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Newspaper
Tamworth Daily Observer
Location
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 30, 1915
Page
11
The third Palace of Trade winter fair starts Friday July 2 for 12 days featuring millinery ladies dresses skirts and coats. Bargains include 27 ladies dress skirts at fair prices and heavy woven combinations with trimmed millinery offers and free trimming during the fair.
A jumble of livestock auction notes for Lincoln X bred lambs and ewes at Tamworth with dates and prices, plus tributes and funeral notices for local residents Heyman and Grayston. The document also lists fallen soldier J A T Heyman and a funeral procession for Elseuhert Grayston, with funeral home details.
John Garrety laborer appeared before Mr. Fincham P M charged with stealing a wether lamb between May 24 and June 10 from trustees James Fisken Vickery Arthur Vickery and Stanley Vickery for the late Jamies Swanston Vickery. The case included allegations Garrety sold a skin and claimed permission from a Mr. Starr to skin the sheep. The ADJourned trial noted the sheep was two years old and station bred.
Auctioneers BYNES at Manilla sale yards advertise sheep and cattle lots with prices and stock counts. A court hearing follows over theft and leather claims involving Woolworth stock, with W. Byrnes as auctioneer and references to Tamworth and Quirindi districts.
The report describes Ernest Bosch visiting for the second annual poultry and sight show at Halliday's machinery depot. It notes discussions on impaired eyesight, the need for glasses, and a schedule with public entry all day July 1 and 2. The event features classes for Leghorns, Game, Wyandottes, and Orpingtons in a district-wide exhibition with entries and training.
The committee met on Monday evening to discuss multiple items including funds for wounded soldiers and racing plans. Australia Jockeys Club official Mr Adin Koex chaired discussions with aims to support welfare and district racing developments.
Fragmented OCR lists towns and dates in a long ceremonial notice. It mentions Walgett, Tamworth, Wurialt, Quebru, and other places with dates such as 29, 27, and 26. The text blends memorial style references with irregular phrases about attends and greetings.
A large meeting led by W. E. Wearne and Coghlan formed a new branch of the Fo and A. Association in Upper Horton. W. O'Brien was elected president with E. R. Hardy and Frank McDougall as vice presidents and Ernest Galnen as treasurer. The branch planned a July meeting to elect delegates for the Sydney conference and prepared for a dance and feast, with about thirty members in attendance.
A dense listing of grocery prices and produce rates, with fruit and vegetable quotes including mandarins apples pumpkins and cabbages. The page also mentions patent medicines and local notices about forthcoming races, meetings, and public events with names like TOM J. QUIRK and GRAND PONY RACING CARNIVAL as part of the community notices.
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