Molong Express 19 January 2023 by Molong Express

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THURSDAY 19 January 2023

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Missing our 'home'

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1/4 of Molong residences washed out by the November flood were at the Molong Caravan Park

(Above) Ken Harvey, Jason Drew and Greg Smith are residents of the Molong Caravan Park. Along with 3 others their former homes represent a quarter of individual residences washed out by the wave of water that hit Molong last Nvember. Cabonne Council no doubt has its hands full dealing with the aftermath of the storm, which affected most of Cabonne Shire including the towns of Molong, Cudal, Manildra and hard hit Eugowra (and their van parks). Restoration of these facilities needs to be accorded due priority - not only for the residents themselves, who have had to make temporary arrangements elsewhere, but to aid the recovery of the town centre. Molong's park is in a unique position - right on the highway and a stone's throw from the CBD. The park is popular with regular tourists and visitors who love the shady trees, and the close proximity to the local shops and services. "We see dozens of visitors every week set-up and then head on foot to Bank Street for meals and shopping", said Greg Smith. "It works for the town". Unfortunately, the park has been closed to residents, visitors and tourists over the summer months and school holidays - and still remains closed. What are Cabonne Council's plans? See questions for Council P.4

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Molong: Molong Post Office and Newsagency, Bank St: BP Molong, Hill Street, IGA (Molong) Saturday arvo and Sunday ; Manildra: Coffee on Kiewa, BP Roadhouse Cumnock: Cumnock Store Cudal: Cudal Post Office Orange: Greengate Newsagency • Nextra Orange City Centre • Orange Central Newsagency • TJ's Downtown News - Summer St • North Orange Newsagency

Town Talk by Rozzi and contributors

We’re glad to be back in town after a restful holiday over Christmas. Well, glad to be back ... but enormously worried, about the future like other home/property/business owners in town and district currently working through the process of insurance claims. With the east coast of NSW (and now Qld) suffering the impact of La Nina in 2022 - we understand insurance companies are being hammered with claims for those lucky enough to have been able to afford insurance cover for their properties and contents. It might be a wise idea if we now band together, as a whole community/town and talk about the best way forward for future insurance cover. More voices standing together holds more weight than individual ones can achieve? For the non-insured homeowners ... check out the NSW Gov $20,000 grant for return to home; and business owners the small biz grant. Good to see local residents, business owners and traders, school teachers, farmers, graziers, council employees taking a holiday after the ‘year that was’. 2023 will herald the year of ‘hard yakka’ with much work to be done by all of us working together to rebuild Molong. Not forgetting Cudal,

Eugowra, Canowindra ... and every town and village, road etc across Cabonne Country. Let’s go Cabonne ... and make a difference to where we live. Molong is sad to see the passing of residents, at any time. The past few months has been no exception for the grief experienced with the passing of former resident, Barry Lidster, Mrs Godden, Mrs Mallon, the much loved Lorna Boucher, and this week, Pete Davis (little Pete of Betts Street), and one of Molong’s greatest school teachers Tony Oswald (1960’s/70’s) husband of Jenny (nee McMahon). See P.14.

Activity at the Bowlo

No clubhouse (yet) but the Molong Bowling Club can boast the best playground after Ric and his team from Forbes erected this amazing timber structure last week. Well done to President, Chris Beatty and his team who sought the grant last year before the November flood. Thanks to Macca, Narelle and members the greens are now looking good - and we hear the insurance assessors have been in town

Molong Museum ..Keep an eye out With the fantastic events coming up in Molong it might be easy to overlook the awesome exhibition of early Molong taken through the very clever lens of Tilbrook. Currently being put together by Julie Lawrie and Jan McIntyre this exhibition is ...GREAT! Don’t miss out. Membership to the Museum is OPEN.

The good news ... The lovely Harriet (Sippin Nutrition) is returning to Bank Street with her delicious energy drinks. Carolyn (Caneware) will be back this week after a much deserved holiday. Meanwhile Express is still considering options for a return to Bank Street. OPEN:SummerHouse, Jane’s Florist/Gifts/Coffee; Wildflower;wsagency/ Post Office; Molong Stores; Telegraph Hotel; Molong RSL; Bella Hair; BP; H Hardware; IGA; Reggie’s Meats; NRMA/ Credit Union; Suki; Pharmacy; HealthOne; Cabonne Council; Molong Motel; Almost ... Freemasons Hotel - more news soon.

Ghost Town? One would think so for those travelling on the Elvis train (and others) through this important ‘gateway’ to Molong.

helping with claims for the restoration of the clubhouse. Something to look forward to returning to Molong.

The Express roving reporters, Steven and Leslie-Ann enjoyed chasing the Elvis train from Sydney filled with Elvis and Priscilla look alikes. On their way to Parkes ... for the annual Elvis Festival - one can only imagine if this train could actually stop in Molong - or Manildra - and the welcome both towns would be happy to give to add to the Parkes experience? Well, hopefully Manildra Railway Station might have looked a lot better than poor old Molong Railway Station for the passing tourists. For any kind of train stopover actually. NSW Government? Cabonne Council? You’re really letting us down with the state of the much loved Molong Railway Station. Mowing, pruning, cleaning, beautification needed. Community use, tourist train stopover, are all

high on the list of Molong’s tourism development/ attraction needs. Anyone listening? Any news? Hey Cabonne Council - your community is ready to go...and looking forward to being part of the decision making for the future use of this marvellous historical icon. Didyago? To the 2023 Elvis Festival “it was amazing” said Steven and Leslie Ann (Express roving photographers).

