SMH 20 May 1904
WILLIAM EDWARD ERNEST CONNOR (1872-1960)
Connor Family Bible (in possession of AG Connor)
William Edward Ernest Connor born Jack River Run, Alberton Victoria on 7 May 1872
Australian Birth Index 1787-1922 ()
|Name: |Wm Edward Ernest Connor |
|Father's Name: |George William Connor |
|Mother's Name: |Eliza Newton |
|Birth Place: |Alberton, Victoria |
|Registration Year: |1872 |
|Registration Place: |Victoria |
|Registration number: |6503 |
Public Records Office Vic. Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925. File 11/794
28 Aug 1873
The Last Will and Testament of George William Connor of the Parish of Devon, Farmer – I, George William Connor of the parish of Devon, farmer, being of sound mind but deeply impressed with the uncertainty of human life, desire to declare my last will and testament – I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife, Eliza, one half of the stock on the station known as the ‘Jack Rivulet’ – I also give and bequeath to my said wife Eliza one half of my interest in certain land in the parish of Devon South Gippsland, a hundred and twenty acres or thereabout, selected by me and recommended by a Local Land Board at Palmerston on 15th day of August 1873 and one half interest in certain land in the Parish of West Albert – a hundred and six acres or thereabouts- also selected by me and recommended by the aforesaid Local Land Board held at Palmerston as aforesaid on the 15th day of August 1873. The remaining half of each of the aforesaid selections in the Parish of Devon and in the parish of West Albert respectively I give and bequeath to my beloved Father Thomas James Connor of Alberton South Gippsland. My claim of five hundred pounds on my Policy of Life Insurance number 610 in the Australasian Insurance Company I wish to be disposed of in the following manner. One hundred pounds to be reserved for each of my children George Stanley Newton Connor and William Edward Ernest Connor and a female infant un-named Connor born on the 16th day of August 1873 until they arrive at the age of twenty one years respectively. Provided that in case of the death of one of the said children before the age of twenty-one years the sum reserved shall be equally divided between the survivors or in the case of the death of more than one before the said period, the said sum shall be given to the survivor or of all the children before the age above mentioned the said sum shall be for the use and benefit of my dearly beloved wife Eliza. The said sum of three hundred pounds to be invested in freehold property and the interest thereon to be for the use of my dearly beloved wife Eliza. The remaining portion of the aforesaid five hundred pounds to be used to meet any claim upon the aforesaid life policy and for investment or otherwise for the benefit of my said wife Eliza. It is my desire that the operations upon said land shall be continued until it shall be otherwise determined by all the parties interested. And in the event of any dispute arising in the continuance or otherwise of the operations above mentioned on the aforesaid land the same shall be decided by an arbitration duly appointed. I hereby appoint my dearly beloved wife Eliza to be Executrix and my beloved brother Robert Arthur Henry Connor and my beloved brother in law Alfred John Newton as Executors to this my last will and testament. And in the event of the said Robert Arthur Henry Connor and Alfred John Newton or either of them refusing to act, that my said wife Eliza shall be my sole Executrix. As witness my hand this twenty-eighth day of August in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy three ----- George William Connor Testator Signed by the said George William Connor the Testator in the presence of us present at the same time who in his presence have subscribed our names as witnesses ------- Edward T. Newton Jnr. Cornelia A. Denham --- Sarah F. Connor
[An original duplicate of this will is held by Doreen Connor, passed down from WEE Connor. It has some large brown stains which, according to WEEC, are due to a flood. Considering that GWC made this will on 28th Aug 1873 and died on 7th Sep 1873, he must have been very ill when he wrote it. AGC 26 May 2012].
Death Register 7 Sep 1873 ()
Ernie’s father, George William Connor died at Alberton, Vic. and is buried there.
Gippsland Standard 3 Apr 1884
The school inspector visited Alberton State School - in charge of Mr. J.J. Richardson – on Monday last when a very satisfactory examination took place – the scholars in the fifth class who obtained certificates being ten in number of a possible twelve –namely – Alfred Gregory, Alfred Collis, H. Whitford, Ernest Connor, Wm. Thoburne, Harry Edmund Barry, Maria Moran, Sarah Martin, Elizabeth MacIntosh, and Mary Stanbury. The percentage of 85 was credited to Mr. Richardson as the result of Mr. Hepburn’s examination.
Cricket. Alberton v Port Albert junior teams. Port Albert won.
1st Innings. E. Connor b Bodman 2
2nd Innings. E Connor not out 0
Newspaper cutting (probably the Gippsland Standard, no date) collected by FM Connor (later Ferres) who would have taught WEEC at Alberton.
Wm Connor – 1st Euclid, French, Grammar; 2nd arithmetic, spelling geography, latin, physiology.
The dux of the school is N.J. Downie, W.E. Connor is a very close proxime accessit. Up to the final addition of the total marks it was a matter of indecision as to which boy would rank first. Downie beat his companion by a small fraction in his class places for the year, and by a very few marks in the examination.
The result is, in my opinion, highly creditable to Connor, for he had had no training in what are usually called the extras till he joined the school. The work done by both these boys is very meritorious. While Downie is dux, Connor wins Form IV scholarship. two other boys viz., Albert Walch and James Baxter deserve honorable mention for the excellent work they have done at the school.
Yarram Chronicle 13 May 1890
A serious accident happened last evening in Yarram in the vicinity of Mr. Walsh’s store when two horsemen had a dangerous collision. It appears that Matthew Morris, in the employ of Mr. August, Government Engineer, whose horse he was riding, was proceeding out of the township when the animal took fright at the rumbling of a culvert over which he was passing, bolted and collided with extreme force with Mr. Ernie Connor, a son of Mrs. Connor of Alberton, who was journeying to Alberton. Both horses came violently to the ground, Morris being thrown clear of the struggling animals though receiving a severe bruising and dislocation of his ankle while Connor did not fare so well, the muscles of his right thigh being dislocated, the bone, the doctor says, receiving a compound fracture, besides there being other nasty scalp wounds. Both sufferers were carried to Mr. Kittson’s hotel, where Mr. Davison set the misplaced muscles, the fractures requiring to be left until this morning to receive attention. The accident, bad as it was, might have been much worse and was born with great fortitude on both sides. Mr. August’s horse, a valuable mare, received fatal injuries. The force of the collision will be better understood when it is mentioned that Mr. Morris’s watch was found half a chain away from the scene of the accident and one of his spurs was broken and twisted almost beyond recognition.
Gippsland Standard 14 May 1890
The Chronicle reports a nasty accident on the Yarram road on Monday last, when a spirited mare of Mr. August’s (ridden by Mr. A. Morris) bolted on crossing a culvert, and met another horseman (Mr. E. Connor) in such a manner as to throw the horses and riders violently to the ground. The injuries consist of a twisted ankle in the case of Mr. Morris, whilst young Connor sustained a rather painful straining of the muscles of the thigh. The mare ridden by Mr. Morris was fatally injured in the sudden collision.
Yarram Chronicle 16 May 1890
Accidents have been more than usually rife in the district lately. In our last issue we had to record a serious collision at Yarram between two horsemen, both of whom, we are pleased to be able to state, are doing as well as possible. Mr. Ernie Connor, of course, remains a prisoner to his room until his broken thigh sets properly.
Yarram Chronicle 30 May 1890
We are pleased to learn from Dr. Davison that Mr. Ernie Connor, who has been suffering for some time from a fractured thigh, is able to be up and about on crutches. The doctor hopes in another week or two to see him in his usual form again.
Yarram Chronicle 8 Dec 1891
Yarram v. Alberton
These teams met for the first time this season on Saturday, on the Yarram ground. Both clubs put good strong teams in the field. Alberton winning the toss, decided to bat. The innings, however, was not of long duration, all being disposed of in about a couple of hours, owing to the excellent bowling of John Cotter, Steel and Clark. Morris (who batted well) was the only batsman who reached double figures(13), the innings closing for 42. Owing to a heavy storm raging at the close of the Alberton innings, it was found advisable to postpone the match until next Saturday, when it is to be hoped the weather will be more propitious.
Scores
E. Connor (1) run out 0
Delegate Argus and Border Post 30 Oct 1895
The Cricket Field -
CRAIGIE v. BOMBALA.
The above teams met on ' Our Boys' wicket, Bombala, on Saturday last. The day was very unpleasant for cricket, a strong westerly wind sweeping right across the ground. Mr. A. Bellchambers captained ' Our Boys,' whilst Mr. H. A. Watson did a like service on be
half of Craigie. Bombala. won the toss and sent their opponents to the wickets. J. M'Garrigal opened bowling on Connors from the southern end. One bye, one to Kebby, and Connors wicket fell to the last bowl of the over. 1—0 — 2. Mahoney took the place of Connors, and Kebby sent Beuzeville for 3 off his fifth ball. A maiden over to M'Garrigal, and Beuzeville's first ball of the next over took Mahoney's leg stump. 2 — 0 — 5. Ford came next, and made one off Beauzeville, Kebby 2. Ford two singles, and one more to Kebby, when a splendid catch by P. Jones off M'Garrigal decided his fate.3—7 — 11. One bye, and Ellis who followed, lost his wicket to Beuzeville.4 — 0 — 12. Lawson scored two singles, a
wide added one more, two to Ford, a bye and another to Ford, when Lawson succumbed to Beuzeville. 5 — 2 — 19. McDonald took Lawson's place and Ford scored one, when the former went under to M'Garrigal. 0- — 0 — 20. Watson came next. Ford scored two for an overthrow off Robbie. Watson added two singles, two doubles, and Ford made a boundary hit for 3. Ford one to leg, Watson two for a boundary hit, and Ford two more ,when he was stumped by Bellchambers, the wicket-keep. 7 — 16—37. One to Watson, Feeley one to leg, a single each to Watson and Feeley, two byes, one to Watson, another bye, two to Watson, a single to each batsman, and Feeley was stumped by Bellchambers, 8 — 3 — 49. Dawson replaced Feeley, and slipped M'Garrigal for two, one to Watson, two more to Dawson, and an adjournment was made for dinner. On resuming Watson took strike to M'Garrigal, a maiden over resulting. One to Dawson, one to Watson, and another single to the former; when he went under to M'Garrigal. 9 — 6— 57. Johnson, who followed Dawson, left the score unaltered. 10—0—57. Watson 16 not out. '
S. Connors opened the bowling to Bellchambers,- who hit first ball to long off, Lawson missing a chance, M'Keachie clipped the next for one. Two to M'Keachie, when he was caught by Connors off Mahoney. 1 — 0- — 6. Robbie replaced M'Keachie, and scored two, when Bellchambers succumbed to a yorker from Connors, 2—3 — 8. M'Garrigal followed and soon commenced to make matters lively, in which he was well supported by Hobbie, until the latter was stumped by Ellis, Craigie's wicketkeeper. 3 — 7 — 25. The alteration had no beneficial effect for the visitors. A. Bellchambers replaced Robbie, and in a very short time these two batsmen ran up 16, when Ford secured Bellchamber's wicket. 4—14—41. Whyte was soon disposed of after adding one by an appeal for leg before. M'Garrigal in the meantime adding 14. 5 — 1 — 56.The advent of P. Jones put away all doubt as to the result, this combination refusing to be separated until 79 more had been added, when M'Garrigal caught by Fealey off Ellis. 6 — 70—185.The remainder of the innings was devoid of interest. Beuzeville was secured by Connors after scoring 5. Cooke made ten, when he was caught by Connors off his own bowling. P. Jones was disposed of by a catch off Ford by Connors, when he had increased his score to 48. S. Jones fell a victim to Ford after totting up six, Alexander being not out without scoring. With eleven sundries the total reached 178. . . -With about half-an-hour to call of time Craigie again commenced batting, but in a very dispirited manner, and wicket after wicket fell with striking rapidity, the call of time witnessing the disposal of seven men for 30 runs. The Bombala men should not flatter themselves too much over this victory, however, for M'Garrigal, was the sole trouble. He was known to us before, and being only a recent arrival in Bombala it was not quite the right thing for him to be included, in the Juniors. Without him the result would have been far different, as he was undoubtedly the most difficult bowler Craigie had to meet. Shortly after one o'clock the players adjourned to a sumptuous roast at Reid's Imperial Hotel, provided by the entertaining team.- Mr. A. H. Davis, with his accustomed liberality, presented a case of cordials to the players and the Craigie boys are not likely to forget him when an opportunity presents itself to do him a good turn. Subjoined are the scores
Delegate Argus and Border Post 13 Nov 1895
CRICKET MATCH.
An 'intercolonial' cricket match between teams representing the border districts of Victoria and New South Wales will be played on the Delegate cricket ground on Saturday next. The game should prove a very interesting one, and will no doubt cause a deal of excitement.
The following is the New South Wales team : — Messrs. Kemp, Ford, Stutchbury, Booth, Connor, Kebby, Walcott, Dawson, Watson, Wright, Kiernan, McDonald. The Victorian team may be seen by reference to our Delegate River correspondence.
Delegate Argus and Border Post 21 Nov 1895
The Cricket Field
VICTORIA v NEW SOUTH WALES
A very interesting match between teams representing the respective sides of the border was played on the Delegate wicket on Saturday last. The "intercolonial" match, as it had been styled, created no small amount of excitement, and a fair number of spectators were on the ground. The Victorian team was selected from Bendoc and the vicinity of Delegate River, and New South Wales was represented by players from Delegate and Craigie. While practicing before the commencement of the game Mr. Booth met with a very nasty accident, The ball ran up the handle of the his bat and struck him in the eye with great force, both swelling and discoloring it. The accident, though very painful, was fortunately not serious, and Mr. Booth was afterwards able to join in the match. Messrs Rodwell and Rafter as umpires gave complete satisfaction to the players. Mr. Ellis captained the Victorian team, whilst Mr Connor acted in like capacity on behalf of the New South Welshmen. The spinning of a coin gave the Victorians the choice, the captain sending his opponents to the wickets. The result of the match was a win for Victoria on the first innings by five runs after a keen very keen contest. ............................... Connor the next man sent Armstrong's second ball for 4. Three maiden overs followed, and Connor snicked one to leg. Kemp hit Armstrong into long field for 2, and added another by putting next ball in to slip. One to Connor completed the over. Kemp next sent Mahoney for 2, and Connor got one to leg off Armstrong, Kemp scoring one more off the same bowler. Another maiden to Mahoney, and Mead relieved Armstrong, Connor sending his first ball for 3, and Kemp the next for 1. On the last ball of the over, Connor was caught by James. 3-10-32. Watson came next. A single to each batsman, and ......................................Connor relieved Kemp, and Armstrong scored two braces off his first over. Armstrong hit Ford magnificently for 5, and Foley scored 2 off the same bowler. Armstrong hit Connors for 3, the next ball taking Foley' s wicket. 10-2-107 Victoria was declared the winner on the first innings by five runs, Armstrong carrying his bat through and playing a splendid game for 70. Appended are the scores:- ...............Connor, c James b Mead 10 ...................Foley, b Connor 2 ......................, Connor, 1 1/2 overs, 1 wicket, 7 runs.
Delegate Argus and Border Post 13 Feb 1896
Cricket.
TOMBONG V. DELEGATE.
A match between the above clubs was played on the local wicket last Saturday. The day was warm, and a good number of spectators witnessed the game. Mr. W. H. Wood captained the Delegate team, whilst Mr. W. E. Connor acted in a like capacity on behalf of the visitors. The Rev. G. P. Metcalfe and Mr. T. Rodwell were, appointed umpires, and their decisions were quite satisfactory. The Tombong men were the first to go to the stumps, but the fast wicket and the accurate delivery of Messrs. Ford and Wood proved too much for them, and their last man was disposed of for the trifling score of 15 runs. .Messrs. Kebby and Ford were the first who essayed to uphold the prestige of the local team, but they were not left long together, Ford quickly falling a victim to Tierney ; and Wright, who followed, met with a similar fate. W.H. Wood came next, and the partnership between he and Kebby was not disturbed when an adjournment was made to lunch, the score then having reached 30runs. On resuming play these two batsmen exhibited some good cricket, until the total was raised to 50, when Wood was dismissed by Eppelstun. C. Walcott followed, and added 8, when he was caught by R. Ingram off Nelson. Watson joined Kebby, and another strong partnership was entered into Kebby continuing to play fine and careful cricket. When his score had reached 44, Kebby retired, and at 37 Watson was disposed of by Tierney. The rest of the team made no formidable stand, the innings closing for 136 runs. Tombong's second attempt was a great improvement on the first, Clear 10, Alf. Ingram 13, Tierney 11, and Jas. Eppelstun 10, being the principal scorers. The total for the innings was 75, the local men thus gaining a victory by an innings and 46 runs. Luncheon was provided the players at Toms Northumberland Hotel, where an excellent repast was set before them and duly appreciated. The return match will be played at Tombong on Saturday, 22nd inst. Appended are the scores and bowling analysis of Saturday's play :—. .
TOMBONG. — 1st INNINGS.
W. E. Connor. b Ford ... ... ... 4
F. Nelson, c Ford ... ? 0
J. Tierney, b Wood - ... ... ... 0
Jas. Epplestun. st. Martin, b Wood .. 0
A. H. Wright, c Martin, b Wood ... 2
Alf. Ingram, b Ford ... ... ... 0
E. Clear, o Ford, b Wood .., ... 4
A. Eppelstun., c Hobby, b Wood ... 4
A. Ingram, c Wood, b Ford .. ... 1
E. In ram. not out ... ... ... 0
J. Eppelstun, b Ford ... ... ... 0
Total ...........15
Bowling: Ford, 38 balls, 4 runs, 5 wickets. Wood, 36 bails, 11 runs, 4 wickets.-.
DELEGATE.
T. Ford, b Tierney ... .'..: ... 0
W. Kebby, retired ... ... ... 44
M. Wright, b Tierney ... . .... ... 0
W. H. Wood, b Eppelstun ... ... 28
C. Walcott, c Ingram, b Nelson ... 8
H. A. Watson, b Tierney ... 37
G. Walcott, c and b Connors ... ,.. 1
A. M'Donald, b Tierney ... 7
E. Martin, c Connors b Tierney ... 0
H. A. Wood, not out ... ..-. ... 1
G. Stutchbury, b Tierney ...: .... : 1
Sundries 9 Total ...136
Bowling: J. Tierney, 16 overs, 38 runs, 6wickets; W. E. Connor, 13 overs, 37 runs, 1 wicket; J. Eppelstun, 7 overs, 20 runs, 1wicket; Alf. Ingram, 4 overs, 10 runs, 0wickets; F. Nelson, 2 overs; 14 runs, 1 wicket.
Delegate Argus and Border Post 20 Feb 1896
CRICKET MATCHES. :
The following are requested to be on the ground at Tombong at 11.30 on Saturday :— Ford, Kemp, Watson, Kebby,. C. Walcott, Wright, Martin, Dawson, Wood, Reading, Coote ; emergencies, W. Newton, M'Donald, Stutchbury. On Saturday, 29th inst., Bombala and Delegate meet on the local wicket. The Delegate team will be selected from the following :— Walcott. (2), Wright, Kemp, Watson, Kebby, Armstrong, W. Connor, Ellis, Wood (2), Ford, Martin, Mahony, Pink. Any of the foregoing who cannot play on date mentioned would oblige by communicating, with the secretary.(Mr. C. Dawson) at once.
Delegate Argus and Border Post 27 Feb 1896
DELEGATE v. TOMBONG.
On Saturday last a team representing the Delegate Cricket Club journeyed to Tombong to meet the Tombong C.C. in a return match on their own wicket. The day was very warm until the afternoon, when an extremely cold breeze sprang
up, rendering play somewhat unpleasant. The Tombongites had determined to make the outing an enjoyable one both for cricketers and spectators. A large booth had been built specially for the occasion and proved a great convenience- — an example which the Delegate Club might imitate with advantage. We understand that this was the first match played on the ground, which no doubt accounted to a certain degree for the large number of spectators present; among whom, were a goodly number of ladies, who appeared to evince quite as much interest in the game as members of the sterner sex. Mr. M. Goodman, of Delegate, very generously offered a valuable silver mounted pipe as a trophy to the highest scorer on either side, and this was annexed by Mr. W. E. Connor, of the Tombong team. The game finishing rather early a foot-race was arranged, for which thirteen entries were received, the prize falling to J. Tierney,: who started off scratch. A hop, stop and jump contest was won by A. Ingram from a field of several competitors. At an interval in the game the players adjourned to the booth, where they were treated to a sumptuous dinner, prepared by the ladies of Tombong, who are deserving of the highest encomium for the many palatable dishes set before their guests. After the players had regaled themselves to their fullest satisfaction the spectators were invited to do likewise, and the visiting team were unanimous in the decision that they were never better treated than in the match, on Saturday, and it is thought that there will be very little difficulty experienced in getting the next team together for Tombong. Connor, the Tombong captain-, won the toss from Ford, and sent his opponents to the wickets, Kebby opening up to the bowling of Pink, a new and valuable addition to the Tombong club. In the early part of the innings the team made a rather formidable stand, the second wicket falling with the score at 42, but after this, with the exception of Watson and Martin, the scores were reckoned with one figure, and the innings closed for 93runs of which Kebby contributed 22, Watson 18, and Martin 14. Tombong's innings totalled 69, and as the day was too far advanced for another innings each. Delegate claimed a win on the first by 24 runs. , Connor contributed 39 of the total, although, he gave by no means a faultless display of cricket, several chances being offered and refused. In Jim Eppelstun Tombong has a coming batsman, who will improve with practice. His score on Saturday was certainly not large, but he had something rather difficult to contend with in playing the bowling of Ford and Wright. Below are the scores and bowling analysis :-
DELEGATE
W. S. Hobby, c Connor b Pink ... 22
C. Walcott, c Pink b Rankin .... .6
H. A. Wood, b Pink' .............9
T. Ford, c E, Ingram, b Tierney ..-. 1
A. M. Wright, b Tierney '... ... 0
W.H.F Kemp, b Tierney ... ...8
H. A. Watson, b Pink..... 18
G Dawson, b Pink.............3
R. Martin, c Connor, b Pink .......... 14
R. Reading, b Pink.............. 0
J. Coote, not out.............0
Sundries.............. 12
Total. ..... ..93
Bowling analysis.— ........................ Connor, 6 overs, 18 runs, 0 wickets.
TOMBONG
W. E. Connor, b Wright; ... ... 39
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Delegate Argus and Border Post 5 Mar 1896
Cricket.
BOMBALA v. DELEGATE.
A match, Bombala v. Delegate District, was played on the local wicket on Saturday. Delegate were first to go to the wickets, Armstrong and Connor opening the batting. These two men formed strong combination, and the partnership was not dissolved until 61 runs had been subscribed. The total of the inning was114, of which W. E. Connor contributed38, W. Armstrong 28, W. Pink and S. Connor 11 each. M'Garrigal was most successful with the ball, and his inclusion proved a tower of strength to the visiting team, five wickets falling to his credit for the small cost of 14 runs. Hyde and Beuzeville secured three and two wickets respectively. The result of Bombala's innings was 91 runs, Hyde 21, Chapman 17, Jonas 14, and Merritfield 11, being the principal scorers. Ford and Pink did the lion's share of the bowling, and were successful in capturing four and three wickets respectively for an average of 10 runs each S. Connor was put on at the close of the innings, and secured two wickets for four balls without the expense of a single run. Delegate again took the wickets and nine men were disposed of, the last man being absent for 62 runs. Armstrong 18,Watson 15, and Pink 10, being the principal scorers. The Delegate men only went to the wickets in a half-hearted fashion, as they considered the game over, otherwise a batter stand might have been made. Connor, who secured top score in the first innings, went in last and came out without a strike. Time was now called, and the match was decided in favor of Delegate on the first innings, who thus secured a victory by 24 runs. The players were treated to in excellent repast at Rafter's Commercial Hotel at an interval in the game.: Appended are the scores :—
Delegate. First Innings.
W. Armstrong, c Reid, b Beuzeville ,28
W. Connor, c M'Garrigal, b Beuzeville 33
W.Pink, b M'Garrigal...11
W. Kebby, c Beuzeville b M'Garrigal..0
W.H Kemp, c M'Garrigal b Hyde 7
H A Watson b M'Garrigal 5
S. Connor, b Hyde.....11
G H Ellis, not out . 5
D. J. Mahony, c Halliday, b Hyde 0
H. A, Wood, l.b.w., b M'Garrigal 0
T, Ford, 0 Reid, b M'Garrigal 4
Sundries 10
Total ' .. 114
BOMBALA.
Starey, b Ford . . 1
E. Chapman, c S. Connor, b Pink... .17
J. MGarrigol, b Ford . 8
Halliday, c Mahony, b Ford .. 1
F Hyde b Ford . .... 21
J Hobbie, b Pink .....8
W. Whyte, b Pink ,...0
J. Reid, c W. E Connor, b Armstrong 9
Dr. Merrifield, c Amstrong, b S. Connor 11
P. Jonas, c Kebby b S. Connor 14
J. Beuzeville, not out . ' .. 0
Total. ; 91
DELEGATE. (Second Innings.
T. Ford, c Watson, b M'Garrigal ...0
W S. Kebby, b Halliday .. .4
W. Pink, b M'Garrigal . . ,.10
W. H Kemp, b M'Garrigal . . .. 3
G B. Ellis, b Halliday . 0
D J Mahoney, c Beuzeville, b Halliday 5
S, Connor c Beuzeville, b Halliday 0
W. Armstrong,. c Ford, b Chapman 18
H A Watson, b Chapman.....15
W E. Connor, not out ...0
H. A. Wood, absent... . 0
Byes 9
Total .,..62
No match is arranged for Saturday next, but the following Saturday Craigie and 'Our Boys' will try conclusions at Craigie. The following is the Craigie team: — -Armstrong, Ellis, Ford, Connor, Kebby, Walcott (2), Wright, Watson, Dawson, Lawson
Delegate Argus and Border Post 12 Mar 1896
Cricket Match
Craigie and 'Our Boys' meet at Craigie Saturday. the following players have been selected to represent Craigie, and are requested to be at the ground, at the rear of public school, at 11 o'clock sharp : Messrs. Ford, Dawson, Wood, Kebby, Armstrong, Ellis, Pink, Walcott (2),Wright, Watson, Connor (12) Lawson(13.)
