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Newspaper
Robertson Mail
Location
Robertson, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 24, 1927
Page
2
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The Bowral town urges urgent provision of public conveniences on Bong Bong Street and improved school facilities at the Intermediate High and Primary Schools. The article notes overcrowded High School accommodation, calls for a long-promised building, and invites the Education Minister to inspect. It also highlights a tree planting push by Bowral Council to restore arborial beauty, with Willoughby and Mittagong councils following suit to involve ratepayers in planting and maintenance.
Local Bowral Auxiliary urges donations for a Saturday street stall to raise funds for Bowral School of Arts Library upkeep. Members will manage the sale, and if only one item is available, please send it. The library closed for two weeks for renovations and will reopen on 7 July. Tenders are invited for renovations including walls and ceiling.
A visit by the Station Sites Board on 2 June met Robertson representatives and Wingecarribee Shire Council. The site between Wallagunda Street and Main Street pleased locals, with a platform planned at Mt Murray four miles from Robertson. Tom Bell of Robertson, recovering from pneumonia after a second bout, was wished well as friends gathered to support him and his farm work.
Bowral has a bye and will play Electricity Meters Club when matches start at Yop. Bowral Seconds face Mowe Vale at 0.16 with plans to attract fans to both games. The article also notes land value valuations by the Valuer-General, creek neglect at Rose Street, and local council moves on sewerage and a turf wicket at Loseby Park funded by grants.
Shore's Saturday Evening Post teases a humorous escapade with The Timid Terror starring George O'Brien. In Bowral, Alderman Cordeaux condemns a wooden gutter bridge on Merrigang Street while the council bans wooden bridges elsewhere, and electoral lists for Wollondilly urge scrutiny before enrolment closes. Bowral Parents and Citizens push the Education Minister for a July visit to inspect schools, with funding for transport and electric lighting approved and praise for Inspector Fraser.
Australia would have little need of immigrants if all families followed Granny Smith. Greta Crowe of Bowral High School won first prize at the Women's Industrial Exhibition for a handmade nightdress by a girl under 16. Rev J F Rose plans departure from Robertson after valued service to progressives. The death of Mr James Graham of Nowra removes a well known South Coast farmer and community leader.
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