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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 06, 1925
Page
11
A Mercury column urges the Municipal Council to launch a general town cleanup before warm weather, targeting dirty back yards, overflowing drains, and inadequate lavatory facilities. It praises a clean main town but demands better garbage systems, stricter enforcement, and public health improvements.
Mary Day, daughter of Mr and Mrs Day of Forest Lodge, wed Thomas Clyne son of Mr and Mrs A J Clyne of Stuart town at St James Catholic Church Forest Lodge. The bride wore satin charmante with orange blossom veil. Bridesmaid Miss Gladys Clyne wore pale pink crepe de chine. Best man Mr D Day. Reception at the bride’s parents home. The couple will reside at Chatswood.
A Wool trade view notes the New South Wales Grasiers Association rejects Sir John Higgins wool stabilisation plan. A Yorkshire Post interviewee warns artificial Australian supply limits could hurt exports, boost South African wool, and raise prices. The piece also mentions substitutes and a note on vehicle painting services.
Dubbo will travel by special train to Wellington on Saturday with over 400 supporters and a 25‑member Dubbo delegation. Teams include full back C Bell and players J Kennedy B Navona D Davidson W Cook and H Dray among others. Juniors depart 12.20 pm by bus while seniors ride at 1 45 pm for the intertown friendly.
A list of dairy mistakes warns against poor practices in milk production. It highlights buying any cow, cheap feed, skipping grain weighing, irregular milking, rough handling, and neglecting cooperative breeding or purebreds as surefire paths to failure.
The notice lists numerous towns with August and September show dates and small monetary figures. Entries include Bogan Trundle Parkee Rorbes Wagge Crater Cootamundra Albury Culcairn Manildra Young Coolamon Glenorle Cowra Gantam Sunee Holbrook Went Wyalong Wellington Lockhart Temora Cenowindis Murrumburrah with varied day ranges and amounts, indicating a regional schedule of events and associated fees.
A social event to support the Church of England is planned at the Bad Angers wool shed on 12th Aura. Mr. C. A. Bird serves as secretary. Tickets cost 6 shillings for a double and 4 shillings for a single.
The first meeting of the newly started School of Arts committee was held with President F Murray presiding. Members discussed treasurer’s accounts, sub committees for social billiards and book committees, membership rules for card tournaments, and plans for billiards, snooker, ping pong, and a large carnival in partnership with the Bowling Club.
Presbyterian church services at Yeoval and Wellington with Sunday School anniversary and evening worship. Methodist church at Finger Post with multiple Wellington service times and hymn books for visitors. Baptist church services listed for Wellington and surrounding towns with multiple ministers and times.
Railways superintendent at Dubbo announces a new Monday start for a rail motor train linking Wellington Dubbo and Stuart Town. The timetable shows morning departures and returns with connections to the Coonamble line, and a proposal to add an afternoon trip to Stuart Town for local residents.
Yesterday proved the coldest morning of the winter with a sharp frost and widespread ice. Residents reported slick sidewalks and freezing temperatures throughout the region.
The Par nera and Betiltes Association opened its annual conference in Sydney. President Thorby argues for an Australian party principle and urges farmers and rural groups to unite with the Labor Government back in power to face attacks and seek justice on 1916/17 pool compensation. He criticizes the Nationalist Government for hiding behind limitations statutes.
The Morning Post cites H C Craik and Sir A Mauries Low to challenge Prohibition, quoting Lincoln and Harding on enforcement flaws. Labour leaders, employers, lawyers, doctors, ministers, and publicists testify before the House committee about corruption, drinking among women and children, poisonous liquor, and economic damage from attempting a dry nation by law.
A description of Sydney based first annual railway and tramway gathering. The event spans choral, vocal, elocution, and related sections with September dates and invitations for employers to apply to the Railway Institute for details.
Transit notice lists daily and weekly bus times from Bodangora to Yeoval with stops at Mt Aubrey Curmore Daves Finger Post Goolma Galan Lincoln Montefiores Spicer Gul and surrounding towns. Schedules show morning departures around 6.40am and 6.30am onwards with weekday and weekend variations.
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