This week, Mr. John Griffey, of Inyerell, called at the InvereU "Times" office to discuss the art of Boating, and he claimed that he can floj-.t in two feet of water in which is placed an upturned crosscut saw and his body would not even touch the teeth. His attention had been drawn to an article which recently appeared in this paper referring: to four "human corks" in Australia, and he stated that he could float higher out of the water than any one of them. ...
Article : 374 wordsWhatever may be the position in other and less favored districts of the State, Glen Innes' official rainfall for the four months of t his year has been quite normal—a mere 35 points short of the average fall for the period. ...
Article : 450 wordsMr. P. T. Satterthwaite, secretary of the Local Government Co-ordination Committee of the Upper North-West j Slopes, writes to the editor:— , Dear Sir,—At the last meeting of this committee It was unanimously decided to invite the municipal councils of Tenterfield, Glen Innes. In- ...
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Advertising : 8 wordsMiss' MoUle Cregan and Mr. Athol Cregan, of "Moredunp' left last night for Sydney. • * • Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Odell and family, accompanied by Mrs. H. Piercey, are holidaying on the North Coast. ...
Article : 831 wordsTwenty years of magnificent service to the community stand to the credit of the Glen Innes Horticultural Society, which brought its work under review at the annual meeting this week. ...
Article : 454 wordsThe dry season at present being experienced in the North has revived the bush superstition (if it may be' so called) that all the 8's are dry, but an examination of rainfall records does not justify the view (states the In-vcrell "Times"). The 8's are no drier than other years, and in some instances are quite wet. ...
Article : 414 wordsSecure your home supplies of ales and spirits at the Bottle Department of the Great Central Hotel.—x The ban on the attendance of children under the age of 16 at places of amusement, imposed following the admission of a child diagnosed as suf-lering from infantile paralysis to the isolation ward at Warwick General Hospital nearly three weeks ago, will be lifted as frnm mirtnicVit. on Mon- ...
Article : 380 wordsA. K PEa«6ON, auctioneer, Glen Innes, reports the sale ol the vrell- known mixed farming and grazing property, "Verona," situated 16 miles from Willow IVee, compiising an aiea of 505 acres 1 rood, ai *8/17/ per actv, ■ on account oi *ir. H. K Hulj, to Mr. J. H. Daly. ! ...
Article : 496 wordsEx-Alderman H. R. Chessher was the guest of the Mayor and Aldermen of Gosford Council on Tuesday night prior to his departure from Gosford for Glen Innes, where he will establish , his own business. He has been in HI I health for a considerable time and it is hoped that the change will com- , ...
Article : 279 wordsReports from the south are to the effect that this year has more than a passing resemblance to 1902, the year of Australia's worst drought. In perusing the following.rainfall figures for 19U2 and the preceding; year 1901, it has to be kept in mind^bat Glen In- ...
Article : 456 wordsThe value of the re-opening of the Wallangarra abattoirs to cattle own- I ers in the Warwick district is demon- ! strated by the fact that during the] past two weeks the local agent for the I abattoirs, Mr. John Allman, has dispatched stock worth Just over £2500 i to Wallangarra, comprising bullocks,! cows, heifers, vealers, fleshy cows' /tinners), crackers and bobby calves; ...
Article : 148 wordsApplications are invited by the sec retary of the Lower Clarence Hospital from young ladies desirous of enter- ' ing the nursing profession. I Miss Joan Reed extends an invita- ' ...
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Advertising : 67 words(A contingent of voluntary workers is busily engaged to-day in putting into effect an elaborate decorative scheme as an appropriate setting for the Hospital Ball to be held in the Town Hall on Tuesday night of next week. The enthusiasm which is characterising the decorators' effort is typical of the organisation in every ...
Article : 130 wordsThe engagement is announced of Margaret Thelma, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. McEvoy, Stanthorpe, to Geoffrey, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Judge, Dundee, New South Wales. ...
Article : 31 wordsAt the next parade an N.C.O. class will be held and a lesson given in the preparation of sand tables fox the teaching of tactics. This parade will be on Wednesday next, and any member -who has not yet returned equipment issued for the general parade recently held., at Tamworth, is reminded that, fame should, be handed in on the parade. ...
Article : 64 wordsTown team to play Deepwater, at Deepwater, to-morrow will be chosen from the following: M. Solomon, A. Legge, M. McMiles, J. Pedlow, A. Cameron, P. Gibley, E. George, J.! Cory, J. Carter, G. Priest, V. Duggan, M. Frew, C. Cooper, N. Sharman. A. Carpenter, A. Weatherspoon. "Bus leaves Imperial Hotel comer at WO. ...
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Glen Innes Examiner (NSW : 1908 - 1954), Sat 30 Apr 1938, Page 4
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