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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) (about)
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COUNTRY NEWS.
BALLARAT AND DISTRICT.
lou must iiiiílorstiinil (hat this Bott ot con duri will not le i crniltte I ICH."IIM> it mrai
I-.Í0U9 elnii|,cr to ti - i,ni Hi nf | Mr ]. H . Wilkel, 1' M 111 tne Clt} toutt on ..culM li hen Holen Horn co I MI, ehiirgeil M Uli luv Ing been Hiller the iiilluenrc ol liquor «hile in charlie of a cab, uni eil o Milli having (ulled lo cam
llfcllt Coi-ifell. Heath gj\u cililciice; that ... Um previous evening I found llomood I. lug lu fiont of the cub Ihe horse MUS wundcritij; nbout Mum roid uni there viere Mitral emiitv bottle, in the vehicle Horwood vins flned Í.X on the llrst change, and 10/ on the tecoiiel charge
"i burial ot Mr Hubert lakeland aged 71 - = of Hallar it J-ein took pleiee on Incsdnv
Mr I-kolan I MI- U member ol tho Grand lenity
Ureicr of -roe Gul lionel
1-or Mu} the lulnfjll tot illcd 112 points, villlcll as Mill aboio the aur-hc for the last 10 }cnrs
-ollovvlug i collMun bel«ecu Ino motor ears at lim iiitcnecctioii of Bridge and .'col fitreeU. George ïelniniiel Gnu of ?Mundi, vías cliargcd in tlio Olly l'oHr. Court on rut-cloy vilth having driven in a negligent manner On the after noon of Ma} 31 bo raine into contact with a car driven bv Howard Dunn, of Clune- A mini} lain was fulling Defendant staled that he had had to av old a v an an 1 a c\ clist, and that Dunn suddenly crossed in front ol him He admitted that his attention had not been directed to the cross «trect Tlio -lench held that reasonable caro had not been exercised lil approaching tho Intersection, and imposed a line of __., vi Ith £1/1/ costs A similur charge was laid against lUlllam G Utile, whoso car struck a motor truck at tho intersection of Sturt and Armstrong strcelfi _lio police cildence via« that the driver of tlio truck turned immediately alter ho had »Ignallccl Ms intention to do so 1-or tho de fence it wns contended that failure to give proper Indication of intention to turn misled Mille, who lind slowed down his car and souuded tho horn lu approaching the street intersection The caso was dismissed
U the invitation of tho Ballarat Sen .rage Authority the members of the city council on Tne_ilay mado an inspection of the outlet and
be held in August, and classes for novices who hn\e not preiiousl} entered Hie ring will be in eluded in tha programme
It is expected that the benefit concert to Vr V\ Sampson M ho has removed to Geelong will givo a prallt of about £200 V presentation will be made to Mr Sampson on VVcdnenduv night
As tho result ot ii recent entertainment t~_ Slrelli Dramatic Compan}, which fctageel 'A Mid Kummer \ight s lire im has given -.10 to the Wiutli Street coolet. with Hie suggestion that the moue} be nllotted for a champion hhuKcs pcariun recitation
BENDIGO AND DISTRICT.
