Parkes news and local developments report
Our neighbours note increased railway traffic and rising Parkes activity. Parkes Dairy Co prepares for summer, Parkes Hospital reports steady patients, and a hospital ball yielded a £10 profit. Dairying gains from a new local factory, cricket revival grows, and Spring meeting entries close November 15. Narromine postmaster swap, Dr Alcorn joins Narromine practice, and Bathurst truck delays push horse sale postponement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woot
Parkes Dairy Co
Parkes Hospital
Parkes Jockey Club
Sydney
Parkes
Trangie Notes on Hospital Ball and Elections
The Trangie hospital ball raised £43 1s 6d to be shared between the Dubbo and Warren institutions. A Trangie F F and Progress Associations sub committee will select candidates for the Timbrebongie Shire Council elections. E Kilby reports 300 acres of a 400 acre wheat crop ruined by a recent hailstorm. Rabbits are being sent to the Dubbo Freezing Works, with 1300 pairs forwarded on Monday. Flies are a nuisance this season as they swarm through the bush, making travel unpleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trangie
Dubbo
Warren
Trangie F. and
F. and Progress Associations
Timbrebongie
E. Kilby
Num 56
Themier
New South Wales
Archibald Bridges
Goulburn
Canterbury Trades and Labour Council
New Zealand
Hugh Macdonald
M.L.A
Castlereagh
Sydney
Coonamble
Horne
Taralga
Cunningham Plains
Murrumburrah
Chapman
Country Press Association
Legislative Council
Jamieson
Lenneon
Warren Henatn
Dubbo Team to Meet Wellington In Triangular Match
A Dubbo Hall Squadron Light Horse Rifle Club team will travel to Wellington on Saturday October 27 to face Wellington Light Horse and Civilian Little Clubs in a triangular meet. Nearby crime and local notices include calls to supervise certain passengers on the Dubbo Coonamble line and council nomination closings on November 6. A brown snake was found at Centennial Mille property and promptly dispatched. The recent concert fund-raising totaled £28 7s. An attempted burglary at Miss Alleys boarding house in Brisbane Street was thwarted after a resident challenged the intruders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubbo Hall Squadron
Light Horse Rifle Club
Wellington
Dubbo
Beni
Miss Alley
Brisbane Street
Death and accident woes hit Narromine town
In Narromine on Monday Mr. William Butler died suddenly from heart failure attributed to influenza. On Tuesday Constable Thisbert was thrown from his horse along the Bejan road and seriously injured, forcing a temporary retirement from service. By Thursday a new van, noted for its size and utility, was delivered from Iceal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Butler
Bejan
Thisbert
Tong
Various NSW notes including taxes on racecourses and rail fares
A collection of NSW items notes tax plans taxing racecourse gross takings for charity, protests by the Victorian Railways Commission over NSW freight schedules, and a spate of local incidents including shootings, deaths, and injuries. Other items mention elections, emigration warnings, and press freedom concerns.
Lessons at the Convent on Saturdays
Educational lessons described as available at the Convent with sessions on Saturdays and details provided upon application.
Also Mentioned on This Page
D. Simon
I'rangie
Perratt
Smith
GA. Gunning
Narromine
J. M. Alcorn
R. G. Alcorn
Maitland
Tomlinson
Bathurst
Messia
E. Cahill and Co
Qrief
The
Parkes Dairy Company, Limite
Peak Hill
Aledowne
Ward
Mullsrd By
W. J. Henry
H. Stafford
Eee
Eitchie Street
Royal Hotel
Tomingley
H. Crowhurst
ANL
General Commission
Rt. Hornsby & Son, Sr
City Mutual Mercantile Fire Insurance Co
Jos. Jackson
R. J. Parker
Caswell Street
Cambridge Club
Tilis Seasain
Bedawin
Edawin Ika
Emir
Vibra
Farhan
Shade
Ate
Waverley
Irou Industry
Impo
Marquis
Dovordimip
Omiti Og
Stealtrap
Gracid Dan
Steralsl Cig
Dedawlu
Himelf
Melville
F.C. Dawes
W. Roach & Co
Produce Merchants
Commission
Dalton Street
McGee & Co
W. Smith
Monumental Mason
Brisbane St
J. F. Nicholas
Miners’ Exchange Hotel
Alectown
W. J. Bruce
the People's Tailor
George Street Haymarket
Australia
Cern
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