Xmas Picnic At Marcombeh And Local Wedding Cheer
A Christmas function in Marcombeh brought a happy crowd of local children and residents together with Mr and Mrs Lyons. Races prizes and plenty of food marked the day. Miss Nida Richardson and Mr G Eade were honored at Memorial Hall with well wishes and gifts. A bonny daughter arrived at Nurse Lemons hospital to Mr and Mrs W Richardson junior. Weather remained hot and dry with no rain, Xmas services held and Farnham cricket and vigoro matches noted. Several residents headed to holidays with families and relatives around the district.
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Marcombeh
G. Lyons
Daphne Richardson
W. B Edwards
T. Larkin
Stuart Town
George Eade
Nida
W. Richardson
Lemon's Hospital
Orange
W. B. Edwards
Manly
Farnham Cricketers
Vigoro
Farnham
Mra C. Prowse
Canalis
Marit Grannell
T. Richardson
H. K. Sutton
Shepherd's Creek
Godbier
T. Wunbank
Bodangora P. and
C. Assn
Bodangora
Santa Claus
Althore
C. Amocistion
R. Eden
Mesars
A. Moncrieff
C. Greentree
School of Arta
Blue Bird Orchestra
Warn
J.C
Paddy O'Neil
N. Price
Miss Hayman
Dong
W. Priest
Bert Dutfield
E. Bayliss
Heatwaves and Christmas in Dripstone Village
Dripstone endures a sizzling Christmas week with temperatures above 100 degrees, the hottest in years. A cooling trend arrives Monday but rain stays unlikely as residents travel for tennis in Sydney and visit family. The district reports Christmas gatherings, health updates, and persistent grasshopper damage to orchards, with Norma Whitehead winning a £10 birthday lottery prize.
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W. G. Cox
Spargo
Orange
W. Cox
J. Cashel
G. Quain
Sydney
Germany
Australia
Peter Althofer
Sydnay
Mrs. Wyer
A. Wyer
Norma Whitehead
Norma
Drovers Told to Signal Like Motors on Roads
Enquiries from RAJCA members reveal regulations require western drovers to keep left, allow overtaking vehicles to pass, hold stockwhip upright to signal a stop, and indicate turns as motorists do when meeting a mob of cattle on a country road.
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RAJCA
Water supply fears as heat grips farm town
The district endures a record heat wave with daily highs above 100 and a 110 degree peak. Farmers fear water ran dry without rain, urging dams to curb erosion and boost irrigation. Meanwhile residents report social visits and new infrastructure such as the Mitchells Creek causeway improving transport.
Holiday Guests Visit and Returns in Local Town
Mrs Hobden returns from Lithgow while G M Condon takes Jessie to Wages for a holiday. Guests include G Stephens of Burrendong and M Yappaley from Sydney at Quamby. Mawbeys and family visit Parkes for Christmas and A Wall stays with H Wall at Glenara. Altmanns of Gilgandra holiday with the Walls. Westella cricketers plan form for Baltimore match and Sugden returns to Sydney. Jamese and Lennon of Sydney holiday with J Bruce.
Stuart Town Dance After Xmas Brings Local Wedding News
The successful annual School of Arts dance in Stuart Town raised £19 18s with doors, entertainment, and prizes. Visitors included Evy Cowell and W Wakeford, with notes of Mr John Egan’s return and Marjory Edwards holidays. A wedding is planned January 8 between Mabel Ada Palx and Ray Haley at St Michael and All Angels Church.
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Evy Cowel
Bathurst District Hospital
W. Wakeford
John Egan
Marjory Edwards
Education Department
Orangedale
Mabel Ada
Mra
BR. C. Palx
Stuart Town
Ray Haley
Christmas Tree Event Brightens Local Hall Night
A Christmas tree celebration in the locality drew many visitors from across the state to Mumbai. On Xmas Eve a tree event and dance entertained over 80 children in the local hall with Father Christmas arriving to cheers. Each child received fruit lollies and drinks, with Mesdames Williams and Innwood organizing the evening.
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Mumbai
Father Christmas
Mesdames Williams
Tnwood
Gollan Grasshoppers Bnd December 22
Seasonal weather is being experienced here. Grasshoppers are hatching and more damaging than visiting fliers. The Saxa School function was removed by attendees. Children performed well, especially Yvonne Yeo with a comic recitation. Mr Rose regretted he is not a singer and cannot teach many songs. The school is well painted and renovated by the Education Department. Sheep flocks pass through seeking agistment.
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Saxa School
Yvonne Yeo
Rose
Sickness Spreads Through Burrendong Locality
December 21 report notes many ill residents including A Lee in District Hospital and S Campbell back from Logiealmond private hospital for neck abscess. W B Seppings treated for abscess at Bindawalla, Houghs hosted guests, Fitzgeralds from Spring Creek sent to Allanville hospital. John Austin Seppings, 16, jockey nephew of W B Seppings, rides Sweet Brigade at Randwick with fellow jockeys Papworth Findlay Dwyer Thomson spared.
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A. Lee
S. Campbell
Logiealmond
W. B. Seppings
Bindawalla
Burrendong
Austin
M. Papworth
A. Seppings
C. Findlay
A. Dwyer
E. Thomson
Sweet Brigade
Christmas Visitors in Heat Relief with Thunderstorm
The area cooled by a passing thunderstorm ends days of extreme heat though no rain fell. Holiday crowds flocked to the swimming pool and riverbanks for Christmas leisure. Visitors include A Uptin and children from Sydney with relatives in town, J Edgar family from Muronbong, Missey Ro and M O Hare from Newtown, J Howard from Moree, and Mel Gavin from Orange. E Grant from Maitland joined his family on Friday. Congratulations to Allen Lay on police appointment. he will soon leave for new duties.
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A. Uptin
Chkren
Sydney
J. Uptin
J. Edgar
Muronbong
Uptin
Edgar
Mel Gavin
Orange
A. Gavin
E. Grant
Maitland
Allen Lay
Ashing season at The Rocks and town notes
The Ashing season is active at The Rocks in Ponto with a shallow river. Christmas Day passed quietly due to heat, river picnics replacing indoor festivities. A public meeting discussed post office changes caused by Miss Owens leaving for Wellington and applicants are being considered. Residents head to Sydney for holidays while New Year’s Eve dance looms. Mr and Mrs E Wilken visit relatives at Westwood. Dry weather and hopper invasion threaten stock feed.
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Ponto
Miss Owens
Wellington
Department
Finsl
Sydney
Jsea
E. Wilken
G. W. Baker
Westwood
Wellington rainfall record spans 1892 to 1936 data set
The document presents an extensive rainfall dataset for Wellington from 1892 through 1936, listing yearly figures, partial metrics, and coded values. It compiles numerous numeric entries, some with parenthetical annotations, indicating monthly or seasonal totals and possibly related measurement flags.
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Pat Grady
E. Grady
Mrs. F. Hubbard
Corey
Theeugh
Anthony Tess Gerps
H. England
Strathmore
W. Moss
Kandos
Tom
Polly Tobin
Lithgow
Press
Mitchell's Creek
Glen Mitchell
Cobborn
John Riley
Wellington-Gulgong
Clem McLeod
John Hennessy
Campbella
Milas
Warren
Su Stumoa Cooke
The
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Great Britain
Gollan
Grasshoppers
Bnd
Arthurville
George Paul Commission
Commonwealth Institute OF Valuers
Cooper's Sheep
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