Parkes Column Reports Illness and Local Affairs
Dr Johnson of Parkes is seriously ill with pleurisy. A watchmaker opens a new business here. Grasshoppers menace Western district crops amid drought. Hospital Ball raised £18 to £19. Tichbourne School closed for whooping cough. People’s Institute seeks new buildings. Building boom noted despite drought. fortunes made locally. Local chemist Greg McGirr builds new premises. Goobang Shire rates total £1000 with penalties. payment by December 4. Wheat in local trade at 58d per bushel. 536d offered for future delivery. Parkes and Goobang councils plan joint bridge replacement over Billabong Creek. Government inquiry: no experimental farm at Tichbourne. Sheep sales and high weight rams reported. Grain shed occupancy persists with rental concessions sought. Warden’s Court suspensions granted for three months. Accident at Moura injures Packham. he progresses in Parkes Hospital. Telephone subscribers petition for permanent attendants. Limited reform hoped for at Parkes telephone office. Summer excursion trains to Orange explained as standard practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stitlon
L. L. Bird
Peak Hill
Tichborne
Local Land Board
Commissioners For Taxation
Messrs. Pearce and Williams
Sale Adot
Nelungaloo
Greg McGirr
Guobang Shire
Qld
Parkes
Goobang
Billabong
J. P Lynch
Department of Agriculture
Tichbourna
Larras Lake
Mess
Henry Smith
Henry Davia
Charles Norris
Packham
Moura
Parkesospital
Platinawards Rush as Platina Water Bore Near Fifield
The Mesers and Bors Bros of Trundle hire a party to bore for underground water at Platina near Fifield. City engineer Mr. Brown leads operations and expects a good stream before 150 feet. Prospectors watch eagerly for water strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesers
Bors Bros
Local Wool Clips at Sydney Wool Sales
At the Sydney wool sales the following clips were sold: Aynea Bros Home Plain 12d for fleeces 103d for pieces W Elliott Burrill 12d and 194 for fleeces 104d for pieces H A Ourra 114d W A Lampe Peak Hill 123d for fleece 113d for pieces and neck R J Charles Mingelo 114d F J Millgate Tomingley 10d J McIntyre Aledown 11d J Jelbart Mingelo 12d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Aynea Bros
Home Plaine
W. Elliott
Burrill
H.A
Ourra
W. A. Lampe
Peak Hill
Charles
Mingelo
F. J. Millgate
Tomingley
J. McIntyre
Aledown
J. Jelbart
Rabbits Die by Thousands Along Melrose Boundary
Rabbits are dying in thousands along the Melrose boundary and toward the Bogan watershed. Landholders offer theories from drought and lack of green feed to suggestions that microbes from Dr Danger have been released on the continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose
Bogan
Dr. Danger
New Varieties of Wheat for Public Trials
The Director of Agriculture announces new wheat varieties from the late Mr. Farrer will be distributed this season for public trials. After repeated tests Mr. Suttor deems them worthy of wide cultivation and superior to earlier productions. Some bunt resistant wheats offer exceptional value against bunt disease. milling qualities are excellent. Farmers seeking varieties should contact the Director of Agriculture.
Aledown Mining Case in Parkes Inquiry
A Warden hears Batten seeking authority to enter lands at Goobang, possibly matching land for Pepper. Measurement refused initially, with adjournment and written reasons to follow. Batten’s lawyer argued for identification, while Pepper may be challenged if Batten’s claim succeeds. The matter remains unresolved after fourteen days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Fletcher
Parkes
Henry Batten
Goobang
David Pepper
Batten
Dixon
Pearce
Aledown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Johnson
Tichbourne
People’s Institute
Farmers’ and Settlers’ Association
Orange
A. N. Davey
Caswell Street
ROYAL
Bie
Tomin Gle WY
F. J. Graham
AVING
Onsis
Stock & Station
O'Connell St
Homebush
Commission
FAT Stock Woo! Station Properties
O'Connell Street
Mays
Pollard
Oconnell S
O. F. Stephens
Platina
New Zealand
Australia
R. L. McBean
Duntroon
Tucker
Chamberlain
A. W. Taylor & Co
J. Leos
Lumingley
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