Delegate Argus and Border Post 19 Mar 1896
CRICKET,
Tombong and Delegate meet on the local wicket on Saturday. The following teams are requested to be on the ground not later than 11 o'clock: — Tombong :Tierney, Connor, Eppelstun (2), Nelson, Wright, Pink, Clear, Walcott, Ingram(2)Delegate : Ford, Kemp, Wood(2), Watson, McDonald, Stutchbury, Martin, Kebby, Dawson, Reading ; emergencies, Keating, Coote.
Delegate Argus and Border Post 26 Mar 1896
The Cricket Field
TOMBONG v. DELEGATE
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The above teams played their third match this season on the Delegate wicket on Saturday, and the game again resulted in a victory for the local men. To the credit of the 'Tombongites' it must be said that they know how to take a defeat, and they come up smiling again every time. Mr. W. H. Wood captained the Delegate team, and Mr. W. E. Connor did a like service for their opponents; whilst Messrs. Rodwell and Newton gave general satisfaction as umpires.
Delegate were at the wickets,; and succeeded in putting together a total of 139 runs before the last' man was disposed of . Of this number Ford contributed 33, H.A. Wood 30, Kebby 27,and Watson 11. Connor was a great success with the ball, but Pink was considerably below his form of a few Saturday's ago. Three other men were tried but they failed to capture a wicket. Tombong's innings opened very inauspiciously, as Connor was very smartly caught by Kebby off Wood without scoring. Jim Eppelstun followed, but was not successful in making a stand. Nelson then joined Pink, and a strong partnership was entered into. The innings closed for 84 runs, of which total Pink contributed 45, and Nelson 33. Owing to an accident to his foot Ford was unable to do his usual share of the bowling, and he had to be relieved after delivering two overs. Watson and Wood were, however, equal to the occasion, as a reference to the bowling analysis will show.
At an interval in the game, an adjournment was made to the Commercial Hotel for lunch where Mrs J Rafter had prepared an excellent dinner for the players which they thoroughly appreciated. Appended are the scores and bowling analysis: —
DELEGATE
W.H. Wood, c Tierney b Pink 4
W.S. Kebby, b Connor 27
A McDonald, b Connor 1
T. Ford, b Connor 38
H. A. Wood, b Connor 30
H. A. Watson, b Connor 11
E. Martin, 'run out 6
J. Coote, c and b Connor 0
G. Stutchbury, ,c. Ingram, b Connor 7
R. Reading, not out 7
C. Dawson, c and b Connor 0
Sundries 13
Total 139
Bowling analysis: W.E. Connor, 20.5 overs,42 runs, 8 wickets; W. Pink, 19 overs, 54 runs,1 wicket; J. Tierney, 11 overs, 17 runs; J. Eppelstun, 2 overs, 2 runs; F. Nelson, 2 overs9 runs, 0 wickets. TOMBONG
W. E. Connor, c Kebby b Wood 0
W. Pink, b Watson 45
Jas Epplestun, c Kebby. b Ford 2
F. Nelson, b Wood 33
J. Tierney, b Watson 0
E. Clear, b Wood 0
A Ingram, b Watson 3
R. Ingram, not out 0
Jno Epplestun, hit wicket 1
Sundries 1
Total 84
Delegate Argus and Border Post 23 Apr 1896
CRICKET MATCH.
The return match, Tombong v. Delegate, will be played at Tombong on Saturday. The following team, who will represent Delegate, are requested to be on the ground at' 11 o'clock sharp, at which hour play commences :— Messrs. Wood(2). Reading, Martin, Dawson-, Kebby, Stutchbury, Watson, C. Walcott, Coote, McDonald, Ford. Any of the above who may be unable to make it convenient to be present, will kindly communicate with the secretary (Mr, C. Dawson). On
the occasion of the last match played at Tombong between these teams, Mr. Goodman gave a sliver mounted pipe to the highest scorer on either side, which was appropriated by Mr. W. E. Connor, but as he is not one of those who find solace in the fragrant weed, Mr. Goodman substituted it with a splendid cane-handled bat, of the value of 80s.
Delegate Argus and Border Post 8 Oct 1896
CRICKET MATCH.
The opening match of the season will be played on the local wicket on Saturday next between the Delegate and Tombong clubs. Any member of the local team who may not be able to play will kindly communicate with the Secretary before the date of the match. The following teams have been selected :- Delegate: Wood, Dawson. Reading, Schneider, Oliver, Stutchbury, Martin, Kebby, Kemp, Ford, Coote, McManus. Tombong: Tierney, Ingram, (3), Connor, Jonas, Eppelstun (3),Clear, Nelson ; emergencies, A. H. Wright, R. McKay, E. Tierney and E. Ingram.
Delegate Argus and Border Post 15 Oct 1896
CRICKET MATCH. On Saturday next the following Craigie and Delegate teams meet on the local wicket :—Craigie : Watson, Jackson, Walcott (2), Wright, Connor, Newton, Germaine, Johnson, Parker, May, Lawson(12); Delegate: Kemp, Wood, Ford, Martin, Reading, Kebby, Schneider, Ellis, Dawson, McManus, Keating ; emergencies T. Oliver (Church Creek), T. Oliver, (Delegate). The members of the local team are requested to be on the ground not later than 11 o'clock.
Delegate Argus and Border Post 7 Jan 1897
CONCERT AND LECTURE.
Mr. Hunter's lecture proved a wholesome treat to a large and attentive audience of close on 200 people. The lecture, as announced, was preceded by a short concert, which was opened by an overture by Miss Berthon, whose soft, sympathetic touch was very much appreciated in the accompaniment to the more descriptive portions of Mr. Hunter's lecture. This was a happy thought of Mr. Hunter's for this young lady's selection of appropriate music lent a further charm to the discourse. Mr. E. Connor, in good voice, sang' The Good Rhein Wine'-; after which a ................
Delegate Argus and Border Post 11 Feb 1897
CRICKET
The match. 11 v 16, arranged for Saturday last, did not eventuate. A scratch match between teams picked by Mr. W.H. Wood and Mr. T. Ford were played in its stead. Mr; Wood's team put togotlior132 ,the principal scorers being — Ellis, 47*H. A. Wood, 31, and W, H. Wood, 21
Mr. Ford's team was disposed of for 59of which Kebby contributed 29, and Harvey 10. A match Government Service v Delegate is arranged for Saturday on the local wicket. The following players represent Delegate:- Kemp, W.H. Wood, A. Wood, T. Ford, E. Connor, R. Martin ....................
Delegate Argus and Border Post 4 Mar 1897
The Cricket Field. Bombala v. Combined Eleven
A match between a combined team (representing Delegate and Bendoc) and Bombala, was played on the local wicket on Saturday last. The day was beautifully fine and warm, in fact an ideal cricket day, and that more than ordinary interest was centred in the game, was evident from the number who visited the ground during the afternoon to witness it. The total absence of shade of any description was very much felt, and it is to be regretted that arrangements cannot be made for an awning of some description which would make it much more comfortable for both players and spectators. As it is, they have to sit and shiver in the, cold, or bake in the sun, as the case may be. The grounds are very' prettily situated, and are capable of being made into a first class cricket oval, but the Government cannot be prevailed upon to grant it for a Recreation. ground, otherwise the condition of affairs would probably be totally different. Mr.. F, A. Halliday captained the visitors, while Mr. W. Armstrong acted in a like capacity for the combined team. Mr. R Martin and Mr. Reid officiated as umpires, the latter being relieved during the afternoon by Mr. W.R. Newton (an old veteran of the game.)Bombala won the toss and decided to bat, Messrs Hyde and Stacey being the first who assayed to uphold the prestige of the Bombala team, but they were not destined to remain long together, as Stacey was smartly caught by Mahony after making 7. Halliday then joined Hyde and a good display of cricket was looked forward to, but it did not result as after putting together 5 Halliday was caught and bowled by Ford. Connor followed, 'but' his stay was only short, a well pitched ball from Armstrong finding its way among his timbers. Mahoney then went to the rescue, and he and Hyde made things merry for a time, but the latter was eventually bowled by Ford after a splendid innings for 41, during which some good cricket was displayed. An Adjournment was then made for lunch. On resuming play Telfer joined Mahoney and the partnership remained undisturbed for a considerable time during which runs came quickly, the latter finally falling victim to Ford, after making a magnificent score of 49, Telfer, by dint of good cricket, putting together 43 before he was disposed of. The balance of the wickets fell for a innings closing for 180. After a short interval, the combined team took the wickets, Armstrong and Kebby being the first to go forward to do battle in the honor and glory of Croajin golong and Delegate, but they were not long in coalition, Kebby's wicket being secured by Halliday before he had succeeded in making a score. Kemp followed but fell victim to a 'full pitcher ' from Mahoney, after placing 8 to his credit. H. A. Wood then joined Armstrong, but after adding 6 to the score was bowled by Telfer. Ellis and W.H. Wood came next in order, the former being disposed of for 4, the latter failing to score. Watson then sallied forth to endeavour to uphold the reputation of the combined team, but he was not destined to remain long at the wickets, being clean bowled by Telfer for 4.
Delegate Argus and Border Post 1 Apr 1897
CRICKET.
A match between the Tombong and Delegate teams was played on the local wicket on Saturday last, and resulted in a victory for Tombong, the total scores being— Tombong, 125, Delegate 90. The principal scorers on the Tombong side were Connor, -who made something over half a century, Nelson, W. H. Wood, and Jas Eppelstun. For Delegate. Mahony, Kemp and Booth were the highest scorers. Connor and Wood were the most successful with the ball for Tombong, and Mahoney, Kemp and Kebby for Delegate. We are unable to give the individual scores. They were kept in the Tombong scoring book and being away from town when the match was played, we were unable to procure them, owing to the Tombong team having taken their scoring book with them. The following players will represent Delegate in the match against Bombala, at the latter place, on Saturday next : — Armstrong, Ellis, Kebby, W. H. Wood, Ford, Kemp, Leahy, Connor, Watson, M. Wright, Martin.
Delegate Argus and Border Post 29 Apr 1897
Cricket
The return match, Delegate v. Tombong, was played on the latter's wicket on Saturday last, and was decided on the first innings in favor of Tombong. The principal scorers for Tombong in the first innings were — Nelson 47, and G. Walcott 20 ; in the second innings Nelson 32 not out, Walcott 17, and Connor 16. On the Delegate side the highest scorers were Ford 16, Reading 14, Crawford13, and Wood 10. An excellent luncheon was provided on the ground. Appended are the scores :—Tombong — lst Innings
E. Connor, b Ford ... ... ...1
F. Nelson, b Ford 47
G. Walcott, b Ford 20
Jas. Eppelstun, c Harvey, b Reading 7
R. Ingram. b English 11
A. Wright, b English . 1
A. Ingram, b English 1
W. Hollard, b Ford 8
B. M'Kay, c and b English . 0
Jno Eppelstun, c and b English 0
A- Eppelstun, not-out 0
Byes ...6
Total 97
Delegate
T. Ford, .b Nelson . 16
R. Martin, run out - ... 3
H. English, b Nelson . 8
A. Wood, c Eppelstun, b Ingram ... 10
A. O. Harvey, b Nelson 0
G. Stutchbury, c and b Connor 3
R. Reading, b Ingram 14
W. M'Donald, c and b Connor 5
J Crawford, b Ingram 18
S. Martin, b Ingram 5
E. Clear, not out . 1
Byes 4
Total 76
TOMBONG — 2nd Innings.
A. Eppelstun, b English 8
E. Connor, b English 16
Walcott, c Wood, b Ford ... . ... ,17
Jno- Eppelstun, b English 0'
E. McKay, b Ford 0
A. Ingram, c Harvey, b Ford 0
F. Nelson, not out ..: ... ...82
W. Hollard, c Reading, b Harvey 2
A. Wright, b Harvey . 0-
Jas. Eppelstun, b Harvey 0
E. Ingram, b Harvey 1
Byes . &;
Total 76
Delegate Argus and Border Post 28 Oct 1897
Bombala Items.
(From our Correspondent.)TUESDAY.
A cricket match between a team picked by Mr. W. R. Newton, from the country, and the Bombala Cricket Club was played on the Recreation Ground on Saturday last. The local team were first to bat, and were disposed of for 69 runs, the country team succeeding in putting together 70 runs. As time did not permit of the game being played out, it was decided on the first innings, the country being declared the victors by one run. Messrs Art Jonas, D. J. Mahoney, and S Connor were the most disastrous with the ball for the country team, and Messrs. Mahonoy, Telfer, and Halliday for the local team. The visitors were entertained at a luncheon at the Imperial Hotel. Appended are the scores-: —
Town — First Innings.
W. Mahoney. c Armstrong, b Connor ... 8
J. B. Telfer, c S. Connor, b Jonas 23
F A. Halliday, c Mahony, b Jonas ... 12
K. H. Cook, c Ford, b Jonas. 6
A. E. Earle, b Mahony ., 5
J Beuzeville, run out ... 0
P. Jones, b Mahony ..: ... 1,
A. M'Keachie, run out ... 1'
— Jones, c Madden, b Connor ... ' ... 8
L. Moran, b Connor .... 6
W. Bellechambers, not out ... ...7
Sundries ... ...;.. 7
Total ... 69
Country — First Innings.
W. Armstrong, b Telfer .. ... ... 9
W. Leahy, b Mahoney ... '.. ... 1
T. Ford, b Telfer .... .....10
W.T. Edwards, b Mahoney... ...' ... 6
E. Connor, b Telfer ...- ... ... . ..:1
D. J. Mahony, c Halliday, b Telfer ' ... 1
A. Mahoney, not out ... ... ... 21
S Connor, b Mahoney ... ..... 16
Madden, b Halliday 3
Smith, b Halliday... ... ..... ... 0
A. Jonas, c M'Keachie, b Halliday ... 0
Sundries ... 3 .
Total ... ... ... ... 70
Town— Second Innings.
Mahonoy, c Armstrong b Connor .4
Bellechambers, c Smith. b Jonas 54
Telfer, c Leahy b E. Connor ... ... 23
Halliday, not out ... 12 Sundries 6
Total, 3 wickets for 97
Delegate Argus and Border Post 9 Dec 1897
Cricket
VICTORIAN NATIVES V. BOMBALA.
A one innings match between eleven Victorian natives and eleven of Bombala was played on the Delegate wicket on Saturday last, and resulted in a very close and exciting contest, Bombala, just scoring a victory by four runs, for which credit must be given to the aboriginal
George, who managed to pull them out of the fire. The Victorians opened play, W. Armstrong. and E. Connor taking the wickets, to the bowling of Mahoney and Hyde, and succeeded in putting together_11 and- 14 respectively before they were disposed of. Ford and S. Connor succeeded Armstrong and E. Connor, and put together 23 and 13 before retiring. The balance of the team only made small scores. At the conclusion of the innings of the Victorian an adjournment was made for lunch. On resuming play the Bombala men took the wickets; Hyde and Telfer being first to bat, Telfer being bowled by S. Connor after making 0.Cook then joined Hyde, and after some good cricket Hyde, who had put together21 was given out 'leg before'. Mahoney replaced Hyde, and a good stand was made, Cook eventually being bowled by Armstrong, after making 14 ; Mahoney after adding 17, being caught by Armstrong. At this, stage a rot set in, and the next five wickets fell for 4 run. The 'dark, 'en' then joined Dunne and they, with the assistance of a few byes succeeded, in totting the score up to 79, when Dunne's wicket was taken. Hyde was most successful with the ball for Bombala and Ford for Victoria, each securing six wickets. The fielding of the Bombala men was good all round, while that of some of the Victorian was somewhat faulty. The Bombala team were entertained at a luncheon at Rafter's hotel, the spread being got up in first class style. Appended are the scores : — Victorian Natives.'
Armstrong, ct Cook, b Mahoney ... 11
E. Connor, b Hyde ... ... .-...14
Logdo (u ), b Hyde, b Mahoney ... 0
A. Juken, b Hyde ... ... ... 1
T. Ford, b Hyde... ... ... ...23
S. Connor, b Hyde ... 18
S. H. Wood, b Hyde ... 1
D. M' Donald, b Telfer .-. 8
C. Hamilton, c Mahoney. b Hyde ... 8
P. Foley, ran out ... 4
D. J. Mahony, not out ... ... '.. 1 '
Byes 1
Total ... 75
Bombala. W. F Hyde, l.b.w, b Mahony 21
J. B. Telfer, b S. Connor 5
R. H. Cook, b Armstrong 14,
W. Mahoney, c Armstrong, b Ford ... 17
Dr. Merrifield, b Ford 0
A. E. Earle, c Mahony, b Armstrong... 8
W. A. Dovers, c Logan, b Ford '... 1
L Moran, b Ford 0
J. Beuzeville. b Ford 0
J. Dunne, b Ford .. 2
George (a.), not out 5 .
Sundries 11
Total... ... 79
Delegate Argus and Border Post 30 Dec 1897
CRICKET.
A match, Tombong v. Delegate will be played on the local wicket on Saturday (New Years Day,) The following players will represent Tombong : — G. Walcott C Walcott, M, Wright, E. Connor, J. Tierney, A. Ingram. R. Ingram, Jas. Eppleston, J. Eppleston, R. McKay, F. Nelson. Emergencies, A. Eppleston, E. Clear. Delegate team will be selected from the following :— Chas Walcott, H. Watson, W. H. F. Kemp, T. Ford, James-Crawford, M. Keating, R. Reading, Logan, (a), W. H. Wood, E. Booth, Billy Monday. A. McDonald.
Delegate Argus and Border Post 30 Dec 1897
Bega District Jockey Club
The following are the acceptances for Opening Handicap, Bega Cup, Brush Hurdle Race and Town Plate, to be run off by the above club on the 1st and 3rdJanuary:— :. Opening Handicap — 6furlongs.
Bega Cup — 1 1/4 mile.;
E. Connor's ch g Hereward, 4yrs 7
Town Plate— Once round the course,
E Connor's ch g Hereward, 4yrs 7 1
Delegate Argus and Border Post 6 Jan 1898
Cricket
A match Tombong v. Delegate, was played on the, latter's wicket on Saturday last (New Year's Day), and resulted in a victory for Tombong by 28 runs. The Delegate team was a patched-up one, and very little interest was apparently felt in the game, as some of those who took part in the match in the early part of the day failed to put in an appearance after lunch, while others waited until it was half over before again putting in an appearance on the scene. Some very good scores were put together, the highest for Delegate being — T. Ford64, H. A. Watson 25 ; and for Tombong, F. Nelson 60, E. Connor 80, C. Walcott12. In bowling Ford and Howe secured an equal number of wickets for Delegate, while E. Connor was the most successful for Tombong. Appended are the scores:—
DELEGATE.
F. Lowater, b Connor 1
Logan (a), c and b Connor . 1
T. Ford, c Ingram b Connor 64
H A. Watson, b J Eppelstun 25
F Crawford, b Connor 2
A M'Donald, b Tierney 1
P. Howe, c Nelson, b Eppelstun 7
J. Coote, not out .. ' .. 2
B. Hardaker, b Connor . . 8
J Crawford, run out - 0.
— Barton, b Connor .. 0
Sundries . 6
Total ..: 107
TOMBONG.
E. Connor, c Howe, b Ford , 80
F. Nelson. b Ford , 60
G. Walcott, thrown out 3
M. Wright, b Ford 1.
C. Walcott. run out 12
J. Tierney, b Howe . ; 4
R. Ingram, 6 Howe '. ,11
Jas Eppelstun, not out 10
A Ingram, b Howe 1,
John Eppelstun. b Howe . 0
R. M'Kay. b Ford 2
Sundries . 1
Total 135
Delegate Argus and Border Post 3 Mar 1898
Delegate River:
(From our Correspondent.)
The Tombong cricketers, twice defeated but not dismayed, rolled up here on Saturday last, and had the pleasure of giving their opponents a gruelling. As time would not permit tho two innings to be played out, it was decided on the first in favor of Tombong. For the home team the Rev. Mr. Blamires by steady and consistent play, put together 40 in the first innings and 31 in the second, the only other players making double figures being E. Allen 14 and L. Quinn 10. For Tombong the Rev. Father Norris played a faultless innings for 38, the next highest scorers being W. E. Connor 21, W. Jones 14, and F. Nelson 13. The visitors were treated to a first-class lunch by the Delegate River team. Mr. J. Tierney acted as captain for Tombong and Mr. Blamires for Delegate River. The following are the scores:—
DELEGATE RIVER — 1st Innings.
D. McDonald, b Alf. Ingram-... ... 0
S. Mead, b Alf. Ingram ... ... 1
Rev. Blamires not out ... ...... ...40
S. H. Wood .b Alf. Ingram- .... .... 0
E. Allen, b Alf. Ingram.... ... . ..0
A. Simpson, b Alf. Ingram...... 0
P. D. Foley, b E. Connor. . .. ...3
Arch. M'Donald, b Alf. Ingram ..., 0
P. J. Foley, b Alf. Ingram ...- . ...0
L. Quinn, b Jas. Eppelstun .... ... 10
J. Crawford, b Jas. Eppelstun... ..,. 0
Sundries ... ... ...... ... 5
Total ... ... ... ... 59
TOMBONG— 1st Innings.
W.E. Connor, b P.D. Foley ...........21
F. Nelson, c Allen b Mead ...............13
Jas. Eppelstun, c P Foley, b Wood.. 2
R. Ingram, b P. D Foley ............5
J. Tierney, run out ......1
Alf. Ingram, b P. D. Foley ...............0
John Eppelstun, b Wood ............7
E. Ingram, c and b Blamires ...........4
Rev. Father Norris, not out .......38
Art. Ingram, c and b Blamires ...........0
W. Jones, run our ...........14
Sundries .......9
Total ...............................114
DELEGATE RIVER-— 2nd Innings
S. H. Wood, b Connor ... ........0
L. Quinn, st Nelson ............4
A M'Donald, b. Alf Ingram ... .9
D. M'Donald, c Tierney, b Connor ..1
Rev Blamires, c Robt Ingram, b Alf.Ingram ............................31
P D. Foley, b Alf. Ingram ................0
E. Allen, not out , . .....14
P. J Foley; not out .........................1
Sundries .............4
Six wickets for ...................64
Delegate Argus and Border Post 17 Mar 1898
Cricket
A match, Delegate v. Tombong, was played on Saturday last, on the local wicket, the resulted in victory, on the first innings for Tombong. In their first innings Delegate made 54, Ford 19, Kemp11, Lowater 11 being the principal scores.
Tombong in their first innings succeeded in putting together 95, of which G. Walcott contributed 24, Art Ingram 13, A.M. Wright 10 and E. Connor 9. In the hope of being able to play the match out, Delegate closed their second innings for 99, with the loss of seven wickets, the highest scorers being Ford 23, Kemp 20,Mahoney 18, A. McDonald 17, English 10.Tombong, however, made a much better stand than was anticipated, losing 3 wickets for 42, Connor contributing 24, and as it was now time to draw stumps the match had to be decided on the first innings in Tombong's favour. The Tombong team showed a marked improvement both in batting and fielding, while the want of practice was very discernible in the Delegate men, who, with a few exceptions, fielded anything but up to the mark; For Delegate, Ford was the most successful with the ball, while for Tombong, Alf Ingram and E Connor divide honors. Appended are the scores: .........
Delegate Argus and Border Post 23 Mar 1899
CRICKET.— The team to play against Bombala on Saturday will be selected from the following:— -G, McDonald, Kelly, S. Wood, Mahoney, Armstrong, Ford, Ashby, H. A. Wood, Jeffreys, Connors, A. McDonald and Kemp. Play to commence at 10.30 sharp
Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser 24 Mar 1899
Bombala Exhibition Society
22nd ANNUAL SHOW.
After much hesitation by the committee, and much speculation by the public as to whether or not the committee would muster sufficient courage to hold the show in the face of such a
wretched, and disheartening season, the Bombala Exhibition Society has held its twenty second annual show.................
The sheep dog trial was not a success as only two dogs entered, and
their working was none too good. The prize was won by Mr. E. Connor's dog.
Herald 25 Mar 1899 and 30 Mar 1899
BOMBALA SHOW
The sheep dog trials were won by Ernest Connor’s ‘Jack’.
Delegate Argus and Border Post 28 Sep 1899
Cricket.— The following have been selected to represent the Delegate Cricket Club in-a match against Tombong Cricket Club, at Delegate, on Saturday next. Players are requested to attend on-ground punctually at 11 o'clock :— Delegate team.— A H, Jeffreys, A. E. Ashdown, T. Ford, A. McDonald, A. J. Ashby, J. R.Gray. W.E. Newton, H. A. Watson, D. J. Mahony, G. J. Johnson, R. Reading. Emer: E. Allen, G. Stutchbury, S. Martin. Tombong team.-JA. Eppelstun, J.P. Smith, A. Ingram, R, Ingram, Jas. Eppelstun, Jno. Eppelstun, R. McKay, A. M. Wright, E. Clear, G. Walcott, E. Connor. Emergencies: J. B. English, E. Ingram, A. Wood.
Delegate Argus 12 Oct 1899
Cricket. — The following players have been selected to represent Delegate in the match against Tombong on Saturday next, on the Delegate wicket : — Messrs. T. Ford, A. J. Ashby. J. B. Gray, W. E. Newton, A. H. Jeffreys, W. H. Kemp, A. M'Donald, R.J Heading, G. J. Johnson, EA. Ashdown, F. Lowater ; emergencies A. M. Wright, B. Hardaker, C. E Walcott, G. Stutchbury. Tombong Team :Messrs. Alf. Ingram, R. Ingram, Jas.Eppelstun, Jno. Eppelstun, Alf Eppelstun, E. Ingram, E. Clear, E, Connor, A. Wood, G. Walcott, J. P. Smith ; emergencies, R. M'Kay, J. B. English, A. Sellars. Play will commence at 11o'clock sharp.
Bombala 23 Feb 1900
Cricket.
NIMITYBELLE v BOMBALA.
This match was played on the Recreation Oval on Saturday afternoon last; and won by the Bombala team by 97 runs. -The Nimitybelle bowling was weak and Bombala rattled up 231 runs, one of the biggest scores made on the local ground, Cook topping the score with 56 runs by free batting. The Nimitybelle team succeeded in putting up 134 runs, of which Rankin made 42 not out, and Richards 39. Below the scores: —
Bombala.— First Innings.
Connor, run out 34 Hyde, c Rankin, b Jardine .. .. 3 Speer, c Moran, b D. Rankin ., . . 18Norris, c Rankin, b Kennedy ., ... .36Jones, c Rankin, b Richards .. ., .24 Cook, c Rankin. b Richards .. .. .56 Thompson, b Richards .. .35 Forsythe, c Rankin, b Jardine ., .. 1 Fealy, b Richards.. ... ., ., 3Younger, b Richards,; . . ... 3Rampling, not out. . . .. .. 7Sundries., .. .. .-. ,. ' 11 |Total , 231
Nimitybelle. — First Innings.