The annual meeting of Ihe Bendigo dist riet of
the Manchester Unltv Independent Order of Odd fellow» wT attended bv Uro M Crout, Deput;, Grand Master of the order In Mctorla Ihe dis trlct Grand AHhtor (Uro Kosen), in moving tlic adoption of the anual report, paid that lo_> new »icmben. had been ilccted and there Mere now 1 %8 financial members in the district 1 uncral bene, ts amounting to £1 040 lind been distributed in i-bpccl to 44 members and 16 wives of mein
bera The ii na neill statement show ed credit balances of £603 in the district funeral fund, £lfi9 in the incidental fund, and ¿-AUS in the hide nnd fun cr ii fund O Ulcers elected were -
Dlstiict Grand Master, Bro P Shaw (Echuca), Deputy Grand Master Bro O Far] (Bendigo), Warrien, Bro Jl Tucker, auditor. Bro P II
Seeber, junior treasurer Bro J Murra> del epates to animal conference, Brew O J Kirkby, \\ J bparkman M Collins A K Bradford, T J Tucker, and A li Waircn
A fair proportion of tho 360 bend of cattle jarded at tlic Bendigo tuiles on ïuesdav watt of trade quality Prices opened firmer than last -week but as sales progressed the market wakened and finished below last week s values Bullock« sold to £19, cowa to £14/2/0. and vealcre to £7/10/ J he demand for store cattle was slack, and prices
ero cusler
Hie construction of the rctlnilation sewers hy
1 or titi aroa, more than 1,800 business .tabli sinnen ts and t-iiemcnts ha\e been con nectod with i he sewers Sun cj s and plans for extending the sewers into Quarr» Hill and Kennington are being completed, and thu wotk will begin shortlv
U tho annual houal of the Bendigo Fire Bri
gade Senator Andrew, -who Is u member of the Countr> H re Board said that 20 utotor pumps were being installed this vcar ut country fire stations Arrangements were being made for
.quipping other st titi on a v. ith the pumps next .car Mr J Trengove, chief station keeper at Bendigo had been appointed head mechanic for the installation of the new pumps which were the iii\cntion of Captain T Gardner, of the Warracknabeal Uro Brigade Air Marshall, chief otlicer, hald tlmt when the fire board wag estab llhhcd there -were 16 Aro brigades in the country districts \t present there wcro 145 brigades and 2 700 firemen in the sen ice It -was stated that Senator Andrew who had been captain of tho Bendigo Fire Brigade for 27 jcars, was the oldest active fireman in the sen ice Mr Marshall, chief officer of the Countrv Fire .irisado Board, presented O II HouBton station keeper and G Comber, J 'Wilson, W Hewitt, and 1 I hillips, firemen with long service medallions Lach of the firemen has completed 12 yo.rs* con tinuous service with tlic Bendigo Mre Brigade
Mr A Hamilton, fanner, of Huntly, while .utting wood, sustained serious injune» to his face, and it is thought that he will lose the sight of one of lils ejes
Many orclmrdists in the district
tilling new arcas of land for the planting of tho best varieties of apples
for fic.cnil jeirs many growers baie sold their crops of exportable apples to agents who take dclfvcn of the apples in the packing sheds in the orchards, and the balance of crop discarded in tlic grading is sold in the local markets
Mr Hum M H It has boen notified hy the Postmaster Genenl (Mr Gibson) that a tele phone Benlee is to be installed in tho Mosquito Creek district
GEELONG AND DISTRICT.
The Geelong Citj Council at its meeting on Tuesdaj ratified the recommendation of the mar kets coinmlllce that the stiud for long distance motor buses ineludlng those running between Geelong und Melbourne, should be in Little Malop street, west of G h erin Kimi) street, and on the south side of the citj ball
Mr W ^ ¡sampson, who took a leading part in cominunity singing In Ballarat, and has come to reside in Geelong, was welcomed to the city in the majors room at the city hall on Tuesday, and promised to give any assistance he could In respect to community singing in aid of charities.
