For Sale and Tenders Notice in Razorback District
For sale white gravel by T McDonagh and Evans's Garage Mitta Mitta. Also local office Razorback Picton advertises tenders closing 12 noon Friday 16 August 1929 for protection and boundary fencing on State Highway No 2 Huntley Highway. Items include posts droppers strainers slabs and gate components with labor only for boundary work. Tenders to Officer in Charge Main Roads Board Razorback Picton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunte
Main Roads Board
Razorback
Picton
W. W. Grainger
Annual General Meeting of Colo Vale Co Operative Society
The Raylmer ton Colo Vale Co operative Society invites members to its annual meeting on Wednesday in August at Colo Vale. Address by Mr C Cran. Members requested to bring their friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raylmerton Brocmar
Colo Vale Co-operative Society
Colo Vale
C. €. Cran
Thank You From ATE and Mrs Pitts and Family F
The Pitts family expresses sincere gratitude to Father Byrne Matron and Staff B H D their sons workmates and all friends and relations for floral tributes cards letters and telegrams sent from near and far in their time of bereavement.
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Pitts
Father Byrne
B.H.D
Mines and town notes shadow Robertson life
The Mail reports on Mrs. Job Vandenbergh’s illness and wishes her a speedy recovery. Stray cattle in Robertson threaten roads and pose risks to motorists. In Taralga the Warden's Court cancelled a mining lease to Dr Le Fevre and Mr W J Newman for not commencing work within 14 days, while Mr Thomas Mylechorane seeks authority to prospect for silver copper and lead on Carson Bros property. Last Saturday night rainfall reached 20 points. Federal Elections: reports suggest possible early election with sub division returning officers asked for ballot boxes rolls and other materials as ministry arbitration proposals stir controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wight
Bruce
Crushed to Death at Nepean Dam Construction
David Shearer age 20, a worker on the Nepean River Dam project, was fatally crushed when a five tong rock fell from a rock shelf and buried his right leg. He died at Camden Hospital shortly before 6 p.m. from blood loss and shock. condolences expressed to his relatives.
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David Shearer
Nepean River
Camden Hospital
Cross Country Railway Line Open Not Planned in Sections
The Moss Vale to Robertson cross country section will not be opened in sections by the Railway Commissioners. Goods traffic will be handled by the constructing authority, but control and general traffic will wait until completion. Editor and Mrs Lamond struck by influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moss Vale
Robertson
M. F. Morton
M.la
Supplementary electoral roll for Bowral town
Bowral town figures a list of about 70 qualified electors for enrolment. The supplementary roll will replace the current list next month and cannot be added to until August 2030. Voters whose names appear cannot vote in alderman or ratepayer elections. Citizens should check eligibility and apply by August 17 with forms available at the council office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowral
Electric cooking offers marked advantages in efficiency
An electrical engineer from Bowrer and Mittagong Council touts electric cooking as highly efficient, predicting electricity will dominate cooking and much industrial power. Electric ranges reduce meat shrinkage from four to six pounds to about five and a half, with simple operation, outside thermometer, instant switch control, and no wasted heat or fumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Crisp
Bowrer and Mittagong Council
Nattal Shire
Uy of
Sony
Federal Highway Canberra to Goulburn Construction Tenders
Main Roads Board has called tenders for a three mile section of the Federal Highway from Canberra to Goulburn including earthworks gravel base and penetration macadam surface. Contractors John Fowler and Son push a six mile Canberra to boundary section with earthworks forming from the city end and a power plant at the outer end. The 100 foot wide highway will be fenced and a 20 foot formation with avenues of trees planned on both sides to the boundary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Roads Board
Canberra
Goulburn
Federal Capital Territory
John Fowler
Bowral Tutorial Debating Club Forms at First Meeting
The Bowral Tutorial Class Bowral School of Arts launches a Debating Club with aims to popularise the institution. Attendance was hampered by illness, postponing Secretary and Librarian elections until the next meeting, hoped to draw a larger crowd after holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowral School of Arts
Bowral
W.E.A
Aviator Walter Crothers Survives Jondja Crash
Walter Crothers, a Granville aviator, escaped serious injury after his Moth aircraft stalled over Jondja Valley. The machine hit a tree, burst into flames, and was saved by a nearby fishing party before he was taken to Mitte by car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter William Crothers
Trongate Street
Granville
Jondja
Crothers
Mascot
Penang
Les Hunt
Sydney
Mitte
Fox Terrier Burned As Aeroplane Fire Breaks Out
The report details a crash scene where Mr Edgar Browne rendered aid after a fire in an aeroplane. Mr Crothers described the ordeal as terrible, narrowly escaping. A fox terrier puppy strapped in the cabin was burned as flames consumed that part of the aircraft. The pilot could not move the animal. The incident occurred on the way to meet band at Berrima. Also noted is the disappearance of Florence Remington from Balmain on 16 July while staying with her sister, before joining her husband in Berrima. She left behind five children and some relatives express concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Browne
Crothers
The
Daily Pictorial
Florence Remington
C. Hurst
Short Street
Balmain
Portland
Berrima
Ronald Pascoe
Dingo Destruction Board Appoints Federal and State Links
The Southern Tablelands Dingo Extermination Control Board has named Federal and State representatives. J C Brackenreg will act for the Commonwealth and H G Burke will liaise with the State Government. The Pastures Protection Act amendments are drafted to grant official status, with a bill to Parliament next session. Poisoning drives continue in dingo infested districts using horse carcasses, wombats, and wallabies as bait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Tablelands
Busy Braemar Club Shows Solid Weekend Play
The Braemar Club won two of three matches over the weekend. They beat Berriman 10 sets to 3 on Braemar courts and defeated Glenquarry 5 sets to 1 on Oulart court. A Sunday match against Epping was interrupted by rain delaying play to 11 15.
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Braemar
Berriman
Glenquarry
Oulart
D. O'Brien
J. Irvine
Mex C. Jones
J. Downs
D. Dobson
N. Cornwell
Braemar v. Epping
D. O’brien
M. Dobson
G. Walters
C. Smith
C. Jones
J. Sheedy
Brae ‘Mur
Carlton
1Rith
Bondi
Sydney
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T. McDonagh
Triumph Motor Cycle
Evans
Mittamong
New Boy Wales
William Booth
Ore Salvation
Army
Bundaroo Street
Berrima District Hospital
Loseby Park
the Mail
Job Vandenbergh
Shire Connec
Estella Las Sea Ees
Woods
Ramon Novarro
Ralph Graves
the Air
Anita Page
Ill Rodgers
Louise Fazenda
Clmax
Saterday Matipes
Universal
Eyes of
Underworld
M. x
Dorothy Seacombe
Comedy and Gazette
Nepean Dam
Mail
Husband
Southern Tablelands Board
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