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MOLONG EXPRESS, Thursday 19 January 2023

Let’s get communicating Last year, like every year, many residents sought our help or opinion on just about every topic of local concern. Fair enough, being the local newspaper we often had a lot of info at our fingertips. Many questions about what is happening (or not) in Molong and other areas of Cabonne Country need to be referred to Cabonne Council’s management team. Many readers are unsure as to how to approach Council or raise issues of wide community interest. The Express figures that the best way is to provide regular space in weekly issues to provide reader questions ... and to ask Council for advice and information on the issues that residents raise with us. Here are this week’s questions - gathered over the holiday break. We feel assured that Cabonne Council management will return answers which we will print in next week’s issue. In the meantime, if you see Paul or Rozzi around ... give us your question (verbally or via 0448 231 180 or molongex@bigpond. net.au).

Q1: Where is the Council up to with the clearing of the debris and sediment deposits along the Molong Creek, Mandagery, Boree left behind from the November 2022 flood. Q2: What active plans does Council have about ensuring flood mitigation to better protect the future of Cabonne townships/villages/farming lands located along the Molong Creek, Mandagery Creek, Boree Creek, Bell River (and any other smaller streams). Please advise of Council’s works programs and starting dates. Q3: How did the overflow of the Molong Dam and Lake Canobolas affect the November flood in Molong? Q4: The Molong Creek Railway Bridge is considered to be one of the problems of the Molong Creek floods - and has been since it was rebuilt in the 1980’s. What role did Cabonne Council (or Molong Council) have in giving approval of the NSW State Railways design/building decision? Q5: Is the rumour true that the Molong Creek was diverted to accommodate the building of the railways through town - and when flooding today returns to its old path i.e. from East Molong through lower Bank Street to the Rec. grounds?

Q7: What is Council planning to do throughout Molong to better collect the surface water which floods homes/buildings in other areas of town? Q8: What is Council planning to do to better protect the safety of the Molong community from absent landlords e.g. the current flood damaged state of the Western Stores building. Will Council be talking with the owners of the building about demolition? When? Note: The posts holding up the awning over Bank Street pedestrian area were placed as a temporary measure. How long is temporary? Is this awning guaranteed by Council to be safe? Is the building guaranteed by Council to be safe? Q9: Why is it taking a significant amount of time to a) Improve the Molong Water Supply. b) Repair roads c) Implement the findings of the various consultants employed over the years to conduct Molong Creek flood mitigation recommendations? Q10: What promises/pledges have the NSW State Government and Federal Government visiting politicians provided when they visited Molong and other towns in Cabonne after the November floods? Has Cabonne Council management followed up on these promises/pledges?

Q6: What is Council planning to do about the constant flooding of lower Bank Street via obvious inadequate stormwater/surface collection system in place? And, the backing up of the waters of the Molong Creek through places like Allen McMahon park which causes the minor flooding and building/shop damage - constantly?

Q11. What is the status of the Main Street enhancement plan?

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Molong’s Kaye and Phillip of the Wing Hang in Bank Street will be celebrating the Chinese in New Year in their restaurant take-away where supportive locals will head to for the sharing of foods with friends, neighbours and family. This is the year of the Water Rabbit - the combination of the Rabbit zodiac and the Water element will bring good luck, patience, prosperity and vigor to those born in years associated with the Rabbit including 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011 and 2013. Head on in and help Kaye and Phillip celebrate a special time of their culture. 63668614 Bank Street, Molong. Kung Hei Fat Choy 2023.

The ‘forgettables’: 5 Australian prime ministers you may not know much about The idea of a “forgotten prime minister” may seem laughable. For Australian historians, it is the governed rather than the governors who need rescuing “from the enormous condescension of posterity” as the English historian E. P. Thompson famously put it. Our First Nations histories especially were for too long silenced and concealed in what the anthropologist Bill Stanner called a “cult of forgetfulness practised on a national scale”. Prime ministers, on the other hand, are stitched into the tapestry of national history thanks to extensive newspaper coverage, the dogged pursuits of political biographers, and the quest of archivists and librarians to collect their personal papers. Deceased leaders’ names adorn buildings and streets, federal electorates, and dedicated research centres, and in Harold Holt’s case, a memorial swimming pool. But some, of course, are better known than others. So which prime ministers, if any, can be considered “forgotten” by contemporary Australia? And what does that act of forgetting reveal about our political culture? Commemorative rituals and opinion surveys suggest that some have very much receded from memory. Here are a few prime ministers who deserve to be a little better known.

Edmund Barton 1901-03

Barton was a hugely significant figure in his day. A leading advocate of federation, he was summoned by the GovernorGeneral Lord Hopetoun (after a false start) to form the first Commonwealth government. Between 1901 and 1903, Barton’s government, with the dynamic Alfred Deakin as its attorney-general, established some of the national institutions we now take for granted, such as the public service and the High Court. Barton and Deakin’s deeply racial vision of a White Australia was also enacted in legislation in these years. Australia’s first prime minister (known to detractors as Tosspot Toby) helped to establish the machinery of federal government out of nothing. But this earned him no special place in Australian collective memory. Resigning in 1903, he spent the remainder of his life as a reticent statesman and High Court judge.

