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Newspaper

Wellington Times

Location

Wellington, New South Wales, Australia

Date

Jun 09, 1927

Page

2

Thank You Notes and In Memoriam Notices Pack Obituary Page

A batch of late 1920s style thank you messages from Gordon Lawrence Stuart Town to Dr Mc Grigor and staff and friends for kindness during illness. Multiple families express gratitude to medical staff and supporters after bereavements and illnesses. In memoriam notices mark the deaths and honor loved ones with brief personal verses and attributions.

Gordon Lawrence Stuart Town McGrigor District Cogpital TL. Rowe Gollan Wade Twastriet Fisepital Victor

Dance to Support Miss Warren in Gollan Queen

A dance will be held at Sodangore Hall on 17 June to back Miss V Warren in the Gollan Queen competition with good music and supper. Double tickets two shillings, single one shilling, children sixpence. ANDEINSON honorary secretary. PUBLIC NOTICE stray stock at Mar rumbidgerie to be removed by Thursday next 16 June or it will be impounded. DRIVER BROS Murrumbidgerie. NOTICE all outstanding accounts must be paid before With June. Amounts may be left with Tir Griffiths Nonina Crescent or sent to G Hunter Street Sydney. G C SIMPSON. NOTICE Mr G VARDY dissolves partnership with Mr J O Shea and continues the garage business alone. All work promptly attended.

Sodangore Hall V. Warren Gollan Cc. Andeinson Marrumbidgerie Driver Bros Murrumbidgerie Tir Griffiths Nonina Crescent Hunter Street Sydney G. Vardy J. O'Shea Waterloo Gee Gee Kimbell's Bodangara Hall Misa V. Warren Hazel Chapman June Anderson Willis A. E. Rotton E. A. Fulton Lee and Warne Streets Yeoval Waratahs Wellington Jack Kennedy Joe Cowan S. Whittaker M. Cody

Annual Dance by Country Women’s Association

The Country Women's Association announces its Annual Dance on Wednesday next, 16 June, at Empire Hall. The committee seeks cake contributions for supper at the hall on the date, P Stockwell and M Waile, hon. secretaries.

Country Women’s Association Empire Hall P. Stockwell M. Waile

Wanted a girl to assist in housework at office

WANTED A GIRL to assist in Housework Apply THIS OFFICE YOUNG LADY for office Shorthand and Typewriting preferred E A FULTON The Busy Corner LOST LADY S BROWN LEATHER DRIVING GLOVE at Western Stores or nearby Finder please return to THIS OFFICE TRESPASS NOTICE Any persons Shooting Trapping or otherwise Trespassing on Mount View Spicers Creek will be prosecuted without respect of persons F HUNTER TAKe NOTICE that anyone found Shooting or Trespassing on Wandong Wan Dong without permission will be prosecuted without respect to persons Wandong Pastoral Co Per W A Strahorn

E. A. Fulton Mount View Spicer's Creek Persons & F. Hunter Wandoog Wandong Perons

Ladies fashion ad and local notes from Wellington

Local Jottings report an advertising notice for Crystal Service of 1880 Pitt Street Sydney offering pleating by mail at half price with French or Vandyke styles. It also covers cycling results, church services, court dates, community notices, and local shop promotions in Wellington including fruit trees, footpath debates, and a School of Arts Fair.

Ateet Crystal Service Pitt Street Sydney Kitch Wellington Bathurst Jack Worrall T. Ashworth Secon CG. LL Connor E. A. Fulton Dave Vass Ferguson Serson W. G. Reinhard and Co Wrk Ennis Orpington J. E. McKinnon Simpson Street Empire Hall Paramount Hall Meryvale-Sanity Hollow Wellington Times F. ©. Wall Percy Street E. L. Wall Lee Street Carlin Just Over Bridge Lewis Pascoe Maxwell Street A. Gosden

Horses Sold For A Song At Waterloo Impoundment

Two race horses impounded at Waterloo were sold cheaply, one fetching 28 guineas and the other 24 10/-. Their trainer had to pay £5 for the 28-gns horse and 240 for the other to regain them, amidst local notices and community events including dances, fairs, and a wool and wheat sale, with various social and sporting items listed.

Church of England Sunday Services Listed

On Sunday June 12 Wellington hosts an 8 am and 11 am Holy Communion and a 7 30 pm service plus Neurea at 3 pm with Holy Communion.

Wellington H.C Neurea

District Ambulance Meeting And Dance Aiding Fund

A public meeting will be held Friday at 4 o clock in Georie to organise support for the District Ambulance. Wellington District Committee members will attend and explain the ambulance setup. A fundraising dance at Mr M McLeod grain shed Windorah on Friday 24th aims to boost the fund. Secretaries are C Bird and Ken McLeod.

