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Newspaper
Robertson Mail
Location
Robertson, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 14, 1928
Page
2
The notice outlines changes in advertising deadlines due to late mail delivery. Submissions must be in by 2 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays. Contracts may be terminated only at the end of a quarter.
The Bowral Court of Petty Sessions granted four auctioneers licenses and a motorbike fine was imposed for riding after sunset in Bong Bong Street. Postponements include Kangaroo Valley Show to March 18 and Christmas excursions to Sydney trains. Local ads praise Bowral retailers and garden exhibits while Burrawang P and C club hosts a successful social netting £6 for a tennis court upgrade.
The local Postmaster says pensions due on December 27 will be paid on the Friday before Christmas. The Federal Government arranged the timing to help pensioners enjoy Christmas more fully.
A defendant pleaded guilty at Bowral Police Court to failing to return the vehicle registration certificate and number plate. He said the lorry was seized and an agent held the papers to take the vehicle to Sydney but did not deliver them. The magistrate urged agents to share responsibility and consider fines for nonreturn.
Bowral Choral Society with visiting artists Ruby Zlotkowski Bessie Cook Geo Aldridge Lyle Cooper offered Handel's Messiah in a reverent performance. Soloists impressed with clear timbre and expressive phrasing while the choir and Pastoral Symphony delivered polished, moving rendition under conductor Geoff Beavan. The hall filled with triumphant Hallelujah and a final tender fade marked a complete triumph.
The Bowral Choral Society conductor earns high praise for his patient toil and devoted leadership. The inspiring Tuesday performance charmed all, highlighting Bowral’s musical genius and the talented company under his direction.
Bowral Excelsior defeated Moss Vale Railway Clubs by a score of 62 games to 49 in a home court tennis contest. Matches featured Ecoresi Huthnance and Wille for Bowral and Hartigan and Wales for Moss Vale among others, with multiple 6-5 and 6-4 scores and mixed doubles results.
Moss Vale Amateur Dramatic Society staged A Pair of Sixes a farce about two business partners in a pill firm who heed a lawyer's odd advice causing audience amusement at Mack's Theatre. The cast included Mrs Hay as Florence Cole and H H Paine with strong turns by B C Corlette and F A Carruthers. A curtain-raiser Cat's Claws opened the program with R H Carter and others delivering lively support.
Five Bundanoon schoolmates from 40 years ago rejoined at Clifton Gardens for the Railway Officers Association picnic. E O Milne, G H Nicholls, H Morris, G W Nicholl, and G E Nicholls, across metropolitan to district roles, shared a long career path in rail service with Milne as assistant metropolitan area commissioner and Nicholls as district superintendent Sydney.
A large crowd at the Picturedrome Sleaford heard Sir George Fuller present the Sleaford Troop of Boy Scouts with the Bowral Australian flag. Sir Alfred Pickford praised Empire unity, and Fuller urged continued Scout movement support across the Commonwealth, highlighting federation and loyalty to the Empire. The event featured multiple flags and a signal of strong transnational ties within the British world.
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