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Newspaper
Robertson Mail
Location
Robertson, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 01, 1929
Page
3
Twenty fat steers and cows plus eighteen springing cows and heifers and mixed stock are featured in the Austral Gems of Beauty display. The Gem Display draws daily crowds at Mittagong to view these prized animals from local Federation stock.
Prices for bran pollard wheat oats chaff lucerne and other staples listed for Goulburn on Pridsy with ranges. Butter cheese bacon lard eggs and honey noted with unit prices. Hides skins tallow beeswax and foxskins included. article also mentions a typographical error about the word hoodlum and a historical anecdote about a gang called nordium.
A Bowral Council meeting debated a Department of Local Government letter on refunding excess rates after amended valuations. It noted sections of the Act require rates to be due after notice and that appeals do not halt those provisions. A refund could trigger surcharges on council staff.
Mr Michael Terry arrived in Adelaide after a six month prospecting and exploration trip through Huth Knowin parts of north east Western Austrasia and the South Australian border. He travelled nearly 5000 miles by the latest transport method to open up uninhabited areas. Terry plans to return to Tanami to work leases and will write a story detailing his remarkable enterprise.
Councillor G W Fitzgerald, chairman of the Clarence River County Council, switched on a rural electricity line to Great Marlow. It is the tenth farm line linked to the Nymbelda hydro electric scheme, bringing rural mileage to GU and serving 804 consumers. Fitzgerald said the council aims to span the river with power, noting rural distribution is much sparser than towns, with about six consumers per mile versus 45 in towns.
Catholic fete at Empire Theatre runs from January 1 to February 1, 1939 featuring a Prince Competition with local entrants and community groups participating in a charity event hosted on stage across two months.
Mr. Aubrey Mowle supplied rainfall details for Bowral in December 1028 and a comparison with the previous year. The figures outline monthly totals and indicate rainfall patterns, highlighting how Bowral’s December rainfall differed from the prior year.
Readable excerpts discuss how higher car speeds increase tyre wear due to heat and abrasion. Tests show tyres wear faster at high speed, while normal speeds yield more mileage. USA tests note reduced speed from 45 to 35 mph doubles tyre life, illustrating efficiency of moderate driving.
Mr Quinn submitted a complete eight foot diamond snake skin with gelatine covering shed from its head to tail. Local snake expert Ike Henry notes the skin shows an inside out shedding, with eye sockets exposed as the apparent inner lining.
Dates list shows Showa events across Albion Park Dapto Kiama Berry Wollongong Tahmoor Nowra Milton Robertson Moss Vale Crockwell Bowral Campbelltown Goulburn Camden Kangaroo Valley Sydney Royal from January to March and April 1929. Also adds ads for low price wheat products at Stores Produce Stores and trust money lending on freehold security. Employment notices request a house parlor maid experienced housemaid waitress and a Bowral area missing fountain pen return.
The district tennis schedule for the 1928-29 season lists matches across Penrose Mowe Vale Selecta Mittagong Railway Braemar Glenquarry Barto Waratah Moss Vale St Johns Mittagong Kyogle and M V St Johns with byes noted. Matches occur on the first named course each first Saturday and returns on the following Saturday, with postponements to be mutually arranged to avoid delaying the competition. No matches are set for December 22 and 29 due to Christmas holidays.
Statistics from the New South Wales traffic police to the Main Roads Board show that motor vehicle registrations rose from 178,683 to 200,650 in the year ending June 10, 1924. A table cites growth by year with per capita vehicle ownership around 11.58 persons per car, noting the 1910 to 1928 figures and the 1925 estimate of 1679 vehicles per 144 population.
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