Campbella Windairah Mr. M. McLeod Windarah C. Bird Ken. McLeod Hon Sees Wellington Georie N. Bernasconi Campbella-Windorah

Radio Dance Aims to Aid Boy Scout Fund in Empire Hall

Wellington Radio Club hosts a dance to benefit the Boy Scout movement at Empire Hall on Saturday 18 June. Music will be broadcast by radio from Melbourne Brisbane and Sydney stations, marking a new format with high class tunes for a pleasant evening across several towns.

Empire Hall J. Simpson Wellington Wellington Radio Club Beouta Melbourne Brisbane Sydney

Rudolph Valentino's Last Picture Opens at Monarchs

Rudolph Valentino stars in The Son of the Sheik, opening at Monarch's for tomorrow and Saturday. The sequel shows a wilder young Sheik figure who fall s for love, tangles with rival henchmen, and kidnaps a dancer, yet seeks redemption as a Moor kidnaps again to seize the heroine.

Rudolph Valentino London Sheik

Store Stock Sale at Wellington Saleyards

Mr George Paul advertises a store sheep and cattle sale at the Commercial Saleyards Wellington on Saturday next. He will yard 2000 sheep and 60 cattle in store condition, offered in lots to suit purchasers.

George Paul Wellington

Proposed Maryvale to Sandy Hollow Rail Line Eyed

Over past days surveyors and pegs mark the Maryvale to Sandy Hollow railway route. No funds have yet been voted for construction, so work is unlikely soon. Still, the pegging activity makes the project worth watching.

Maryvale Sandy Hollow

Obituary: Mrs Anne Elizabeth Wood of Geurie Dies

Mrs Anne Elizabeth Wood age 76, widow of F Wood of Geurie, died at her daughter Mrs Weiland’s home. Survived by husband and daughters Mrs Wellard Mrs d M Whiteley Mrs P H Whiteley and Mrs Crawford and son Mr Fred Wood of Kogarah. Funeral at Church of England followed by burial in Geurie cemetery. Rev Carr officiated. Funeral by C J Shakespeare.

Anne Elizabeth Wood F. Wood Geurie Weiland Georie Wellard D. M. Whiteley P. H. Whiteley Crawford Fred Wood C.P.S. Qt

Poultry Show Promises Record Entries in Swift Street Hall

Tomorrow and Saturday the second annual show of the Wellington Poultry and Pigeon Society will be held at Paramount Hall Swift Street. Entries closed Saturday and officials report a record nominations comparison to last year with breeders from across the War and metropolitan area represented. Big crowds expected each evening.

Wellington Poultry and Pigeon Society Paramount Hall Swift Street

Bark and Bite in Shire Politics Hint at Election Hurry

Notes critique politicians Lang and Mutch factions in Macquarie Shire politics. Commentary likens public barks to bites, warns that voters will judge by actions. Speculation of delaying election and potential fallout for Lang if promises are broken, with mentions of Dunn Lazzarini McTiernan Dooley and other figures.

Macquarie Shire Council Lang Mutch Mr. Mutch

Wireless Commission hears from press secretary amid hospital crisis

Sydney telegraphing reports that Thomas Shakespeare, secretary of the Country Press Association, could not testify as he was undergoing a blood transfusion to aid his critically ill son Clarence Shakespeare. In market news 3260 yarders sold, prime cattle firm but irregular, with weaker tendency for other descriptions.

Sydney Wireless Commission Thos. Shakespeare Country Press Association Clarre Shale- Speare

Film tax dispute prompts High Court injunction request

Motion picture distributors in New South Wales seek an injunction in the High Court to restrain the State Treasurer Mr Lang from collecting the film tax for the year ending 30 June 1926. The amount involved is £120,000.

Sydney N.S.W High Court Lang

Degrading Work of Issuing Distress Warrants

Melbourne on Thursday reports a deputation to the Chief Secretary of Victoria where a speaker called executing distress warrants the most degrading police task. He cited wedding presents sold, lambs and dogs taken, and other possessions seized to satisfy 16 percent money grabbers, causing police to be abhorred and children to hate them.

Melbourne Victoria

Director James Wares Found Dead at Staircase

Mr. James Wares, director of White Elevators Ltd, was found dead at the foot of the stairs at the firm premises on Napoleon Street, City. Police say he likely fell while leaving the building.

Sydney James Wares White Elevators, Ltd Napoleon Street City

Body found on Leichhardt Flats with bullet wound

A man with a bullet wound to the head was found dead on the Leichhardt Flats this morning. An automatic revolver with an empty cartridge was located nearby. A tag inside his coat bore the name W. Mitton Shepparton.