Leahy, b Forsythe ' ... ,, 14Binstadt, c Norris, b Hyde .. ,. 8.Richards, b Thompson . ; . . . , -39 S. Rankin, not out .. . .. .. 42Jardine, b Thompson-. 5D. Rankin, b Connor .. ., ,.8 O. E. Silk, b Hyde ... . .. .. 1L. Moran, c and b Thompson .. 13' T. Rankin, c Hyde, b Thompson ' . 0'Kennedy, b Jones., .. 0 F. McDonald, c Speer, b Jones.'. . 7Sundries -.. 2' Total ... '... 134
Bombala Times 2 Mar 1900
Cricket.
BOMBALA v. BIBBENLUKE.
The above, match was played on the Bibbenluke ground on Saturday last and ended in an easy win for Bombala by 68 runs. Below are the scores :-
BOMDALA. First Innings.
Hyde, c P. Binstadt b C. Binstadt ..14
Connor, c and b Parkinson ... .. 7
Speer, c Piesley, b C. Binstadt . . . . 7
Jones, c Ryan, b P. Binstadt .. . . 11
Cook, c L. Thomas, b Parkinson 35
Thompson, b L, Thomas.. . ... . . 4
L. Moran, c Greer, b P. Binstadt . . 0
Hegarty, run out ... 1
Feely, run out 4
Stewart, not out. .. . 20
Armstrong, c Parkinson, b
C. Thomas.. .5
Sundries .. .. 1
Total........... 109
BlBBENLUKE. First Innings
Ryan, b Thompson .. .. .7
Parkinson; b Hyde - ....0
P. Binstadt, b Thompson.....7
C. Thomas, c Hegarty b Thompson . .2
A. Maloney, c Connor, b Thompson....3
Piesley; b Thompson.... 12
A. Thomas, l.b.w., b Thompson:... 5
H. Greer, run out......10
A. Thomas, b Thompson.,. ... .3
C. Binstadt, b Thompson.............2
James, not out . . .0
Sundries .....0
Total...51
BOMBALA Second innings
F. Hyde, b Parkinson....0
Stewart, b Parkinson..16
Feely, l.b.w., b Greer . 8
Hegarty, l.b.w. Binstadt.... 67
Speer, c Greer, b Piesley, ... . 39
Moran. c Parkinson, b P. Binstadt , . . 0,
Connors, not out ........... 43
Cook, not out .........18
Sundries .. . 3' Six wickets for' . . ... 195
Bombala Times 9 Mar 1900
Cricket.
This match was played on the Bombala wicket on Saturday last, and ended in an easy win for Bombala by 8 wickets. Below are the scores:-
Delegate— First Innings,
P, Leahy, l.b.w. b Thompson .. 0
A. Jeffreys, c Connors b Thompson . . 17
A. Burgess, l b w b Thompson .. 0
G. Johnson, thrown out .. .. . . .. 5
J. Newton, st Cook, b Thompson . . . . 0
T. Ford, c Langley, b Thompson .. .. 8
A. H. Wright, c and b Hyde 0
C. Burton, b Thompson .. .. .. 0
J. R. Gray, b Thompson 2
— Rofe. st. Cook, b Hyde 1
Sundries . 0
Total .. 38
Bombala— First Innings.
F. Hyde, c Newton b Ford .. ,. ,. 15
E. Connor, not out. . . . .33
Sundries- 2
Innings closed 1 wicket for .. .. .. 50
Delegate— .Second Innings.
A . M. Wright, b Hyde ..12
P. Leahy, run out-.. 3
A. Jeffreys, c Moran, b Thompson .. .. 1
A. Burgess, b Forsythe 0
J. Newton, b Thompson 2
T. Ford, 0 Jonas, b Thompson 19
G. Johnson, run out 2
C. Burton, run out .. .. . . . . .. 9
J. Gray, b Langley .. .. 10
— Rofe, not out 2
Sundries 2
Total .. 62
Bombala —Second 'Innings
E. Connors, b Johnson 6
L. Moran c s sub, b Ford.. .. .. 0
E, Jones, not out . . . . 16
P. Jonas. c Burgess, b Jeffreys .. ..10
E. Hegarty, not out.. .. .... .. 6
Sundries. .. 9
Total, 3 wickets for . . . . 47
Bombala Times 23 Mar 1900
Bombala Exhibition Society
ANNUAL SHOW.
Notwithstanding the bad season through which we have just passed, one of the most successful shows, ever held by the Bombala , Exhibition Society eventuated on Tuesday and Wednesday last. ................
The sheep dog trial was not altogether a success owing to the place chosen for the trial being unsuitable. Five dogs competed, -and three of them succeeded in bringing the sheep to the pen but failed to get them in. The prize was divided amongst these three, which were :— Mr. C. A. Alcock's ' Lady,' Mr. Clear's 'Tim,' and Mr. Connor's Pal.' Mr. G. Cruickshank acted as judge and Mr. T. Underhill as timekeeper.
Bombala Times 6 Apr 1900
The following will represent the Bombala Cricket Club in a match at Delegate on Saturday next; Messrs; Cook, Hegarty, Rev. J. Norris, Langley, Moran, Connor, Feely, Jones, McGrade, Sautelle, Forsythe. To close the season, a most interesting match has been arranged against Cooma, which will begin on Good Friday next, and be concluded on Easter Saturday.
Delegate Argus 14 Apr 1900
Cricket
BOMBALA V. DELEGATE'.
The return match , between the above teams was played on the local wicket on Saturday last, when Delegate came off victorious with the loss of five wickets in a one innings match, thus retrieving some of their lost laurels at the late match in Bombala. The weather for several days prior to the match had not
been favorable to cricket, but Saturday opened up fair, and but for the fact that the wicket was a bit damp, there was nothing to complain of. Bombala was two men short, but a couple of good substitutes were provided. Mr. R. H. Cook acted as skipper for the visitors, Mr. A. H. Jeffreys doing like duty for the home team, a luncheon being provided by the local men at Harrison's Commercial Hotel. The Bombala captain having won the toss sent Connor and Jones to bat, but the partnership did not last long, Jones being disposed of for a duck. Hegarty then came out and took strike, and after a few runs had been added, saw Connor clean bowled by Armstrong. M'Grade was the next man, and when he had made 7 runs put one into Armstrong's hands off Platt. Cook then came to the rescue, and, with Hegarty, made a stand, and although the Delegate captain changed his bowlers, they succeeded in running up the score, until Johnson broke up the partnership. Both players were beaten time after time by the bowlers, and Hegarty was caught behind the wicket when he had made five runs, but the umpire did not see it, and he was given the benefit of the doubt. Feely was next man, and after making5 retired, bowled by Johnson. Forsythe was caught behind the wicket for 1, off Burton ; Rofe then had his wickets knocked back by Burton for a duck. Cookes, after making 4, was also bowled by Burton. Stutchbury followed, and began to pile on the wood, and was run out after putting up 18. J. Newton carried his bat put for 8.Delegate then sent Armstrong and Jeffreys in to bat, Armstrong being disposed of after making 3. Platt took his place but was disposed of before scoring. Kemp then took the vacant crease with Jeffreys, and soon got to work. After making 30 runs in real good style he was bowled by Connor. Kemp played really good cricket for his runs and gave no chances. Burton was the next to follow, but did not last long, after making 1 run he was caught by Jones off Cook. Ashby, the hero of the Delegate River match, was the next to face the bowling, and was disposed of first ball. Ashdown followed, and played the best cricket he has done this season, without throwing his wicket away by trying to do Gregory's famous leg glance. With Jeffreys he succeeded in passing Bombala's score. Jeffreys played splendid, cricket, and was undoubtedly the one who did the lion's share in winning the match. He was at home with the bowling from the start, putting it all round the field, and wound up by carrying his bat out for 58,Ashdown making 23. Burton came out with the best bowling average, getting 8 wickets for an average of 4 runs per wicket, Johnson 8wickets for an average of, 8 runs per wicket, and Platt 2 for an average of 10runs per wicket. Armstrong also got 1wicket. For Bombala, Cook got 2 wickets at an average of 19 runs per wicket, Forsythe also, getting two wickets for 15 runs per wicket, Connor getting the other wicket at a cost of 30 runs. Seven bowlers were tried by, each of the captains. -The fielding is usually the weakest point, but on Saturday there was nothing, to complain of in this respect as both teams fielded well, not many runs being secured on, the score of bad fielding. One of the hardest positions in a team to fill is that of wicket-keeper, and Lowater, considering the little practice he has had, is deserving of commendation for the manner in which he fills this unenviable position, and especially in the face of such fast bowling -as Johnson's. At a wind-up to the match, a dance was held in the evening, in the School of Arts, and the cricketers desire to convey their thanks to Miss McManus for her kindness in supplying the music. Appended are the scores : —
BOMBALA.
E. Connor, b Platt 8
Bombala Times 20 Apr 1900
Cricket.
COOMA' v BOMBALA. EASY WIN FOR COOMA.
The above match was flayed between representative teams from Cooma and Bombala, on the Bombala Recreation Oval, on Friday and Saturday, the 13thand 14th insts. The cricketers were favoured with fine weather on both days, play being made very enjoyable. Mr. R. H. Cook acted as captain for the local team, Mr. W. Mahoney doing likewise for the visitors. The Bombala team having won the toss decided to be first to defend the wickets, but was unable to do so, to any creditable extent, in the face of Royle's bowling, which proved very destructive, and the local boys were sent from the wickets with a score of 14 runs. Royle succeeded in taking 7 wickets for 7 runs, and Goodwin 2 for 6. It was believed, judging from the opening of the Cooma innings, that the visitors were also going out for a small score, the first five wickets falling for eight runs.- . Goodwin proved his efficiency in handling the bat by topping the score of the Cooma team with 36 runs, which was exactly half the score of the innings The other batsmen were dispensed with for single figures. The bowling for the local team was done by Sautelle, who secured 4 wickets, Hyde3 wickets, and Thompson and Cook one each. Bombala, in their second innings, made 67, making them, in two innings,10 runs in advance of Cooma. This score was beaten by Cooma without the loss of a wicket, who thus won the match by 10wickets. The only scorers who reached double figures for Bombala were Hyde, Connor, and Cook, who secured 19, 15,and 11 respectively.. A dinner was tendered to the visitors on Saturday evening at the Australian Alms Hotel, where a good spread was provided by Mr. Little. All differences which previously existed between the two clubs on account of the last district match were settled, and members of the Bombala team expressed a wish that they would continue to be friendly, and that matches between Cooma. and Bombala would be arranged annually. Below are the scores:—
Bombala Times 22 Jun 1900
Federal Capital League, — After some private correspondence had been read at a meeting of the Southern Monaro Railway and Federal Capital League, held at Mr. Murphy's office on Thursday afternoon last, Mr. Murphy reported that he had the sum of £2, collected by Mr. P. Toms, to be added to the funds of the league. Messrs, P. Jonas and Connor had also a small amount in hand. As Messrs. Cook and T. Moran had promised to collect funds for the league, Mr. Campbell said they would be pleased to accept the services of these gentlemen. Mr. G. Cruickshank promised, while on a visit to Sydney at an early date, to interview Messrs. Willis, Myers, Chapman, and other influential men, in order to keep the matter of the federal capital and railway well before them. Mr, Murphy could find it convenient to attend the meeting of the Cathcart Progress Committee, to be held on the first Saturday of next month, and would use his best endeavours to secure financial support.
Australian Town and Country Journal 3 Nov 1900
Corowa R.C. - Entries, Run in April.
Eclipse Stakes, of £60. 6 furlongs.
....................Mr. W. E. Connor's ch g Willie West, 3yrs, by Padlock - Melody.
Gippsland Standard 7 Dec 1900
Spring Show, Yarram. .............The Yarram Orchestral Society, of nearly a dozen performers, rendered a selection from “Der Frieschutz” and “The Hope March” under the leadership of Dr. Birch, both numbers being much appreciated. Mr. W.J.T. Juniper sand “A Russian Love Song” with good effect; whilst for the harmonious duet “Friendship”, Misses B. and G. Mackenzie were recalled and bowed their acknowledgement. Miss La Mert was warmly applauded for the songs “If all the stars were mine” and “Motherland”, narrowly escaping an encore. The duet “Life’s Dream is O’er” by Mrs. Birch and Mr. W.J.T. Juniper was a very tuneful item and warmly applauded. Miss Mackenzie was recalled for the song “One Love hae I”, rendered in a very pleasing manner. Mr. E. Connor contributed a flute solo, to Miss Alice Birch’s accompaniment, this gentleman also playing in the orchestra. Miss Alice Birch and Mr. W.J.T. Juniper played the accompaniments. A verse of the National Anthem closed a very enjoyable concert.
Avril Connor (pers. com. May 2012)
The Connor Bros had two properties at Tombong and Tingaringi, located 25-30 km west of Bombala and 10-15 km north-west of Delegate
(Avril via Graham). They used to take sheep from the highlands down to Nethercote, near Eden, along a stock route. Connors and Walcotts have always known each other because Dad and the Walcotts were up there and they were neighbours – Dad (WEEC) knew Mick’s father and uncles quite well and Mick’s father went with Dad once on one of his droving trips and Dad took his flute. Wherever he went he took his flute.
Letter WEEC to AWGC 12 Jun 1957
Ernie wrote “I think of the time in pre-car days when I used to travel this very track [the Princes Highway] – then all dust, kicked up by 300 cattle when on my way from Monaro to Nadji - Cape Howe. On most journeys to the coast I used to pass the shorter way over Mt Imlay – more bush feed for the cattle and plenty of room for the camp, and take them back to Monaro in the spring by the same route.”
Delegate Argus 16 Feb 1901
Cricket. The team to play against Tombong on 23rd inst., will be selected from the following:- Jefferys, Ashby, Cookes, Fergus, Stutchbury, Burgess, Kemp, Bartley, Ford Watson, Wright, Reading, Lowater. Tombong team will be selected from the following :— Roberts, Alf and E. Ingram, Jas, John, Alf and W. Eppelstun, Bedford, Roberts, Clear, Connor, Smith, McKay, Sellers.
JA Boyd’s diary 12 Apr 1901
Mr. and Mrs. Walcott with a Mr. Connor [probably Stan] and Mr. Marshall here
Pambula Voice – Friday 5 July, 1901
Pambula! Pambula!
Important Sale by Auction
Of 386 Acres land
Near Pambula, and known as
The Broadwater Estate
On Saturday, the 6th July, 1901
At the Commercial Hotel, Pambula
At 2 o’clock pm
J.H. Martin & Co. have been favored with instructions from the Mortgagees to submit to public auction, as above.
All those pieces or parcels of Land in the State of New South Wales, situate in the County of Auckland, Parish of Yowaka, fronting the Eden Pambula road, consisting of Two hundred and ninety-four (294) acres three (3) roods fifteen (15) perches Freehold and Ninety two (92) acres conditionally purchased land, known as HYDE’S Property, Broadwater. Terms at Sale.
Pambula Voice – Friday 12 July, 1901
The Broadwater Estate, offered at auction at Pambula on Saturday last under instructions from the mortgagees, did not find a buyer and was passed in.
Bombala Times 20 Dec 1901
Cathcart Races.
The following are the weights for the Cathcart annual races to take place on -Boxing Day, Thursday next
Cathcart Handicap. ;
F. Johnson's Brown Eagle . . 9 5
D. O'Keefe's Glenbrook ' 8 9
W E. Smith's Mite (late Atlas) ... 8 5
F. Johnson's J.C.,. 8 0
W. E. Connor's The Donkey... .. 7 8
W. Switzer's Messenger .. ..7 8W.
J. Ebzery's Queen of Hearts .. 7 7
Publican's Purse.
F. Johnson's Brown Eagle- .. 9 5
W. J. Stewart's Rosette ., ... 8 6
J. Johnson's J.C. ., .. 8 0
W. Switzer's Messenger .. 7 8
W. E. Connor's Lady Rose .. .. 7 5
Flying Handicap, (st lb)
F. Johnson's Brown Eagle .. ... 9 5
W. J. Stewart's Rosette .. 8 5
F. Johnson's J.C. ..8 0
W. Switzer's Messenger - .. ., 7 8
J. Johnson's Actor . . 7 7
W. J. Ebzery's Queen of Hearts 7 7
W. E. Connor's Lady Rose .. .. 7 5
W. Miller's Caloola (late Sovereign) 7 0
Bombala Times 27 Dec 1901
Cathcart Races.
The annual race meeting of the Cathcart Jockey Club was held as is the usual custom on Boxing Day. The weather was warm and dry and all that could be desired by the publicans, who never seemed to grow weary of serving out long beers and shandies all day long. With Host Gerathy on one side and Mrs. Foley on the other the public had every convenience to quench their dry and dusty throttles, while the publicans smiled as they raked in the shekels from the thirsty ones. The attendance was not on this occasion as large as it generally has been. Visitors were present from all parts of the surrounding district, but still there was an appreciable falling off, accounted for perhaps by the fact that so many people are just now busy harvesting. This year the committee had increased the prizes for many of the events with the result that the fields were much better than usual. With the exception of the Publican's Purse and Forced Handicap, for which only two horses started, the racing was very good and some of the finishes close and exciting. Notwithstanding this fact Judge M'Coy gave an undisputed decision in every instance and shewed that he was fearless and fair. Mr. T. Madden had a rather difficult task as starter but succeeded in getting his fields away fairly well together. Mr. P. Crotty as clerk of the course and Mr. A. Nicholson as clerk of the scales also did good service. The secretaries, Messrs H. Stewart and T.Madden, as usual had to perform the bulk of the work, but with the energy and perseverance for which they are noted they succeeded in having all the arrangements properly accomplished and thus pleased everyone concerned. A protest against Caloola was entered in the Hack Race but was dismissed. In the Forced Handicap the riding of M'Kenzie on Glenbrook was so apparently crooked that the committee decided to disqualify horse, jockey, and trainer for life. The results of the various events were as under; —
TRIAL STAKES of £10, second horse to receive £2 from prize. For all horses that had never won a prize exceeding £6 at the time of nomination. Weight for age. Distance, 1 mile.D. O'Keefe's Glenbrook, (M'Kenzie) 8.11 ...1W. E. Smith's Mite (late Atlas) (Hayes)8.13 ? ... 2Other starters : W. Connor's Lady Rose (Kurz) 8.11 ; F. Johnson's Actor (Horn) 8.11 ; F. Johnson's Actress (Smith) 71 L Mite led first past the post with Glenbrook next. At the back of the course these two were together, but Glenbrook passed Mite at the turn and led home, Mite making a good run at the finish. Time 1 min. 48 J secs.
HANDICAP HACK RACE of £5.Distance once round the course. W. Miller's Caloola, 10 10.. . .. 1 W. Moore's Mona, 9.2 .. ... 2 Other Starters: A. .Stewart's Dundee,.10.7 ; E. Kirk's Shareholder, 9.0 ; C. J. Johnson's Colane, 10.0 ; A. L. Twyford's Lena, 9.0 ; H. Little's Sultan, 9.0 : W. E. Connor's Donkey, 9.4 : H. Bulgarie's Quiver,9.0A good race, won by a head.
CATHCART J. C. HANDICAP of£20. Second horse to receive £3 from the prize. Distance, twice round the course. W. E. Smith's Mite, (Newport) 8.5 .. 1F. Johnson's J.C. (Horn) 8.0 .. ..2Other Starters : W. Switzer's Messenger,(Switzer) 7.8 (221bs over) ; M. J. Ebzery's Queen of Hearts (Hutton) 7.7.A good start was made. Queen of Hearts went to .the front and led all round, the first time! At the judge's stand Mite came up and Queen of Hearts gave way. Mite then led all the way tithe winning post and although J.C. tried hard to get the lead he failed, and was beaten easily. .' Time :2 min. 47f sees.
PUBLICAN'S PURSE of £8, second horse to receive £1 from the prize. Distance, 1 mile. - -F. Johnson's Brown Eagle, (Horn) 9.5 ... 1W. Switzer's Messenger, (Switzer) 7.8 . . 2Only two horses started. Won easily..
FLYING HANDICAP of £12, second horse to receive £2 from the prize. Once round the course. W. Miller's Caloola (M'Kenzie) 7 0 (181bsover) .. .. .. , 1F. Johnson's J.C. (Horn) 8.0 '... .. 2 Other Starters : F. Johnson's Brown Eagle, (Thompson) 9.5 ; W. J. Stewart's Rosette 8.5 ; W. J. Ebzery's Queen of Hearts(Hutton) 7.7 ; W. Connor's Lady Rose 7.5(81(-s over). . Rosette went off at the start and led to the back of the course where Caloola passed her and led home with J.C. next and Rosette third. Time 1 min. 21 sees.:
FORCED HANDICAP of £5. Once round the course;' .W. Moore's Mona 7.0..... 1 D. O'Keefe's Glenbrook 9.7.....2 A false start was made in this race and the horses went right- round, Glenbrook running off the course. Another start was made and this time Glenbrook ran off in the same place. The committee considered it was done deliberately and. disqualified- M'Kenzie, (the jockey , ) T. O'Keefe (the trainer), and the horse for life.
Bombala Times 17 Jan 1902
Cricket. — The following will represent Delegate in the match against Bombala (at Bombala) on the 18th inst: —Messrs. Burton, Kemp, Cooper, Ashby, Jeffreys, Horsman, Roberts, Bedford, Watson, Connor, Allen. Emerg: T. Martin.
Delegate Argus 18 Jan 1902
Cricket. A match between Tombong and Delegate was played on the Delegate pitch on Saturday last, and was decided on the first innings when Delegate scored a victory. The scores were:-
TOMBONG --- 1st Innings
E. Connor, b Burton 0
Total 45
DELEGATE.— 1st Innings
C.M. Burton, b Connor 27 F. Lowater, b Connor 15 R. Reading, c Ingram, b Connor 5 T. Ford, b Connor , ... ... ... 3A. E. Cooper, c and b Connor ... ... 25O. H. Louche, st Ingram, b Sellers 7 E Allen, c and b Connor 1 W.H. Rogers, c and b Connor ... ... 0T. Martin, b Connor ... 0 J. Goodman not out ... 1 G. D. Walcott, junr, b Connor ... 1Sundries: ... ... ... ... 0 Total 94
TOMBONG --- 2nd Innings
E. Connor, c Ford b Reading 25
Total 117
Bombala Times 24 Jan 1902
Cricket.;
BOMBALA. v DELEGATE.
The match Bombala v Delegate resulted in a win for the latter by 26runs. It is just possible that this defeat may have been wiped out when Street joined R. H. Cook, but the former was run out. Father Norris was absent in the second innings. The features of the game were the innings of Cook and Jeffrey, 41 not out and 45 respectively, and the wicket-keeping of Cook, together with the bowling of Roberts, who undoubtedly trundled remarkably well. So, too, did Thomas for Bombala, securing in the second innings a sensational average.
Following are the scores : —
Delegate.- — 1st Innings.
E. Connor, run out, b Thomas - 7
Total .. .... 95
Bombala 1st Innings.
Total . .. 43
Delegate 2nd Innings
E. Connor, not out .. ... 7
Total... ... ... 48
Bombala— 2nd Innings.
B. Thomas, c Connor, b Burton . . 7
Total... ... ... ... 74
Bombala Times 31 Jan 1902
Cricket.
DELEGATE-V-BOMBALA.
This match was played at Delegate on Saturday last and concluded with a win for the home team by 2 wickets and 5 runs. The scores were as follows : —
Bombala.— 1st Innings.
J. McGrade, c Connor, b Ingram ... 12
Little, b Connor , . ... .. . . 9
Total... ...'... ...145
Delegate.— 1st Innings.
Connor, b Forsythe ... ... .. 42
Total . . ... ... 150
Delegate Argus 1 Feb 1902
The following players will represent Delegate in the match against Bibbenluke at Bibbenluke on Saturday 8th inst.:- Messrs. Jeffreys, Louche, Cooper, Connor, J. Newton, Watson, Ford, Roberts, Bedford, Johnson, Horsman. Emerg:- H. A. Wood, and C. Burton. Any player who cannot take part are desired to kindly advise the secretary to that effect by the 6th inst.
Bombala Times 14 Feb 1902
DELEGATE V BIBBENLUKE
A cricket match was played at Bibbenluke on Saturday 8th inst., between Delegate and Bibbenluke, the former winning in the first innings by 16 runs. In the second innings Delegate put up 103, and at the call of time Bibbenluke had compiled 105 for the loss of three wickets, put, together in three quarters of an. hour. If time had per mitted Bibbenluke would have won as they only required 15 and had seven wickets to fall. The following are the scores : —
Delegate. — 1st Innings
A. Connor, b Thomas. ... 4
Total .. ... 60
BIBBENLUKE.— 1st Innings
W. McLennan, c Reading, b Connors....0
H. Greer, b Connors ...... . ... .16
P. Binstadt, c Louche, b Connors - . . .1
L. Thomas, c and b Connors
C. Thomas, c Wood, b Burton.;..;...,, t- 1
E. Ryan, b Bui'ton. . . ... . . ; y; ! -2
J. Parkinson, b Connors .... 2
Total ... ... 44
Delegate.— 2nd Innings, -
A. Connors b Parkinson ... 42
Total... ... 103
Bibbenluke.— 2nd Innings._
Total for 3 wickets . .105
Bombala Times 28 Feb 1902
Cricket.
DELEGATE v. BOMBALA
A match Delegate v. Bombala was played on the Recreation Reserve on Saturday, resulting in a win for Delegate by 7 wickets. Following are the scores
Bombala.— -1st Innings,
Street, b Johnson ... ... ... 14
Moran, l.b.w., by Johnson ... 2
Joseph, b Connor ... 22
Thomas, c Connor, b Johnson ... 14
Thompson, run out .. ... .5
Langley, b Johnson .. .. 0
Hole, not out ... 24
Feely, b Johnson ... 8
Rogers, c Lowater, b Connor ... 0
McGrade, c Connor, b Johnson ... 4
Rampling, run out . . . . ... o
Sundries ..6
Total ... 94
Delegate.— 1st Innings.
Connors, l.b.w., b Thompson ... 5
Total ... 73
Bombala. — 2nd Innings.
Total.. 23
Delegate — 2nd; Innings.