Owjng to the small Bupply of coal on hand the Harbourlrust will tie up the dredge Thomas Bent on Tue_K_fl> lor some months the dredge had been working in the vicinity of the railwuy pier
The rainfall in Geelong for May was 221 pointi, compared with 210 points for Mo> of last jear 1-or the five months ot the j ear the rainfall has been 5"îG points
A. question was raised at the CUv Council meet- ing ot» Tuesday when it was Ukely that a com mencement would be made with the improvement works on the I astern Beach The mayor (Coun clllur I hear) htatcd that the beach improvement committee waa in communication with the Har bour Trust regarding the tenure of the foreshore, and with tile architerts regarding the procedure that should be adopted In tlic bcautitlcatlon work Ho Muted that it was likelv tlmt tho batch im provement committeo would have to meet the eltv council before embarking on a large plan, as it would be necessary to hove the support of the council
Thr> total revenue collected at the Geelong Custom House for M*iy was £20 DIS, of which
Customs revenue was £19 702 lho chief items of revenue were - Machinery £16Î5 woodworb £2 400, -vehicles £5 200 leather £4 424
With the object of having extensive improve ments effected to the Barwon Itivcr mile course, a conference of representatives of the Town phi ning association. Parliamentary representatives
the dtrstrlet representatives of the mu ni ci pi 11 lies abutting on the river the Geelong Harbour Trust, Geelong Church of 1 ngland Grammar School,
the Geelong College has leen convened It ia
sired to have the river straightened, so that the full rolle will bo on view from the reserve cast of
the new bridge It is desired to have the work Îmt in band at once in -view of tho Head of tlic
liver being due to be rowed on the Barwon in Moy, 1927 The Town planning Association lins provided for extensive tree planting on tho south
bank this venr
Ihe Geelong Football Club, at the invitation of Mr JJ H McCallum, of S>dne¿, hos decided to adopt one of the Sjdnev schoolboy teams which is being coiehed bv 3fr McCallum The club will forward a full set of gucrnsejs, and take interest in the welfirc of the club
The clt> council at its meeting on Tuesdaj ratified the resolutions passed at the recent meet lug of the Geelong municipal conff renee In respect to the item regarding the Ballarat Gee long road Councillor Brovvnbill thought that the council might tolte Independent action The road was in u very bad state and was detrimental to the Interests of Geelong Councillor Hitch cock expressed doubts that the road could be mil de out of the IcdemI Government grant
Before lils departure from lara for Kvabram Mr W' Whitelaw, statlonmastcr was presented by Mr H G Oliver, ou behalf of residents, with
a wallet of notes
In the Citv Court on Tuesday, before Mr J) W O Grad} PM and Messrs I "Young, J) McDou aid, and W C Kernot J P 's. Charles Hawson was charged w Ith hiv Ing on May 10 driven a horse in circumstanese Involving cruelty Senloi
constable Heading said -Hawson was driving a milk Cart in Tie treat road The horso was in poor condition There was a sore 3in in diameter near the girth On eich shoulder there were sores paton into the Ücfh and much infianu d The col
lar was much too large On the side there weie three sores, evidently caused by the rubbing of the shaft, and the lilnd fetlocka were cut as a result of brushing Mr OGrad}, in announcing a penalty of £fi with £I/J/ costs, said that it
n penalty or ¿ii wau £i/J/ costs, said »mt it was a ilagrunt case of cmclt> istanlej lohn Har rleon dairyman of Highton, waa charged with having permitted a horse uinltr bli control to be driven in rircumstances involving crucltj
Harrison said that he had not setn the horse when it wis taken out On the previous Wed: âiy he bad directed the driver to give
horse a spell to allow the sores to heal The information wis dismissed
The bil} steamer 1 dina was fog bound in tin run tram Portarlington to bet long on rueediv afternoon Io Portarlington the steamer made a good run, but on leaving Portarlington mu into a dense fog bank and after au hours (rulhing About had to return to lo.tarlington Captain Forsyth set Ids bearing again for the Hopetoun Channel, and after stead} steaming picked up the channel beacon?, and made Geelong about two and a half hours behind schedule time