George Reid 1904-05

Reid was a political opponent of Barton’s. The defining issue of the early Commonwealth was tariff policy, and all other matters – industrial development, employment, and individual liberty – were

refracted through the “tariff question”. Reid, a former New South Wales premier who had earned the moniker “Yes-No Reid” for his prevarications during the earlier federation debates, was a devout advocate for and leader of the Free Trade movement. Reid was summoned to form a government in August 1904. Hamstrung by his lack of a parliamentary majority, he remarkably passed the Conciliation and Arbitration Bill. This was core business for the early Commonwealth, and two previous ministries had failed to secure it. But Reid’s attempts to settle the tariff question with Deakin’s Protectionists failed, and his ministry was defeated in parliament in July 1905.

Joseph Cook 1913-14

Out of office, Reid and his Free Trade colleague Joseph Cook played a crucial role in making the two-party system that endures today. Whatever their differences with Deakin and the protectionists, Reid and Cook (himself a former Labor MP in New South Wales) saw the rising Australian Labor Party as the real enemy. Reid travelled the country establishing anti-socialist leagues and building the groundwork for a united anti-Labor Party. When the tariff schedule was finally settled in 1908, and the mutual animosity between Deakin and Reid seemed the only barrier to a Liberal fusion, the latter sacrificed himself and resigned so that the former could join forces with Cook on his own terms. In 1913, Cook led the new Commonwealth Liberal Party to a federal election, winning by the narrowest of margins. He oversaw the opening weeks of the Great War the following year, committing 20,000 Australian troops and the Australian Navy to Britain, but soon lost power in Australia’s first double dissolution election.

Stanley 1923-29

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Bruce

After the war, the task of national leadership fell to Stanley Bruce, a young businessman and ex-serviceman from Melbourne. In 1923, as leader of the non-Labor forces (now reconstituted as the Nationalist Party), Bruce formed government with Earle Page’s Country Party (forerunner of today’s rural National Party). In doing so, Frank Bongiorno has recently explained, Bruce and Page ‘inaugurated the Coalition tradition on the conservative side of Australian federal politics’. Bruce’s government was ambitious for Australia in the “roaring ‘20s”. He

envisioned a future underscored by British migrants, British money and imperial markets. In power for six years, he presided over the creation of the Loans Council and the federal parliament’s move from Melbourne to Canberra in 1927. But like others before him, he came unstuck on the issue of centralised arbitration. His attempt to abolish the federal arbitration court (with a view to restraining wage growth) saw his government defeated and his own seat lost in the 1929 election.

Arthur Fadden 1941

In the early 1930s, conservatives once again reorganised in the form of the United Australia Party, and dominated politics for the ensuing decade. But by 1941, after two years of wartime leadership, the young leader Robert Menzies appeared to falter. His colleagues disliked his brisk manner and the public lacked confidence in his government’s war efforts. A hung parliament after the 1940 election, in which two Independents held the balance, confirmed this. With his position untenable, Menzies resigned in August 1941 and the coalition unanimously chose Fadden, the Country Party leader, to replace him. “Affable Artie” was a widely respected figure and apparently the only one who could hold together a decade-old government too consumed by infighting to meet the demands of the moment. His premiership lasted just 40 days, at which point the Independents offered John Curtin and Labor their support. The sole Country Party leader to become prime minister on a non-caretaker basis, Fadden was one of a small handful of men to lead the nation in a global war.

Australia and Its Forgettables

Why is it that these five prime ministers are largely absent from national memory? Four factors seem particularly significant. First, contemporary Australian political discourse offers only a shallow sense of history. Political reporting rarely reaches for historical depth, and when it does, the second world war tends to be the outer limit. Moreover, when Australians are asked to rank their prime ministers and select a “best PM”, they rarely reach beyond living memory. The federation generation, overshadowed by the first world war, fare especially poorly. In the 1990s, with the centenary of federation fast approaching, surveys revealed that Australians knew less about its federal founders than they did about America’s 'founding fathers’.

What kind of country, the civics experts implored, could forget the name of its first prime minister? Tosspot Toby was no match for Simpson and his donkey. Second, Australians prefer to think of their political history in terms of heroes and villains (often embodied by the same individuals). Those binary roles require gregariousness, dynamism, some controversy, and the occasional serving of larrikinism. “Tall poppy syndrome” notwithstanding, partisan heroes like Menzies and Gough Whitlam, or infamous rats such as Billy Hughes, make for easy storytelling. The forgettables are more often reserved, restrained or even polite characters. The Primitive Methodist Joseph Cook was “[s]olemn and humourless”. The patrician Bruce was judged “too aloof and reserved to be an Australian”. And Frank Forde, in his old age, maintained that all of his colleagues and opponents had been “outstanding” and “capable men” for whom he had only “friendly feeling”. This is not exactly the stuff of masculine political legend. Alfred Deakin has tended to absorb the historical limelight and cast long shadows over his contemporaries, not least because he furnished historians and biographers with rich personal papers. (Barton scrupulously destroyed most of his). But as Sean Scalmer has argued, we ought not to overlook the influence of Deakin’s contemporaries in the making of Australian politics as we know it. Third, prime ministers are rendered immemorable if they were judged to be temporary, or presiding over some kind of interregnum. Australians have valorised the longevity and stability of Menzies and Howard, or the sense of epochal change that accompanied Whitlam and Hawke. Men like Reid, Cook and Fadden seem transitory in comparison. Fourth, public memory has often depended on the sponsorship of major parties and their affiliated scribes and institutes. The corollary is that those who preceded the two-party system are harder to commemorate. Labor has been excellent at proselytising its great leaders and their great reforms, and demonising the rats and renegades. The Liberal Party, on the other hand, has struggled to memorialise its antecedents and influences (Deakin perhaps excepted). Menzies and Howard predominate in the collective Liberal psyche, and Liberal forerunners from Barton to Bruce rarely get a look-in. (theconversation.com)

