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Newspaper
Quambatook Times
Location
Quambatook, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 20, 1916
Page
2
The district enjoys a bountiful harvest with better than expected yields despite earlier stripping. Consistent rainfall since May has produced rare green grass for Christmas, signaling hope and prosperity as 1917 closes.
The Defence Department reports Edward Cottrell, known as Pomp, killed in France on 22 November at age ten. Holderness Tom Holderness, Robert Kennedy’s brother, and other local soldiers are wounded. Angus McGillivray returned home severely wounded from Gallipoli with multiple injuries. Local families express deep sympathy for Mr Cottrell and others.
A year end reflection recalls brutal battles in Verdun and the Somme, Russian counteroffensives, and naval actions off Jutland. It notes gains and losses for France Britain Russia and Italy, and ponders what the New Year may bring amid peace overtures from Germany.
Far mers at Quamba carried resolutions on wheat issues and sent them to Mr Angus M L A. He replied with ministerial notes on farm advances, Barraport Stack, and tarpaulin shortages. The railway letters explain canvas shortages due to wartime limits and outline planned tarpaulin production increases to restore service.
District report from Quambatook Northwest covers a community picnic with Miss L Mann and A Keating selling bouquets and a vegetable auction by Mr Douglas. Prizes included a cake shared by three readers, vegetables won by Mrs L Douglas and Mr G Kelly, and a pig awarded to Mr W Mayson, raising £3 5s. Also notes on a Cocamba Progress meeting suspending ordinary meetings until March, local weather, and a Military Cross award for Lt. Geo Cuttle in France.
Monumental Masons Messrs W and R Quin late P Finn and Co of Bendigo announce in advertising columns they can erect tombstones in any part of the district. Full particulars on prices available from local agent Mr M Meehan.
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