The Geelong presbjterv on Tuesduj sustalne 1 the eall of the Ituv U li Chills of '-cot« Chinch ttest Geelong to Wallsend (NSW)
Seoth Church will be dechred vacant on lune ¿0 and Hie Kev J T Kell} will then beer inn modi nitor for the unepiro i portion oí Mr Child s term V burwirv of £20 was granted to the Presbvterhn Girls College anl £100 vot d to the lorqua} church building fun 1 Mr Troven waB appointed mlwiionurv at Dr.cit in place of Jfr Parker The lin T Kiddell wnn ippuintcl in
rim modentor to (he Portarlington vucumj
U thp annual mcpting of the Bet iii Hair, mon s \wioci-ition Mr W \ urn v as oin ted pre fldcnt, Mr J Bu>*-ll vii c prcMdrnt Mr I T T ucis treasurer, md Mi \ Gorman score tar}
ARARAT
A etrong áale previiled in the week end and 1 B2In of rain fell at Ararat and 1 80in at Mount William. In ilny 3 Km. of rain was rtglstexsd,
making the fall for Hie llrst five luonllis of the
mr 7lii
At a «i cclnl meeting of the borough roinicll the appointment of a clerk of work« for the cn Inrgement of the Mount Cole dam to true Ide» od ditional water storage was considered The mat ter waa left In Hie banda of the council a digi liter Mr 11 A Smith
Albert hinuit waa lined #2, la default sever tlajs imprisonment yyith £.2/2/ eostfl at Hie Police Court for having OBI-ulled lllclmrl George Tardrcvy rinart and hla sister yirocceilel agahut Tordrew for ar-snnll, but the caste! were ell«inl«ficil Inrdrew said that bulart ndmlttel lailng shot lit« fqT terrier dog When be went to Interview Smart about It inuirt ultu eke el bim y lill n lima hawk Ile seized the tomahawk omi gain it to lil« son to take nvva) Suinrt pi mother nu ! sister screamed and Tnrdrcvv found hlm-elf on ground witli famirt and bia elster anl raotbei
top of bim He yyaa scratched on tie face and
the wounda bled
BAIRNSDALE
As a result of bia representation« on lvchalf of the residents of Hay mond Inland Mr Hci-clilan, Jl I, K has been notified bv the 1 ihllc W orks department that approval li is l-ecn glton for the erection of n jett) on the islan ! neir lisnosvi" nnd that the foreman of i be Goir-rn ent slip
I'avnosv Mo Ins been Instructed to I it Hie work In hand at an earl- date
The Countr) Hoad« Hoard lia» relutcd tho re quest of Mr Mclachlan M UA, to permit fishermen to transfer their fi«b oier tlio Malla coota OrboEt road on the ground that the trans
portera had broken their agreement with the
lite Bairnsdale freo library baa beta allotted £15 from the grant to tree libraries
Maltogrower« of this dlatrlcl arc ciperlenclns* »omc Uifllcnlly in getting tliclr crops harvested owing to the shortage of maize picker«, not
withstanding that tho crops arc equal to, if not better, than they were Inst vcar
Mr George Ackland, who is leaving- the di» trlct waa presented yvlth a l-melllng rug bl members of the Bairnsdale Rowing Club, of which
he waa a member
While driving a Jinker alona* the rrlnco's High waj, Mr J Wari, of Lake Tver«, lias consider ably Injured about tho head and lees aa the result of ills horse being startled by a motor cycle Tlio Jinker was overturned, and fell down «n embank
mont
CASTLEMAINE.
Mr James Welts died on Sunda) night, aged Si
years
v. part) of 16 students nnd two mästet* of the Scotch College science club v Isltod Castlemaine at the week end and inspected Thompson« engineer Ing works omi the woollen mill During their ..tai the) were taken to many of the leaut) spot« of the district, including tlio \augl_n mineral
springs
About three wecka ago John -levvellrn, a young Immigrant who arrived in the Stat» lu Januar), became suddenly ill near Castlemaine when travelling b) train to Echuca llovías admitted to the hospllil, bia complaint being tuberculosis He died on Sunday morning;, and at the funeral on Mnndav several floral w real)« from local rest dent« were placed on the grave, including one from
tho New Settler«' lea-rue
Influenza in a mild form is prevalent in this district, especially at Campbell> Creek where ncnrl) ever) family is affected
ECHUCA.