MOLONG EXPRESS, Thursday 19 January 2023

There’s plenty happening

MOLONG EXPRESS, Thursday 19 January 2023

Say G’day Mate on Australia Day

Molong Community Australia Day Event Thursday 26 January 2023 8 am to 12 noon at the Rec. Grounds Kiosk and under the shade of the beautiful trees

MOLONG Australia Day 26 January 2023

Molong Recreation Ground Come and say G'Day 8 am - 9 am FREE Breakfast - yummy Aussie style Bacon & Egg or Suasages in a roll - served with tea or coffee. Relax under the shady trees and do an Irish Jig with bush music provided by November Shorn. 9 - 10 am Breakfast continues whilst judging of the Damper and Scone competition commences. Sing along with November Shorn - enjoy Aussie Bush music at its best. 10 am Winners of the Damper/Scone competition announced followed by morning tea. Tuck into Damper and Scones served with lashings of butter and Cocky's Joy' (Golden Syrup) served with tea or coffee 10.30 am Official Welcome and Welcome to Country led by MC Bob Sullivan and Wiradjuri representative followed by entertainment and (who will be recognised this year) 2023 Molong Citizen of the Year, Junior Citizen of the Year, Group of the Year and Environmental Award Entertainment - Paul Wethersten (Music), Paul Mullins (Bush Poetry/Stories) ... and extra local surprises and fun for the whole family 11.30 Program ends - Join in the FREE BBQ lunch

AUSTRALIA DAY DAY AUSTRALIA BORENORE/ NASHDALE

11am to 2pm

Borenore Public School Award Presentations and BBQ morning tea.

CARGO

10:30am to 12pm

Cargo Village Green Official Party Attending, award presentations and cutting of Australia Day cake followed by refreshments.

CANOWINDRA

1pm to 3pm

Ex-Services & Citizens Club Official Party attending, award presentations and cutting of Australia Day Cake.

CUMNOCK

8am to 9.30am

Cumnock Bowling Club Award presentations and community breakfast.

9:30am to 10:30am

Cudal Community Centre Guest speaker Peter Worsley OAM and award presentations.

CUDAL

EUGOWRA

1pm to 6pm

Eugowra Showground Community BBQ and Award presentations at 2pm and kids activities

MANILDRA

4pm to 9pm

Manildra Memorial Pool Award presentations, Pool Party, Lions Club BBQ and Sutton Family Relay.

MOLONG

8am to 3pm

Molong Recreation Ground Community breakfast, damper competition, morning tea, poetry, Awards Ceremony at 11am, BBQ lunch and game of cricket.

MULLION CREEK

8am to 11am

Mullion Creek Hall & Recreation Reserve Community gathering with Official Party attending, award presentations and BBQ breakfast.

YEOVAL

8:30am to 10:30am

Yeoval Memorial Hall Community breakfast and award presentations

DAMPER & SCONE COMPETITION ENTRIES BY 9AM

DAMPER COMPETITION

Australia Day at the Rec Have a go....Join in the fun of the Molong Damper Competition - Fame to be had. Categories: • Grand Champion Bush Damper • Best Damper baked by U16 • Most Creative Damper (judged on shape or ingredients)

SCONE COMPETITION Bring along a plate of your scones.

Baked entries - can either be camp-oven cooked or oven cooked prior to the judging - must be in at the Rec. by 9 a.m. on Australia Day for judging. All entries will be served with Cockies Joy for morning tea. Judges decision final.

TRADITIONAL BUSH DAMPER

(Feeds 15 people or 3 hungry campers). 4 cups (500g) self-raising flour 1 teaspoon salt 20g butter, softened 1 cup (250ml) milk 1/2 cup (125ml) water Preheat oven to 220 degrees C. Grease a baking tray. In a large bowl, stir together the flour and the salt. With your hands, rub in butter. Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture and pour in the milk and water. Stir until the dough comes together.Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and form into a round loaf 20cm across. Place the loaf onto the prepared tray and, using a sharp knife, cut a cross in the top. Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, then lower the temperature to 180 degrees C and continue to bake for an additional 5 to 10 minutes. The loaf should be golden brown and the bottom should sound hollow when tapped.

MOLONG EXPRESS, Thursday 19 January 2023

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remains

heavy

and

This

Hanrahan,

Bennett took place

when the

fruit

(Sydney), HowMrs.

