Tomingley News Highlights Local Events and Harvest Prospects
From our correspondent Tin farmers smile as 450 points of rain fall timely. Illness hits Mra Dwyer and Mra Paton. Bul Gandramine shearing starts with full board. Glen Isla set for 26th. W Ashby wins Mungery mail contract. Buggy accident injures no one. Jack Colbran gravely ill but improving. Polls show George with 33 vote lead. local option results list 76 no license, 6 for reduction, 40 for continuation. Peak Hill Express co-operation delivers latest election intel. Lees wins Bulgandra mine station supplies. Teachers called for new school. carpentry class started. Harvest forecast up 50 percent. W Smith opens fruit shop. Tomingley Police Court finds for defendant in wage dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Dwyer
Alao Mra
T. Paton
Bulgandramine
Glen Isla
W. Ashby
Mungery
Tomingley
McCudden
George
Peak Hill Express
Tink
Tomingleyites
J. W. Leas
J. W. Lees
Bulgandra Mine
Hawes
W. Smith
T. Phillips
Peter Birnie
John Birnie
McPhail
Before the Election Political Lesson From a Mother and Son
A boy asks if the Carruthers faction will lose to the McGowen push and whether voters can remove them without inviting McGowen. The mother replies that people cannot escape politicians, warning that politics are like rabbits and blaming foolishness for allowing them in.
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Carruthers
McGowen
Rabbite
McPhail Mems Execriog Day Quiet After Returns
From Our Correspondent Execriog day was very quiet with interest mainly at night as Ashburnham and State returns arrived. McPhail School to exhibit at Peak Hill Flower Show and a Sports Committee meeting at Stafford's Hotel approved donations including to Peak Hill Hospital Recreation Trustees and purchases like rain gauge and thermometer for the school. Six names considered for new trustees. old member Jobn Maker now in Peak Hill. Gold ore crushing by McDonald and Buckman yielded 30 tons for an average of Tonta per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashburnham
Peter Birnie
Pope
McPhail
George
McPhail School
Peak Hill
Stafford’s
W. J. Nicolls
Peak Hill Hospital
Recreation
McPhail Public School
Tomingley Sports Committee
Crozier
Jobn Maker
Messrs
McDonald and
Buckman
Wellington Horse Sale Nets 150 Horses In Strong Turnout
Messrs Beprenn and Taylor report a successful sale on Saturday September 7 yarding 150 good useful horses. Buyers from Victoria attended as prices held well with heavy draughts to £37, mediums £21-£30, draught gelding pairs £50-£67, yearlings £12-£17, good horses £12-£18. A Monster Annual Sale is planned for late October with 1,000 horses for positive unreserved sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Beprenn Avd Taylor
Victoria
Ashburnham Election Figures and Local Notes
The Ashburnham roll lists 7791 electors with 4409 votes cast. Reports mention hospital fund totals of £21 0s 9d this polling day, and £45 5s 1d three years prior. Government supporters won seats previously held by Messia, Ashton, Dick, and O Conor, while Labor lost two city seats and gained five suburban seats. Local updates note T W Spence’s move to Parkes and Mrs Grogan’s hospitalization with well wishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelpie
McPhail
Ashburnham
S.M. Henato Saya
Eden George
Lynch
T. W. Spence
Parkes
Spence
Messia
Pearce
Williams
Grogan
Ashton
O'Conor
Constable Wright
Forbea
Masonic Hall
Labor
Angus Robertson
Wilga Park
Robertson
Wallaby Park Social at Carter Residence and Farm Updates
A Wednesday social at Wallaby Park hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Carter drew many from Tomingley and McPhail including the Birnie family. About 25 couples danced till dawn with refreshments from Mesdames Carter, Wilson, and others while influenza affected the hosts. Carter recently installed four Burgon sheep shearing machines driven by an oil engine, with about 5,000 sheep to be shorn, including neighboring flocks. Wallaby Park fronts Narro Mine Road and lies opposite two mail changes amid promising yet backward crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Carter
Wallab Park
Tomingley and McPhail
Birnie
Mesdames Carter, Wilson
G. Wilson
Marylands
Carter
Wallaby Park
Narromine Road
Thanks to Dr Corfe and Nurse Paton for daughter’s eye illness
Mr and Mrs Paton of 4 Tomingley express sincere thanks to Dr Corfe and Nurse Paton for the care given to their daughter while she was admitted to the Private Hospital with an eye condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paton
Tomingley
Fienders Clearing Bid for Peak Hill District
Municipal District of Peak Hill calls for bids to clear about two miles of land, half a chain wide, from Hennessy’s Block corner to the Bogan bridge. Seedlings to be cut below the bulb, timber removed to a depth of a few inches. contractors to state price per chain or acre. Usual deposit required. applications to W J Dent, Council Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennessy
Bogan
W. J. Dent
Examinations for probationary teachers in New South Wales
Government Railways and inspection offices announce examinations for probationary student teachers aged 15 to 18, with at least 200 candidates accepted statewide. Fees are five shillings. forms and standards are available from public schools or the Department. Applications must reach by September 30. Also notices about return tickets at five shillings half fare to Sydney and Parkes for the September 24 train, with one month return validity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Instruction
Sydney
Inspectors of
Parkes
H. McLachlan
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Tomingley News
Hospital Collection
Fourowisu
Miss McLean
Ttep
Mies Paton
Mrs
Willdie
Misses Matthews
Ida Barnett
Madge Wildie
Grace Barnett
IL Heather McLean
Rodda
Morris Mise Maker
Misses Furner
Mingelo
P. Birnie
Alecown
McPhail Mems
Wellington
Department of Public Destruction
NEW South Wales Government Railways
BR. J. Edwards
W. H. Parr
H. N. Gibson
George Stanford
Federation
H.p. Marehall
Gibson
W. H. Frazer
See
Presbyterian Church
Rilgeg
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