Tlio rise in tho Murray has made His opening of tho riv cr season earlier than last }car On Mon day tim l^buca wharf wns opened and on Tues ilai the Ulonga was brought alongside lo receive general cargo for Balranald nnd Hav
Tho rnlnfalt for May was 2ÎS points, Bl poinli moro than was recorded during the samo period last )car
-Irsatisfacllon Is 1 ding expressed hy stockow-ners at Bunaloo and Thjra regarding the hours at which sheep have to bo loaded st these sidings on Monda) s Under the new schedule the goods train loaves Balranald at 2 a m and stock to be consigned from Bunaloo haB to le loaded at 4 o clock A« there is no accommodntlon for stock owners at cither place this must occasion a good deal of hardship lo thone coming from a dis
Iniice and, in addition, the length of time that sheep have to remain confined in tracks before being discharged nt îvevv market cnntiol but he harmful lo tho animals The serviré ÍB new, and no doubt when tho department realises the position éter) offn-t will be male toward« 1m proving the conditions There being no goods train on Tttpsdaj-- it is ft**umoil that cattle for Wednesday s market must be sent forward on Monda) s
HORSHAM
At the half yearly meeting of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows Uro« Vi V Dave), S II lirovvn, A Masse!, nnd A Blasman!} vvero elected dele-rates to attend the huir yearly district meeting to lie held at Milli
i June 0
Mr «nd Mrs U Jackman, of Clear Lake, will leave on June 17 on n tour of the United States of America and Canada
Mr and Mrs U llutchesoi ot Horsham, Intend taking a trip around the world and will leave Horsham on lune 21 During lil« stay In America It is Mr llutchcson's Intention to visit the
beat arcas and agricultural colleges
KYNETON.
At the Kyneton Court on Tuesday Edward White and William VMilte were charged before Mr Bartold P M , with having broken Into Dale's store at Kyneton and stolen articles John Mlchocl White Fdwurd Peter White, John Alphonsiis O Neill, Patrick Panel!, Harry John Bon, and Junes Joseph L)nch, were cbnrgcd with having broken into and stolen articles from the house of Mr A T Keating at Woodend A remand for eight days was granted Bail was allowed each of tile accused lu a personal bond of £100 nnd one surety of £105
The rainfall for Moy at Tylden which Is within the catchment area of Coliban reservoirs, was 442 point«, making a total of 1 OSO points for the expired portion of the year The average at l*j Iden for May during; the last Î1 years Is 7S3
points
John Griffiths, Robert Penney, and Thomas McKendry were each fined £1, with £2/2/- costs, at the Taradale Court on charges of having as- saulted Frederick John Diss. Counsel engaged in the case stated that there was no policeman stationed between Malmsbury and Chewton, a dis- tance of 14 miles, the constable having been removed from Taradale a few years ago. He contends that
MARYBOROUGH
Before their departure for lngland Messrs William and Itobert Hubble and J Turk were cntertntncet and presented with gifts
Through a foil at the locomotive sheds Mr narry Nicholls received Injurie« which ncccsst rated his admittance to the Maryborough líos pliai
Mrs J O Morris a member ot Hie Maryborough branch of the Australian Mollien s .National Longue, who Is leaving for Melbourne, was pro
sentcd with a gold armlnnd
SEYMOUR
The residence of Mra Wajcolt at lhe Esplanade Seymour was broken into during the absence of the lamil) on holidays A quantity of Jeweller) was atolen and 7/G in money taken from a girl guide s mono) box
I-inbing lins commenced throughout the ills trie!, the percentage up to tie present being
good
Miss Coulson won the Ma) medal competition of tho golf club with n score ol 101, Mrs Bunn was second with 103 Mrs nunn also returned the best cord over the 18-holc course for the ". LOU spoon (17) 71
In the second round for Vr linchan'» tropbr, members of the Seymour Itlflo Club, at COO yard«, T 2vcwnhlm scored 39 out of the possible « V Freeman I* "Vclson K Stevenson each scored ** At COO yards, I» Bonny was top with 34 Stolen 6on Trueman, and "S Tasker scored SO
ST. ARNAUD.
The chief engineer of railway construction is drawing up a report regarding a connection of the Marnoo and Navarre ratina) lines
The disbanded ¡Nursing Soclcly at Marnoo lins voted bait of Its remaining balance, £5/10/1, to the St Arnaud District Hospital
Having reached the retiring agc Mr W J McLav manager of the M Vmaud branch of the Tngllsh, «cotllsh and Australian Bank, will be leaving the service of the bank at the end of this month Mr McT"ty has keon stationed nt St Vrnaud for neurl) four vcar« Ho will be sue cci-dcd by Mr Aitken ol Colac.
