council clerk and approved George Harvey tender for Dubbo Road works. Officials discussed medical officer appointment, road repairs at Bogan River and Ten Mile Creek, and urgent departmental attention. Mayor noted unsettled rates and pending summonses for July court.
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Pagsuxt
Jackson
Glashoon
Bakes
Ring
Gibson
Hand
Davey
Swain
Bool
Exeness
Itson
Council
T. Jackson
W. J. Dent
J. Farquharson
Mr. Jackson
George Harvey
Dubbo Road
Ald. Gibson
Ald
Eden George
M.L.A
Corle
Bli.a
McKeown
Tane
George
Ald. King
Ten Mile Creek
Ald. Davey
Ald Hand
Glasheen
Dubbo
Governors Kindness at Dubbo Hospital Visit
During his Dubbo tour the Governor-General showed thoughtfulness toward child patients. He placed £1 with the matron to buy dolls and toys for the young sufferers at the hospital.
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Dubbo
An Old Timer Hewitt Nearing 61 Birthday
An aged sprinter Fuank Hewitt once world champion 100 yards is a Prince Alfred Hospital inmate set to celebrate his 61st birthday. The English leaper once lost a Bathurst race to Bathurston. Jelbart of Peak Hill is named missionary among local aborigines as churches awaken to heathen outreach.
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Fuank Hewitt
Prince Alfred Hospital
Hewitt
England
J. Wales
Thos
Walsh
Orange
Bathurst
Bathurston
Gays
Jelbart
Peak Hill
Election ballot deadline for three ADLP directors
Reminders sent to AMP policy holders to post ballots by the 24th instant for the election of three directors. Candidates Richard Arthur, GB Campbell, and John Kirkland are named as potential appointees to the vacant seats, representing the welfare of the Australian Life Insurance Company at Leart.
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AMP
Messra
Richard Arthur
Campball
John Kirkland
Leart
Miss Ida Nicholson Promotes Charity Opera Night
Miss Ida Nicholson staged an amateur opera performance at Parkes on Friday to aid St Andrews Presbyterian Church in connection with the Flower Show. The programme featured selections from Geisha San Toy and Cingaloo with notable stage effort and clear talent. Nicholson leads a popular amateur company and shows professional promise.
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Parkes
Ida Nicholson
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
Miss Nicholson
Age of the World Given by Professor Lobley at Victoria Institute
Professor J Logan Lobley lectured at the Victoria Institute in London about the world’s age. He argued that a chalk layer one foot thick would take 1000 years to form, implying 1,000,000 years for chalk. He estimated geological time at a minimum of about one hundred million years.
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J. Logan Lobley
Victoria Institute
London
Local News Briefs From Canowindra and District
Reports from Canowindra note a new factory converting rabbits to extender. The BurraGa copper mine employs 400 on three shifts. Six lives lost when the schooner Ronga capsized off New Zealand. Government medical officer appointment sought for district. Telephone links Boost Peak Still Post Office to Roseneath Curra and Wilga Vale. A Sydney woman fined £20 for beating a child with a broom handle. North Coast farmers prosper. Molong Show loss £8 10s 8d with secretary bonus £5. Mayor Jackson proposes rate relief by trimming municipal surplus burrs. Mr M J Korin moving to Mingelo estate. welcomed. J Wren reports Jack O Brien accepting Aussie fight with Bill Equires. Shira Government may affect billet losses. reform vows bring ups and downs. Copper Hill lease eyed by capitalists. early copper site in State. An ex Bega youth in Capetown says South Africa rotting, many leaving. war outlook seen as imminent.
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Canowindra
Corfe
Labor
Peak Still Post Office
Roseneath
Curra
Wilga Vale
Sydney
North Coast
Jackson
M. J. Korin
Baldory
Mingelo
Mr. Korin
J. Wren
Jack O'Brien
Australia
Bill Equires
Shira
Copper Hill
Capetown
South Africa
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Enyn
Dilacy
Peale Hill
New South Wales
Rize Wines
Yeringa
Parisian
É&C
Tobagoos
DeLacy
Caswell Street
Gibson BrOs
G. W. Barnett
V. MuAtumney
C. &V. Richards
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Clarinda-St
Arkes
Bowe
Dantista
Edward Dunn
Perak Hill
J. W. Lave
Toruingley
Age of the World
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