Connors,- not out. ... .. 32
Total, 3 wickets for . ... ..46
Delegate Argus 1 Mar 1902
DELEGATE V ROAD CAMP
On Wednesday afternoon a one innings match, was played on the Delegate wicket between a Delegate team and M------McDonald's road camp, . when Delegate again came off victors, the scores being:---
Delegate
Connor, retired . . .34
Delegate Argus 23 Aug 1902
Delegate Cricket Club
The annual meeting of the Delegate Cricket Club was held at the Commercial Hotel on Thursday evening, 20th inst. Mr. A. H. Jeffreys occupied the chair. The hon. secretary read the balance sheet, which was considered satisfactory, the liability of the club being £2 7s 3d.
The best batting average was obtained by Mr. A. H. Jeffreys, with an average of 40 runs per innings, Messrs. E. Connor 34 runs per innings and Kemp 18 runs per innings, following in order named the best performers with the ball being Messrs, Roberts, Burton and Johnson. In matches the club has been very successful, having won 7 out of 8 played.
Delegate Argus 13 Sep 1902
Cricket.-- The following team has been selected to play against Delegate River on the20th inst. :- Messrs. Cooper, Watson, Barton, Handcock, Ashby, Ford, Entwistle, Martin, Rogers, Horsman, Walcott. Play commence sat 1 p.m. sharp. The team to play against Bombala on the 27th will be selected from the following:- Messrs. Ford, Burton, Handcock, Ashby, Cooper, Martin, T. P. Smith, Rogers, Connor, Johnson, Watson, Horsman, Bedford, Entwistle, Burgess, Armstrong. Play to start at 11 o'clock sharp.
Delegate Argus 4 Oct 1902
Cricket .
The cricket match Bombala v. Delegate, on Saturday afternoon last, came to a sudden termination, owing to a heavy shower of rain. The day opened out anything but favorable to cricket, and it was doubtful whether the Bombala team would come along. However, they reached here about 11 a.m., and play was at once commenced, Bombala taking up the batting, the score at the conclusion of the innings reaching 48. An adjournment was then made to the Commercial Hotel, where the respective teams out down to one of the best luncheons that has ever been placed before a cricket team in Delegate, and which did credit to the provider, Mr Horsman. After appeasing their hunger, they again wended their way to the cricket ground, when the Delegate team went to the wicket and had lost five wickets for 61 when, at about 4p.m. heavy rain stopped the play, a general stampede being made for shelter. It was arranged to play until five o'clock, and if there was then no hope of completing the two innings to decide the match upon the first, so that the game was in favor of Delegate by 7 wickets and 13runs. The teams were playing 12 men a side. The following are the scores: —
BOMBALA.
J. McGrade, c Connor, b Hancock ... 0
Total ... ... ... 43
DELEGATE.
E. Connor, not out ........ 28
Total ... ... 61
Delegate Argus 11 Oct 1902
Cricket.
On last Saturday the local team journeyed to Delegate River to meet the River team on their own ground and play the return match. The day was simply a perfect one for cricket — bright and warm, with a gentle breeze, which made the game enjoyable, both to players and onlookers. A new pitch had been made in an old cultivation paddock opposite the hotel, and although every effort had been used to make it as good as possible, still it was far from being an ideal cricket pitch, being heavy and dead, while the ground generally was bumpy and leadened, and it took a hard drive to got the ball well out into the field. Play was commenced shortly after one o'clock. Delegate won the toss and decided to send their opponents to the wickets, Messrs. Armstrong and Burgess going forward to do battle in the interests of the River, and at the fall of the last wicket the score had reached 53, of which Armstrong had contributed 19. Delegate River men then took the field, and the Delegate boys went forward to uphold the prestige of Delegate, Messrs. Watson and Entwistle being the first to bat. For a while it looked as if Delegate were not going to reach their opponent's score, but eventually they got going and when the last wicket fell had succeeded in putting together 63, Johnson being highest scorer with 18, Hancock 10. In their second innings the Delegate River team only managed to reach 30, Delegate making 66, Johnson contributing 31 and Hancock 10, leaving Delegate victors by 10 runs. At the fall of the fifth wicket, Delegate had succeeded in making the necessary number of runs to win, but as it was early in the afternoon it was decided to give each man a strike. For Delegate, Hancock and Johnson were very deadly with the ball, while Armstrong did good work for the River - Mr. Armstrong acted as skipper for Delegate River and Mr. W. E. Connor for Delegate, Messrs. Robinson and Ambler officiating as umpires. The scores were :—
Delegate River — lst innings.
Total - 53
DELEGATE 1st Innings
W. E. Connor, run out 5
Total 63
DELEGATE RIVER— 2nd Innings.
W. E. Connor, b Foley... 0
Total, 9 for 66
Delegate Argus 18 Oct 1902
Cricket
A match between Delegate and Tombong was played on the local wicket on Saturday afternoon last, and resulted in an easy victory for Delegate on the first innings, time not permitting of two innings being played. The scores were
Tombong
W. E. Connor, thrown out Rogers 19
Total 51
DELEGATE.
G. J. Johnson, c Stokes, b Sellar 0
A. G. Handcock, Havers, b Connor 24
R. Entwistle, c Connor b J. Eppelstun 52
C. M. Burton, b Connor. 8
Total 141
Bombala Times 14 Nov 1902
District Cricket Match.
BOMBALA V. COOMA.(FROM THE MONARO MERCURY)
The team of Bombala District cricketers arrived at Cooma on Sunday afternoon and were met by members of the Cooma Club and welcomed at Perkins' Hotel, Mr. C. Solomon occupying the chair. Play commenced on Monday morning at 10.30, the visitors going first to the wickets and being disposed of for 79. The Cooma club followed and also made 79. At the adjournment for afternoon tea the Bombala team had lost 5 wickets for19 runs. The team partook of luncheon at Doads' Hotel at midday, and afternoon tea was provided by the ladies in the pavilion. There was a good attendance of spectators, the day being fine and the wicket, being in good order. Mr. E. W. Evans (Cooma) acted as umpire for Bombala and Mr. J. Walmsley for Cooma. The following are the scores :-
Bombala, — First Innings.
A. B. Thomas, o Hall, b Goodwin, . . 3
E. Connors, c Gosgrove, b Goodwin.. 6
Total 79
Cooma,— First Innings
Mitchell, c Connors, b Thomas .... 1
Total 79
Bombala. — Second Innings
Connors, b Boyle ... ... ... 1
Total . 66
Cooma. — Second Innings
Total.... 70
Cooma won by 8 wickets and 4 runs.
Bombala Times 28 Nov 1902
Cricket.
CATHCART v. DELEGATE. .
A match, Cathcart v. Delegate, was played on the former wicket on Saturday, Delegate winning by an innings and 47 runs. Following are the scores : —
Cathcart. — 1st innings.
Clive Stewart, b Connors . . . . 8
T. Buckett, b Johnson ... . . 8
J. Stewart, b Johnson . . ... 5
C. Solomon, b Johnson .. 9
D. C. Sullivan, c Bartley, b Johnson 8
C. McCoy, b Connors... ... 0
W. Knight, b Connors ... . 1
H. Stewart, b Connors.. 0
S. Morton, b Connors . . . 0
J. Tapper, not out 2
J. Foley, b Johnson ... 0
Sundries .. . ... 2
Total 43
Delegate. - lst innings.
S. Connor, b Sullivan . .. 29
W. E. Connor, c McCoy, b Stewart 38
Total... 158
Cathcart. — 2nd innings.
Clive Stewart, c. Entwistle, b Connors - 2
T. Buckett, not out 42
J. Stewart, run out .. . ... 4
C. Solomon, c Newton, b Connor ... 0
D. C. Sullivan, c Bedford, b Johnson ...2
C. McCoy, b . Johnson. ... 2
W. Knight, b Connor .. 5
H. Stewart, b Connor... 3
S.. Morton, b. Johnson ... . 2
J. Tapper, b Johnson 0
J. Foley, b Connor 1
Sundries . 2
Total.. 68
Delegate Argus 6 Dec 1902
Cricket
A scratch match between teams picked by Mr. A. G. Hancock and Mr. G. J. Johnson was played on Wednesday afternoon, the scores being:--
HANCOCK'S TEAM.
E Connor, retired 23
F Walcott, b Johnson l
G D Walcott, b Kemp. ... l
Innings declared closed for 159
JOHNSON'S TEAM.
A E Cooper c Connor b Hancock. 3.
G Stutchbury, c Burton b Connor-.'.. 0
A Bartley, b Connor .... ... '... 14
Total 116
Bombala Times 12 Dec 1902
Cricket.
A return match between Delegate and Bombala was commenced at Delegate last Saturday but had to be abandoned owing to the rain. The Delegate team batted and scored 156, of which A. S. Handcock made the respectable score of 67. Below are the scores : —
Delegate.— 1st Innings.
E. Connor, b Thomas. . .. ... 23
Total ... .. ... ... 156
Match drawn Bombala did not bat on account of rain.
SMH 16 Dec 1902
FAT STOCK SALES. HOMEBUSH YARDS.-Monday. SHEEP.
Pitt, Son, and Badgery Limited -..................; 231 wethers for E Connor at 9s 6d, 81 ewes and few wethers at 8s 1d ; ....................
SMH 19 Dec 1902
FAT STOCK SALES. HOMEBUSH YARDS.-Thursday. SHEEP.
Harrison, Jones and Devlin Limited: ...............39 wethers for W. E. Connor at 15s, 20 cross-bred wethers at 11s 4d, 33 crossbred ewes at 10s 11d, 8 wethers at 10s 10d to 13s 6d.
Bombala Times 16 Jan 1903
Cricket.
BOMBALA v. DELEGATE.
This match was played on the Recreation Oval on Saturday afternoon, ending in a win for Bombala by 148runs. The visitors batted first and were disposed of before lunch for 66,of which Connors made 39 not out. Cook and Thomas were responsible for the small score, Cook bagging 4 wickets for 26 runs, and Thomas 3 for 1. In the batting for Bombala Cook and Lockrey came to the front, the former making 106 and the latter 30, while Thomas also added a useful 29. Cook played freely for his 106 and scarcely gave a chance. As this was the first century of the season Mr. Cook was awarded the pair of gold links given by Mr. Hopkins as a trophy for the first century scored. Below are the scores : —
Delegate.— 1st Innings.
E. Connors, not out .. .. .. 39
Total... .. .. ... 66
Bombala. — 1st Innings.
B. Thomas, st. Connors, b Hancock 29
Total.,. .. .. ... 209
Bombala Times 30 Jan 1903
Cricket.
Cooma v. Bombala. ;
The return match between the above teams was played on the Recreation Oval on Monday. The day was fine and very favourable for leather hunting. The teams were:—Bombala District— Messrs. J. B. Sautelle, A. H. Jeffreys, E. Connors, A. G. Hancock, R. Entwistle, W. H. Armstrong, W. T. Lockrey, E. C. Street, P. J. Binstadt. A. B. Thomas and Rev. J. H. G. Auld. Cooma team— E. Rouse, E. Mitchell G. Crisp, J. Heron, J. W. Paton, G. W. Ord, S. H. Harnett, E. H. Quodling, J. J. Gunn, Freebody and Robinson. Mr. Mitchell acted as skipper for the Cooma team, and Mr. Jeffreys for the opposition. - Mr. Cook was unable to play with Bombala owing to the sad death of his infant which took place the previous night. As a mark of sympathy for their popular captain the local cricketers wore a black tie. The visitors won the toss and decided to bat, Messrs Rouse and Heron being the first to face the music in the bowling of Thomas and Hancock; , The Cooma batsmen made a very poor stand against those two bowlers and, when the tenth wicket fell only 67runs were recorded, of which, Mitchell contributed 19. The local team met with better success and only lost six wickets in a little over three hours. During this time the scoring was fairly fast and the total numbered 224. Of this score Thomas made 109 not out, playing an almost faultless innings and giving scarcely a chance. There is no denying that Thomas shewed by his performance with the bat and ball and by his fielding on Monday that he is one of the best all round cricketers the Bombala team has ever boasted, and to him can be attributed a good deal the successful issue of this match. The Cooma team played out time but did very little better than in their first innings, only making 64 for seven wickets, Sautelle and Auld doing the bowling in this innings. Mr. Walcott (Cooma) and Mr. McGillivray(Bombala) did the umpiring and, gave every satisfaction. The ladies very kindly provided afternoon tea for the cricketers at 4o'clock for which Mr. Mitchell, on behalf of the visitors, thanked them very much for their hospitality and thoughtfulness. A banquet was held in the evening at Moran's Hotel at which there was a fair attendance. The chair was taken by Mr. G. Cruickshank. The first toast honored was that of the King. The other toasts were : —'Cooma Cricketers, ' proposed by the chairman and responded to by Mr. Mitchell; 'Polo Players coupled with the visitors,' responded to by Mr. J.C. Ryrie' 'Bombala cricketers,' proposed by Mr. Mitchell, responded to by Mr. Wilmott ; ''Host,' responded to by Mr. L. Moran ; ' Chairman,' 'proposed by Mr. Street. During the evening songs and recitations were given by Messrs Auld, A. B. Thomas, Sautelle, Lockrey, and Hopkins. Before the proceedings were brought to a close the chairman presented Mr. A. B. Thomas with a silver match box, the gift of Mr. Hopkins, for making the highest score in the match. The Chairman said he was pleased to see Mr. Hopkins taking such an interest in the Club. He was only a new townsman yet he had now given three trophies to the Cricket Club. In concluding his remarks the chairman said he would give a trophy of one guinea to the cricketer making the highest average in either the Delegate or Bombala teams in any match in which players from both clubs were engaged.- The scores at the match were asunder : —
Cooma— 1st Innings.
Total... .. ... ... 67
Bombala District.— 1st Innings.
E. Connor, b Robinson, ... ... ... 0
Total 6 wickets for.. . 224
COOMA -2nd Innings.
Total 7 wickets for.. .64
Delegate Argus 31 Jan 1903
Cricket
A one innings match between teams representing Tombong and Delegate, was played on the local pitch on Saturday afternoon last, resulting in a win for Delegate. The scores were as follows :—DELEGATE.
T. Ford, c and b Connor 0
Total ... ... 190
TOMBONG.
W. E. Connor, not out 53
Total... 128.
Bombala Times 13 Feb 1903
Cricket.
DELEGATE V BOMBALA
The Bombala cricketers visited Delegate on Saturday and had a very enjoyable game. Bombala went to the wickets first and scored 200, of which Thomas made the very respectable -score of 112, and Sautelle knocked up26. The Delegate team were pot disposed of when time was called making120 for seven wickets, Jeffreys 35 and Armstrong 36. The match therefore ended in a draw. Scores were as under:—-
Bombala— 1st Innings
J. B. Sautelle, b Connor, -... ... 26
Total... ... .. ..200
Delegate, — 1st Innings.
E. Connor, c Sautelle, b Thomas, .. 0
Total 7 wickets for -- 120
Delegate Argus 21 Feb 1903
A cricket match, Tombong v. Delegate River, was played here on Saturday last, resulting in a victory for the visitors, who were treated to a luncheon at Wyatt's hotel by the Riverites. The return match is to be played in Delegate on the 28th. The scores were as under : —
TOMBONG.—lst Innings.
W. E. Connor, b Boag 46
Total ... 93,
DELEGATE RIVER.— lst Innings.
G. Hutchison, b Connor l
J. Ryan, b Connor 2
C. Hutchison, b. Connor ... 2
D. Peters, b Connor 0
Total - 33
DELEGATE RIVER.— 2nd Innings.
J. Butler, b Connor ... 11
A. Power, b Connor ... 0
L. Power, b Connor 0
McDonald, b Connor ... 4
D. Peters. b Connor 0
T. Hepburn, b Connor. 7 Sundries ? ? ? 6
Total 71
TOMBONG— 2nd Innings
Total, 3 wickets for 22
Delegate Argus 28 Feb 1903
Delegate P & A Society. Special Prize List
Messrs. G. D. Walcott 10s 6d, A. A. Cummins 10s 6d, and W. E. Connor 10s 6d; for buckjumping contest. Riders must provide own horses, which are to be under control. Time limit, 5 minutes.
Bombala Times 27 Feb 1903
Cricket.
TEACHERS v DELEGATE.
A match, School Teachers of the district versus Delegate, was played on Saturday last, on the latter's wicket, and resulted in a win for the Teachers on the first innings by 50 runs. Following are the scores
Teachers — 1st innings.
R. B Entwistle, b Connor 0
E. C. Street, b Connor . . 29
W. Lockrey, c Cooper b Connor ... 7
L. Bedford, c Bryant, b Connor ...0
Total 98
E. Connor, 4 for 29
DELEGATE. — 1st innings.
E. Connor, c Lockrey b Street 4
Total, 48
TEACHERS.— 2nd innings.
Total. ... 81 Delegate —2nd Innings.
E. Connor, not out 7
Total for 2 wickets 71
SMH 17 Feb 1903
FAT STOCK SALES. HOMEBUSH YARDS.-Monday. SHEEP.
Hill Clark and Co:..................64 comeback. wethers for W J Connor at 11s 1d, 32 wethers at 10s 3d, 52 ewes at 9s; ......
SMH 21 Feb 1903 (also Aus Town and Country Journal 25 Feb 1903)
AGRICULTURAL SHOWS. KANGAROO VALLEY.
Kangaroo Valley, Friday. The attendance at the show to day was considerably larger than in previous years. Great interest was taken in the ring events, especially in the jumping contests. Awards -Gentleman's 10st hackney: C McGlinchey 1 , Connor Brothers, 2. ............. Lady's hackney: C McGlinchey, 1 , Connor Brothers, 2. [Not certain these are our relatives]
SMH 4 Mar 1903 (also Aus. Town and Country Journal 4 Mar 1903)
AGRICULTURAL SHOWS. ROBERTSON, Saturday.
The show was continued yesterday in the presence of a large attendance of the public.
............ Gent.'s hackney : J. C. Cronberger, 1 ; C. M'Glinchey, 2 , Connor- Brothers, 3. Lady's hackney : Connor Brothers 1 ; R. I. Ward, 2 ; Fred Dudgeon, 3. [Not certain these are our relatives]
Delegate Argus 7 Mar 1903
Cricket.
A match between the Tombong and Delegate River clubs was played on the Delegate wicket on Saturday last, resulting in a victory for Tombong on the first innings. The scores were : —DELEGATE RIVER.— 1st Innings.
P. D. Foley, c and b Connor ... 6
S. Mead, c and b Connor 0
L. Power, c Eppelstun, b Connor... 1
C. Burton, c Eppelstun, b Connor 3
T. Martin, b Connor 20
Total ... . . 97
TOMBONG.— 1st Innings.
W. E. Connor, not out 72
Total 180
DELEGATE RIVER —2nd Innings.
A. Bartley, b Connor 27
A. Power, b Connor 8
L. Power, c Stokes, b Connor ... 3
J. Ryan, b Connor 0
Total ... 94
Delegate Argus 14 Mar 1903
Drought Relief Fund
Amount previously acknowledged £44 7s 0d
W. E. Connor ... ... ... 5s
Delegate Argus 14 Mar 1903
Cricket
A match, Delegate v. Tombong and Delegate River was played on the local wicket on Saturday last, resulting in an easy win for Delegate. Following are the scores:—
TOMBONG and DELEGATE RIVER - 1st Innings.
W. E; Connor run out 0
Total 26
DELEGATE lst Innings.
A. G. Hancock, c Ingram, b Connor 22
E. B. Entwistle, c and b Connor .... 3
A. Bartley, l.b.w. b Connor ... ... 44
T. Savage, c Sellers b Connor ... 10
P. Thomas, c Sellers, b Connor. . 6
Total 110
TOMBONG and DELEGATE RIVER --2nd Innings
W. E. Connor, thrown out ... ... 20
Total 76
SMH 20 Mar 1903
FAT STOCK SALES. HOMEBUSH YARDS.-Thursday.
SHEEP. Hill Clark and Co.:.. 28 lambs for W. E. Connor at 11s 5s to 11s 6d, 31 suckers at 10s 7d;...............
SMH 21 Mar 1903
HOMEBUSH FAT STOCK SALES.
Messrs Hill, Clark, and Co sold at Homebush on Thursday: 72 comeback wethers for W E Connor at 17s 1d, 28 at 15s, 64 wethers at 15s, 80 crossbreds at 14s 4d, 24 at 14s 1d, 32 at 13s, 92 wethers at 13s 3d, 60 at 11s 11d, 46 ewes at 11s 2d, 40 at 11s 11d, 75 at 10s 3d; .................
SMH 27 Mar 1903
HOMEBUSH FAT STOCK SALES.
Messrs Hill, Clark, and Co sold at Homebush on Thursday: .................. 101 ewes for W.E. Connor at 12s 8d to 12s 11d, 49 at 11s 1d, 238 at 10s 6d:
Delegate Argus 28 Mar 1903
The following were amongst the sales at Homebush last week, by rail from Cooma :—
W. E. Connor, Delegate, 72 comeback wethers ,17s 1d ; 28 comeback wethers, 15s ; 64 wethers, 15s ; 30 xbs,14s 4d; 24 xbs, 14s 1d ; 32 xbs, 13s ;92 wethers, 13s 3d ; 60 wethers, 11s 11d ;16 ewes, 11s 2d ; 40 ewes, 11s 11d; 75ewes, 10s 8d ; 28 lambs, 11s 5d to 11s 0d; 31 lambs (shorn ) 10s 7d..
Account Statement with Hill Clark and Co, Sydney. 3 Apr 1903
Mr W.E. Connor Esq.
In Account with Hill Clark & Co
|1903 | | |Dr | |Cr |
|Much |4 |
|Spouse Surname: |Gooderham |
|Date of Registration: |Jan-Feb-Mar 1916 [6 Mar 1916] |
|Registration district: |Depwade |
|Inferred County: |Norfolk |
|Volume Number: |4b |
|Page Number: |491 |
Marriage Certificate (held by Doreen Connor)
William Edward Ernest Connor of Alberton Gippsland Victoria, Lt Royal Hussars aged 43, married Lilian Marion Gooderham at Pulham St Mary the Virgin, Norfolk, England. Ernie was 43, Lilian was 28 (a 15 year age difference). Ernie’s father, George William Connor, was described as a squatter. According to family, Ernie’s unit was posted to the Salisbury Plain and that is where he met Lilian.
The Australasian 8 Apr 1916
Among recent weddings in England of interest to Australians, are the following: .
Lieutenant W. E. Connor, son of the late Mr. G. W. Connor of Gippsland, to Miss M. L. Gooderham:
Doreen Connor (pers. com. May 2012)
Doreen doesn’t know how Ernie and Lilian met. Lilian’s father was the ‘lord of the manor’. They had a farm and servants. Lilian and her sisters were never allowed to go near the workers, and it’s unlikely that she would have joined up for WWI. Lilian’s parents must have been horrified at the marriage. An old farmer from Australia. Doreen said she was very closeted at home.
‘Crossingford’, the Gooderham’s property, was in Norfolk. Lilian’s parents are buried at St Mary the Virgin church at Pulham.
National Archives Military Record 2 May 1916
Discharged from the AIF. War Service began as Second Lieutenant in the Royal North Devon Hussars
Email from Steven Becker (ALH Researcher) 8 Jan 2014
“The Regt he went to Ireland was the 2/1 RNDH as the 1/1 RNDH had disbanded to form the 16Bn Devon Regt which fought in Palestine then went to France in May 1918.
The RNDH History outline;
The Royal North Devon Yeomanry
1/1st
August 1914 : in Barnstaple. Part of the 2nd South Western Mounted Brigade.
October 1915 : dismounted and moved to Gallipoli. Withdrew back to Egypt on 30 December 1915.
February 1916 : Brigade was absorbed into 2nd Dismounted Brigade.
4 January 1917 : merged with Royal 1st Devonshire Yeomanry to form the 16th (Royal 1st Devon and North Devon Yeomanry) Bn, the Devonshire Regiment and came under orders of 229th Brigade in 74th (Yeomanry) Division. Moved to France, landing at Marseilles 7 May 1918.
2/1st
Formed as a Second-Line regiment in September 1914 and remained in UK until in November 1916, converted into a Cyclist unit and redesignated 4th Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment. Resumed original identity in March 1917. Moved to Ireland in May 1918.
3/1st
Formed as a Third-Line training unit in 1915.
Remained in United Kingdom until disbanded in early 1917”
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Steve,
I think the 2/1 North Devon Yeomanry went to Ireland with the 2nd Cyclist Brigade and was based at Longford, County Longford. However, an ancestor of mine served in Ireland during the same time based at the Curragh with the 6th Cyclist Brigade but I know that he was posted to Dundalk in County Louth so maybe your man was posted elsewhere. Sorry I can't be of more help,
Gareth
British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards 1914-1920 ()
|Name: |William Edward Ernest Connor |
|Regiment or Corps: |Imp Camel C, |
| |Roy North Devon Huss, Captain |
| |Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry, Lieutenant |
National Archives Military Record 23 May 1918
War Service ended with Royal North Devon Hussars
Land fit for Heroes pp 151. May 1918
Royal North Devon Hussars posted to Ireland. Lilian’s identity card (held by Doreen Connor) shows the address as Longford Barracks (Longford, Ireland).
Doreen Connor ( May 2012)
Ernie was the top man in a boat taking someone very important (DeValera) over and the crew wanting to throw DeValera overboard, but Ernie stopped them. He always wondered what would have happened if he had let the crew kill De Valera. [This could have been when De Valera was re-arrested in Dublin in May 1918 for leading the public outcry against Britain's decision to introduce conscription in Ireland and transported to Lincoln Gaol, Lincolnshire England. They were also suspected of collaborating with the Germans. Ernie may have been commander of the escort party which took the prisoners on a naval boat from Kingstown to Holyhead on Sat 18 May 1918].
Yorkshire Post 22 Aug 1918
TERRITORIAL FORCE. YEOMANRY. ..........
Lt. W. E. E. Connor is restored to establishment;
Land fit for Heroes pp 151. April 1919
Royal North Devon Hussars left Ireland.
Death Register 11 Apr 1919
Lilian’s father Francis Job Gooderham died in Norfolk. Her mother Alice Mary was 23 years younger than Francis. [Perhaps marrying a much older man was not so strange to Lilian]
Ireland, Civil Registrations Birth Index ( )
|Name: |Newton G Connor |
|Date of Registration: |[6 May] 1919 |
|Registration district: |Dublin North |
|Birth Country: |Ireland |
|Volume: |2 |
|Page: |432 |
|FHL Film Number: |101078 |
Newton Gooderham Connor born Dublin Ireland. So it seems that the family did not follow the Hussars to England in April.
