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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 13, 1934
Page
13
Sporting notes say nominations for the Garryowen meeting on Boxing Day at Wellington show ground are coming in fast, with track improvements already in place and many locals volunteering to prepare the course. Horse racing, new year events, and Cumberland-style bushranging anecdotes fill the column.
reminiscences of a vanished frontier community recount youths and early deaths before age thirty. memories of snowbound windows, dancers few remain, and a gold escort through town guarded by troopers. a gang of bushrangers nearly robbed a store, detailing a plan to pinion the owner during closing.
A man in a western town verbally taunted the Washrangers boasting of his courage and revolver. He claimed he would stand and fire if attacked and would shoot even against a dozen assailants. The threat occurred in a hotel billiard room, prompting concern of a possible confrontation weeks later.
List of daily mail arrivals and departures for Wellington Post Office and nearby stations. Times include Sydney and intermediate routes and frequent stops such as Arthurville Gundaroo Creek Bodangora Lincoln Spicer’s Creek Goolma Two Mile Flat Walmer Yeoval and Gollan with varied morning and evening slots on Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Friday.
Postal information lists rate structures for Australia and British Empire, including per ounce charges for letters, registered and stamped envelopes, post cards, commercial papers, printed matter, patterns and samples, merchandise, small packets, books, and periodicals with various minimums and weight limits. Rates cover Australia New Zealand Fiji and other places with different per 2 ounce or per ounce charges and minimums.
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