Balderodgery Baldery Progress Association Meeting Held
The Balderodgery Baldery Progress Association met on Saturday with H. Miller re elected as President and A Hunt F May as Vice presidents D F McLean as secretary and Treasurer. The group secured road repairs at Rocky Ponds and Cumnock and a £25 grant for Peak Hill Road. It also influenced project outcomes including Yeoval Cumnock junction clearing and half time school nets to protect rabbits. It pushed for village sight surveying a Recreation Ground railway extension to Cumnock and telephone extension to Balderodgery.
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Baldery
New Postal Rules Delighted Town With Odd Edicts
A small country town postmaster posted humorous rules in the office. Rules joke about corking ink bottles for mail and not sending fruit trees with fruit attached. The postmaster jokes that addresses may be written in Chinese or Hebrew and that he will lick stamps for others. He warns against sending post cards with money orders attached due to losses.
Shire Elections Set for November 24 Under New Act
The first elections under the Shires Act occur November 24 with elected councils to manage roads bridges and services. Shire rates begin January 1 next year and endowments are paid semi annually at a total planned £180000 per year. A further £150000 is allocated to aid shires in the initial year as the local government scheme unfolds.
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Roads
Bridges &O
Lhealu
Age and fashion in Japan and other scattered notes
A mix of curiosities and commentary covers diverse topics. Remarks include Japan’s aging perception, a Roman amphitheatre disaster with heavy casualties, a patent cough remedy, a fatal accident in Alamby, a divorce suit over mustard plaster, hunting market trends, a critique of modern women, and government finances with pension plans and shire funding.
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Japan
Ile
Have You Noticed It Norte Echoes Through Church
A vivid description of a contagion named Norte that travels from the rear to the front of a church audience. The text paints its reach from throat to organist to choir to minister, culminating in a public reaction and collective impact on those present.
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Norte
Newspaper Borrowers and Free Subscriptions Offer
The Exress faces widespread borrowing of its papers with many readers taking loans of the issue before reading. To ease subscriber worries, a free copy will be sent weekly upon application with a clergyman's certificate proving inability to pay fourpence weekly.
Pastures Protection Board Meeting Ends in Postage Row
At a board session Mr. O’Brien of Murga protested over postage for scalp receiver books. He warned the books would be sent without stamps unless funds covered transmission costs, accusing Mr. Palmer of slighting scalp receivers and threatening resignation. The secretary noted the books arrived with postage owing.
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Pastures Protection Board
O'Brien
Murga
Palmer
Old Age Pensions and Hospital Reforms In Assembly
A proposed supplementary measure will extend pensions to permanently disabled individuals regardless of age. A Bill will be introduced for endowment and governance of public hospitals following the pension figures showing a total of £610,343 paid last year.
Why Bile Beans Excel In Efficacy and Economy
Bile Beans are a modern scientific remedy for biliousness and digestion. They purport to gently stimulate liver and bowel function without harsh drugs, claiming cure or prevention of constipation, indigestion, bad breath, and related ailments. A sample offer and vague contact details are included.
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Cine Asia
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People’s Tailor
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Wunderlich Patent Ceiling & Roofing Co., Ltd
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G.P
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