(Manildra),

Mrs. J.

Although

native

The

wife

been

farmer

Wilson

was

had a

Orange

Edward

years. Wilson

and

AVERAGE FRUIT CROPS DESPITE HEAVY RAINS

Wilson

Mr.

of 74

(Orange), Mrs. Town), The funeral artli

little

three

Thomas

leaves

and

wishes. John spoke. best

occurred

Canobolns, Manildra

years. He

his

death night age late

The of

congrat maj

speech, attaining

the

chair

was

Edward

Mr.

fungus spraying of

are

etc.,

week

sunshine.

to the

predict opinion

the

future that

the

not

affected

season.

was

erops,

Arncliffe.

return

greetings conveyed 'Miss Burgess.

?—*

orcliardists

earlier

returned visit

Mr.

one

girls. heart

areia.

would

last

tragically,

Kitty,

many

over

caused

guest Mr. Drum

the

Altnougn

guest

Sydney

Press

Max.

Mrs.

Sydney

and

fiance,

Clarke, to

returned

fell

las

the

is-

Sheila's

night. Mr.

p.m., to

Knobby')

('-'

who

of to the ;tasty spread sandwiches savories. and salads, the tables tak on was of place the cake. magnificent birthday

calces, Pride

Mr.

Hills.

Litligow, M. Campbell,

remem

severe hailstorm which The. district late broke over. Orange on Monday night forfcnuat-'ly missed the main axis apple pea,r orchards at Canobolas.

occurred

—

attend

Les

will

most popular friends will

paid flying the weekend, during to are Fairbridge Robinson.

and

HAIL STORM MISSED FRUIT CROPS

Syd

will

greet

Mr.

rfisirlfmfc

daughter,

district

.reciprocate the letter

for

where,

she

0 'Sullivan, Mrs. J. theirhave had as

daughter

brother

justice

ority,

9 a.m. Friday, Saturday,

Mrs.

Street,

moyne.

Monday

the surprised unknowing welcome with a hearty his entrance. A hapy evening in danc was' spent music of R. Nettleton Messrs. ing to and N. (drums) Langdon (saxophone),, their usual ininimitable dispensed

man, ulated

ley their

the

Les

and

Mr.

arrange

observed

Mr.

Street.

are:

Monday

guest-of -honor lie made, when

visitors

Mrs.

Fairbridgian. of Leak,

the

carry

Molong

and

ily in

herself,

Dalby;

wrvp.

year,

letter

at tTmv

death eldest

and

Farreil, William

conveys friends.

now

town's

Molong

with Farreil,

and

present,

full

Lidster

Mrs.

rate

upon

financial

existing

9-p.m; 1 p.m; Sunady, Good 9 Friday,

and

able

being

hours

pan.

the

mistress, Pennant at

Rally

Sydney

left

niglit,

the

their this

Edna

formerly'

behalf

children

last

Syd accom

Keane,

are Wliilp.

Molong

was

Neville

and

Mrs.

Molong

Queensland.

Mr.

of Burgess, has received

and their

Keane

family,

Robards

vacation

and

who

ings Mrs.

Hos

Coonamble,

of Neville

the

cub

old

attendance,

of from

dependent

are

the

exchange

the

Mr.

alone.

hours

The

was

hours

for

area

Leathern,

Bert

visit

and

birth

the District

Molong

latter

Miss

school

Mr. Street,

Mol&ng,

received being J. of Alleorn,

Mrs.

Saturday

Cub

Reg

Ray

East

Robards,

sister,

the

William

bered,

End

visitors

nephews,

Creek,

Tlielma

Other

the

She

her

parents,

of of

St.

West

St.

Mrs.

made

were

the

coming

business

ments.

mark

Max

Molong

Dean,

Parramatta,

weekend.

Spending

lioli

Molong

Mrs.

the

husband 1

oyaney

spending

are

guest

ney

vol

and

Staines,

Sunday.

the

telephone

made.

the

extension

under

and

been

bodies

postmaster

Mrs.

End,

West

the

extension

requests

recent

The

and

has

any public increase in

John brother

his

Mr.

an revenue, at Mandagery

exchange No

New

birthday,

21st

increase

culprits,

night.

buffet and

Hume. by strbngly represen Week next Country two rinks and five be pairs month, The nominated. ing pairs are, A. Gif C. and fenand L. B. C. Kinna Hume, and W. A. T. Matthews F. H. Myors, to

home

CoQkOthe

the

Harry

Lamb,

Walk

his

ter-in-law,

Ben

ume

Revenue

Increased

hours

the

surprise

occasion tendered

pital Mr.

residents

her

are

daughter

after

Keen.

Congratulations and by Mr.

Alf

Mr.

guest

Sydney. Annie Miss Molong, Street, from Mrs. R.

mother

E. Delehunt.

Clieeseman's

Mr.

returned

Mrs.

Dean

Miss Due

his

Jim

Victor

Mrs.

J-ieary

weekend,

Mrs.

Riddell

Sergeant

the

Jack

Mr.

