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Newspaper
Tamworth Daily Observer
Location
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 30, 1916
Page
4
A regional council meeting discussed the Go cootowrt Medic Office and public health supervision. Reports mention hotel keepers duties, returning soldiers services, and a Taylor Supervision Act. Community groups and aldermen considered military authority involvement and local fundraising efforts.
A long Emmaville update details social events at the Hibernian Lodge with new officers elected for two years and school program boosts from Trevaylor Public School. It covers a Wardens Court decision on mineral lease registration, a charity drive result and list of goods donated, plus upcoming shooters’ trip to Arndale Gump and council meeting gloom due to kidney illness.
A Tamworth Rite Club team visited Bingarn on Monday for the annual Bingarn Rite Club shoot. Seven contestants took part and Tamworth carried off the Munro Cup amid prize money. Scores listed include Hedyde and Palmer, with averages around 15 per man from a 70 pot. W Wilson accompanied the team and won prizes of 40 and 31, bringing Tamworth’s total prize haul to about £10 plus trophies.
Postal facilities for Tamworth District Hospital faced issues as the Tamworth Postal Inspector revised details for the hospital letter receiver. The boundary dispute affected which routes and receivers served the northern town area around Jewry Street Pearl Streets and Rich and Carthage streets, near 35 chivins etch from the hospital.
Maitland Tunaday report states R Pullen, manager of the Great Northern Broad Factory at Greta, is believed to have committed suicide. He was found shot dead at the factory and had recently been unwell. An inquest will be held on Thursday.
Seventeen hotel license applications faced 6 o'clock closing and were heard by the Licensing Bench at the Court House. The bench reduced hotel assessments by about 25 percent after reviewing evidence, easing tax burdens for Maitland hotelkeepers. The scene contrasted with a rough gale outside as the decision was announced.
Vincent Charles Condron aged 24 faced Tamworth Police Court for drunken disorder and indecent language. He was fined 1 pound or seven days in jail with a separate order for another offense. Sergeant Vidler Middelondank testified as officers observed disruptions during the proceedings.
A WWI era testimonial from Corral Thaw of the Joh ALE and Druggiste in Randwick Sydney praises Exterma for healing sore feet and chapped lips suffered by many soldiers after marching. The note, dated October 1915, highlights rapid cures and gratitude from the company.
This common remedy is praised for quick relief in muscular and rheumatic pains. The advertisement notes fast action and compares favorably with other products. Sold by Geo Mallaby chemist and printed by Albert Joseph in Tamworth for the Tamworth Newspaper Company Limited.
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