The death has occurred of Vli-s ljoroth- Nelson, aged 21 years bead teacher of the Swanwater
North State 6chool
During M») the «plendid registration of 312 points of rain was made at St Arnaud, against 2T2 points recorded in Mar. of last year for Hie venr to date the rainfall I« C12 point« com pared with 7f2 twin l-l, which Iel! during Hie first
flic month« of 1925
A large plate glass vv indo» al the shop of Mr Travngalla fruiterer, erashel to the footpath with out warning The breaking of the glas« was due lo atmospheric conditions
At St Arnaud the death« have occurred of Mr Joseph Hancock, nged 74 jean anil Mrs llobcrt Gunn, aged 44 years
STAWELL
Mr Flynn lionise), banilmstler of the Stawell Brass Hand baa resigne 1 to accept a position in a
music warehouse In Melbourne
In the two Wimmera district football matches played In Stawell this season £201 has been taken nt the gates and £21 at the grandstand
WARRACKNABEAL
To replace a swan killel by n motorcar a white swan has liern obtained for the }arrlam blac Creek from **t-well
lir A O Muller has been elected president of the Brim Qolf Club, with Vlnsrs W Burge«« and
' I. King vice president« Vr II Hackett secre tan Mr It. M Dixon treasurer, anl Mi b
McLcnnnn auditoi
THE «RIVERINA
ALBURY AND DISTRICT
\. -amrnign his begun to rntee JC1000 for the purclnse of i high sr! ool bens lionel A prop-iij is liplnff loquln-d by the I due ition ¡it part merit
Til" ontcorw (f the rrent brick bhortupe in Wbiin ii that Mulei lîn.lel of Albur;, lins dei Ido 1 to «ntcr into the 1 IHIUCSB
\ pirti of CerotfTj icí-líonti mci \ ith in acoidoit when a car in which tho\ uero tra \ellhiff overtimed owfjif to the cnllaps" of i wheel Mr \\ Ivohn fried himself from beneath tin o\ rturnel mr und v.as nble to pxtricnto tho other members ot tie pirti Mr holm wns admitted Into tlic Albur} Hospital Hie other or_uilints of the far \ lïiiïpj, S Heppner and Fov Cirson refeived minor injuries
St Patrick .? mot .suit h \\nc«i at teniiii and Siuth Wa^Hi won b\ ni it rubbers to two
Mr O (*eii_ko lay realer nt the (.erogi-rj ?\\u-t luthenn Church for nnnrlj 10 \earn was pif-entil with «n nrmrhair lj panshiumr- on the occisión of Ina retirement
JUNEE
Tho Rnilna.a Commissioi ers hair deci led tn make e\t(n-ii\e nltcrattom to the Junee railwnj wnrlm iii'1 engine hi elj ure to be rcj iated b3 two ronn 1 li on sr 1 n coil ilcvatlnç plant oo-itinp £*_000 ii to be built el Ms ohvtrieally Ht, and tie worl of errctui« inarslalling jurds is to bo rommenoc 1 immcdiiteh
N duke Ins len transferred to Ooul bu»n in the iiilwjv fitnlee
MATHOURA
An ondta\our m ti'*luff mado to form a tovn band, with Mr 1 Cootes as conductor <
JJr. J. Davie, wha for towy yew* carried -un
OTHER DISTRICTS.
BEEAC.
