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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 06, 1907
Page
5
A satirical note laments bachelor woes in Australia and proposes a Come-l'-Dyke style Bachelors Rights Preservation League to protect male singletons. It mocks social mores, mentions a ladies swimming club in Victoria, and calls for organized action to secure male access to certain spaces.
A local oddity notes that Wee Wan sheep owners in this state have formed a Native Dog Association to counter dog depredations. The piece lampoons the naming as poetic fancy and hints at ongoing tensions between landholders and roaming dingoes.
Relix AMD Eight reports Judge Simpson in the Divorce Court condemning high legal costs. He cites an £36 bill on an £3 attachment, urges reform but notes no power to assess costs. He argues charges for telegrams or reading notices should be stopped and defends attorneys’ overall value.
Rainfall figures show varied totals across listed stations including Dandaloo 41, Orange 124, Quirindi 208, Forbes 67, Bathurst 158, Bourke 87, Condobolin 45, Cowra 70 and others. The report compiles daily totals to indicate district precipitation levels and patterns.
District notes celebrate 148 inches of rain boosting farmers spirits while Georie and surrounding lodges host a Dubbo visit. A planned June convert and dance aims to raise lodge funds as locals tease Me and Ridgery over town lore and mudhole antics. Football match vs Wellington looms.
Comobella and Roundabout reports a long drought ending with a heavy rainfall of 130 points from Saturday night into Sunday morning. A thunderstorm followed, making it the heaviest rain in days just as farmers resume field work and moisture improves land conditions.
May White injures hand when a loaded pan rifle fires while mounting a horse. Boogs and Kiggate treated wounds. Ei. Sharpe suffers a paralytic stroke but rallies. Seymour closes his smithy. Arthur Foetell narrowly escapes injury. Health concerns for George Horton. Elsie Bennett improves. Constable McEiligort visits Sydney. J Cooney returns from honeymoon in Chivensland. Rabbiting trips and a fox on Trevaskian property. Music exam at Trinity College of Music with 22 pupils. Bodangora Common funds hole filling project. Weather brings 10 points of rain. biweekly quadrille next Saturday.
Our Neurea correspondent reports a heavy inch and a half rain ending a dry spell. Ploughing resumes amid boggy ground while foxes and rabbits stir local worry and a nightbird noise spurs ghost stories at Boys camp. The birch is set for exile as the tender is delayed for eight months.
A fragmentary notice mentions Garen-Clough with an address on Guarge Street Sydney. The text appears garbled but references a person and a location.
Sittings over two days list numerous entries by name and acreage. Grants and refusals reflect conflicting surveys, disallowances, waivers, adjournments, and confirmations for individuals such as William Bishop Eliza Higgins and Joseph Henry Haley with varied acreages from 20 to 960 acres.
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