The Capricornian 4 Mar 1920
S.S. DEMOSTHENES. LONDON. March 4.
The Aberdeen liner Demosthenes will sail to-morrow for Australia. Her passengers will include fifty-three domestic servants, formerly members of the Women's Military Corps, twenty-five ex service men who are farm workers, and eighty-one ex-service men nominated by friends and relatives in New South Wales, all of whose passages have been paid by the Imperial Government, also seventy five emigrants nominated by friends in New South Wales, assisted by the State Government.
Sunday Times Perth 28 Mar 1920
MOVEMENTS OF TRANSPORTS
The following vessels are on their way to Australia carrying some troops and dependants, date of leaving England in parentheses: Anchises, (Feb. 14); via the Cape; Demosthenes (March 5)
SMH 22 Apr 1920
RETURNING TROOPS. DEMOSTHENES DUE TO-DAY.
Troops by the Demosthenes will arrive this morning at 8 o'clock, and will disembark at Dalgety's Wharf, Miller's Point. Friends and relations may meet them outside the wharf.
New South Wales Australia, Unassisted 1826-1922 Passenger Lists ()
|Name: |Wm Ed Ernest Conner |
|Port of Departure: |London |
|Port of Arrival: |Sydney, New South Wales |
|Voyage Arrival Date: |22 Apr 1920 |
|Vessel Name: |Demosthenes |
Ernest, Lilian and Newton arrive in Sydney aboard the S.S. “Demosthenes” ex London. They travelled in the Military Saloon class. Lilian was pregnant with Allan.
27 Aug 1920
Allan William Gooderham Connor born Manly, NSW
The Daily Advertiser 17 Sep 1920
Urangeline Ballot. The Successful Applicants.
LOCKHART, Thursday. The Urangeline Soldiers Settlement land ballot took place at Lockhart Courthouse to-day. The successful applicants (for the 67 blocks available) and the blocks allotted to them were as follow:
W.E. Connor Block 127 Parish Sumner
The 583 acre block cost him £4/12/- ($9.20) per acre, or £2681/8/- in total, with 6% deposit and the remainder to be paid off over 38 years (first 2 years without interest). He had to reside on the block for at least 5 years to qualify for these terms. There were also allowances for provision of funds for housing, fencing, water, tools, stock and implements, seeds, plants, trees etc.
The blocks were partly cleared, with high grass and thousands of rabbits. (Lockhart Review 12 Apr 1932)
Summer 1920-21. (Land Fit for Heroes by Christopher P Madden. pp16 )
‘Bill, known as Capt. Connor is reported as calling at Thompsons with his English wife and two young children in a horse and sulky. They were searching for their block on a very hot summer day. Avril’s recollection is that Ernie and Lilian drove there in a motor bike and side car, with Lilian holding Alan (~6mths) and Newton (~17mths) sitting on a breadbox between her legs.
Ernie wrote that he borrowed against his AMP insurance policy to build the house at “Crossingford”. (Letter WEEC to AWGC 29 Apr 1959)
Sep 1921 (in Land Fit for Heroes, pp19)
A meeting of 25 soldier settlers was held at the ‘mill’. They decided to form an association, called the Urangeline Soldiers Progress Association. The Office bearers elected included:
President: Captain Connor.
27 Oct 1921 (Land it for Heroes pp 90)
Urana v Urangeline Cricket Match
Captain Connor opened the batting for Urangeline and scored 7.
3 Nov 1921 (Land it for Heroes pp 91)
Urana v Urangeline Cricket Match
Connor opened the batting for Urangeline and scored 1.
1922 Urana v Urangeline Cricket Match (Land it for Heroes pp 90)
W Connor batted No. 3 for Urangeline and scored 12.
Daily Advertiser Wagga 22 Apr 1922
WANTED, table-top Lorry, with pole, International preferred. — W. Connor, Urangeline.
Albury Banner 25 Aug 1922
DISTRICT NEWS.
URANGELINE.
(From Our Own .Correspondent.)
The general monthly meeting of the Urangeline Soldiers and Settlers' Progress Association was held at Egelabra homestead recently. Present: — Capt. E. Connor (chairman), Messrs. T. M'Grath, A.C. Lee, F. Meyers, L. Edwards, J. Coram, H. Semmens, T. Triffit, N. Ogilvie, S. Ogilvie, H. Farrell, G. Lovell, J. Hutchens, A. E. Naismith, M. Merkel,.............................
Urana Shire Advocate Sep 1922
Urangeline Cricket Club. Captain Connor and P Madden were congratulated on being the highest in the averages for the season. William Connor was said to have played county cricket in England before the war. (Land fit for heroes pp 89)
Albury Banner 29 Sep 1922
DISTRICT NEWS.
URANCELINE.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
At the annual meeting of the returned soldiers' settlement branch there were about 30 members present, including the secretary, Mr. Roy M. Jackson. The following were elected office-bearers for 192-23 : — Mr. T. M'Grath, president ; Messrs. Connors and O. Lee, vice-presidents ; ....
The Urangeline Cricket Club held their annual meeting at the Urangeline homestead. Mr. H. Hazelwood was elected president, and L. Hazelwood was re-elected joint hon. secretary and treasurer. A vote of thanks was passed to the ladies for their kind assistance with refreshments during the previous season. Capt. Connors and Mr. P. Madden were congratulated on being the highest in the averages for the season. The coming season was discussed, and the secretary was instructed to write to the adjoining clubs regarding the formation of an association. Messrs. T. M'Grath and L. Hazelwood were elected delegates to discuss the formation of the association with other clubs. It was decided to ask the Lockhart Cricket Club to call a conference of delegates from the following clubs: — Urana, Boree Creek, Bunderra, Milbrulong, Isborne, Urangeline, to beheld at Lockhart.
1922 Fires (Land fit for heroes pp 67)
Avril Mary Connor, born Urana 5 May 1922
Albury Banner 8 Dec 1922
LOCKHART.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
On Sunday last a cricket match was played on the Lockhart aground between Milbrulong and Urangeline, which resulted: — Urangelina. 205 for six wickets ; Milbrulong, 148 for five wickets. Urangeline batted first, and declared their innings closed when reaching the above score. Capt. Connor made 109 runs (not out), and F. Hazlewood 53.Time prevented Milbrulong from finishing, their innings. It was a scorching hot day, with dry thunderstorms.
Albury Banner 9 Mar 1923
DISTRICT NEWS.
URANGELINE.
(From Our -Own Correspondent.)
The monthly meeting of the Urangeline R.S. Progress Association was held at Urangeline Homestead on Saturday.
At the conclusion of league's meeting a meeting of those interested informing a football club was held. Mr. H. Hazelwood was elected chairman Captain Connor, patron ; Messrs. H. Semens and C. A. Lee, vice-presidents. Mr. T. M'Grath was appointed secretary. Black and white sweaters, black shorts, with black and white sox were adopted. The secretary was instructed to communicate with the surrounding clubs, with the view of arranging a district association. All home matches to be played at Bidgeemia.
Daily Advertiser Wagga 28 Mar 1923
The following have been selected to represent Lockhart and district in their match with Wagga on Saturday next. Any player who cannot make the trip is requested to notify the secretary immediately: — E. Seberry, A. Seberry, E. Sly, W. Connor, F. Hazelwood, A. Ziebell, R. Richards, W. P. O'Neill. S. Chambers, J. Blackwood, Dr. Robinson, H. Belling, L. Hazelwood.
Albury Banner 13 Apr 1923
Cricket.- Inter-district cricket matches played at Wagga resulted : —Wagga, 206 for 8 wickets (A. Dunstan 74, G. Harrison 38), defeated Lockhart 180 (Connors 69, S. Best 30 not out) : Wagga, 324 (F. O'Brien 60, S. Best 42, J. Cunningham 58), defeated Junee, 135.
Albury Banner 11 May 1923
LAND NOTICES
SOLDIERS' GROUP PURCHASES CONFIRMED. Land District of Urana : Lockhart. Urana and Culcairn Shires. Soldiers' Group Purchase Area No. 38 .(Urangeline).—
William E. E. Connor 583a.,
Albury Banner 6 Jul 1923
URANGELINE SOLDIERS' SETTLEMENT.
(By a correspondent.)
The usual monthly meeting of the Progress Association was held on June24. Present: Messrs. T. M'Grath (president), N. Ogilvie, J. Curtain, H. Semmens, J. Madden, W. E. Connors, V. Pravan, P. M'Carthy, and Roy M. Jackson, hon. secretary. Mr.
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser 6 Sep 1923
Shallow Bore
Mr. R. T. Ball received the following from Mr Chaffey.—Dear Mr. Ball, In reply to your representations in relation to a letter dated 12th inst., received by you from Mr. W.E Connor, of Crossingford, via Urana, inquiring as to the possibility of a shallow bore being sunk by the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission on the town-ship site (the centre of the Urangeline Settlement). It will be necessary, before consideration can be given to the matter, that application be made to the Commission by the Shire Council. Particulars as to cost of sinking a bore, in accordance with such applications are indicated in paragraph 5 of the accompanying copy of Regulations relating to Shallow Boring by the Commission. I now take the opportunity of advising you as to the final action taken in connection with your former representations that one of the boring plants recently obtained by the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission should be made available for the purpose of sinking bores for soldier settlers in the Urangeline district. A plant was duly sent to Urana, and after consultation between the local Superintendent of the Commission, the Manager of the Settlement, and representatives of soldier' settlers, it was decided, with the concurrence of the Department of Lands, to sink a trial bore within their settlement on the holding of Mr. G. Mitchell. The sinking of this bore is now in progress. With regard to the comment made by your constituents and referred to in your former letter tome of the 14th May last, viz., that the Commission charges £1 per foot in respect of bores sunk by it.— attention is drawn to sub-clause(f) of clause 7 of the Shallow Boring Regulations, which sets out that the charge repayable by an applicant shall not exceed a sum equal to a maximum rate of 20/ afoot, or less than 10/ a foot, unless hard rock is met with, or the Commission thinks fit to remove all casing from a bore. Yours faithfully,
FRANK A. CHAFFY, Minister for Agriculture.
Albury Banner 7 Sep 1923
URANGELINE SOLDIERSETTLEMENT.
(From Our Own Correspondent.1)
A pleasant gathering of settlers took place on August 26th at Bageemia when Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Naish-Smith were the recipients of a silver tea set and an oak tray suitably inscribed. T. M'Grath (president of the S.S.P.L.)in making the presentation, was supported by. Messrs. N. Ogilvie, C. Holland, . R. M. Jackson, H. Hazelwood, D. E. Connor, and L. . Fraser. The gathering then joined hands in singing 'For They are Jolly Good Fellows.' Afternoon tea was kindly provided by the ladies. Mr. Naish- Smith has been promoted to inspector, in which capacity he carries the best wishes of the settlement.
Daily Advertiser 16 Oct 1924
LIENS ON CROPS: ' .
Mr. M. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., has been advised by 'Mr. E. P.' Fleming, 'Under Secretary for the Department of Lands, that, with reference to the representations of Mr. W. E. Connor, honorary secretary of the Urangeline S.S. Progress Association, in regard to the liens to the Department of Lands over the crops of settlers to secure repayment of arrears due in respect of their advances, the Minister has decided that he cannot agree to dispense with liens in all cases, but the operation of such liens will be restricted to not more than 60 per cent of the gross returns. However, in special, cases where hardship will ensue to the settler from the Department taking such proportion, the question of further reducing it will be considered by the Minister if the individual settler affected makes representations.
Manaro Mercury 11 May 1925
Elham, Glenbrook, Woolway.
CLOSER SETTLEMENT
On Saturday last the list of applicants for closer settlement areas in the Elham, Glenbrook,and Woolway holdings, which have been resumed by the Government, numbered 38. The areas range from 376 to 766 acres, and most of the applications conflict. The Local Land Board will sit at Cooma on Wednesday next to deal with the applications. The following is a list of the applicants :— ..........., Wm. E. E. Connor,
Manaro Mercury 15 May 1925
FULL BOARD
Conflicting application for Settlement Pur.
Connor, William E. E.; Hallam, Reginald D.; Clarke, Arthur E.,
Daily Advertiser Wagga 9 Feb 1926
TENDERS — POSTPONEMENT.
TENDERS for Bidgeemia Hall are returnable by FEBRUARY 20.Specifications at the office of This Paper.
W. E. CONNOR, Hon. Secretary.
SMH 19 Jun 1926
TAXI-CABS COLLIDE.
As a result of a collision between two taxi-cabs at the Intersection of Park and College street, about 2 o'clock this morning, Phillip Phelan and Ernest Connor [might not be our Ernie] were treated at the Sydney Hospital for lacerations about the face and body. The cars were badly damaged.
Land Fit for Heroes pp. 66-69 28 Jul 1926
Bidgeemia Hall officially opened. Lilian Connor ejected Ray, Pat and Darby Gleeson from the hall for interrupting the ceremony. Captain Connor played the piccolo.
Albury Banner 22 Oct 1926
SCHOOL MATTERS.
The Minister has approved of the establishment of a provision school at Bidgeemia. It is a condition of this old school building at Urangeline and re-erect it on the site reserved for public school purposes at Bidgeemia, viz. portion No. 136, parish of Sumner, county of Urana, without cost to this department and to the satisfaction of the local inspector of schools. The Lands Department have been asked to consent to immediate occupation of the reserved area, and, as soon as such consent is received, Captain Connor will be notified. The work may then be proceeded with and the appointment of a teacher will follow on its satisfactory completion.
British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards 1914-1920 ()
3 Jan 1927. WEEC’s address for correspondence re war medals was ‘Crossingford’, Rand, NSW
Land Fit for Heroes pp. 58 14 Aug 1927
Bidgeemia school opened in Aug 1927 – a one-teacher school. It was located in the SW corner of W.E. Connor’s portion 127. Newton, Alan and Avril Connor are among the first 13 pupils. They walked the half mile to school each day.
Valerie Elizabeth Connor, born Urana 4 Aug 1928
Lockhart Review 16 Oct 1928
Bidgeemia.
SPORTS AND DANCE.
Wednesday proved a beautiful day for the annual sports at Bidgeemia. Patrons came from far and wide, and the promoters were delighted that there was such a large
attendance. Mr. L. Hazelwood, who again acted as secretary, and the President (Mr. T. McGrath) were gratified with the successful manner in which the sports and dance passed off, and they anticipate that the Bidgeemia Hall funds will benefit considerably. The dance at night was also well attended. The music was supplied by the Pleasant Hills orchestra, and Mr. Chas. Milthorpe kindly acted as M.C. Novelty dances were won by Mr. A. Wilson and Mrs. Tomlinson (Monte Carlo) and Mr. J. Swannell and Miss Steere (Jazz Cap). v
The results included: —;
Sheep Guessing. —P. Madden and W. E. Connor tied.
Lockhart Review 26 Mar 1929
SINGLE V. MARRIED. , '
At Bidgeemia on Saturday week the married and single men had a pleasant afternoon's cricket. The scores were: —
Single Men. 74
Married Men. 111
W. E. Connor, retired ...... 40
Eden Magnet – Saturday 6 July, 1929
An Eden Sport Out West
Of Mr. W.E. CONNOR, who with his brother Stan was for some years farming at Broadwater Lake farm, near Eden, but who since his return from the war settled in Wagga district, Wagga Daily Advertiser writes:
“W.E. CONNOR, of the Urangeline Diggers’ Cricket Club, is probably the doyen of cricket in the Riverina. In 1910-11-12-13 and 14 he played in the Wagga first eleven. He then left for active service overseas. Although nearing the 60 years mark, CONNOR still handles the bat in good style and in the matches that he has played in this season he has shown that he still retains his punch. He made 64 against Lockhart, and going in first wicket against Rand he carried his bat for 84. He played some fine strokes and kept the fieldsmen busy. He has also scored 40 (retired) in another match this season. CONNOR has recorded some good scores in past seasons and is a keen cricketer and a thorough sport.”
Australian Electoral Rolls 1903-1980 ()
|Name: |William Edward Ernest Connor |
|Gender: |Male |
|Electoral Year: |1930 |
|State: |New South Wales |
|District: |Riverina |
|Subdistrict: |Urana |
|Address: |“Crossingford”, Bidgeemia, NSW |
|Occupation: |Farmer |
|Residing with: |Lilian Marion Connor |
Albury Banner 24 Jan 1930
The Lockhart Cricket Club had a game with Bidgeemia at Lockhart and came off victors, Scores:. Bidgeemia— First innings: 91
W. Conner 0,
Second innings: 91
W. Connor 2,
Lockhart — First Innings: 141
Second Innings: 8 wickets for. 42.
The Bidgeemia Hall was the scene of a concert arranged by the Bidgeemia Cricket Club. The artists included Miss Nancy Weir. The attendance was very good, people attending from Urana, Cullivel, Lockhart and the surrounding districts. After the concert a dance was held.
Daily Advertiser Wagga 18 Jul 1930
Soldier Settlers
Disabilities Discussed. Defence Committee Formed.
Federal Government to be Approached
A conference of returned soldier' settlers, which was largely attended, was held in the School of Arts building yesterday afternoon. The Conference was called at the instance of the Walbundrie Soldier - Settlers' Defence League to protest against the treatment given to returned soldier settlers by the Lands Department.
The meeting, after discussion, resolved itself into the Soldier Settlers' Defence Committee, and passed a re solution asking the Commonwealth Government to intervene on behalf of soldier settlers, and insist that the State Government should honor its obligations in the spirit of Mr. Justice Pike's recommendations, particularly in regard to the provision of home maintenance areas, concurrently with the writing down of indebtedness, in order to place settlers on a sound economic basis.
Mr. E. Cleat presided over the meeting, at which the Mayor of Wagga (Alderman E. E. Collins) was present for a time. Others present were:..
W. E. Connor, R. M. Jackson, W. E. Farrall, T. M'Grath, J. Hutchings, P. Lord, W. R. Barraclough, L. T. Merkel, and D. Davies(Urangeline);
Lockhart Review 12 Aug 1930
THE AUSTRALIAN WHEAT GROWERS' ASSOCIATION.
BRANCH FORMED AT LOCKHART.3/4 FIRST PAYMENT DESIRED.
After Friday's stock markets, over forty wheat growers of Lock hart, Boree Creek, Brookdale, Milbrulong, Napier and Urangeline districts assembled at the Lockhart School of Arts to form a branch of the Australian Wheatgrowers' Association.
Mr. W. F. Anderson, J.P., was voted to the chair, and the secretarial duties were carried out by Messrs. ET. Kendell and W. H. Kelly. The Chairman said that Mr. Kendel had gone to considerable expense inorganising the big public meeting which had been addressed by Mr. Stewart on the previous Saturday, and it would not be right to expect him to defray the expense himself. Mr. P. J. Burkinshaw, J.P. (Brookdale), said that Brookdale branch had voted £2/10/ towards the expenses. Those present readily found the balance of the money necessary. On the motion of Messrs. H. and.A. Schirmer, a vote of condolence was passed with Mr. Hector King in his recent sad bereavement.
THE OBJECTIVE. The Chairman said that owing to the inclemency of the weather many wheat growers had not been able to attend. Mr. Kendell, Mr. Hopwood and himself had drafted certain preliminary matters which the meeting might use as a basis of a constitution for the proposed branch of the Australian .Wheat growers' Association. It was proposed that their objective should be:' To organise wheat growers and enable them to concentrate on all problems peculiar to their industry, and to further the establishment of the Pooling system, and to police the activities of the Pool and to collaborate with kindred bodies, political or otherwise, with the same objective.' Mr. H. Schirmer moved, and Mr. H. Block seconded, that the objective as read be adopted. — Carried.
OFFICIALS ELECTED. The following officials were elected:—President: Mr. R. J. Hopwood, 'Clyde,' Boree Creek. Vice Presidents: Messrs. Geo. Gooden, P. J. Burkinshaw, H. T. Richter, H. Rockliffe, J. T. Smallwood, Capt. W. E. Connors, D. Jones. Executive: Messrs. R. Farrell, J. Merkle, F. N. Watson, M. Butler, D. Gleeson, R. Smith, A.Richter, H. Schirmer, O. H. Bauer, W. Johnson, Jos. Hopwood, W. Lord, W. Trevaskis, E. Sly, R. McCormick,L. V. Ellis, C. R. Scott, W. H. Toose, T. McDonnell, C. Westblade, C. Bender. Joint Secretaries: Messrs. E. T. Kendell and W. H. Kelly. Treasurer: Mr. W. F. Anderson.
Lockhart Review 9 Sep 1930
Lockhart Shire Council.
Capt. W. E. O'Connor, G. R. Milthorpe, G. Mitchell, Chas. H. Cary, E. Hinch, J. J. Dorety, H. Wrigley, J. J. Maslin, Mrs. R. Maslin, P. Maguire, F. N. Watson, and F. H. Brown made application regarding extension of time. Cr. Jarvis moved that extension be given to Cary to lst November; no extension to F. H. Brown; and others to 1st, February, 1930.
Lockhart Review 30 Sep 1930
LOCKHART SHOW
DOGS. Judge: Mr. R. Chrisp. Steward: Mr. T. Brennan.
Smooth-coated Fox Terrier Dog or Bitch: Mrs. W. E. Connor 1, George Planer 2.
Daily Advertiser 22 Apr 1931
RIVERINA AND SEAPORTS
(To the Editor 'Daily Advertiser ')
Sir, I wrote some few weeks ago to Mr. G. R. Phillipps, a prominent member of the Twofold Bay Development League, asking if the South – Coast and Monaro were taking action to be included in the proposed new province and the Riverina movement generally. I am convinced that the boundary on the east should be the ocean, with its many small ports and Twofold Bay for deep-sea trade and secondary industries. Both these districts have been shamefuilily neglected, and are very much underdeveloped because Sydney interests have given consistent opposition to all rail and shipping facilities so close to the Victorian border, and also to prevent Eden from all chances of taking overseas trade, even in a small measure, from Port Jackson. I enclose Mr. Phillipps' reply, and I think it would interest many Riverina residents if you publish it. - Yours, etc, W. E. CONNOR. Crossingford, via Urana, April 18.
MR. PHILLlPPS' REPLY Dear Mr. Connor—
" I have your letter of March 23 and note with interest your views regarding the inclusion of Monaro and the South Coast in the Riverina self-governing scheme. As perhaps you have seen mentioned, meetings have been held at various centres on the coast and tableland in response to an invitation from Queanbeyan people. Of course the whole thing is in an embryonic stage, and what growth or shape the movement will take appears to me to be problematical. The question of boundaries of any self-governing area with which we here might become identified was not discussed at our meeting at Eden. Personally, in the absence of any intimation whatever of the expression of a desire on the part of the leaders of the Riverina movement for the establishment of an area with an outlet to the sea, I felt that it might be wiser to leave the matter to be discussed by delegates at Cooma than to make it a subject of possible local controversy at this stage. This morning I saw Mr. Logan (the delegate elected to represent Eden at Cooma), and he mentioned that he had sent a copy of his book ,'The South-Eastern Gate,' to Mr. Hardy, and another to the Mayor of Wagga. He thought that this should suffice to give all the information available regarding the possibilities of the Snowy River hydro--electric scheme and the facilities afforded by Twofold Bay as a deep-sea port.
"For years there has been manifested here a keen desire to see Riverina linked up by road and rail with Twofold Bay, and although the railways has not come nearer than Bombala (60miles distant from Eden by road) the road connection of the tableland with Eden has been wonderfully improved by the construction of the Mount Darragh road, which provides a splendidly graded thoroughfare from the tableland area to this port. Then there is the State Highway connecting Eden, via Bega and Cooma with Tumut, so that, as far as travel facilities are concerned a big improvement has occurred in recent years. To what extent the coastward traffic will improve will depend upon the Riverina people themselves, and I sincerely hope that the linking up process will proceed apace, with reciprocal advantage to all concerned. I feel sure that any desire expressed by the inhabitants of Riverina to associate themselves with the people of Eden- Monaro in a scheme providing the hinterland with an outlet to the sea at Twofold Bay will be noted with sympathetic interest and accorded all possible support."
Lockhart Review 20 Aug 1931
A fortnightly meeting of the Bidgeemia Farmers’ Union was held on Monday, Mr. A.J. Ralston presiding.
Mr. J Roseby moved and Mr. J T Swannell seconded that the Minister for Lands be urged to give support to the decisions of the recent Premiers’ Conference – Carried
Mr. Baracluff moved that any suspension of payments due on land leases be made free of interest – Agreed to.
After considerable discussion on the question, Mr. Roseby moved and Mr Connor seconded, that a committee consisting of Mover, Messrs H Hazelwood, DJ McLellan, J Ralston and T McGrath, Secretary, be appointed to consider and report upon the advisability of forming a co-operative society. [The Bidgeemia Rural Co-operative Co was formed in June 1932]
Lockhart Review 27 Oct 1931
VALUATION COURT.
In the case of the appeal by W. E. Connor, Urangeline, Mr. Barrett objected to it on the grounds that the appeal was invalid as the wording was not in conformity with the wording required by the Local Government Act. - He submitted a similar case of a ratepayer who had appealed against the valuations of the Queenbeyan Municipal Council. Mr. Connor said he was not conversant with the technical points of the Act. He had written the appeal out in a hurry and he only asked the Bench for a fair deal. The P.M. said he must uphold the objection.
Lockhart Review 12 Apr 1932
Corowa Electorate Council.
ENDORSES MR. BALL, M.L.A.AND MR CREED.
The meeting of the Corowa Electorate Council was held at Urana on Monday. Mr. F. B. S. Falkiner (President) welcomed the delegates and in doing so expressed appreciation of the work being done by Senator-elect Charles Hardy. He also expressed his pleasure at seeing amongst them, Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A. Cr. F. E. Whitehead, (Urana) also
welcomed the delegates on behalf of the residents of Urana. Mr. Benno Seidel (the Hon. Secretary) enrolled the delegates present as follows: — ............
J. Ralston and W. E. Connors, Bidgeemia U.C.P. ;
Daily Advertiser 13 May 1932
RIVERINA MOVEMENT
MORE SUB-GROUPS FORMED
The following is an additional list of sub-groups, with their officers, formed in the Riverina division of the United Country Movement: —
Bidgeemia: Leader, J. A. Ralston; secretary, W. E. Connor; treasurer, G. Milthorpe; committee, C. H. M'Culluch, M. Dickens, G. Milthorpe, L. Trethowen, L. Holland.