Syd

with days Visiting

his of

well-kn'owxt'

former

the

that

'crime'

largest,

which

her and

Brown.

this

Farreil, son-in-law

the

as-

Bratby, fiance,

her

panied

spending

Mrs.

joined

ney

grandparents. Farrington.

father, Street.

with

June

sisters, Street, End.

of are Tracy, Hospital Hill, Mrs. Perc. Tracy, of Sydney. returned Miss Doris Bro\yn

W^st

at Ron Mr. stationed Orange, of the local formerly Railway to Mr. and a visit Mrs. staff, paid the Albert at weekend. Petty .Mr. and with Mrs. T, Staying

Neville,

after

night, his

Molong

Molong.

Mr.

left

his

Molong

Saturday

holi present II. Bur Mrs. and Mrs. E.

Pike,

Christmas

holiday. returned

weeks'

with

are

this

dance

the

Now

Station,

Rosser

Friday of

who

numbered

took

three

are End, Mr. daughter,

cycle

district,

involved,

were

SURPRISE 21st BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR JOHN LAMB

Green

Bowling

motor

Police

West

motor

LONGER HOURS FOR MANDAGERY EXCHANGE

At Molong

revealed

Mrs.

NKeen

grandmother, Betts Street.

the

with

Miss

has

after

Dartnell,

Mrs, proud

the

and

Holidaying

seven.

being questioned during stat the week concerning police istics during 1947, Sgt. J. Farring ton said: humorously 'The most crime outstanding of 1947 was the on writing shop in on New Year's windows Molong

the

Police

BIGGEST ATTENDANCE OF SEASON

ney

Mrs.

and

are

Noel

Rosser,

Molong

for

and Mr.

New Year Writing Shop Windows

Eve.

and

drivers,

of of

ham,

holidays

Victor

for

sub-branch

conducting

party

Weekes,

Pat

Molong

are

euchre

daying

Gams

night

and

prizes in the

Hillan

Reg. Mr.

Mrs.

section, The

gess, Dean

Euchre

attendance.

gents'. R.S.L.

night. Mr.

Street, with

Edward last

congratulations daughter

local

Mr.

-last

the

issued

were

Accidents

opening

When

BOWLS

and

Seventy-six riders.

the

-week

Molong

of charge J. Farrington,

Sgt. Mondav.

car

school

great

that,

Heffron

public

Police,

Molong.

riders

and in

were

Hill

Christmas

Mr.

are

Chatswood. of Molong, Sergeant

Christmas

Officer

con

school,

Mr.

drivers

That

for

Day

and

Sydney

to their

won

ahd

Drum

vacation

school

Frazer

birth

Swan,

the

were

the

Peak

the

to fair

with

ladies'

son

Wellington.

returned

spending Fairbridge. Receiving

visitors

June

'Johnson

licences

vehicles

and

spending

year.

same

,*-he new

while

one

familiar

State

would

Cit

Mr.

speech

said.

lie

Hamey

and

,his

Les are

his

Club

proved

in with

Sherringham,

Mrs. recent

family.

relatives

Vehicles

issued

that

fact of about

the

'It

arrived

Parents make

speech

unit

total

motor

mere

icance,' yesterday.

and

were

Hill, mond

for

Heffron, during

believe

Mr.

town.

Molong

but

opening,

celebrations,

Motor

been

Minister

the of opening value of great

new

school,

new

the the

yet

ceremony Celebration'

the

and

the

new

For

Sfc__

April.

could

making

fence

tiie

the

'Centenary.

'The

labor

workmen

would

area.

with

together

education

and

completion

the

Mr.

time

New

official that

cerning

best

pupils

'the

has

January

nine

fell

commence

OPENING date

Officials of izens' Association

putting magifi

the

for

Heffron

were

touches

1948

hoped

the

light

resumed

painters

finishing

will in

on registered on Friday

90 LICENCES ISSUED LAST YEAR

down

and

they

Education, will perform week

and

HALL

workmen

Monday,

and

desks, and-

term

definite

fixecT it is

cleaning

the

other

closed

teachers that

first

been

OFFICIAL

gas. is

has

both

painted

remaining

school,

inches

Office.

wet

few

was and euchre party C. ,of' E. arranged by the and on Saturday night, be a very pleasant function,,

dance

Youth

that

first

lottery

with in prize months

together

shared

hurriedly'

are

ney, Mrs.

173

really when

1941

quarter

and

district

was

repaired

last

Harry of

remembered

Drummond,

Stan

Les of and Syd daughter, Shirley visit brief to Mr. and a paid btreet. J. ,of Drummond, Molong with her After three weeks' holiday of Mr. and H. Mrs. Burgess, parents, Dulcie Miss Molong' Street, BurgeBS returned to Sydney at the weekend.

this

already

Post

yesterday.

The

shortly. furniture

buildings.

connec

been

use.

and

the

and

the

would

for

hopeful

are

instal

the

said

old

now

are

and and

installed

school

The

school,

new

for

old

Monday

the

Deasey,

£12,000

ago. Mr.

Molong,

Deasey,

people,

special

wet

another

will

Mrs.

and East

Tom

Mrs.

and other

two

—

were points morning,

Thursday and

forwarded)

completion

classrooms

furniture

installation

Three

Mr.

Mrs.

