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Newspaper
Queanbeyan Observer
Location
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 01, 1907
Page
2
In Canberra and nearby areas church services are listed for multiple denominations. The Church of England and Methodist congregations hold morning and evening prayers with times including 11 am and 7 pm. Presbyterian and other local churches also mark services at various times.
The Australian Home Journal for November is now on sale at A. M. Fallick and Sons. Readers are invited to submit 300 entries for the Mower Show. Notices include lease approvals, tennis visits from Queanbeyan to Cooma on 11 November, a postponed Queanbeyan Race Club meeting due to drought, and land and school projects. A series of local events, meetings, and weather reports fill the week.
The Yarrowlumla Shire Council held a meeting Wednesday with full attendance. The Works Committee proposed deferrals on several road deviations, authorized drain and trough works, and advised cost estimates for several projects including Brindabella and Queanbeyan roads. The council adopted the report, considered several tenders, and approved payments from General and Trust funds.
Dr Kelly seconded a motion that failed four to two. Notices included licensing of public vehicles and drivers, banning non signing contractors, seeking government subsidy to bridge revenue gaps, and engineer reports on roads Gudgenby to Adaminaby Yeouk Bourke to Vacouk and Bobeyan to Cooma with grant requests. next meeting set for Thursday 28 November.
A Sunday evening thunderstorm and a Monday downpour battered Weetangara Lands End Spring Vale with 130 184 and 119 points of rainfall. Dams damaged fences torn up roads cut. Crops hay oats and possibly wheat will benefit. lambing better than expected and harvest may beat forecasts. Rainfall October overall higher than average.
From our correspondent in Majura a week of showers yielded 46 points. Crop failure looms unless heavy rain arrives. Grasshoppers trouble some in places. Shearing soon to be in full swing largely by machinery. Road repairs credit to Mr J Harman with improved streets. October 31.
Gungahleen Dry Plains race club held a meeting on the Dry Plains course last Saturday. A moderate crowd attended as officials led by secretary W. Webber administered fair results. Winners included Lady Massey in the Opening Handicap, Wardoleuce in the Trial Stakes, Lady Massey again in the Gungateen Handicap, Minerva in the Huck Race, Bill Gambell in the Weller Mile, and Pretty Boy in the Forced Handicap.
Fragmentary text references overwork at a university and names such as Campbell Cheraiet and Cienatay, indicating possible faculty or administrative strain. The snippet lacks clear events, dates, or outcomes to form a complete card.
A Queanbeyan Pastures Protection Board meeting notes minutes with attendees including Chairman James Cunningham and others. Discussions cover wire netting insurance, Lands Department duties and refunds, requests for netting demand estimates, and a motion to hold monthly meetings to review the inspector’s rabbit control report.
The meeting debated a proposed 6d bounty on crows harming sheep and lambs. The chairman cast the deciding vote against the motion, with warnings about distinguishing destructive crow types and the risk of penalizing harmless birds. Discussion covered rabbit poisoning on reserves, information from the Lands Department, and enforcement vs. education, ending with the motion defeated and prosecutions prepared for rule arrears.
Members of the local rifle club held a match at Barrack Flat range on Wednesday afternoon. Seven shots were fired at 500 and 600 yards with A C R Fallick winning the 500 yard prize for a possible and Thomson taking the other prizes. Final scores listed include Fallick 95 at 600 yards and Thomson 91. Other shooters included Waele, Lal, Monre, Woodger, Moya, Simmons, and Whrren with varied scores.
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