Sydney Leichhardt W. Mitton Shepparton

Alam Calls Lang to Step Down in Labor Rift

Mr Alam, after returning from a trip abroad, urged that Lang resign to restore harmony in the Labor ranks. He stated Lang was the rift in the Labor rate and that stepping down was the sole solution to the problem.

Sydney Alam M.L Lang

Labor party expels Lang and listed ministers at meeting

At a Labor party meeting, Lang and ministers Mesa Ratcliffe Lysaght Worsington Gosling Stokes Kegan Davies Willis Cruickyhunk and Stuart Robinson were expelled. The Conroy party rejects a July peace conference and orders a Canberra conference. The party moves to dissociate from the Seale executive and all ALP branches.

Labor Party Lang Sydney Conroy Party A.S.9 Themelves

Sydney Rabbit Skin Sale Reports Firm Market

At the Sydney rabbit skin sale yesterday 160 tons were catalogued and a firm market prevailed. Prices rose slightly from last week's losing rates, advancing from 1d to 21d per lb, with Petty selling to 102d and winters to 99d per lb.

Sydney Petty

No Quotable Change At Homebush Sales

At the Homebush sales this morning 60,000 sheep were penned with fairly good yarding quality. Competition was somewhat irregular and values showed no quotable change. Cattle described similarly amid the overall market tone.

Prices at Sydney produce sales this morning

Prices quoted include potatoes local 4 to 6 shillings, Tasmanian 6 to 8 shillings, eggs 2 shillings 6d to 2 shillings 8d, maize 6d, chaff wheaten 6s 6d to 8s, oaten 6s 6d to 7s 8d, lucerne - T to - , hay oaten 8s 6d, lucerne small bales 8s to 8s 3d, large bales 6s 6d to - , oats local 4s 8d, Tasmanian 4s 9d to 6s 3d, onions 6d, mowheat nominally 6s.

Sydney Tasmanian Lucerne F.a.q

Berlin dancer Ferdinand seeks world record move

London reports that professional dancer Ferdinand failed to reach a world record for moving and has now spent hours continuously performing. He was attended by three doctors who prescribed raw meat and milk for sustenance amid the ordeal.

London Berlin Ferdinand Moing

British reaction to Soviet linking claim on Volkoff assassination

Government dismisses Soviet assertion as obviously ridiculous regarding Volkoff killing. Separately, a Moscow message reports 26 people injured at the Leningrad Club during a Communist debate when two bombs exploded and two attackers fled firing revolvers.

London Britain Volkoff Warsaw Moscow Leningrad

Non-Stop Flight to India Planned by Air Ministry

London reports the Air Ministry plans a new non-stop flight to India next week subject to favorable weather. Pilot likely Carr and the aircraft will boast an extreme range just over 4000 miles.

London West Air Ministry India Carr

Local Notes on Hospital Stays Marriages and Career Moves

Personal Pars items report multiple hospital admissions and recoveries in the district, including Dunshea of Obley and Mr A McLeod of Montefloren, with transfers between Nora Flega’s private hospital and the District Hospital. Other notes mention Brooklyn Station bequest via Uncle John Ekin, club conference trips to Sydney, and a Manly Methodist Church marriage on March 26.

Nora Flega Clyde Ryan Wellington A. McLeod Montefloren Snt John Ekin William ‘Patterson Brooklyn Station Welington

500 Card Tournament Ends With Mixed Pairs Victory

The 600 card tournament at the School of Arts ran Friday night to Saturday with 22 competitors. Final match saw W Hope and J Preston defeat J Preston and W Upton. Due to the School of Arts Fair no event this Friday. competition resumes next Friday night.

School of Arts W. Hope J. Preston W. Upton

Also Mentioned on This Page

C. E. Regan Glenoak Navy F. M. Attwood Meadames W. Reidy 8. Matthews Mra. E. Fletcher Treas Her Majesty's Buildings Farmer's A. Wilkins & CO. Auctioneers F. Murphy & CO I. A Joyce Trixie Dunsmore Olf Data Dave Dunsmore Auburn James Dunsmore Minnie and Walide Snipe Jim, Lithgow Dad Ines Albert Freestone Parkes Ada Jack Emortam O'Prien Edna Darling Green Ted Teddie DL and V. Lemon Norman Dubbo Court House Dir G. C. Simpson the District Paper Chellington Times The Wallington Gazette Haven Church OF England the District Ambulance Radio Dance Mercury Telegraphic and Cable Leichhardt Flats MR. Lang Dunshea Obley William Green A. FE. Fuller N. Cook Jerome Anderson GC. I. Siggina Molong Pirate Hospital Darlinghurst M Andelson Mudgee Jack O'Keeffe Manly Methodist Church C. P. Walkien-Brown Leslie Harold Gregory Manly Orange Muriel James Thorncraft Nanima Crescent Concord Parramatta River
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