Kuringai.

beginning have points

the

201 recorded

been

Cen

new

O'Brien

schools

may

the most

the

shortage

the

Mr.

ago finished

etc.,

electricity have

only

time

rooms

and the connection

the

Sydney

pected

Willerding.

would

except

tion

some

completed,

term

from

the

and

OJBrien,

Mr.

before

that

lation

week

owing

but January, materials, labor, other six weeks all1 of work. A

this

job

showed

nearing compleminor only jobs

are

stated

Mr. headmaster, works foreman,

948

month,

finished.

was

first

School

Public

Molong

pupils

the

buildings and practically

tion

the

that

likely

and

Mr.

haye

Molong

Will Since

COMPLETION

Mr.

WET JANUARY?

BUILDINGS NEARING

Talk..

..Town

the

position

diseases would as

sweet

various fruit was

such offset as

skin crops, becom

Please be careful on the roads. Lots of people are drinking heavily at the moment and allowing their wives to drive. Picked up a hitch-hiker the other day, the guy said to me ” I’m glad you stopped, but you do know i could be a serial killer” i said, “what’s the chances of two serial killers in one car” I don’t understand why banks get so upset when you can’t repay a loan. They already knew I had no money when I came to borrow the money. Starting to sweat and feel really sick every time I go to put fuel in my car. I think I might have car owner virus. When I was a kid I could go to the shop with $1 and get crisps, chewing gums, icecream, and a fizzy drink. Nowadays they have CCTV everywhere.

Solutions page 14

QUICK CROSSWORD

REG’S BENCH The Martians have landed on Earth, and in meeting the world leaders, they have an audience with the Pope. The Pope looks at them and asks, "Do you know Jesus?" The Martian replies, "Oh, Jesus? Great guy! He comes and visits our planet twice every year!" The Pope is astonished! It's been close to 2000 years since he was here and we're still waiting on his second coming." The Martian thinks for a moment and says, "Maybe he doesn't like your chocolate." The Pope looks at him and says,"Chocolate?" "Sure! Every year, we gather up all the chocolate from the best manufacturers, and give it to him as a gift because he's such a great guy! What did you do to him when he showed up?"

Across 1 Civil disorder (4) 3 Irish clover (8) 9 Sweetened (7) 10 Belong (3,2) 11 Many times (5) 12 Puzzle (6) 14 Remained (6) 16 Dried plums (6) 19 Emblem (6) 21 Burn fiercely (5) 24 Muggy (5) 25 Left out (7) 26 Seasickness (3,2,3) 27 J ab, nudge (4) Down 1 Answer (8) 2 Should (5) 4 Concealed (6) 5 Civilian dress (5) 6 Low stuffed seat (7) 7 Monarch (4) 8 European country (6) 13 Moved up (8) 15 Very bad (7) 17 Burrowing animal (6)

18 20 22 23

Recess (6) Move (5) Change (5) Pal (4)

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Writer says ties get knotted (8) 6 Final goal? (3) 9 Some regretful bird (5) 10 Being afraid, shaking a finger (7) 11 Midday, and horse is in shape (7) 13 Mark isn't a convert (5) 14 An agreeable chap (33) 15 Someone who carries drink? (6) 18 A composer overdid the central section (5) 20 Pariah is not in shed (7) 21 Literary work, after only half a month, upset everyone (7) 22 Scottish child - one in farm building (5) 23 Melody in the atmosphere (3) 24 One gate's damaged but that was a long time ago (5,3)

WORD SEARCH

Down 2 Contracts for psychiatrists? (7) 3 A New Testament insect (3) 4 Small child taking

railway from footsoldiers (6) 5 Joy ride? (9) 6 I care about Heather (5) 7 Getting worse and needing great reform (12) 8 Pa expanded (12) 12 A flower pleased Louis, perhaps (9) 16 Ripping bits of granite (7)

17 Fruit excessively dull inside (6) 19 Wanderer finally finished being a wanderer (5) 22 Busy buzzer (3)

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15 January 2023 Late of Molong. Devoted and loving husband of Jenny. Loved father of Julie, Allan, Anthony, Catherine, Kim and their partners. Adored grandfather and great grandfather. Loved brother to Paul (deceased) and Lynn.

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UNITING CHURCH Sunday 25 December Molong 8.30 am: TBA Heather Woodhouse 63668218

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St James’ Cudal 1st & 3rd Saturday of the month 9.00am

Communion with Kids Chat (Corner of Wall & Toogong Streets, Cudal)

St Luke’s Manildra 2nd & 4th Saturday of the month 10.00am

Communion with Kids Chat (Packham Dr, Manildra opposite Old Orange Rd)

St Alban’s Toogong 2nd & 4th Sunday of the month 3.00pm

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Communion with Kids Chat (Forbes Street, Toogong - top end)

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Rozzi and Paul, of the Molong Express on behalf of the Molong and district communites would like to send our sincere sympathy and thoughts to the families of Barry Lidster Mrs Godden Lorna Boucher Mrs Mallon Peter Davis Tony Oswald Each were very much loved and respected residents who contributed positively to the greater good of town and district and to the lives of many. May they rest in eternal peace.

