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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
6
A brief jumbled note references BEL status and a claim, with unclear details. It hints at attention to a BEL claim process but lacks a clear event, date, persons, or organizations to identify. The readable fragment provides no concrete outcome or actions.
A brief item notes a Thursday 1 pm time frame in Illinois related to WHL. The text mentions a female ted but provides no clear event, place, or organization beyond WHL.
A long list of contributions from Maryvale School and many local residents backs a communal collection. Names include H.J. and Mrs. O'Brien, Miss Birdie Cudden, Mr. Stoddart, O'Brien Bros, James O'Brien, Mrs. E. A. Rogers, FP. J. Rhodes, and dozens more. Also noted are numerous farm goods entries and animal gifts totaling varied sums.
The Burrandong listings record in kind and cash gifts from many residents including Mrs R B Suttor M Lambert M Bloomfield Master I Bloomfield T Newton and G Gouinan with cakes turkeys fowls and eggs noted for local drives. Pine Park funds show teacher and children contributions plus multiple donors totaling donations of cakes eggs fowls and poultry across several households.
The list records numerous donors and amounts for the Loombah-Wellington and Ganoo-Fingerpost sheep route march. Donors include Burns, Blackhall, Besant, O Connor, Zell, Mostyn, Hughes, Marjoram, Penfold, and many unnamed contributors. Subscriptions total around £2 12s with further collections reaching £25 5s including Western Stores staff and several schools contributing via Misses Wilson Knowles and Brown.
In a shop dialogue the Shoe maker and Barber discuss the looming task of returning hundreds of thousands of soldiers to Australia after the war. They warn most will need work, not land, and that many wounded will require better support than pensions. They criticize grand schemes and urge direct job creation.
A letter from FP. and 8 Association general secretary Mr T S Campbell asked the Young branch what it costs to produce an acre of wheat. The local branch took no action yet and will consider an estimate later. A Guleng farmer supplied the Agriculture Minister with a bushel cost estimate in the absence of a formal table.
A historical cost breakdown for an average 15 bushel crop lists rent nine months 7/6 wages and horsefeed ploughing 4/0 harrowing 01gh cultivating 1/444 manure 2/9 seed wheat 4/2 brilding 1/5 cost of bags 4/2 stripping 3/ bagging sewing and twine 1/3 incidentals 11/1 cartage rail 3/4 freight to Sydney 4/41 selling charges 3/11 total £2 13/11 or 3/7 per bushel.
Private E. Coath writes from France dated March 30 1917 to P.A.F 8 members. He notes the German retreat, tough fighting at Bapaume, and harsh German tactics. He recalls friends met, convoy travel a year ago, and scarce Australian mail amid war. He closes with good wishes.
At the P L L Conference in Sydney Mr Burns of the Federated Ironworkers secured suspension of the standing orders to move sending a message to the Leeds Socialist Conference in favor of peace and to ask Mr Snowden to represent them. Pelin moved to Stockholm. Willis urged a resolutions committee to oppose jingoism and back an anti military peace stance amid islands debate.
A Sydney conference debate on peace and conscription reveals rifts in the Labor movement. MPs and delegates clash over negotiating peace versus peace at any price, with warnings of government conscription schemes and urgent calls to consult rank and file before finalizing resolutions. A committee is set to draft resolutions and present them for discussion the next day.
Reuters reports Brazil signs the decree using interned German ships, expanding the mercantile marine by 46 vessels totaling about 250000 tons. Applications are invited for a showground caretaker with duties details at the secretary, Mr A E Rot. A special sale of ready to wear millinery runs through the month at Mrs Attwood's.
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