and potato ground is being prepared Ploughing Ii in evidence everywhere for cereal crops and as graw Is growing rapid!}, dairjmen are getting mow returns This is particular!} noticeable in the 1 uraek district
The Mcturian Bailwu}s department has pur chased 100 tons of silt, gathered from I ako Bee io, from Mr M Hansen, at a satisfactorj fl^uic "" » mit will be used to dtst } weeds on the
wnvd projertj
..uccissful ihnce, in aid of the equipment ot Catholic school, resulted lu about £1U for the
school funds 7
About 300 points of rain was registered in Beeac
for Muj
Mr John Tarroll aged D7 vean, of beering has
died
COBDEN
"-. a pleasant social evening of the Cobden branch of the W omen's National league Mrs K J Black, of Mount .Noorat addressed merni cr» on the urgent need for interest in prlitica and for the members to plaie their names on the mils in view of the posslbllltv of n Stat«* election Mrs Black also spoke on the ' Big Brother ' movement and the 2sew Settlers* I enguo Ihe following executive was elictcd for the ensuing jeir - President, Mrs W L Fills, v Ice presidents, Mes dames A L George, .1 Hcnslej In lue, and I Webb, hon secretar}, Mrs O Henderson, bon treasurer, Mrs A Munro
Kt a meeting of tho Lojal Pomborneit Lodge No 351 I OOF, the following officers were elected -Noble Grind, Bro U It Anson, Mee Grand, Bro O \ lucas, secretar}, P G Bro U H Lucas (re elected), treasurer, J* G Bro A J Bo>d (re elected)
RUPANYUP
In recognition of services to tho Methodist Church as organists und teachers in tlic Sunday school, by MIFSCS I. and I ¡starbuck, thej 1 each given a gold wrist watch
Owing to lack of funds a public appeal for £150 is being made to jiloct the cemetery in order It is in a deplorable condition, Gift-s amount
to more than £50
The progress lea gua is interesting itself in the question of having the old postal boundaries ex tended In tho last 12 months several new houses havo been erected, and others arc being built
rho railway statiou is understaffed, as the station master has only the ami .stance of a lad porter Until recently there was an operating porter on dntj, but be bus been transfer lal to another station Tin* progress leagut i« making represen tar lons through Mr All.srfci, M I* A , and the Minister for Public Works (Mr G ou die) to have a permanent operating porter attached to
the station staff
The Publie Works department b13 notified the fj ta te school committee that the cost of de molishlug the present room occupied by the infant scholars and the erection of an additional room for them is to be ascertained
At the annual meeting of the Methodist "Young People a Guild, the Itcv D Gibbs wa. elected president, Mews W Griffin and F Moore vice presidents, and Mr H Hammer secretar}
Die presentation of tim Bruntou cup was made to Mr Jamen Crampton at a smoke Bocial tvuiing held bj tho llupanjup and Marnoo A and 1* bocictj.
In rcpljing to the toast of the Department of -griculturo, Mr II A Mullett, superintendent, saiil th.t the highest peak in wheat jields In tho Wimmera had not vet been reached Ho believed that with the continued co operation of Wimmera farmers there was every possibilltj within the next five ¿ears of tho average vield im reusing still further Mr Mullett recommended that the society should introduce winter and summer fallow tests as part of its competitions to deter mino the producing value of catii by weighing the produce separately each harvest, and cinplojlng the same method- In the preparation of each sec tion He considered also that there should be competitions for red land "dressed ' with g}psura
against ordinary methods of fallowing this
would be the mein, of advancing ugrh ultural in terests generally, and nnklng the competitions more attractive and interesting
Pla} Ing off for the championship of Itunanyup Bowling Club, C Carra defeated I D. «ead by 21 points to 12 lor tho trophy donated bv the president (Mr L. L fafinpeon) t'ie winner wa« W Griffin, who with a handicap of C, de fculed H Westcott (1 handicap), 21 to 1.
There was a splendid rainfall of 153 point* between 2 o'clock on Sunday morning and C o'clock on Mondaj morning, excepting for short Intervals the rain being continuous
STANHOPE.
Mr A A Briant baa been appointed bonorin .easurcr of the * *-*- * " «.---.... -. Dldiet-s' League In has left the district
The assistant supervisor of the settlement under the State Uiver» and Water feupplj Commission (Mr II C Raj) read a piper before the members uf the Returned Soldiers* league on the subject of tho concessions granted to soldier settlers under the amended Closer Settlement Act
STREATHAM.
A dance in aid of the football club was sueco.)
ful
Sowing is still in progress by most farmers
WEDDERBURN.
The death has occurred of Mr. Angus Rose*
The Wedderburn Brass Band gave n muUcal re
citai on bunda} afternoon in the Institute Hall, in aid of tho Inglewood Hospital Heavy rain nffectcd the attendance Addresses were given bv Dr O W Ta}lor and Mr Weaver, M I. A , and £42 wos collected, making a total of £125 from