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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 19, 1916
Page
2
Local notes cover events in the western district including a royal hotel, sales by Mr F A Kenyon, evangelistic meetings, and a forthcoming Wellington Coursing Club gathering. Mentioned are community notices, school honors, teachers association matters, and local court activity with health and weather interruptions.
Friday Inet the convent schools closed for two weeks holiday with teaching resuming Monday. The Railway Commissioners announce a new carriage policy from early next month affecting routes and rates. A further municipal council effort is required as public works plans proceed amid local confusion.
Monarch Pictures reports a busy week with The Fax Man and Plunderer drawing crowds. New features include Riveting Battle and Embattled Thoughts at the Orient, plus It Takes a Chance and The Old Generation. Also announced are Pretty Tollwa Plogarth and Exploits of Elaine sequals, with several cartoons.
A Midlands Liberal newspaper reports no reply from Muller regarding Muller Park name. It notes the Dalbunny confusion with Australian forces, mentions nephews with the surname Muller, and argues the name is German, supporting the notion that the St Emden captain bore the same name.
The lack of space for rising patient numbers prompted a temporary wooden and iron-roofed structure funded by £50. Sanitary officials pledged the money. the new ward will be heated by a stove and located at the hospital. Across Wollongong and Trangie events, cattle specialists announce a sale and sale preview in Trangie with hundreds of head of cattle, including prime bulls and heifers, to be yarded next Friday.
Market report from Winebeombe Carson Ltd on hides and skins with price shifts. Prices for furs and meats rise or fall by small amounts. wool and lamb futures cited. Kangaroo and wallaby values noted. rabbits and other skins listed with varied bids across categories. overall demand described as fluctuating with midweek activity.
The Wellington Cumming Club announces a gathering on the forthcoming Wednesday with tunes and games, drawing to follow at the Gautt Nowe Total. Nellie Hiatt of Wolverton received a letter from Corporal K iron, of the 18 Bree, about three months ago, describing his service and hope for peace.
Fragment from a wartime letter showing Private O Brien thanking Hindge for a notebook and noting the hot bread, fear of Turks, and eagerness to hear news. Mentions Private Pullen and a small scrap before the Turks attack, with implied travel and homefront concerns.
A Saturday sale at 11K am in Dobbo by Blacket and foo offers the entire saw-nliling plant at Bal timore on the Divbbo-Werris Gerek. Under instruction from Messrs Williams Htebis this going concern includes a fine plant and a large quantity of weetul tinker with pine and ivory block Lox in stock.
Mr Levite Whating Thornton-atrect announces a new Pitman’s shorthand course instructed by Mr Whitley with Kir Trae and Son, promising a simple and attractive renome. The Tex Fone APO x0 Arranger AB will comprise the course in concise form. Enrol now as limited spaces remain.
A tale of two efforts. A group of students organized a Wildiees helpers campaign raising funds and producing knitted socks for soldiers. A motor trip by Mr Ob Shakespeare and party faced severe weather and floods, but the Overland car navigated through, reaching Wellington after stops at Bathutet Penrith and Orange, with demanding conditions described during the journey.
The Merry Makeup troupe returns to Wellington this evening in the Oldfellows’ Hall, promising a lively program with varied acts and steady pacing. Residents are urged to attend for a bright mix of entertainment and novelty, as previews suggest a strong showing from the ensemble’s contributors.
District school seniors held a fortnightly holiday social with elections naming prefects. Evelyn Anderson and Sam Austin won third year positions, Ellie Mugnor and Will Fortyes led incoms vent, and Lila McKenan with Dd Baewell were frat yor. Mr Cum ing and others assisted as audience and headmaster Mr. W. ME Weak oversaw. The event featured a chorus, and the crowd sang God Save the Ring after five o'clock.
Today’s wires report weather across regions with showers in the west and milder conditions in the east. The government considers an instalment plan for wartime public finance, settles a tramway dispute, and aims for forestry land adjustments by July. Wheat pool costs top £10 million while a dairy advance per bushel was not yet delivered. Prohibition ministers meet, hotel licensing and six o’clock closing under debate, with no scheme for axing taxi licenses mentioned.
Sporting mems from Moorefield report a crowded event with numerous horses and riders listed. Details include names like Treacheeon Helutvorry and Flying Handb ay Bandolluro, with stakes such as Omala Hecate Volt Mario and a maiden handicap. The page notes a May Saturday schedule at Rybury Hlinifiin and a Melbourne Carrie win in the ninth round.
Petrograd reports Caernowite Sax captured by the Bupiain as Allied efforts praise the Paris economic conference. Details describe Russian gains at Caay novite, with battles shaping a broader war effort. The narrative notes allied checks on German plans, Austrian lines under pressure, and aviator victories alongside M. Brégueville's defensive posture.
Fragmented early wartime dispatches describe Russian and Austro German actions across the front. Reports note German reinforcement movements toward key railway hubs and bombardments along the Doorn and Monalues-Wytechart lines with several trench actions and prisoner captures.
Our units repelled enemy assaults and pushed toward Monte Lemorto, sinking their positions and dislodging the defense. We struck northeast of Asingo, forcing retreating enemy from Afalgs Pottegpa and Monte Ma gine, inflicting losses and capturing guns. Our squadron reported 114 men and 10 enemy machines downed, returning safely.
A fragmented wartime letter from Gunner A H Sloayo to Mr and Mrs Broone of Bondalah detailing life in the trenches. He mentions hospitalization, fellow soldiers, a severe battle in Egypt, sees friends in hospital, and notes the harsh weather and constant bombardment. He writes of memories, prayers, birthdays in the trenches, and hopes for home soon.
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