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February 2 Molong Men’s Shed meets March 2 Molong Men’s Shed meets April 6 Molong Men’s Shed meets May 4 Molong Men’s Shed meets June 1 Molong Men’s Shed meets July 6 Molong Men’s Shed meets August

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CRICKET TWENTY20 RESULTS Millthorpe's Redmond Oval saw the return of Cricket for the 22/23 season, with the Twenty20 Super Saturday. Match Results: Millthorpe/ Lyndhurst 4 for 149 defeated Cudal / Canowindra 4 for 145 Brettt Cooper the star scoring 88no and then taking 2 for 8. Magpies / Country 3 for 196 defeated Cudal/ Canowindra 8 for 149 Andrew Drady 49, Troy Barrett 36, Chris Beatty 43no (despite wearing a helmet) and Mark Niederle 39 batted well for Magpies/ Country. Gus Cornish 26 and C Butling 29 the standouts for Cudal/Canowindra. Magpies/Country 6 for 168 defeated Millthorpe/ Lyndhurst 8 for 117. Ben Brown the standout scoring 53 with the bat and taking 3 wickets. Jacob Evans also batted well scoring 40. Magpies / Country undefeated. Cudal / Canowindra eliminated. FINAL Magpies/Country V Millthorpe/Lyndhurst

Molong Golf

Saturday 11 February at a venue to be confirmed. The competition proper commences this Saturday 21 January. Lyndhurst V Cudal at Lyndhurst Oval Canowindra v Magpies at Canowindra Country V Millthorpe at Hunter Caldwell Oval. Due to time constraints the competition will play just one round (5 matches, each team play each other once). Due to the extraordinary circumstances thrown at us this season, the executive have decided all six teams will compete in the finals. After meeting with Cabonne Council in December it is highly unlikely any matches will be played at the Rec, Molong this season due to ongoing flood damage issues. The two Molong teams will play their home matches at Hunter Caldwell. The finals format will be the highest ranked team will have a home final.

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Molong Sunday Golf Notes Welcome to another year of jibba-jabba from the Royal Molong golf course where my truth may not be the real truth but hey, I’m the one writing this gibberish so surely it’s ok to embellish the truth for the sake of the story and to make some players cringe. Golf has continued over Christmas and into the New Year. There were about ten participants for a social game on Christmas Eve and the same numbers on New Year’s Day. Sunday 8th January saw sixteen players for a twelve hole two person ambrose event which saw Stubba and Troy as the winners. This is despite both of them putting their tee shots over the fence on the seventh. Scott and the Ghost Walker were runners up. Matt P. also christened Al as dr google because he thinks he knows everything. Sunday 15th January saw eighteen players in a four ball stableford event over twelve holes which seems to be the popular number of holes to play. There were six teams of two players and two teams of three players. The winners were Stubba, Mac and the Ghost Walker and the runners up were Al, Matt P. and Aaron, visiting us from Yeoval. Bruno has played two weeks in a row. I wonder if he can make it three weeks in a row.

Thanks to Paul for cooking the bbq this week and Bell for cutting the onions and buttering the bread. I’d suggest anyone driving up Euchareena Road on a Sunday morning might watch out for wayward golf balls oﬀ the seventh tee. There were quite a few errant shots on Sunday heading over the fence and again Mick Philpott was one of these culprits. The fairways and tees are looking great thanks especially to Dave Campbell. Dave doesn’t play golf so we don’t see him on a Sunday morning to thank him for all his work but we certainly appreciate everything he does. Thanks Dave. Thanks also to Al for mowing some of the fairways whilst Scott has been working on the mower and also repairing sprinkler heads and raking greens. Thanks to Stubba, Bell and Kerry and anyone else for all their work. Golf again on Sunday, 8.30am for 9am. This will be followed by lunch and then the Molong Golf Club Annual General Meeting,1.30pm for 2pm, everyone welcome for both golf and the meeting.

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to 420c/kg and yearling heifers to process were up to 20c cheaper, making from 340c to 390c/kg. Feeder steers were firm, ranging from 355c to 420c and the heifers to feed were 2c better, averaging 366c/kg. The limited supply of weaners returning to the paddock were cheaper, with the steers selling from 390c to 430c and the heifer portion sold from 320c to 407c/kg. Grown steers were back 10c, ranging from 290c to 365c and grown heifers were also cheaper, making from 270c to 350c/ kg. 2 and 3 score cows received from 140c to 268c and heavy prime cows were up to 19c cheaper, reaching 315c, to average 304c/kg. The best heavy weight bull topped at 270c/kg.

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LUNCH : Wed 12 - 2 Sun 12 - 2.30 DINNER : Wed - Sat 5.30-8.30 Great specials and a menu to suit everyone. BAR: Mon Tues 3.00 - 9.00 WED 11.30 - BISTRO Wed 12.30-2.00 9.00 THU 12.00 - 10.00 FRI 12.00 - 11.00 & 5.30-8.30 Thu, Fri, Sat 5.30-8.30 SUN 12-2.30 SAT 11.00 - 10.00 SUN 11.00 - 8.00

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AUCTION

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1344 Amaroo Road, Borenore

Wylandra South’ is superbly located in a blue ribbon location just 13km* to the Orange. Boasting an outstanding 305acres* property with a sense of peace and privacy, ‘Wylandra South’’ offers buyers a chance to secure a top-shelf grazing property in an area known for its fertility, high rainfall & reliability.

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760 Tallwood Road, Forest Reefs

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MOLONG EXPRESS, Thursday 19 January 2022