Parkes Area Tax Meeting Reports Strong Year Ahead
Parkes district reports show a healthy balance with government grant potential around £400 to start next year. The annual show set attendance and gate receipts records, members increased by 21 since last year and 89 since 1900, with £140 spent on improvements and nearly £280 net profit from the car show. A new sheep shed is urged for the new committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.A. and H. Association
A. Stewart
Satur Mesara
G. W. Seaborn and Co
Mesers
Venables
Underwood
Brolgan
Wiggins
Horrowvale
Orange Road
Cotter
Meesars
Pearce and Williams
J. F. McLean
Cookamid
A. W. Luhrs
J. J. Baker
Arthur Lane
Execution of Toffis at Tamworth Gaol
Gronox Torris was executed in Tamworth Gaol on Tuesday morning for the murder of Maude Fletcher at Quirindi. He walked to the scaffold in a partial collapse state, while the night before he spoke of dreaming he was hanged in a hospital. An old man and a little girl appeared at the gaol two hours before the execution, asking to be hanged alongside Tofits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gronox Torris
Tamworth
Maude Fletcher
Quirindi
Tofits
Items of Interest From Across Australia and New Zealand
Reports from around the region note typhoid threats in Orange and transport licensing counts for Sydney. Destructive bush fires in Queensland, NSW Bank of New South Wales dividend, and local medical notices. Racing death of Subterranean and arrests over two up in Blayney. Ex Premier Dawson now a Melbourne Customs clerk. Charitable bequests by John James Lee, solicitor. Lottery wins in Tattersall's Sweep at Candelo and Mountain King prize share. A burglary in Durham and show judging at Millicent disqualifies a hen egg exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Queensland
Bank of New South Wales
W. Cutler
Australia
Bathurst
Subterranean
Blayney
Dawson
Defence
Melbourne Customs House
N.Z
Hastings
John James Lee
State Crown Law Department
Candelega
Tattersall
Mountain King
Stephen Wilcox
Durham
Millicent (Vic
The Grasshopper Pest in Buthurat District
A letter from HB Clark, former Natal sugar plantation manager, warns the Buthurat district faces a serious grasshopper invasion. He suggests timing arsenical poisoning to kill young hoppers after eggs hatch, notes cattle safety concerns, and urges government action for coordinated control across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.J. Suttivax
Pastures Protection Board
Buthurat Anovs
HB. Clark
Natal
Buthurat
Agricultural Department
Horsen
D&c
South Africa
Australia
Africa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Towsanp Country Journal
DuLacy
Pesk Hill
New South Wales
V.A.V
Royal Show
Mulbourne
We Laney la Ie
Pegeledeh Lite
Ile Cheam
America
I Delacy’s
Caswell Street
Stephens’ Pharmacy
Parkes News
Parkes
Morus
J. Shaw
Messrs
Toffis
Wellington
Lid Plass
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