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Newspaper
Taralga Echo
Location
Taralga, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 25, 1925
Page
2
Mr J A Marmont and the Committee of the Golspie Race Club are thanked for their help and consideration during Golspie Races. Con Wicks signs.
The article compares Queensland and New South Wales under different governments, noting Queensland's long Labor rule led to large railway losses while New South Wales posted minor profit under varied regimes. It argues that Liberals should not govern, using the Queensland finances as a cautionary example.
Local firm Furner and Co announce a special sale of sheep and store cattle at Crookwell on Thursday May 9. The advertisement promises fine quality lambs and a large head of store cattle with several notable animals in the lot.
Readers are reminded that April 25 is Angie Day in Australia, honoring the valor of Hullipall’s delegates and the nation’s commitment. The dispatch notes the spirit of Anzac Day and commemorates historical deeds with emphasis on national valor.
Ardoin Gale, editor and proprietor of the Queanbeyan Age, founded in 186, celebrated his ninety fifth birthday on Saturday. He has long been an active journalist and served in the Legislative Assembly from 1781 to 168.
A reader recounts a leisure and educational tour with Messrs C. Bradbury J. A. Bradbury and Jack O’Brien, traveling by Dodge from Curraweela through Abercrombie Mountain Oberon Bathurst and beyond. They note agricultural potential, railway promises, and rich local districts inclining to Lucerne and wool, with visits to Oberon Bathurst Mudgee Cassilis Merriwa and Cassilis surroundings.
The journey describes Merriwa as a wool producing town on the Mer riwa River, with soldier settlement land, and a line from Muswellbrook through Denman. Denman thrives on dairying and blood horse breeding, while Scone, Muswellbrook, and Singleton are noted for dairying, cattle and horse breeding, wool output, and fine showgrounds. The trip continues to Sydney via Broke and Wiseman's Ferry, highlighting dairying centres and scenic routes with several towns visited, ending with a smooth ride despite a single wheel puncture.
Vera McMillan, famed equestrienne, survived a third bad fall at the Sydney Show while riding Evening Star in the Major Bros. & Co. event after a previous life‑threatening crash. Mrs Maitland on Lachlan also fell and was seriously hurt as both riders faced perilous hurdles.
An arrangement reprint of a New York Times leading article notes rising enforcement costs for Prohibition from 1920 to 1926. It details a tripling budget, nearly 11 million requested, plus 4 million more from Justice and 10 million for the dry navy. It lists 4490 agents, 1569 active, with 2923 fired for bribery conspiracy and false reports, among other offenses, and 277 for intoxication and misconduct.
Mesers I Furier Co announce a local horse sale at the Goulheurn yards on Thursday April 1. Entries are now being reviewed.
A Wednesday meeting of Pioneer and Rover clubs reviewed a season forming a cup competition won by the Rovers with Chatsbury in close contention. Officers were elected with G C Goodhew as president. Trustees debated combining clubs to field a single team and making the Roche Cup a challenge cup while seeking outside fixtures.
The Rover Football Club met at Camilo Bros on Monday evening with Mr E Lee presiding. The annual report showed a £9 16 balance. Lee praised last season’s Roche Cup win but warned that missing top players could weaken next year’s teams. He proposed amalgamation with two local sides to form a stronger unit for matches with Goulburn and Crookwell.
The notice notes a special sheep and cattle sale at Crookwell yard on Friday 22nd May. Meyers and Wheatley of Crookwell will conduct the event, inviting buyers to inspect stock and participate in the sale.
A sulky wheel cap is missing between Richlands and Newfoundland with a finder asking to return it to Goodhew Bros or P. J. Elliott in Newfoundland.
R and Mrs Sales inform the Taralga and District that they will be there about Monday April 27 with drapery items. Local Address Taralga P.O.
Members discussed district competition amid depleted teams and agreed to postpone any reform until after the Board of Control meeting on Wednesday. They recommended the League abandon the current district contest and urged the two local clubs to unite to defend the Roche Cup as a challenge cup with donor permission.
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