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Newspaper
Queanbeyan Observer
Location
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 05, 1912
Page
2
Fragmentary timetable lists Queanbeynn and Weotanggata with times 11 pm 7 pm 2 45 pm and others in inconsistent format suggesting a local transit or park schedule. Notes include Waoille Park entries with 11 p m and 7 p am and 7 pam indicating OCR errors.
A long critique argues that landholders and big holders shaped policy to serve political ends, warning that state and federal actions erode freehold rights. It notes exemptions and taxes as tools that deepen class divides, urging equity and common interest over partisan gain.
At the Tooul police court on Monday before Mr W O Howell Synnel van Mowith was fined 5 shillings after a drunken episode. James Flyon faced a £1 fine for drunken disorderly conduct on July 1 at the Queanbeyan Railway Platform, plus £2 for indecent language in Lowe Street. both fines paid. This morning Samuel Awan answered a charge of indecent behavior in Mon fora Street with a 20 shilling fine paid to avoid further actions scheduled for 14 days.
A poetic fragment speaks of garden work and planting papis. It hints at pumpkins potatoes and a nine power crop support. The voice asks to raise old Beriah and to propagate with public persuasion in a lyrical public tone.
The Queanbeyan Rifle Club met at the Municipal Council bars on Wednesday. Captain Moore presided as members approved last year’s minutes and discussed a season with several inter-club matches including a narrow loss to Sydney Rifle Club and wins against Leadville and Cobbre. Officers were elected, with G. Taylor becoming secretary and F. Warren as treasurer, and committee and selection panels named despite range closures affecting prize funds and future competition plans.
Members of the Quesabeyan Rifle Club gathered in the town on an overcast afternoon for a meeting that produced notable scores. The events included 200 and 16 yard marks and 600 yard trials with wind complicating results. J Goggin led with 8 of 70, while LH Taylor and Jas Bopity cad posted strong showings. the gathering ended with a supper at Captain Davies hotel.
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