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Newspaper
Taralga Echo
Location
Taralga, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 24, 1927
Page
2
Messrs Wheatley and N Z Loum and MLA Co Ltd, acting in consignment, sold land on the old Crookwell Showground. The 7 acre parcel fetched £425 after costs and the Crookwell Week movement reports a net profit of £1436/15/10. A meeting will review the report balance sheet and finalize the movement.
A Molong railway fettler named Frank Slater was run down by a train while riding a tricycle along the rails. His machine was smashed to mawhwood but he was thrown clear, escaping with bruises and shock.
The readable text presents fragmented dialogue about caution and shifting pastry related speech. It reads like a stray line from a larger conversation with broken quotation marks and incomplete thoughts.
The Crookwell Hospital Board met at the Shire Chambers with President R J Winning and members present. Minutes were confirmed, donations noted, accounts totalling £140 16s 5d audited, hospital statistics recorded, gifts listed, and a motion to request £500 in advance against 1926 subsidy. A special meeting of Hospital Rowal was scheduled for Thursday to discuss major matters including new accommodation.
Illness of Mr Chas Todkill recorded with regret. He has been moved from Bannaby to Lister Private Hospital, Goulburn, in a critical condition. Employed by Mr Charteris of Bannaby for over twenty years, he is well known and respected in the Turulga district. Friends express hope for a swift recovery.
A fragment reflects on Joan's change in character amid money and power, noting she used to be nicer and that the speaker knew her before she became involved with wealth.
The piece traces John Macpherson’s 1825 voyage to Sydney from the Isle of Skye, his 1831 move to Limestone Plains, and his extensive land holdings including Springbank Canberra. It notes his descendants, political roles of John Alexander Macpherson in Victoria, and connections to notable figures such as Sir Charles Holroyd, plus a Bathurst bushranger incident involving Henry Rotton and Keightley with Burke and Hall.
Australian pianist Percy Grainger will be highlighted on WEAF and 13 other stations in a multi network relay. Brisbane 4QG aired a mine shaft concert, while Sydney 2BL hosts weekly dental hygiene talks for mothers. In New South Wales, a hospital radio program features varied music and church service broadcasts. Discussions grow for a northern rivers station at Lismore to relay concerts and festivals. Turkey moves toward a public broadcasting venture with a Calcutta hub to cover India.
In a wet but spirited match at the A P and H Showground, Crookwell defeats Bigga by three points. Key contributions come from Crookwell half W Holland and fullback Keith McIntosh, with referee M J Bargy lauded for a clean game as neither side faltered in defense.
An Aberdonian groom to be asks the officiating clergyman to hold the ceremony in a poultry yard claiming the rice will feed the beng. The exchange highlights a humorous mispronunciation or dialect joke about wedding customs.
The article explains that interest on land capital raises wool costs, with about seven pence per sheep required to cover land interest. It notes rising land values driven by stockowner demand, the impact of sub divisions, and the potential of artificial pasture fertilisation. Vita Lick soil supplements offer a cost effective method to raise carrying capacity on high priced land.
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