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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 29, 1925
Page
5
Classified notices show a furnished cottage wanted for a three in family apply ABS c/o Timex Office and a general help wanted ad for a young married couple with wife as general and man milk duties. Also seeks lost items, a black bay horse and farm trade notices, and a railway excursion notice with dates and fares.
Mrs A May and family express sincere thanks to kind friends who sent wreaths and sympathy letters after a sad bereavement. Gratitude extended to Dr Samet, Miss T Con, Mr Bodden for support during trial. Mr and Mrs McIlvenna and family thank Constable Bartlett and Herb Watson for help in recovering their son John and thank the Municipal Council and Mr P K Stephens on behalf of the Swimming Club.
Weekly pool use rises especially among youth while a new wheat haulage pause affects western lines due to truck shortages. Wirth Bros advertise Peters’ Cream in Ber t Ender’s sole agency. Wirth Bros circus and menagerie visits Wes pay on Thursday February 26. Bathurst carnival features D Tighe diver and Bath welshes show, with teascakes and cold drinks at Kimball’s. Food and beverage offerings noted for Saturday dawn.
A Wellington summary notes Cr Fuller residence in Dubbo dispute, a Monarch pictures immigration talk interrupted by audience, and school openings with expanded infant classes. Local building work continues, new residences and school facilities near completion, and several gold prospecting efforts pursue gains. Rabbit trapping revival, upcoming ad changes, and a busy market scene with auctions and car sales feature alongside weather updates and community notices.
Wheat is still coming in freak with a large quantity left in the Aside Wheat carting not completed for weeks. Teachers from local schools have returned from Xmas break to resume duties. Quench thirst with our pure fruit ice cream, a specialty at the Golden Ken.
St John s Church Wellington 11 am ILC 90 pm Bodangers 3 and The Railway Department announce the running of a coag train to Sydney with intermediate stations Handbula providing full particulars obtainable from Station Mustere
Mr Harry Taylor's yearling by Valais from Burletta sold for £3000 to Mr EM Melrose of Melbourne, the second highest price for a yearling in Australasia, while another note mentions high priced thorougbreds and a separate stone throwing incident injuring a boy named Goat Ryan in his home yard. Police informed. public warnings urged.
A fresh rise in wheat prices followed a buoyant overseas market. Domestic offers ranged from 6 1/4 to 6 3/4 shillings per bushel for tempered wheat and up to 8 shillings for bulk grain delivered to country stations, with small railage costs affecting figures. Sydney and Chicago futures showed gains across March to July contracts, reflecting broader international demand and shipping costs.
Police Magistrate Mr Shropshire told the Casing Licensing Committee the licensing inspector must examine hotels for external or internal openings to adjoining buildings and ensure rear fire escapes on licensed premises. He stressed strict enforcement, noting that concrete or asphalt footways may be required and that the law applies to wine licenses and billiard rooms as well.
Monarch Pictures screens Gloria Swanson in Paramount special A Society Scandal with A Perfect 26 as a short. Tomorrow Bek Jones appears in Odde a Fox thriller with The omen on the fury and Dangerous Coward starring Fred Thomson and Silver King. Hazel Keener features in a feminine feud and a prize fight scene.
A Dubbo report notes Abel Wilkins & Co sale dates listing buyers and dates for January to March, alongside a Post and Telegraph lineman examination where P J O Nell W Montgorr ary W W Sullivan and H C Conewell passed. Wellington celebrated a sports day with bowling cricket and a large swimming carnival as part of the Holiday January Day.
Wellington maintained its famed hospitality during a recent sporting carnival that drew Hawaiian, Sydney, and country swimmers among others. Visitors praised the town at various functions and expressed lasting gratitude with the phrase We Shall Never Forget Wellington.
The Oddfellows Hall brimmed Monday night for a Flannel Dance hosted by the Wellington Cricket Association inviting visiting cricketers and bowlers. Miss Hreese's orchestra provided splendid music as the floor stayed in fine order, officials ensured all enjoyed, supper followed at 10.30, then dancing resumed vigorously for a perfect ending to a strenuous day.
A record cargo left Sydney last Friday, 10 604 tons of wheat aboard the Australia. The New South Wales Voluntary Wheat Pool Committee Ltd handled loading and dispatch in a efficient period. The pool earned over £1200 in chartering commissions and dispatch. The Australia, once German owned, is now British under C H Lane of the British India Company. The week the pool fleet loads the twin screw Cambridge, formerly the German Voigtland, with about 12 000 tons of wheat.
Miss Elsie May Birchall and Mr Edgar Albert Morley were wed at St John’s Church of England in a morning ceremony. The bride wore white georgette with orange blossoms and carried a white carnation bouquet. she was attended by two bridesmaids and was given away by her father.
The couple wed in a ceremony at Percy Street residence of Mrs Everett grandmother of the bridegroom. They left by private train to the mountains for their honeymoon. The bride wore kingfisher blue crepe and received many valuable presents. The future home is Campbells. Dresses were made at Mrs Attwood's.
The item lists multiple local items: Rev H G Ford visiting Sydney, Digger Smith returning home from District Hospital, Miss Tidsley appointed as assistant teacher at Wellington Primary, Mix Tornannd of Congamible patient in private hospital, Lieutenant Robert Stuart and Muriel Morrin admitted to Orange High School, Russian laborers housed at Nurse Plege's private hospital, engagements and births announced in Wellington, Meg Davidson handkerchief evening at Mrs Williams Gisborne Street, new teachers arriving at Wellington Intermediate High School, transfers of staff from Wellington School, congratulations to Usher on railway department appointment, T A Poite leaving for Sydney for a seaside spell, Miss Gertrude McPhail dies in Sydney after steam wagon accident, Mrs Catherine Barden dies at Enmore, funeral and interment at Catholic Ground Rookwood, and family relations in Wellington.
The Wel-Braton Jockey Club plans a meeting at the local racecourse on Wednesday with strong entries from various parts. Expect good attendance if weather cooperates as track conditions are reported fine and racing should be competitive and entertaining on opening day.
The listing covers Jerman's Hill events and multiple handicap and trial entries. Names include Earl of Clare, Sir Neville, Demon Star, Alingonette, Warung, Leaf, and Gorman's Hill among others, with numerous horse and rider pairings and related entries across divisions.
A Sydney dispatch reports ongoing shipping frictions and lingering outstanding commodities, with focus on the Soldiers' Labor Bureau as a principal cause. Also noted are rising wheat freight, increased motor vehicle counts, and a domestic assault involving a man and wife with injuries.
A chaotic wire report notes 14,000 sheep consignment and improved cattle rates, plus a sensational local incident. Felton and her three children allegedly suffered a kitchen dispute with carpenter Mai, with Felton’s husband’s estrangement hinted. A lightning event affected London public buildings, while other scattered lines mention a Red Hill incident and a street fight over notes valued at 46 dollars.
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