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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 28, 1925
Page
8
Wellington district news notes appreciation for council and urges more voluntary workers to improve road upkeep. Readership hopes extra helpers will ease council worry and reduce grumbling over maintenance duties.
Rainfall recorded at the focal post office reached 41 points with steady showers through Monday night into Tuesday morning. The mild conditions boost pasture and sheep outlook though area sowing remains limited. Reports include local injuries, dog poison incidents, social events at St Matthews ball, a golden wedding celebration, and farewell gatherings for moving residents G. F. Payne and family.
Dripstone notes rapid greening and timely rain boosting stock prospects, with May rainfall near 24 inches. Stationmaster Tuxford transferred to Waovalax Control Offices with pay rise. Yeoval tennis club seeks interest. Archdeacon Howell to lead Sunday service and church plans to build a new church. Jack Miskell leaves for Warrigal. a church fundraiser deck ball raises over £37. Empire Day address at the school praised. Coonamble mail to run from Sydney next week. Buckinbah rain refreshes scenery. Yeoval football team loses 20 to 3 to Cutnock. junior match won by Yeoval. A. Allen refereeing satisfaction noted.
Empire Day was celebrated at the local school with flag salutes and patriotic songs. A long list of children won numerous races across age groups, followed by a very successful evening dance in McAtamney's Hall.
Saturday will decide who leads for the next three years in the Macquarie Street show. Voters face apathy, with Red bunting and tombstone like pegs marking the site near Burvandong dam while officials from Sydney may inspect an experimental Narromine weir costing nine thousand pounds. Mr Francis of Tara fights to keep Tara from the rabbites, aided by a digger team, as Mr William Goninan of Oakey Creek undergoes a serious operation at District Hospital aged 35.
Yeoval hosts Cumnock in a Capsanix Shirt match, with Yeoval winning 20 to 14 after leading 13 to nil at half. A mining crowd watched fast passing and speed surpass heavier Cumnock play, though one visiting player suffered a broken collar bone amid the action.
Rainfall this week remains light yet steady with 65 points recorded, pushing monthly total above 3 inches. Roads near quagmires hinder travel along Giddinge Lane and residents urge council action for local repair. Postmaster General advances a new line from Georie through Ponte linking to Molong Dubbo. McLeod on a Fordson cultivator yields strong wheat sowing results. Miss Holmes wins three first prizes at the Dubbo show. A large local property sale nears finalisation. A farmer clears land to combat rabbits as polling day approaches on the 30th. Nations may war yet the land rewards those who tend it. vote for country and better conditions.
A heavy shower drenched the district at midday Monday with seven points of rain, followed by ongoing showers that brought total rain to eighty seven points over the period. Empire Day celebrations occurred at the public school with patriotic speeches at 10 am, children enjoying events on the show ground despite showers, and a juvenile dance in Leary's Hall with a large crowd. The Cumnock Brass Band provided music and extras, while St Matthew’s Choir entertained Miss Vern Devine at the School of Art ahead of her marriage to Mr Stan Hart. Gifts were presented and refreshments served. singing of Auld Lang Syne closed the evening as Rev Pratt and Mr G. twee Jane attended the Angli Luan Synod.
A fragmented church notices page lists service times for Catholic, Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist churches and Salvation Army across towns including Wellington Bodangora Curta Creek Yeovil Burrendong and Maryvale. It notes May 31 and June dates with times and ministers like Rev H G Bord Rev F Dunkley and Mr T R Hubbard, inviting visitors.
Jowep Thompson and San ganathe Maughan Bixee Phous 1278 announce an optician exhibition at the Club House Hotel Wellington on June 17 from 9 am to 1 pm. The firm has visited this town regularly for 80 years.
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