Lockhart Review 2 Aug 1932
MOONLIGHT GRAND FAIR & DANCE
BIDGEEMIA HALL,WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1932
Fair opened at 3 p.m. by the Rector. Sweet, Fancy, Produce and Refreshment Stalls, Fishpond, Dips, Bowling Board, etc. DANCE— 8 P.M. Admission 2/. Ladles a Basket, Lockhart and Boree Creek Visitors Welcome.
W. E. CONNOR, Hon. Secretary.
Twofold Bay Magnet – Saturday 6 August, 1932
New States
A Port for Riverina.
Mr. W.E. CONNOR, of Crossingford, via The Rand, Riverina, formerly resident of the Eden district, has, in connection with the proposed establishment of a new State with Wagga as its capital, written to the “Daily Advertiser”, Wagga, on the question of new provincial boundaries and a port for the Riverina. He points out the facilities afforded by Twofold Bay as a port for direct export of the products of the hinterland, and urges the utilisation of this port as a factor of State development.
In a letter to the editor of the “Magnet”, Mr. CONNOR expresses the hope that the people of the South Coast and Monaro will see the outstanding advantages which they would reap from the intercourse and the development that would result from attachment to the valuable Riverina province.
Anyone who wishes to assist Mr. CONNOR with information that may be helpful to him in advocacy of his objective should communicate with him direct at the address given above.
Daily Advertiser Wagga 17 Oct 1932
UNITED COUNTRY MOVEMENT
Riverina Division Conference Concluded ADDRESS BY DR. EARLE PAGE
Delegates Discuss Many Important Matters
The first annual conference of the Riverina Division of the United Country Movement, which was opened on Friday morning at the Oxford Theatre, Wagga, continuing throughout the day and until 10 o'clock at night, was resumed on Saturday morning, the proceedings lasting until a little after 4 o'clock, in the afternoon. Others who at tended in addition to those already mentioned were Messrs. Tom Collins and H. K. Nock, Ms.H.R., F. G. Young (Maimuru), J. J. Jones (Henty), and Captain W. E. Connor (Bidgeemia).
Dr. Earle Page gave an address at the morning session, shortly after which he left, and there were also brief addresses by Messrs. Collins, Nock, and Kilpatrick, M.L.A. The delegates got through a considerable, amount, of business, all the items, numbering 58 on the agenda being disposed of with the help of few withdrawals. Taken on the whole it was a very successful conference, indicating the maintenance of the keenest interest in the movement and its objectives by leaders, parliamentarians, delegates, and those who had appointed the delegates. Mr. E. F. Lusher was again chairman.
Feb 1933 Mouse plague
Land Board Urana 1933
W.E. Connor was granted remission of half interest and a portion of the 1933 Instalment, as relief on account of flood, drought etc.
Lockhart Review 25 Jul 1933
ARBITRATOR DECIDES ON THE SOUTH ROADASTHE MAIN ROAD.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN COUNCILS AND RATEPAYERS.
Both the Lockhart and Urana Shire Councils have been officially informed by the Main Roads Board that Mr. Upton, the Acting Commissioner and Arbitrator in the roads controversy explained below, has decided that the Main Road is to be the road south of Lake Uranagong as first surveyed by Mr. Binns, of the Main Roads -Board Staff.
The decision will please a few and displease many, but it was fully expected that officialdom would confirm what officialdom had done. Both Councils having agreed to abide by the arbitrator's decision are likely to tacitly accept the decision, but in view of the very strong agitation on the part of a large body of their own ratepayers, the question is sure to be raised in the Lockhart Council whether any Shire funds can be made available as a contribution to such work. It is known that two or three of the councillors are fed up already with the considerable diversion of ratepayers' monies to make motor routes for interstate tourists, while roads ratepayers use to get their produce to the railways are going to pieces for lack of funds and, in several cases, dependent upon the voluntary efforts of the ,ratepayers themselves. As briefly reported in last issue, Mr. T. H. Upton, Acting Commissioner of the Main Roads Board, acting as arbitrator, visited Bidgeemia and the surrounding district on Tuesday in order to satisfy himself as to the merits and demerits of various proposals put forward concerning the locale of what would be in the future the main road between Urana and Albury. The Acting Commissioner wag accompanied by Mr. Binns, Chief Surveyor of the Main Roads Department, who surveyed the present road south of the Lake, and by Mr. Harding, the Riverina Divisional Main Roads Engineer. Also with the party were Mr. H. H. Lauder (Engineer of Urana Shire), Mr. W. L. Hurd (Engineer of the Lockhart Shire), Mr. T. W. Young (Urana Shire Clerk), and Mr. C. R. Barrett (Lockhart Shire Clerk). The two councils were represented by: — Urana: Cr. R. D. Culley (President), Cr. A. R. Townsend (Deputy President), Cr. F. E. Whitehead, Cr. J. M. Smith; Cr. G. A. Olsen. Lockhart: Cr. J. J. Nolan (President),Cr S. R. Jarvis (Vice President),Cr. W. K. Day, Cr. W. G. Drummond, Cr. W. S. Browne, and Cr. C. Condon. Cr. Gooden was unavoidably absent through family affliction. Messrs. J. Ralston (President), T. McGrath (Hon. Secretary), T. Ralston. C. Holland, G. Milthorpe, D, J. McLellan, J. Swannell, T. Roseby, B. McFarlane, and W. E. Connors were present in the interest of the Bidgeemia Farmers' Union proposals together with a large number of other members. Messrs. C. H. Cornell, E. D. Webb and A. C. Cowin were present from Lockhart.
Lockhart Review 8 Aug 1933
CHURCH OF ENGLAND BAZAAR AT BIDGEEMIA.
AUGUST 30, at 2 p.m. DANCE to follow. Gent's 2/; Ladies 1/.Good Floor and Orchestra. ,.
W. E. CONNOR, Hon. Secty.
Lockhart Review 5 Dec 1933
SUGGESTED LIGHT HORSEUNIT.
The following letter addressed to Captain W. E. Connor, of 'Crossingford,' Bidgeemia, explains itself: —' Dear Sir, — I am in receipt of your letter of the 4th October, addressed to the District Commandant regarding the possibility of forming a Light Horse Unit in the Rand- Lockhart- Urana district, and regret not having acknowledged it earlier. The Commandant desires me to thank you for your interest in this matter, and to say that your representations will receive consideration when the Government's policy in regard to the extension of militia training is more definitely known.
E. M. WILLIAM, Colonel, A.A. and Q.M.G, 3rd. District Base.'
1933 Threat from Skeleton Weed
1934 Floods
Lockhart Review 22 May 1934
A YOUNG MAN'S PASSING STIRS THE HEARTS OF ALL.
Throughout the expanse of Lockhart and surrounding districts, the hearts of all people were deeply moved when they learned that th etragic accident to Mr. Bruce Alexander Low, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex. D. Low, of 'Welya,' Urana road, had had its termination in death. In the fulness of life on Thursday afternoon of last week, the young man, with his uncle, Mr.E. T. Harris and Mr. J. W. Grayand his sons, participated in the sport of duck shooting. Plunging into the creek near his home after a duck, he took a dive into water that was shallower than he could have anticipated and injured his spine to such a degree that Dr. Conlon, after he had rushed to the scene at express speed, could give his family and friends no hope. By ambulance, the young man was taken to Wagga and medical skill there could only confirm the sad news contained in the first professional opinion. Fully conscious to the end, Bruce Low, one of the most popular young men in the district, a devoted son, and a choice brother, passed to the unknown on Sunday evening with a great courage and with a benediction on his lips for his beloved mother. .............
The funeral cortege was an exceedingly lengthy one and included over eighty motor vehicles. The service at the graveside, also conducted by Rev. Taylor, was attended by hundreds of people. Amongst those present, practically every Bidgeemia family was represented, also most of the families around Jackson's Waterholes, where Mr and Mrs. Low formerly lived. Included in the company we noticed: .............. W. E,. Connors,
The Argus 6 Jun 1934
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited (Incorporated In England) sold -; 83 crossbred and merino, W E Conner Bidgeemia via Rand N S W to 24/3 av 20/3.
Lockhart Review 3 Jul 1934
Mrs W. E. Connor, of 'Crossing-ford,' Bidgeemia, is leaving, for England this week on a trip to see her mother who lives in Norfolk. She is taking her youngest daughter with her and hopes to return by Christmas.
Lockhart Review 17 Jul 1934 and 21 Aug 1934
CHURCH of ENGLAND FAIR
AT BIDGEEMIA,WEDNESDAY, AUGUST mencing 2 p.m.
DANCE AT NIGHT; Gent's 3/;ladies, a Basket.
W. E. CONNOR, Hon. Secty.
Lockhart Review 11 Dec 1934
BIG LOSS OF SHEEP.
Mr. W. E. Connor, of 'Crossing-ford,' Bidgeemia, lost over 200 sheep following dipping at Mr. C.H. McCulloch's dip last week. The loss has been attributed to an over-strength of powder in the dip, or alternately, to the sheep being thirsty and drinking the poison.
SMH 11 Dec 1934
SETTLER'S LOSS OF SHEEP.
LOCKHART Monday
Mr. W G Connor, a soldier settler at Bidgeemia, lost more than 200 sheep after dipping them. The loss was attributed by Mr. Connor to the over-strength of the dipping liquid. Other graziers think that the sheep may have been thirsty at the time and poisoned themselves.
Lockhart Review 11 Dec 1934
Mrs W. E. Connor, of 'Crossingford, Bidgeemia, returned home from a delightful trip abroad when she saw her mother and other relatives in England. When in London, she saw the Duchess of Kent (Princess Marina).
Lockhart Review 1 Jan 1935
CRICKET.
BIDGEEMIA RECRUITS v NORWOOD
NORWOOD.— First Innings 124
RECRUITS- -First Innings. 77
W. E. Connor, c and b Doherty 1
N. Connor, b J. McGrath – 3
A. Connor, not out . .1
Second Innings - Five wickets for . 77
W. E. Connor, not out . 39
A. Connor, c T. McGrath b P.Wilson 2
Albury Banner 4 Jan 1935
Mr. C. H. M'Culloch, of Bidgeemia, states, in regard to the alleged loss of sheep through dipping at Bidgeemia, that it is evident the loss sustained by Mr. Connor was due to a severe cold snap immediately following the dipping, and was not attributable to the actual dipping.
Lockhart Review 22 Jan 1935
BIDGEEMIA.
BELATED REPORT
[We apologise to our readers forthe appended belated report of Bidgeemia happenings. It was sent tous in good time, but like many another thing, it went astray,— Ed.]
The annual Christmas tree was held in the hall on Thursday night, December 20 [1934]. A well laden tree was the centre of attraction for the 90 odd children who attended, and Santa Claus gave out the gifts, each girl or boy, as their name came out had the choice of the many nice toys on the tree. Mrs. F. Watson carried out the secretarial duties in a very capable manner; Mrs. R. Milthorpe, as president, and an energetic committee did the rest. The result was all that could be desired and the thanks of the district are due to these ladies for their energy, thought and ability. Every boy and girl in the district received a toy, the total number of toys required
being 105 and only 14 of this number failed to put in an appearance. Free ice cream was 'on tap'' for the children, and this was made possible by the generosity of Mrs. W.E. Connor, who very kindly donated five gallons. Needless to say, the youngsters had a very enjoyable time. Dancing for young and old, to the tunes of Brouff's Orchestra, made up a very pleasant evening.''
Lockhart Review 29 Jan 1935
Yanco Agricultural High School will have three Lockhart boys on the roll this year, viz, Carl Shearer(son of Mr. A. Shearer), George Gollasch (son of Mr. W. Gollasch), and Allan Connor (2nd year), son of Capt. W. E. Connor, Bidgeemia.
Eden Magnet – Saturday 6 April, 1935
Mr. and Mrs. W.E. CONNOR of Crossingford, via The Rand, Riverina, with two of their four children, are enjoying a few days’ holiday with Mr. and Mrs. L.A. PALMER at Nadgie.
Letter from WEEC to AWGC
Ernie wrote to Allan on 1 Sep 1952 that Lilian’s “refusal to answer my Port Said letter questions, delivered there to her by the P&O on her way to England, has convinced me that she never intends to join me, after consistently refusing after 18 long years”
Letter dated 19 Jan 57 says “after 22 years of refusing to join our lives together”.
[This indicates that Lilian moved to Albury permanently in about 1935, not long after their trip to Eden.]
Lockhart Review 23 Apr 1935
RETURNED MEN FOR SYDNEY.
Thirty-seven passengers left by the Anzac special train from Lockhart on Easter Monday, for Sydney. The returned men included: — Messrs W. R. Oliver, P. A. Buchanan, E. E.J. Smith, H. Stevens, N. H. Ogilvie, S. A. Matthews, W. Alexander, R.W. Scott, E. J. Outram, G. R. Banks, E. T. Kendell, E. T. Harris, W. B. Shute, J. E. Cookson, F. H. Hazelwood, E. Davies, J. Hutchins, W. E, Connors, P. Madden, R. McCormick, J. A. Fraser, E. J. Watson, F. J. Webber, G. Kneale, H. J. Jones, H.B. Burns, E. J. Brown, S. George, E. Wilson, T. F. Kelly, M. A. Ferguson, E. Alexander. Messrs. C. Parrott and F. Cronk joined the train at Boree Creek.
Delegate Argus 30 Jan 1936
Mr. W. E. Connor, a Delegate cricketer of years ago, and who is visiting this district, played for Delegate against Orbost in last Monday's match
Delegate Argus 30 Jan 1936
Cricket
Delegate cricketers played Orbost a return match at Orbost on Monday last, and on this occasion were victorious by 7 runs, the scores being Delegate 135, Orbost128. For Delegate the opening batsmen were A. and R. Jeffreys, who opened Delegate's innings in the match against Orbost here, and, as on the previous occasion, it was a good partnership, A.
Jeffreys scoring 30 and R. Jeffreys 36. J. Irvine was top score for Orbost, retiring at 50. Following are the details: —
ORBOST.
F. Nixon, c Connor, b Eppelstun ... ... ... ... ... 0
Total ... ... 128
DELEGATE.
E. Connor, b Taylor 4
Total ... 135
Albury Banner 20 mar 1936
A number of Oaklands residents journeyed to Urana to take part in a valedictory social given in honor of the Rev. L. C. and Mrs. Ferris, who, after seven years' residence, are leaving the district. The function was hold in the Soldiers' Memorial Hall. The chair was taken by Captain W. E. Connor, and the proceedings opened with community singing under the leadership of Mr. F. B. Hicks, Oaklands, for which and for the subsequent programme vocal solos Mrs. Hicks was accompanist. Many speakers, including the Rev. Father Hennessy and the Rev. A. Crowley, spoke in eulogistic terms of the good work done by the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Ferris during their term in the district. Captain Connor then presented Rev. Ferris with a substantial cheque on behalf of the parishioners and friends of the district. Mr. F. B. Hicks, on behalf of the ladies, also presented Mrs. Ferris with a cheque. Rev. Ferris suitably responded on behalf of his wife and himself, thanking all for the many kindnesses shown them during their stay in Urana. The vocalists of the evening were: — Miss Jean Nixon (Oaklands), Miss Mavis Brouff (Urana), Mr. W. Young and Mr. B. Hicks.
Lockhart Review 12 May 1936
URANA LAND BOARD
The Urana Land Board sat at Urana on May 5 and 6, when the Board comprised Messrs. F. J.Fealco (chairman) and F. J. Westblade (member). Mr. E. A,. Mackenzie, acting District Surveyor appeared for the Crown. The following cases were dealt with: —
FOR CONSIDERATION.
W. E. E. Connor, S.G.P. 23/23. —Recommended postponement 1935 instalment free interest. Mr. Lethbridge, solicitor, with applicant.
Lockhart Review 16 Jun 1936
BIDGEEMIA GOLF CLUB
The following were the results of the compettions held at the above club's links last week-end.
Men's Modified Stableford 18 Holes,
W. E. Connor .... 17 (=9th)
Results of Men's 18 hole stroke handicap, held on Sunday, June 7:
W. E. Conner ............ 98 35 63 (1st)
Lockhart Review 15 Sep 1936
C RIDING ELECTION
For the vacancy in C Riding there are, it is stated, many Richmonds in the field and amongst likely candidates' spoken of are Messrs. G. Schneider, S. Naughtin, W. Rutherford, W. E. Connor, J. Knox, J. Clancy. Thursday next is the time for receiving nominations.
Lockhart Review 22 Sep 1936
LOCKHART SHIRE
'C' BIDING VACANCY DRAWSFIVE CANDIDATES.
It speaks well for the great interest taken in shire affairs that five gentlemen nominated for the vacancy in C Riding, of Lockhart Shire, caused through the lamented death of Cr. W. S. Browne. The candidates are: —W. E. Connor, of Bidgeemia. J. P. S. Matthews, of Urangeline East. Geo. J. Schneider, of Lalla Rook. Andrew D. Rutherford of Mundawaddera. William W. Wolter, of Ryan.
Mr. Connor is better known as Captain Connor, having served in the British Army. He has been on the Urangeline Soldier Settlement for many years ,a good worker in local causes at Bidgeemia, particularly C. of E. functions.
Mr. Matthews, farmer, is best known as the president of the Urangeline East F. and S. A. branch, which branch he has represented several times as delegate on the Lockhart District Council. He is a committeeman of the Lockhart A. and P. Society and has been very prominent as a wheat grower in crop competitions.
Mr. Geo. J. Schneider is one of our most experienced settlers. Starting at Osborne on a small farm he acquired a larger property at Lalla Rook adjoining the property of the late Cr. Browne. He has always taken a great interest in Osborne and district affairs, particularly involuntary shire work and his sons recently acquired Mr. W. Hensley's property.
Mr. Andrew Rutherford is the manager of Mundawaddera Station and it is understood that he nominated previously as a councillor. The roads around his locality have been in a shocking state and that is probably one of the chief reasons for his candidature.
Mr. Wm. W. Wolter, of Ryan, has the reputation of making things a welter when he takes a hand. He has performed loyal service to his district in several voluntary works for the shire and has gained much esteem amongst those who know him.
Mr. H. B. Moyle, the Returning Officer, anticipates that the ballot-papers will be posted about the end of this week or the beginning of next week. Electors will need to read the instructions carefully to avoid informal votes. To mark the actual ballot is an easy matter but filling in the declaration form as required and the putting in of every date properly as required seems to be a stumbling block. So be careful with the declaration form is our advice to electors.
Lockhart Review 17 Nov 1936
LOCKHART SHIRECOUNCIL
The monthly meeting of the Lockhart Shire Council was held on Monday. Present: Councillors J. J. Nolan (president), W. K. Day, G. Jones, C. Condon, W. Q. Drummond, A. D. Finlayson, S. R. Jarvis; J. W. Gooden and A. D. Rutherford. [Looks like Rutherford won the C Riding election]
Mr. W. E. Connor wrote concerning damage through gravel being taken out of his property.— A report is to be called for.
Lockhart Review 8 Dec 1936
W Connor played for Bidgeemia B Grade team against the A Grade team in the charity match for Queen of the Wattle, Miss M Holland. He was 33 n.o. in the winning side.
Lockhart Review 15 Dec 1936
SHIRE REPORTS
SHIRE ENGINEER'S REPORT
Gravel Pit of W. E. Connor.— This was inspected during the month by, myself and subsequently by the Works Committee, and it is recommended by both parties that no action be taken toward affording W.E. Connor any further compensation.
Lockhart review 15 Dec 1936
ARGUMENT ON GRAVEL The Works Committee inspected paddock owned by Mr. W. E. Connor, Bidgeemia, who claimed that contractor had caused excessive damage taking out gravel. Mr. Connor also claimed 4d. per yard for the gravel. The president said that 2d. per yard was Council's fixed price and everybody had to be treated alike. The paddock was referred to as a cultivation paddock, but numerous logs about were the only sign that it was ever intended for cultivation Cr. Jarvis said that after inspection, his opinion was that the paddock was in the best, condition he had ever seen a paddock following the removal of gravel. Cr. Gooden moved that the recommendation of the Works Committee in favour of no action be adopted. Cr. Rutherford seconded. — Carried.
1937 to 1946 Drought years (Land fit for heroes)
1937 Electoral Roll ()
Lilian Marion Connor had moved from ‘Crossingford’ to 519 Wilcox St, Albury NSW.
Australian Electoral Rolls 1903-1980 ()
|Name: |William Edward Ernest Connor |
|Gender: |Male |
|Electoral Year: |1937 |
|State: |New South Wales |
|District: |Riverina |
|Subdistrict: |Urana |
|Address: |“Crossingford”, Bidgeemia, NSW |
|Occupation: |Farmer |
|Residing with: |- |
Lockhart review 9 Mar 1937
CRICKET
A pleasant Sunday afternoon was held at the Bidgeemia ground on the 14th instant, when a cricket match was arranged, the losing side to shout afternoon tea for the winners. Messrs. F. Hazelwood and. T.-McGrath picked sides. The results:
HAZELWOOD'S TEAM....52.
McGRATH'S TEAM. ... 130
W. E. Connor, b F. Hazelwood 25
On Sunday, the Boree Creek team visited Culloden, and defeated the home team, after an enjoyable game, by 105 runs to 61.
Lockhart review 16 Mar 1937
BIDGEEMIA
The concluding game in a series of matches arranged to assist the three Queens In the competition, was played on Saturday last. The proceeds were in aid of Miss D. Creek, Queen of Waratah. A good number of cricketers, or prospective cricketers, came along. Messrs. Cole and Trethowan picked sides, the losers being called up onto shout afternoon tea for the victors. Teams of twelve a side were chosen and a close finish was the result. When Dev. Call came in to bat, his side needed seven runs for victory. A nice leg glance from Dev gave them three, but he failed to keep Boyce out, who clean bowled him, with his side still needing 4 runs. Afternoon tea was served by Miss Creek's committee, soft drinks were available on the ground. The scores were: —
TRETHOWAN' S TEAM . 72
W. E. Connor, not out 4
COLE'S TEAM 68
Lockhart review 23 Mar 1937
WANTED. TENDERS for ploughing 94 acres. Apply W. E. Connor, 'Crossingford,' Urana.
Lockhart review 19 Oct 1937
BIDGEEMIA SPORTS
An Attractive Programme
The annual diggers sports (President, Mr. T. McGrath; hon. secretaries, Messrs. Roy Milthorpe and A. Creek) was held at Bidgeemia on Wednesday. The attendance was excellent, showing that the popular fixture has lost none of its interest for the district people and their friends. At night, a successful dance was held in the Bidgeemia Hall.
Sports results included: —
CYCLING EVENTS One mile handicap, N. Connor 1, G. Turner 2; handicap sprint, J mile, N. Connor 1, W. Turner 2;
MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS
open putting competition, W. E. Connor; guessing weight of sheep, A. McLellan.
Lockhart Review 21 Dec 1937
FOR SALEBOX Post for wire fencing. — Apply W.E. CONNOR, 'Crossing-ford,' Bidgeemia.
Lockhart Review 4 Jan 1938
FOR SALEBOX Post for wire fencing. — Apply W.E. CONNOR, 'Crossing-ford,' Bidgeemia.
Albury Banner 29 Apr 1938
FEWER MARCHERS This year the marchers at Albury were fewer than on any .previous Anzac Day — fewer because many thousands were drawn from country districts to participate in the grand 150th Anniversary celebration march in Sydney. Those who took part in the march were:—
W. E. Connor,
Lockhart Review 1 Nov 1938
OBITUARY
Mrs. McLellan
Urangeline district mourns to-day one of its best known, best beloved and most experienced of its residents in the person of Mrs. Harriet McLellan (68 years), wife of Mr. David J. McLellan, of 'Redcourt,' Urangeline. The death took place at the residence of her son-in-law and eldest daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Shute. Her passing was primarily attributable to shock and injury caused by a simple 'accident but for several years the state of her health has called for the constant and unremitting care of her husband and family. A daughter of the late Mr. Wm. Bremner, the deceased lady was born at Kerang (Vic.), and was married to Mr. McLellan at Kyneton (Vic). Early in their married life they decided to take up land in N.S.W. and have been settled in the Urangeline district for over thirty years. Besides Mr. McLellan, the surviving members of the family are Mrs. W. Shute (daughter), and Messrs. W.A., L. J., and D. B. McLellan (sons). The funeral which took place on Sunday was a magnificent tribute to the memory of the deceased and to the family.
............
Amongst others present were
W.E. Connors,
Lockhart Review 21 Mar 1939
New C.W.A. Rest Room
OPENED AT URANATHE SPLENDID GIFT OF MRS. OTWAY FALKINER
Thanks to the munificent generosity of Mrs. Otway Falkiner, of Boonoke North, the first and present President of the Urana Country Women's Association branch, Urana is again in possession of a new, up-to-date, commodious Rest Room, situated opposite the Urana Shire Council buildings. The new building was opened by Mrs. Mat. Sawyer, O.B.E., ex-President of- the N.S.W. Country Women's Association, on Wednesday afternoon.
The President of the Urana Shire(Cr. A. R. Townsend) presided over the proceedings. Amongst those present were ; Capt. W. E. Connors
Lockhart Review 16 May 1939
LOCKHART SHIRE. ENGINEER’S REPORT
W. E. E. Connor's Gateway. — The only solution is to place a culvert in the scour and form up an approach to the gateway. It is recommended that Mr. Connor be given permission to do so. — Agreed to.
Lockhart Review 21 May 1940
A Notable Record
Captain W. E. E. Connor and Mrs. Connor, of 'Crossingford,' Bidgeemia', have two sons enlisted as volunteers in the A.I.F. Both have had militia training. Newton G. (21) will undergo training with the R.A.E., at Queenscliff (Vic.) and Alan W. G., the younger son, hopes to join the air force. Their father began his military career as a troop leader in the 3rd. A.L.H., in 1904, under General Sir Granville Ryrie. In 1910, he was compulsory training area officer stationed at Wagga, and when the last Great War occurred —having special references for horsemanship— he was appointed in charge of the breaking and handling of 400 remounts, portion of the four thousand gift horses which came from all parts of Australia' to the Maribynong Depot. Later, he trained several squadrons of Light Horse for overseas. Keen on participating in the actual fighting he, with some other officers, left for England, where he joined the Royal North Devon Hussars, serving for four years with that regiment and the Imperial Camel Corps. His father and three of his father's brothers were all in a volunteer regiment in the 1860's. Reflecting on boyhood days, Capt. Connor said that one of his greatest thrills was to don his father's moth-eaten scarlet and gold uniform. His father, by the way, took up Jack River Station, Gippsland, before free selection was in vogue. Immediately after the outbreak of the present war, Capt. Connor offered his services to the Imperial War Office.
