Parkes Parkes District Notes and Appointments
Four applications were received for the valuer post for three years, with Thos Peet appointed at £101 six per cent salary, first year pay. Rain delays affect dry district areas while Adavale station changes owner. Parkes Dairy Factory expands ice storage and wool shipments rise as shearing proceeds. Parkes Public School temporary head D Ferguson absent on leave, Ossie Smith appointed interim. Harvest prospects darken with looming shortage. grasshoppers held by dry weather. Local fodder prices creep toward 1902 peak. J P Lynch MLA away. L L Bird named Methodist ministerial candidate. W H Bligh moves to new brick residence. Cookamidgera may gain staff station status as Orange Parkes rail traffic grows. Land revenue for quarter ended Sept 30 totals £5279. Riflemen head to Randwick NRA meet. Stray stock nuisance persists. an old cow nearly hit the nuisances inspector. Parkes Hospital annual ball hosts about fifty couples and raises funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos, Peet
Quookamidgera
Bumbury, &C
W. ©. Webb
Adavale Station
Mudges
Ossie Smith
McPhail
Parkes
D. Ferguson
Lynch
J. P. Lynch
M.L.A
W. H. Bligh
J. G. W. Seaborn
Cookamidgera
Orange- Parkes
Sir William Owen
Forbes
N.R.A
Randwick
Parkes Hospital
West's Hall
Local MLA Responds to Peak Hill Railway League Letter
J P Lynch M L A forwards a note from the Peak Hill Railway League to Our State Member Tar. The letter states it has not yet received the communication despite reports in the Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
J. P. Lynch
M.L.A
Peak Hill Railway League
Skeleton Found on Caramanga Estate Near Narrabri
A fencing party on Mr. Stafford's Caramanga Estate ten miles from Narrabri uncovered a human skeleton eighteen inches underground, face down, missing hands and feet. Police have been dispatched to investigate the discovery.
Mingleo Notes School Picnic Amid Harvest Outlook
From our correspondent in Mingleo the annual school picnic is set for Wednesday October 24. The region endures dry weather with poor harvest prospects. Harvey Park sheep head to Goonoo for shearing. Kadina Public School awaits a teacher as enrollments grow and a new building is hoped. The Civilian Rifle Club at Peak Hill gains interest with locals joining. The local school opened recently in a rented room and remains crowded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Park
Goonoo
G. BH. Wright
Promisea
W. H. Johnson
Peak Hill
Kadina Public School
Breeders Honor With Special Prize At Fearless Show
At breeders request Mr. A Yoo will award £22s for the best Fearless yearling and £223 for the most promising general utility horse. Mare to be stinted or in foal to Fearless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Yoo
Farewell Social for Miss V Manley at Masonic Hall
A farewell evening for Miss V. Manley leaving the district for Bathurst was held at the Masonic Hall on Wednesday. About twenty five couples attended. supper and a late dance followed a well managed program led by Master of Ceremonies F Ring and J Yuckwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Hall
V. Manley
Bathurst
F. Ring
J. Yuckwell
Kit Blacksmiths Tools and farm items auction list
A catalog of tools and household goods includes large bellows anvil various smithing implements and farm equipment. Items listed include drag harness bogey stumps plough cultivator stripper winnower beds furniture kitchen utensils and a few fat sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadowbank
Davenport event ends in four round boxing fight
Two Davenport women Lula Crawford music teacher and Opal Adiar stenographer fought under Queensberry rules in a grove outside town over a love triangle. Police halted the bout after the fourth round as crowds gathered. the rival man has since married another woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Crawford
Opal Adiar
Davenport
Queensberry
Fresco wool sale and fatal sawmill accident report
John Eason's fresco wool from Tomingley sold at Winchcombe Carnon and Co's sale week. J Sim at Astonville sawmill had arm torn off by a belt. he died within twenty minutes. An exchange notes adverse comments on the Local Government Bill at Municipal Conference citing costs, forms, seals, and book requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Eason
Tomingley
Winchcombe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Parkes Pars
Mingelo
Vital Statistics
Jackson
Wesleyan Church
Croft Family
Kinsella Doutres
Corfe
Peak Hill Hospital
Mrs. Hlawksley
Sid
Matthews
Derribong Street
Ar Mn
A. J. Farnsworth
Alicedale Farm
Mr J. B. Quinn
Bogan Road
Gw, Seaborn & CO
Ilace
Paraiture
G. W. Seaborn & Co
Wellington
Taylor Vetion
Bedford & Taylor
Wellington and Vrange
Walter Brown
Measra
Perry
Hallinan
O. McDonald
Genanagie
J. F. Sanderson
Yellow Plain Paddock
Genanagia
F. G. Korsch
E. H. Braithwaite
PEAK
St. Stephen's
CLES
Pableaux
F. Yabsley
R. J. Edwards
MHS
Hapsburg
Pare
Hillgrove
J. Edwards
Anohewen
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