Daily Advertiser 24 Jan 1941
DISTRICT NEWS
LOCKHART
Leading. Aircraftman W. G. Connor (son of Mr. W. E. Connor, Bidgeemia), has been spending leave from the Lindfield camp with the rest of the family at 'Carilla,' East Albury. His brother, Newton, is also serving his country. Both boys are following in their father's footsteps.
Albury Banner 16 May 1941
Albury Red Cross
SUCCESSFUL SEWINGDAY
The members of the Albury branch of the Red Cross Society have reported a most successful year's activities. The sewing day for bombed victims on Wednesday was an outstanding success, and each week are proving more popular. The Bungowannah sub-branch has eclipsed any effort of the Albury branch for street stalls, by netting over £40 from a street stall recently.
Donations this week were:
Mrs. Connor, flowers;
Albury Banner 8 Aug 1941
Capt. W. E. Connor, ' Crossingford, 'via Rand, has been advised that his nephew, Lieut. George Connor, of the A.I.F. in the Middle East, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. S. N. Connor, of Roslyn avenue, Roseville, has been posted as wounded and missing. Capt. Connor has two sons serving with the fighting forces, Messrs. Alan . W. C. Connor, who is with the Air Force in Canada, and Newton G. Connor, who is in the R.A.E.
Daily Advertiser Wagga 30 Aug 1941
Captain Connor, of Crossingford, via Rand, has received a telegram conveying the pleasing news that his brother's son, Lieut. George Connor, has managed to rejoin his unit after about six weeks of captivity.
Australian Electoral Rolls 1903-1980 ()
|Name: |William Edward Ernest Connor |
|Gender: |Male |
|Electoral Year: |1943 |
|State: |New South Wales |
|District: |Riverina |
|Subdistrict: |Urana |
|Address: |“Crossingford”, Bidgeemia, NSW |
|Occupation: |Farmer |
|Residing with: |- |
Daily Advertiser 18 Oct 1943
ALBURY SHOW
Horticulture Roses, six distinct, Mrs. W. J. Murphy 1, Mrs. W. E. Connor 2; six not necessarily distinct. Mrs. W. E. Connor 1, Mrs. W. J. Murphy 2; three distinct, Mrs. W.J. Murphy 1, A. A. Rogers S; three red roses, Mrs. W. J.Murphy 1, Mrs. W. E. Connor 2; sole rose. A. A. Rogers 1, Mrs. W.J. Murphy 2; champion rose, Mrs. W. J. Murphy 1, A. A. Rogers 2.
Cut flowers: Six sweet peas, L.B. Cary 1, Colene Cary 2; three carnations, Mrs. W. E. Connor l, John Moloney 2; nasturtiums, Mrs. W E Connor.
Daily Advertiser 15 Nov 1943
Captain W. E. Connor, of Crossingford, via Rand, has had an airgraph from his son, W/O W. G. Connor, DFM, stating that he was married recently to a Doncaster (Yorkshire) lass, Miss Lawrence, of the Air Force Auxiliary. He has been promoted to Pilot Officer. So, after three years of bombing, he has now a wife, a decoration and a commission. Notwithstanding his several crashlandings, and the 'pasting' that is always on the menu over 'Hun-land,' he writes that he is less nervous of it, than he is of meeting the King to receive his medal.
Daily Advertiser Wagga 22 Nov 1944
WITH THE FORCES
Many friends of Captain W. E. Connor and Mrs. Connor in the Bidgeemia-Urangeline district will offer congratulations to their son,F/Offlcer Alan W. G. Connor, D.F.M., upon the recent award of the Distinguished Flying Cross. Flying Officer Connor is the second son of Captain and Mrs. W.E Connor, of 'Crossingford,' and has participated in 54 bombing raids in the last four years, which he has spent in England. The citation accompanying the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross, states: 'Flying Officer Connor has displayed outstanding skill and courage as a wireless operator during two tours of operational duty. On one of these occasions, when his aircraft was being heavily engaged by anti-aircraft fire, the rear gunner encountered damage to his oxygen supply. Without hesitation, Flying Officer Connor went to his assistance and managed to re-establish the supply. This officer has invariably displayed fine fighting spirit and has set a fine example to the other members of his squadron.'
Letter WEEC to AWGC 19 Jan 1957
Ernie writes that doctors at Urana and Lockhart told him 12 years ago [i.e. 1945] that he should not be living alone.
Daily Advertiser 7 Dec 1945
AIRMAN HOME
WELCOME AT CROSSINGFORD
Flight Lieutenant Alan W G. Connor, second son of Captain W. E. Connor of 'Crossing-ford,' Rand, is at present home with his father. He was with the R.A.A.F. for 5 1/2 years and won the D.F.M. and D.F C. He left England for Australia in September aboard the 'Strath-
eden.' which had 2000 airmen onboard and was expected to pickup a number of prisoners of war somewhere to the East. The many friends of the Connor family, especially the younger set will be pleased to learn of F/L Connor's success in operations and of the distinctions he has earned. He had his primary schooling at Bidgeemia not far from the homestead. This was followed by three years at Yanco Agricultural High School. Naturally the pupils of these schools would be deeply interested in the successes of F/L Connor. While in England F/L Connor married and has one son. Captain W. Connor's family has a long military history, the tradition of which is being maintained by the present generation. The elder son, Newton Connor was discharged from the army in the present war as the result of a shell explosion while the eldest daughter Avril was with the W.A.A.A.F., and the fourth member of the family, Valerie is nursing at Prince Alfred Hospital. Captain Connor's military training began in 1904, and he was in charge of the Wagga Military Area prior to the Great War of 1914-18 in which he served overseas for four years. His father (and his fathers three brothers) were all in the same regiment, 'Soldiers Of The Queen" (Victoria). Mike Connor, the A.B.C., comedian, once declared. 'A Connor likes a good fair fight'.
Captain Connor has many friends in the Wagga district, made whilst he resided here, who will recall his association for four years with St. John's Choir during the rectorship of the late Canon Carver. The recorded history of the family of Connor has its roots deep in Irish history and the name crops up with many variations throughout the history of that country.
Lockhart Review 3 Sep 1946
LOCAL & GENERAL
BIDGEEMIA CONCERT
An excellent school concert, under the auspices of the Bidgeemia P. &C.A., was 'held in 'the Bidgeemia hall on the 21st August. Great credit must be given to Mr. Morris Yates, the teacher-in-charge, who arranged the programme, and also to the performers. The hall was filled to capacity and it is understood that the school will benefit to the extent of over £33. Two of the most outstanding items were the tiny tots in 'Old Mother Goose,' and the Puppet Show, put on by the older children. The ladies provided a first-rate supper. Dancing was also enjoyed, the music being kindly supplied by Mrs. Les Rockliff, Mrs. A. W. Kittson, Mrs. Les Hazelwood, Capt W. E. Connor and Mr. Morris Yates. The bed-jacket competition was won by Matron I. Rockliff.
SMH 2 Nov 1946
WALCOTT-CONNOR.-The Engagement is announced of Avril Mary, elder daughter of Captain and Mrs. W. E. Connor, Bidgeemia, and Albury, to Harold Victor, only son of Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Walcott. Fairfield. Delegate.
Lockhart Review 12 Nov 1946
Capt. and Mrs. W. E. Connor, and most of the Connor family will be guests at the important ceremony, in Melbourne on Wednesday next, when decorations will be presented to soldiers and airmen by the Governor General, the Duke of Gloucester. Their son, Flt/Lt. Alan Connor will receive his D.F.C. medal, and it is interesting to note that he had his first medal, the D.F.M., presented to him by the King, at Buckingham Palace.
Lockhart Review 4 Feb 1947
LOCAL & GENERAL
BIDGEEMIA
A report published in last issue concerning a Parents and Citizens' Association meeting, we are informed by the president (Mr. W. Hayes) was incorrect. The election of officers was not carried out by secret ballot, but by an open show of hands. Mr. Hayes was appointed president; Messrs. J. McFarland and W. E. Connors, vice presidents; Alf. Triffit, secretary.
Urana Shire Advocate 22 May 1947
WALCOTT-CONNOR
Beautifully attired in a pearl satin gown, Miss Avril Mary Connor, daughter of Captain and Mrs. W.E. Connor of Bidgeemia and Albury, presented herself before the altar of the Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney, at 6:30p.m. on the 30th ult. Her father gave her hand in marriage to Mr. Harold Victor Walcott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Burford Walcott of “Fairfield”, Delegate, N.S.W. The marriage was solemnised by the Rev. L. Backhouse M.A. The bridal gown had a crystal embroidered yoke and a flowing train. Her beautiful veil was of Brussels lace, loaned by Mrs. Keith Chernside, of “Inglewood”, Delegate.
The four bridesmaids were Misses Valerie Connor (sister), Emily and Catherine Connor (cousins) and Margaret Tooth (cousin of the bridegroom). They all wore white crepe made with fitted top and very full skirts.
Mr. Kenneth Walcott (cousin) acted as best man. The Wedding March and other appropriate music was discoursed on the chapel’s beautiful pipe organ. The church was tastefully decorated for the occasion. The ushers were the bride’s brother Mr. Alan W.G. Connor and Geo. S. Connor. [GSNC or GBC?]
The reception took pace at Windsor Gardens, Chatswood, where Mrs. Connor frocked in black satin, floral coatee and fur cape, received seventy guests. She was assisted by Mrs. Walcott (mother of the bridegroom) dressed in black lace. A three-tiered cake adorned the centre of the table at the sumptuous repast. The customary toasts were subsequently honoured.
Besides the clergyman and the bridal party, the guests included Mr. A.H. Jeffreys; “Delegate” Station, Monaro; Mr. and Mrs. Chernside, “Inglewood”, Monaro; Miss Helen Chernside; Mrs. Roy Walcott, “Balgownie”, Delegate; Mr. Tony Walcott, “Bombala”; Mr. and Mrs. T.M. Walcott, “Bombala”; Mr. and Mrs. Tooth, Newcastle, and airman son; Mr. and Mrs. Garrett, Mr. and Mrs. Lipscombe, Mr. and Mrs. Mackellar, all of Goulburn; Mr. Jack Walcott, Delegate; Miss Mary Newton, Melbourne; Miss Betty Walcott, North Shore; Mrs. A. Call and Miss Betty Call of Mosman.
Twenty-five congratulatory telegrams were received.
Daily Advertiser Wagga 11 Jun 1947
RAND BRIDE MARRIED IN SCHOOL CHAPEL
Four bridesmaids attended Miss Avril Connor, eldest daughter of Captain and Mrs. W. E. Connor, of 'Crossingford,' Rand, at her wedding to Mr. Harold Walcott at the Sydney Church of England Grammar School chapel. The bridegroom, who was a former pupil of the school, is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Walcott, of 'Fairfield,' one of the properties which form the Balgownie Estate, on the Delegate River. The Rev. Mr. Backhouse officiated at the ceremony. The bride wore a cream satin gown, with a full train, and a beautiful veil of Brussels lace lent by Mrs. Kath Chernside of Inglewood, Bombala. She carried a bouquet of stocks, gardenias and tuberoses. Her father gave her away. The bridesmaids, Miss Valerie Connor (the bride's sister) Misses Emily and Kathleen Connor(cousins of the bride) and Miss Margaret Tooth (the groom's cousin) wore white gowns andhead-dresses of red roses. They carried bouquets of red roses. The groom was attended by Mr. Ken Walcott. Mr. Tony Walcott, Mr. Alan Connor (the bride's brother) and Mr. George Connor
(the bride's cousin).The reception was held at Windsor Gardens, Chatswood. A beautifully decorated three tier wedding cake was cut. The groom's gift to the bride was a gold wristlet watch. After the reception Mr. and Mrs. Walcott left for Melbourne by car. They will live at 'Fairfield.'
Lockhart Review 6 Sep 1949
LOCKHART'S '49 SHOW CONCLUDES
VOTED 'THE BEST YET'.
' Lockhart Agricultural and Pastoral Society's annual show concluded on Wednesday. Following a most satisfactory opening day on the Tuesday, when most of the awards were made, the delightful weather experienced that day continued and enabled a most attractive programme of events to be carried out under conditions well-nigh perfect. The general result was than in the opinion of many visitors who were contacted, the show was excellent and, in the opinion of many competent district residents, it was the best show the Society has yet had.
VISITORS. The Show was favoured with the presence of many visitors from adjoining centres, including: Mr. W. E. Connors, Bidgeemia;
Lockhart Review 7 Nov 1950
CLEARING SALE
FURNITURE, TOOLS AND SUNDRIES
FRIDAY, 17th NOVEMBER, 1950
ACCOUNT MR. W. E. CONNOR (One Mile North of the Bidgeemia Hall) Starting at 1.30 p.m.
Cooper Overhead Gear, with Shafting for Stands; 2 Cooper Shearing Machines; Driving Belt; Cooper Single Grinder; 2 1/2 h.p. Cooper Engine, on portable slide; old 6ft. Sunshine Harvester; old Massey Header; 1 8ft. Sunshine Harvester; 1 3-furrow stump- jump Massey Disc Plough; 1 Single-furrow Mouldboard Plough; 1 Suntyne Combine, 14 hoe, only used three seasons; 2 tons old Super; 1 old 6-ton Waggon; 1 Large Collar; 6 Plough Collars, Chain, Winkers and Hames; 1 Small Pony Collar; Sulky Harness; 1 Sulky (damaged) ; 1 pair Sulky Shafts, 15ft, seasoned ash, new; 1 Spray Pump; 1 Semi-rotary Pump and Pipe; 1 1/2in x 4in Wooden Pulley; 2 Iron Letter Presses; 2 Waggon Jacks; 1001b. Sheep Dip Powder, 'Elliott's'; 1 pair Sulky Lamps; 1 pair Head Lamps and Generator for actelyne gas; Brass Foot Valve, new; Brass Bore Pump and Valve, new; 1 Grindstone; 113ft. of 2in. Galvanised Piping; 201ft. of 3in. Wrought Galvanised Piping; 18ft. Galvanised Troughing and Fittings; 77ft. 3x1 Hardwood Battens; lift 3x2 Hardwood Battens; 2 rolls of Sisalcraft Lining; 2 rolls Roofing Material, 5ftwide; 250 feet fluted Coverstrips; 70ft 3x1 Redwood; 5-gallon drum Green Paint; 3 gallons Light Paint; 2 sheets Three-ply (Oregon); 2 coils 3ft. 6in. Netting, new; 30 sheets Galvanised Iron, second hand and new; 2 coils Galvanised Barbed Wire; Galvanised Wire, No. 10; quantity of old Fencing Wire, No. 8; 1 Oregon Ladder;80ft. T. and G. Pine, 6in. Flooring (approximately); Staircase Timber (complete), dressed ready for staining; 126ft. Pine Flooring, 6in x 1in; 2 Acetlyne Bicycle Lamps; Bicycle Wheels and Tyres; Numerous Useful Sundries. One Model A Ford Car, tourer, recently re-bored and overhauled. Two Lorry Horses, broken to saddle and all farm work, aged. Two Cows, 1 Heifer, 3 Vealers. One Extension Dining Table; 1 Large Cupboard; 1 Meatsafe; (wooden) ; 1 Meatsafe ( Galvanator, with water cooler top) ; 1 Hallstrom Refrigerator; 1 Kitchen Table; 1 Marble-top Washstand; 1Marble-top Washstand and Cupboard, and tiled splash; 1 Wooden Washstand; 1 Mirror; 1 Dinner Waggon; 1 Occasional Table with Extension Folding Top (English); 3 Easy Chairs; 1 Rocking Chair;2 Maple Armchairs; 2 Maple Chairs; 1 Pot Rack; 1 Screen; 1 Book Case; Numerous Books and Music; 1 Hanging Lamp (Miller), with Wire Shade; Kitchen Utensils and Crockery; 1 Mincing Machine;1 Double Bedstead and Bedding; 1 Chest of Drawers; 1 Wardrobe Crystal Jug and Glassware; 1 Child's Iron Cot; 1 Folding Cot; 1Galvanised Iron Bath; 1 Bath Heater and Piping; 1 Leather Left hand Rifle Bucket; 1 Camera; 1 Cream Separator (16 gals.); 1 Copper, 10 gals.; Cement Washing Tubs and Wringer; 60ft. Rubber Hose; 400-gallon Tank; 9ft. Flexible Tubing, for fumigating; 1 8 gal. Petrol Drum; Axe and Gardening Tools; Carpenter's Tools;- Crow--bar, Mattock and Rake; Footvalve, 2in.; Drass (new); Model A Engine Block, Crankshaft, Tie Rod, etc; 6ft. Crosscut Saw; 6-volt 13plate Battery; 1 Fumigator; Cynogas Blower; 3 coils Binder Twine; number of Rabbit Traps; Large Copper Preserving Pan; Quantity Ironwork, Bolts, etc; 1 Grindstone; 1 Large Cast-iron Kettle. AFTERNOON TEA SUPPLIED BY DISTRICT LADIES. J. M. SMITH & COMPANY Licensed Auctioneers — — URANA AND RAND
Land fit for Heroes pp 13 1950
WE Connor left his block at “Crossingford”, Bidgeemia.
Lockhart Review 21 Nov 1950
Clearing Sale at Bidgeemia
A clearing sale was conducted by J. M. Smith and Co., auctioneers, Urana, on behalf of W. E. Connor, 'Crossingford,' Bidgeemia, on Friday. The crowd attending the sale comprised in the main farmers of the Bidgeemia district, but a good number of buyers operated from Urana, Cullivel, Rand, The Rock, Oaklands and Henty. Prices realised were satisfactory and generally in the vendor's favour. A Ford Model A motor car, in good running order, realised £150.Cattle sold well— cows and calves from £26 to £27/10/-. Shearing plant, 2-stand, £15; small petrol engine £11.Mr. O'Connor has sold his property to Mr. Bert Creek, and intends taking a holiday for a month or two. His plans beyond that time have not yet even reached the 'blue print' stage.
Settlement Sheet 5 Jan 1951
Sale of GPL44/5, Urana from W.E.E. Connor to A. Creek for £4690/12/3 ($9381.25).
Lockhart Review 10 Apr 1951
FAREWELL ATBIDGEEMIA
AN OLD DIGGERHONORED
People of the Bidgeemia district turned out in full force recently to say au revoir to Mr. W.E. Connor, known affectionately to them all us 'Captain Connor.'
The evening proved a very happy one, being devoted to games, dancing and a quiz session (compered by Mr. Tom McGrath) created much merriment. Apart from Mr. McGrath (who chaired the proceedings), Messrs. E. Roseby (who referred to their guest as 'The Don Bradman of Riverina'), R. W. Ralston and J.A. Ralston each added their remarks of appreciation of the neighborly spirit displayed by 'The Captain' during his 31years residence in their midst. -Mr. McGrath then presented Mr. Connor with a wallet of notes, tendered with the best wishes for his future happiness. Mr. Connor suitably replied, saying that the severing of old friendships was uppermost in his mind, and he concluded by expressing his gratitude to the organisers of the function. Auld Lang Syne brought a happy function to a close.
Lockhart Review 17 Apr 1951
CAPT. CONNOR'S FAREWELL
By an unfortunate error, our correspondent omitted the name of Mr. Harry Hazelwood, J.P., from the list of speakers at the farewell evening' at Bidgeemia to Capt. W. E. Connor, and reported in our last issue. Mr. Hazelwood, in his remarks, said he was the first man, to greet Capt. Connor when he arrived at Bidgeemia 31 years ago, and spoke highly of his work for the hall (of which he was the first secretary) and the school. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hazel- wood attended the function and at their age of life, this in itself was a grand compliment to the departing guest.
Lockhart Review 24 Apr 1951
Captain W. E. Connor, who was honored recently by his Bidgeemia friends, at the time of World War I saw four years' war serving with the 1st. Royal North Devon Hussars and the Imperial Camel Corps. After the armistice he served with the 2nd Hussars in Ireland. He has now taken up residence at Eden (N.S.W.).
Avril Connor (pers. com. May 2012)
Avril doesn’t know why Ernie went to Eden to retire. Jimmy and Vi Palmer (distant cousins) used to live there; Avril remembered visiting them when she was five; but they would have been all gone by then. Nadgee Station was something Ernie knew.
Lockhart Review 15 May 1951
Capt. W. E. Connor received a fine welcome by some 70 odd Diggers at Eden recently. The captain has purchased a small farm adjacent to this pretty coastal town, where he is still remembered by some of the older hands, after 50 years' absence.
Lockhart Review 19 Jun 1951
A NOTE FROM EDEN
Capt. W. E. Connor, writing from his new home at Eden, says he recently met an old whaler, Mr. Archie Davidson (now over 80years), who claims to have killed the biggest whale in the world. It measured 95 feet in length. The fishermen in the district have been having good catches but whaling has ceased because the killers which, in former years drove the whales into the bay, have not been sighted. The Japs get the blame for slaughtering these 30-feet 'sea dogs,' which helped the whalers for over 100 years. In the Eden Museum there is the skeleton of one sea-dog named 'Tom.' In fighting a whale Tom ran ashore on a flat rock and died before anyone could refloat him.
1952
Note of purchase or sale from/to Augustus John Doran 240 acres 20/8/52. Possibly this refers to “Landsend”
Lockhart Review 9 Dec 1952
A NOTE FROM EDEN
Writing to Mr. P. J. Burkinshaw from Eden, on the south coast, Captain Connor (once well known in the Lockhart district)mentions that he has, been hemmed in by flooded creeks for some weeks. Twenty inches of rain fell in the last two months; This amount makes a total of 54inches for the unfinished year. Eden's yearly average is said to be only 30 inches. Everything, naturally, is beautiful and green. No wonder, he says, the forests have giant gum trees, reputed to be over 200years old. All the sawmills around Eden have millions of feet of sown timber awaiting alteration of the building restrictions, to bring new life to the trade. Several ships have taken big cargoes to New Zealand but make little impression on the huge quantities available. The Captain expresses sorrow at the death of his old friend, Harry MacFarlane. The firm and everybody will mourn his passing.
Letter WEEC to AWGC 27 Nov 1953
Ernie wrote from ‘Mersa Matruh’ that he met Vie (Newton-Palmer) and Daisy (Newton) yesterday. His neighbour was Archer Davidson.
Lockhart Review 16 Feb 1954
Fishing, Not Polocrosse, in the Garden at Eden
Capt. W. E. Connors, formerly of Bidgeemia, now a resident at Eden, N.S.W., sends us a copy of the Eden local paper. At Eden the Gala Days are apparently mainly fishing competitions. The winners in a recent Gala Day are appended: ........
Australian Electoral Rolls 1903-1980 ()
|Name: |William Edward Ernest Connor |
|Gender: |Male |
|Electoral Year: |1954 |
|State: |New South Wales |
|District: |Eden Monaro |
|Subdistrict: |Eden |
|Address: |Landsend |
|Occupation: |Grazier |
|Residing with: |- |
1955-6 Accident
Doreen Connor (. May 2012) Doreen said he came over to see them in Albury and just before the railway gates at Wodonga, he had a car smash and ended up in Albury hospital [see references to this below in letters to AWGC]. Drove all the way with the dog sitting beside him – the red kelpie, which was all right.
Avril Connor (pers. com. May 2012). He drove a little Hillman everywhere, and going through Wodonga late one evening following a truck loaded with hay, he pulled out to pass but couldn’t see the truck was turning right and had an accident which put him in Albury hospital for quite some time. Joe was just a toddler so this would have been in 1955 when he had the accident.
Letters from WEEC to AWGC Jan 1957 to April 1957
Several of Ernie’s letters cover the topic of an antique ‘King Alfred’ bread board, which went missing from Ernie’s house after Alan’s family had visited there over a holidays in their caravan. Ernie wrote that Lilian “declares the antique board is not a King Alfred, but a William of Wykeham who was a bishop of Winchester 500 years later than Alfred (871), whose bronze plaque is set in to the corner of the bread board. William doesn’t appear, but when he founded the college, he used the Cathedral motto “Manners Makyth Man” and the Coat of Arms in the 14th century. Alfred reigned 30 years and was only 52 when he died. My valuation of the board springs not only from its history but from its age – the timber is 1200 years old. The logs were 400 years old when taken from the New Forest, and laid 15 to 20 feet down in the Cathedral foundations, in water, on an alluvial flat by the Itchen R. The course of the stream was changed by Bishop Æthelwold, who died in 984. Those oak logs were adzed flat to take the stonework, and after more than 800 years they were all removed to save the building. Section by section, the job took 7 ½ years to complete [1905-1912] and was underpinned with 100 cwt of bags of cement in 12 to 18 feet of water – a diver’s job. Some of the logs laid side by side were quite sound after all those years, and the authorities made many £1000s from the sale of oak cabinets and hundreds of useful things, all of cathedral oak, like my breadboard.” Apart from his flute, it was Ernie’s most valued and loved possession. Presumably, he obtained it when posted in England during WWI.
After the board went missing, Pearl told Ernie that she thought the board had been packed in Alan and Doreen’s belongings when they returned home after the holiday. Ernie involved the police and got Pearl to make a statement to that effect, and then, in some of his letters, he accused Doreen of taking it. Avril and Lilian somehow felt victimised also. Ernie’s accusations, and the police investigation, alienated him from the family. The bread board turned up in April 1957 behind a dresser at his house. He was so relieved he sent a telegram to Alan saying it was found, but he never wrote to Doreen to apologise, and blamed Pearl (and Newton) for misleading him.
Doreen Connor (. May 2012)
The breadboard – Doreen and Alan had the uncomfortable feeling that Ernie thought they had taken it. Similar to one that Doreen’s family had in England.
Letter WEEC to AWGC 23 Mar 1957
Ernie wrote that Alan “took care of me when I was recovering from spine injury and waiting for my car repairs to be finished so that I could come home.” [ Car accident possibly 1955-6 ]
Letter WEEC to AWGC 21 Feb 1957
Ernie wrote that in November 1956, he had banned Newton and Pearlie from making a drinking den at his place
Letter WEEC to AWGC 19 Jan 1957
Ernie wrote that Lilian was planning to return to Australia from England at the end of January 1957
Letter WEEC to AWGC 21 Feb 1957
Ernie wrote that he had been at Albury recently. [Was this the time he had a car accident and was hospitalised?]
Letter WEEC to AWGC 21 Feb 1957
Ernie wrote that he has lost a Jersey cow and heifer and a well-bred racing mare had been stolen from “Landsend”, so he still had this property in 1957. He had his dog “Pal” with him. He complains of an injured knee [old wound, or suffered in car crash in Albury?].
Letter WEEC to AWGC 5 May 1957
Ernie wrote “I am sorry I left the land but thought that by securing a nice home in a nice climate, I could persuade Mum to join me again. But she consistently refuses to do so. – I am forced to abandon this hope after waiting 22 years.” [i.e. c.1935]
Ernie bought ‘Landsend’, 240 acres, and then sold it on time payment to the Taylors. The house there burnt down in suspicious circumstances in April 1957.
Newton visited him to borrow money around 25 April, after a gap of 4 months.
Letter WEEC to AWGC 25 Sep 1957
Ernie wrote that his place, “Mersa Matruh” is for sale for £3100-. It is “1 ¼ acres of land, 7 rooms, fibro, water from the main and 4 large rain tanks, E.L., 30 fruit trees-vines, golf and lake fishing adjoining, 1 ¼ miles from Eden P.O., glassed verandahs, large storeroom.
Letter WEEC to AWGC 26 Dec 1957
Ernie had Christmas dinner with Pearlie and Newton at their flat after going to church.
He received a fruit cake from Avril.
Letter WEEC to CEP 28 Mar 1958
Ernie wrote about “Mersa Matruh”: “My house is on a long narrow block which fronts the bitumen highway,-one acre-seven perches, plenty of firewood on the roadway end -30 fruit trees round the home and grape vines -passions (2 kinds). Granny apples last year many of them weighed 1lb. I had plenty of raspberries and strawberries a few years ago, but that job became too much for me, so they soon went wild, and I grow nothing but a few vegetables now. I still have a few fowls - had 30 at one time. They have a good warm building and 100 yards of run, with water from their own roof. Eggs are dear everywhere, but I have never bought any and nearly all seasons had some to give away. There is a lake on my left and the north bay, while across the road are the golf links. If I were active, I could keep myself in fish and oysters from the lake.”
Letter WEEC to AWGC 5 Apr 1958
Ernie wrote that Lilian had travelled from Sydney to Eden and paid him a surprise visit. She visited Vie Palmer first, unannounced, and stayed in the Australasia Hotel, Eden’s best hotel, for 2 days. Pearl had arranged that for her in advance. She did not enter Ernie’s house, maintaining her 24 year distance from him, and waited on the doorstep until he had showered and changed, and then he drove her to the hotel. Her main reason for the visit was to “tongue-thrash me over the bread board episode.”
Letter WEEC to AWGC 14 May 1958
Ernie took Pearl and a friend of hers, Lorraine, and his dog Pal for a picnic.
He complains of terrible heartburn after eating scones [perhaps he had an ulcer].
Lilian is still in touch with him.
Ernie continues to go to church on Sunday nights.
Australian Electoral Rolls 1903-1980 ()
|Name: |William Edward Ernest Connor |
|Gender: |Male |
|Electoral Year: |1954 |
|State: |New South Wales |
|District: |Eden Monaro |
|Subdistrict: |Eden |
|Address: |Landsend |
|Occupation: |Grazier |
|Residing with: |- |
Letter WEEC to AWGC 8 Nov 1958
Ernie wrote about his red kelpie dog, “Pal”; “Such a kindly fellow – he would go off with a thief at the wheel and find out later that something was wrong. He comes to my room every morning to get me out of bed – a doggy smile on his face that says “Gee, I am glad to see you””
Letter WEEC to AWGC 14 Mar 1959
Ernie writes that he is considering moving to Alan’s place in the Riverina, but reluctantly.
Letter WEEC to AWGC 25 Jun 1959
Ernie wrote that he had bad stomach problems for 4 months. He managed to get his driving license renewed.
Letter WEEC to AWGC 20 Jul 1959
Ernie wrote that his stomach problems were continuing and he was in pain, with dysentery for the last month.
Letter WEEC to AWGC 14 Nov 1959
Ernie wrote that Alan had proposed to transplant him to Alan’s place in December, but Ernie worried about what would happen to his place Mersa Matruh, which he had been unable to sell or lease. Ernie asked Alan to suggest to Newton that he take over Mersa Matruh at nominal rent.
Letter WEEC to AWGC 13 Dec 1959
Ernie wrote “I am finding in my old age that loneliness is the chief bugbear of life.”
Letter WEEC to AWGC 15 Jan 1960
Ernie’s last letter to Alan. He wrote that he had a car accident – someone (a dago) took off his car door as he opened it. He was not insured and was very confused about what to do. He said he was in shock, weak, and the handwriting tends to confirm it.
Doreen Connor (. May 2012)
Graham went over to Eden a few times with Alan to bring Ernie back. They tried twice before they finally managed to extract him. Doctor would ring Alan and tell him that Ernie shouldn’t be alone, but Ernie was stubborn and wouldn’t leave. He really wanted someone to move in with him. The family in the house next door was lovely – he [Archer Davidson, who Ernie called a “bushranger”] was a fisherman – and they had 2 children which Ernie was very fond of. When Doreen and Alan went there once in the caravan, the neighbours invited them for a meal and was clear to Doreen that they looked after Ernie a lot and fed him often. He didn’t look out for himself well. He would have been very lonely if it hadn’t been for them.
Christine Connor 5 Jun 2014 email
Hello Andy,
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Mum will be interested in the newspaper articles on Grandpa, did you know that she cared for him on our farm at Henty for the last 2 years of his life? It was a huge job as he was bedridden and incontinent as well, but she never complained, I really admire her for the strength she showed in looking after him as well as running the family home.
She is a wonderful person, always putting others before herself and we love her dearly.
Regards to Jan,
Christine.
Avril Connor (. May 2012)
When Ernie came back from Eden, they put his furniture on a truck – including a beautiful old cedar wardrobe – Alan brought Ernie and the furniture back from Eden to Culcairn where Alan was living. Ernie was “beyond help after that”. Doreen couldn’t cope with him so he went to hospital. Lilian got the old wardrobe after Ernie died. The wardrobe is at Fulham now - full of the old wedding dresses.
Family .
W.E.E. Connor died 20 Oct 1960, Albury NSW. (aged 88)
WEE Connor’s Will documents (NSW Records Office)
Land: 1 acre, 10 ¼ perches in Parish Bimmil, County Auckland, Shire Imlay, Certificate of Title Volume 6364 Folio 28; plus 7 room fibro and iron roofed house. Value £1510/0/0. Furniture Value £7/4/0.
Watches, trinkets etc including shotgun, .22 rifle, .303 rifle, silver flute, ebony flute, clock, breadboard £31/0/0
Car; 1955 Ford Prefect £220/0/0
Cash; £76/14/4
Interest in Partnership Connor & Co “Fairview”, Henty; £491/0/0 (Other Partners are Alan, Doreen, and Graham Connor)
Loan to A & D Connor with mortgage over “Fairfield” £3500/0/0 interest free.
Ernie left his estate equally between Lillian, Allan, Newton, Avril and Valerie. He left his silver flute to Newton, Ebony flute to Avril, Grandfather clock to Lilian, shotgun and .22 to Alan, Cavalry sword and .303 to Graham, breadboard and knife to Valerie.
Waugh Road Cemetery, Albury NSW
The Connor family plot is located in Plan 14, Section AD, Row J, Lot 18.
In 2013, it contains;
Lieutenant W. E. E. Connor, died 20 Oct 1960
Lily Marion Connor, died 8 Jul 1986
Valerie Elizabeth Alldridge, ‘Micky’ nee Connor, died 29 Jun 1994
Cpl N. G. Connor, died accidentally 4 Jul 1964
F/Lt Alan William Connor DFM, DFC, born 27 Aug 1920, died 5 Nov 2004
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Miscellaneous wartime references
jasper1, on 24 August 2011 - 12:02 AM, said:
I've stuck something a little confusing in my research on the death of Sergeant Archibald Roger Huggins (167), of the 1st Bn. Royal North Devon Hussars. The North Devon Hussars and Yeomanry sailed to Gallipoli on SS Olympia in September 1915, arriving there on 8 October 1915. But Sergeant Huggins' Medal Card records him arriving in Egypt on that exact same date – 8 October 1915.
According to CWGC Huggins died in Egypt on 27 October 1915 and was buried in Alexandria. It is most likely he died of dysentery. Another less reliable source (a local newspaper) has him dying in Gallipoli. Is it possible that the newspaper is correct and CWGC and the Medal Card are wrong? Does anyone know if sick troops were evacuated to Egypt from Gallipoli? This perhaps would explain why Sgt Huggins is recorded as buried in Alexandria but the date given on his medal card and CWGC for his arrival in Egypt seems impossible if the rest of his battalion arrived in Gallipoli on that same day. Any help to work out this little puzzle would be greatly appreciated!
Per Westlake's 'British Regiments at Gallipoli' [ISBN 0 85052 511 X]
the 1/1st Royal North Devon Yeomanry sailed on the Olympic from Liverpool on 25th September and arrived at Mudros (on the island of Lemnos) on 1st October. They remained in harbour there, before sailing for Gallipoli and landing at Suvla on 9th October.
Wounded and sick from Gallipoli were certainly evacuated from the peninsula to medical facilities in Egypt (as well as to Malta/Gibraltar/UK)
The 1/1st RNDY were evacuated from Gallipoli to the island of Imbros on the night of 19th December
Some other units for Gallipoli did land in Egypt before going to the peninsula; is it possible that this is a simple clerical error?
regards
Michael
Hello - He could have been ill and transhipped to a hospital ship or a transport ship heading for Alexandria without touching land in the Dardanelles. The 1915 Star medal Roll has the following:
167 Sergt HUGGINS Archibald R N Dev Hrs Date of disemarkation 8.10.15 (3) Died 26.10.15, so it is clear that the MIC does not have a typo or transposition error for the point of disembarkation.
I suspect it was the SS Olympic (note spelling) not the SS Olymia. [Edit: I see Michael has highlighted this too] The 1st/1st Loyal Suffolk Yeomanry and 8 other Yeomanry Regiments, including the 1st/1st North Devon Hussars sailed on the SS Olympic which was the sister ship to the Titanic. It sailed from Liverpool on 25th Sep 1915 [Note: James records 24th Sep] carrying over 7,000 men and arrived at Mudros harbour on the 1st-2nd October but the men were not transhipped and landed at Gallipoli until the 7th-8th-9th October (Note: it took days to disembark 7,000 men. Embarkation dates and disembarkation dates can vary depending on diary sources). This is covered in detail in "Under Fire in the Dardanelles - the Great War Diaries and Photographs of Maj Edward Cadogan". Cadogan (son of the 5th Earl) kept a meticulous diary of the whole period, including the voyage out. It is distinctly possible that Sgt Huggins was transhipped at Mudros and taken to Alexandria as transports made into improvised hospital ships were shuttling between Mudros and Alexandria continuously. By this stage the field hospitals at Mudros were overcrowded and casulaties were being shipped back to Alexandria, Malta and even back to England.
I have the 1914-15 Star medal rolls of the Hussars (every Hussar regimennt in bundled into one large alphabetical list, 660 pages long). A quick look at the list shows all the 1st/1st Royal North Devon Hussars men with point of disembarkation as (3). All the men from the other Yeomary regiments that were Hussars that also sailed on the SS Olympic - 1st/1st Royal East Kent Yeomanry, 1st/1st West Somerset Yeomanry and 1st/1st Loyal Suffolk Yeomanry (Cadogan's Regiment) - all have (3) after their name with the disembarkation date of 8.10.15, and we know that they landed at Mudros and were transhipped directly to Gallipoli. This means (3) on the MIC and Medal Roll means Gallipoli, not necessarily Egypt in the case of these units.
I am not a medals specialist but this is the first case I have seen where (3) en masse does not mean Egypt. It is worth noting that the men of the 2nd Mounted Div who landed in Egypt in April 1915 before being shipped to Gallipoli in August 1915 all have (3) on their medal rolls and MICs.
If you need a list of the Regiments etc that shipped out on the SS Olympic, let me know. I have pasted his 1915 Star medal roll page below.... Regards MG
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The 1st Devon Yeomanry was part of the 2nd South-West Mounted Brigade, which also included the Royal North Devon Hussars, and the Royal West Somerset Yeomanry. The first part of their war was spent in home service, at Clacton, but the great majority of the 1st Devon Yeomanry having volunteered for overseas service, the regiment was dismounted on September 15th 1915 in preparation for service as infantry in Gallipoli. Drafts of men who had trained in the 6th Devons were now posted to the 1st Devon Yeomanry, to bring numbers up to 502 all ranks.
The eight month campaign in Gallipoli was fought by Commonwealth and French forces in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the deadlock of the Western Front in France and Belgium, and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea. The Allies landed on the peninsula on 25-26 April 1915; the 29th Division at Cape Helles in the south and the Australian and New Zealand Corps north of Gaba Tepe on the west coast, an area soon known as Anzac. On 6 August, further troops were put ashore at Suvla, just north of Anzac, and the climax of the campaign came in early August when simultaneous assaults were launched on all three fronts. The aim of the Suvla force had been to quickly secure the sparsely held high ground surrounding the bay and salt lake, but confused landings and indecision caused fatal delays allowing the Turks to reinforce and only a few of the objectives were taken with difficulty. The peninsula was abandoned over the period of Christmas 1915. The campaign cost the British and Commonwealth forces 205,000 casualties, the French 47,000 while the official figures on the Turkish side amounted to 251,309 killed, wounded, missing , sick or died of disease. Turkey emerged triumphant from the victory and the war against her continued in Egypt, Mesopotamia and Palestine.
The 1st Devon Yeomanry reached Gallipoli very late in the campaign. Fighting on the peninsula, and particularly at Suvla where the brigade was landed, had now died down. It seems that the reinforcements were originally intended to support a renewed campaign, one last great effort, to break the deadlock with a landing at Bulair, above the Narrows at the neck of the peninsula. The brigade was lucky that the plan was cancelled. It was, in fact, quite hopeless: with winter only a few weeks away, there was simply no further possibility of any serious action, and the 1st Devon Yeomanry therefore spent the time serving their tours alternately behind the line and taking their turn in the forward trenches. They were, however, in constant danger of snipers and shelling wherever they were as there were no positions that were not clearly and continually overlooked by the Turkish guns. It was a dreadful situation, without rest or respite.
On their arrival at Suvla Bay at 8.30 pm on October 8th, the Regiment remained on board, the weather being rough and disembarkation dangerous. By 1.00 pm on 9th disembarkation was complete, and the Yeomanry went into the reserve bivouacs at Oxford Street in the area West of Karakol Dagh, attached to the 11th Division, 1X Corps. Gallipoli must have been an extraordinary experience for those arriving for the first time, a battle area that was almost beyond imagination. They were set to work constructing and reinforcing dug-outs in the sandy and stoney soil. Here they stayed in comparative safety, though always under occasional shell fire, indeed they received an order from Divisional H.Q. that too many men were showing themselves and that fires must not be lighted during day time. When moving to the sea-beach for bathing they used only tracks hidden from the Turkish artillery. On 11th October a new cook-house was constructed on the sea-beach under R.E. direction, and further work took place on the dug-outs. However, having brought the Yeomanry to Gallipoli for a reason that had now been abandoned, it was obviously felt that they should be used in some way to give a measure of relief to those in the firing line. Before playing any part, however small, the Regiment would have to have some introduction to life under continuous Turkish observation and the state of the trenches they would be called upon to occupy.
With this in mind, the Squadron Leaders and H.Q. Staff were taken to the reserve trenches and to have a detailed view of the Turkish positions. In order to get everyone used to the terrain the reserve trenches at Karokal-Dagh were then visited in turn by all members of the Regiment, beginning with ‘C’ Sqdn. and the Machine-Gun section for the night of 11th/12th October. The following day parties of officers and N.C.O.s were shown over section ‘D’ fire trenches and these introductions continued on 12th. The ‘base party’ consisting of 6 officers, 2 N.C.O.s and 30 O.R.s that had been left behind at Imbros in case of disaster befalling the Regiment rejoined on 13th. On 14th 5 officers and 72 N.C.O.s and O.R.s were sent up to the fire trenches for a 24 hour tour, and later that day a squadron moved up to occupy the reserve trenches. The following day a further 6 officers and 92 N.C.O.s and O.R.s were taken to the same trenches for a spell of 24 hour duty. The 17th October brought more excitement: the Regiment’s bivouac area and its surroundings were shelled heavily for an hour, but luckily there were no casualties. ‘C’ Sqdn. went into the line for 24th hours, and the following day it was the turn of ‘D’ Sqdn. with their Sqdn. Leader, Major Lord Vivian. On 20th, ‘A’ Sqdn took its turn: Frederick Davey, in ‘A’ Sqdn. would have seen for himself a little more of what was involved.
The 26th October brought the first casualty when the bivouac area was again shelled: a man was severely wounded. Next day they were shelled again, without loss, and the Turks kept this up for the next three days; the dug-outs were good, however, and the Regiment were not much troubled. It was now time for the Regiment to go into the line and on October 30th they paraded at 6.30 pm and marched to the left sector, 2nd line trenches which were occupied until 9.45 pm the same day, when they returned to the bivouac. During the following three days work continued on the construction of the 2nd line trench system south of Karakol-Dagh.
On 3rd November the Regiment left the bivouac at 1730 hrs and marched to the front-line trenches at Jephson’s Post, to take over a line of the X1th Division trenches from the 11th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment. It was a relatively quiet area, the main danger coming from Turkish snipers and a very occasional shell. A snipers’ post was located, and a night patrol was sent out on 5th to eliminate it only to find it abandoned with two dead Turks already dealt with. To remain completely concealed was difficult as the trenches had been left in a poor and dangerous state and much work was needed to be done. The Regiment spent 8 days in the line, relieved on 11th November. During this time the trenches were cleaned and rewired, kitchens and officers’ dugouts were constructed, latrines improved and listening posts established. Casualties were slight: I man wounded on 4th by sniper fire and a man killed on 8th in ‘A’ Sqdn.
Sadly that man was Frederick Davey, killed just after midnight by a sniper’s bullet through his head at 0020 hrs. whilst on sentry duty. The extract from the war-diary reads:
November 8th Suvla:
Patrols went out to find snipers. Failed to find any within 350 yards of our line. Turkish working parties were heard close to their own wire. At 0020 one man was killed at his post. Work on fire trench and wire was proceeded with.
A surviving letter from a subaltern in the Regiment also mentions the incident: ‘ ‘A’ Squadron had a sentry on duty shot through the head - very bad luck as night shots are always chance shots.’
Desultory sniping continued on both sides. The next interesting entries into the war-diary reads:
November 10th Suvla:
On the night of 9th/10th when at work with a wiring party a man was wounded. Capt. Hugo (RAMC attached) went out under fire with a stretcher party and brought him in.
November 11th Suvla:
At 1045 hrs D43 was shelled. Capt. E. Hain was killed in his dug-out and two men wounded, one dangerously. Capt. Hugo (RAMC attached) again behaved with bravery, standing by his orderly whose thigh was broken by falling debris, and holding him up till help arrived. A shell fell at his feet but did not explode.
After eight days in the line and with a marching strength of 406 officers and O.R.s the Regiment was relieved on 11th November at 20.50 hrs. by the 6th Battalion, Border Regiment, moving back to their bivouacs. On 15th November, they were attached to the 2nd Mounted Division, and moved to Lala Baba and the Salt Lake to the support trenches ‘A’ section. On November 18th the Regiment went for its second tour into the front line, this time at the White House sector where they relieved the 1st Scottish Horse at Boxcourt Alley, another very quiet sector with the Turks content to ‘live and let live’, and only an occasional casualty from shelling.
The night of 26th/27th November was marked by the terrible storm, followed the next day by heavy snow. The trenches were flooded, destroying the parapets and making them untenable, necessitating a move to the open ground behind. Many men were completely submerged in water, half drowned. Blankets, waterproof sheets, kits and equipment were washed away, including even the officers’ kits from their dug-outs. The Turks were similarly occupied and in effect the war was closed down. The Regiment soon dug an emergency cover trench on Yeoman’s Knoll, in the biting wind and snow, lying out in the open all night, while ‘B’ Sqdn. attempted to sit tight with the greatest difficulty and discomfort.
On 28th ‘C’ Sqdn. of the 1st West Somerset Yeomanry arrived as reinforcements. The 1st Devon Yeomanry remained until 29th November, reduced now to 205 officers and O.R.s., all wet through, the remainder already evacuated, many with severe frost-bite. Relieved by the 4th Cheshires on 29th, the Regiment was once again back at Lala Baba. They were now attached to the 53rd Division, and remained in the Divisional reserve. Transferred again on 9th December to the 2nd Mounted Division they returned for a third tour in the reserve lines on the Salt Lake plain on 10th. December, where ‘D’ Sqdn. provided part of a cover force for the evacuation. On 19th December the battalion was evacuated from ‘C’ beach to Imbros during the night. After 2 days at Imbros and 4 on Mudros the Regiment finally reached Alexandria on December 30th and was transported by railway to Sidi-Bishr Camp
The Reverend Arthur Rose Fuller. From the above mentioned journal extracts it appears that he was attached to the Royal North Devon Hussars throughout the Gallipoli operations, following are extracts from this journal: ‘There is no dressing or undressing of course, in fact I haven’t undressed for about 4 days and not likely to for some time. I am hoping some day to meet again all my kit (the altar is the only “impedimenta” I have with me), and I shall keep that always by me.’
As news of the evacuation started to circulate, Fuller found time to reflect on the complete failure and cost of the campaign: ‘I spent the whole day with the men and got back to my hole in the sand in time for tea. No definite orders about the event are given, but there is a great spirit of expectancy dominating everything else... Two things convince me its a right move....secondly, to risk-I even say-throw away-the lives of 100s of men through the inevitable fighting, but by exposing them to conditions which will soon be here and which few men’s health would carry them through....to do that would be a crime of a pretty black colour....Yet in spite of these facts its a very bitter pill to swallow, its an acknowledgement of absolute and total failure for us, and much more than a moral victory for the Turks. Since the failure of the 28th August attack, we have made no advance worth speaking of and the Turks have all the commanding positions on the hills. With a large force of fit troops and many more big guns, we might have made a successful attack on the heights, but we have never had either. Consequently this inane sitting down in trenches was started.’
And then, as official orders were received to move to Suvla Bay: ‘It almost made me cry to see the deserted dugouts.... Looking over the area covered by Salt Lake and the ridges up by Chocolate Hill and the plain where our fellows are now, one thought of 100’s of lives laid down, and now we are running away and leaving what they had gained - it’s a big tragedy.’ Fuller boarded a steamer bound for Mudros, afterwards transferring to the S.S. Ulysses and being re-united with his Brigade in Egypt. He was subsequently Mentioned in Despatches for his part in Sir Archibald Murray’s defeat of the Turks at the Battle of Katia-Rumani.
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A further list of battle honours awarded for the Great War includes the following Yeomanry Regiments, the honours selected to be borne on Colours being marked with an asterisk:
ROYAL 1st DEVON YEOMANRY (HUSSARS)
*Gallipoli 1915, *Egypt 1916 - 1917, Gaza, *Jerusalem, Tell Asur, *Palestine 1918 - 1918*Somme 1918, *Bapaume 1918, *Hindenburg Line, *Epehy, *France and Flanders 1918,
ROYAL NORTH DEVON YEOMANRY (HUSSARS)
*Somme 1918, *Bapaume 1918, *Hindenburg Line, *Epehy, *France and Flanders 1918,*Gallipoli 1915, *Egypt 1916 - 1917, Gaza, *Jerusalem, Tell Asur ,*Palestine 1917 - 1918.
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In over two years of service including much combat, two hundred and forty six members of the corp died, one hundred and six of them British, eighty-four Australians, forty-one New Zealanders, and nine from India.[10][11]
A memorial to the Imperial Camel Corps was unveiled on the 22 July 1921, on the Thames Embankment in London. On one side it is inscribed with the names of all the members of the corps who died during the war, while on the front is the sentiment;
To the Glorious and Immortal Memory of the Officers, N.C.O's and Men of the Imperial Camel Corps – British, Australian, New Zealand, Indian – who fell in action or died of wounds and disease in Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine, 1916, 1917, 1918.[10]
It also lists all the battles and engagements fought by the corps;
• 1916: Romani, Baharia, Mazar, Dakhla, Maghara, El. Arish, Maghdaba
• 1917: Rafa, Hassana, Gaza 1, Gaza 2, Sana Redoubt, Beersheba, Bir Khu Weilfe, Hill 265
• 1918: Amman, Jordan Valley, Mudawar (Hedjaz)[11]
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2/1st Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry[edit]
The 2/1st Royal North Devon Yeomanry was formed in September 1914 and stationed at Teignmouth. In May 1915 it joined 2/2nd South Western Mounted Brigade at Woodbury. In September 1915 it moved to Colchester, taking over the horses of the newly dismounted 1st Line regiment. [Ernie married in Norfolk 6 Mar 1916] In April 1916 it went to Norfolk with its brigade (by now renamed as 2nd Mounted Brigade[23]) and joined 1st Mounted Division. In July 1916 stationed at Thornton Park near Brentwood, Essex, still in 2nd Mounted Brigade, now in the new 1st Mounted Division.[24]
In November 1916 it became a cyclist unit, returning to Norfolk and amalgamating with the 2/1st Royal North Devon Yeomanry to form the 4th (Royal 1st Devon and North Devon) Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment in the 2nd Cyclist Brigade. In March 1917 it resumed its identity, still with the 2nd Cyclist Brigade, at Holt, Norfolk. It remained in the Holt area until May 1918 when it went to Ireland with the 2nd Cyclist Brigade and was stationed at the Curragh and Mullingar until the end of the war.[25]
Summary by Steve Becker 3 Jan 2014
CONNOR William Edward Ernest Lt 8 LHR A Sqn to 5R DNE disch 15-4-15 MU (3 LH NSWMR 6-4-08 to Area officer Wagga 1-11-10 to 11 LH 1-7-12 CMF) (Boer War British Army possibly not?) disch to British Army prom 2/Lt 1st Royal Nth Devon Hussars & 16Bn Devonshire Regt and Capt 10Co/2Bn ICC 2-5-16 to 23-5-18 (unit dates when served is unconfirmed) married Lilian Gooderham in Depwade UK 1916
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