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STATION NOT UP TO SCRATCH SAYS COUNCIL Kim WoodsNARRANDERA’S century old police station has been branded as out-dated and the community’s plea for a new station will be on the NSW Police Minister’s desk this week.

Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke has heeded the call from

Narrandera Shire Council and is due to speak with Minster for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott.

Councillors have labelled the facilities as cramped and dampening the prospects of attracting addition-al police to the town.

“Our police of� cers play a

crucial role in protecting the com-munity and it is imperative they are supported with a safe and adequate working environment that meets their needs and responsibilities,” Ms Cooke said.

“I regularly meet with the Minister for Police and Emergen-

cy Services about the condition of facilities and resourcing across the Cootamundra electorate and will be discussing the Narrandera Police Station with him (this) week.”

Narrandera Shire mayor Neville Kschenka said it was not just the public but also the police who found

the station inadequate.He said a new purpose-built

station to replace the early 1900s building would be “ideal”.

“The staff are working in very poor conditions and unfortu-nately it is not only Narrandera –

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WELL HELLO DOLLY

Dolly may be blind in one eye and slower on her feet but the 20-year-old fox terrier has a unique gift of caring and showing compassion to people who are infirm or frail. Read the story of Dolly and her adopted parents Paul and Lyn Maloney on page 2. Photo: Rustty Lake-Connolly.

Rustty Lake-ConnollyFIFTEEN years ago I wrote an article for the Narrandera Argus about one of our local heroes called Dolly.

At the time, she had been doing her good deeds for close to two years.

Many people who have had family or friends at the Narrandera Nursing Home would fondly remember Dolly for her work and dedication to staff and residents alike.

She held many different positions and took her role very seriously.

In the mornings she would do her rounds and make sure everyone was comfortable, then she would hang around the foyer and greet any visitors or new arrivals with a wag of her tail.

You see, Dolly is a fox terrier.Well, heroes come and heroes go and

I presumed after so many years Dolly would have joined all the other hero dogs in canine heaven, but this was not the case.

That wonderful lady that did so much for so many is still with us.

Now aged 20, or 140 in dog years, Dolly has travelled on a few road trips around Australia with her adopted parents, Paul and Lyn Maloney.

I recently went to Paul and Lynn’s home to meet up with Dolly and to find out how life has been for her in the 15 years since we last met.

A keen caravaner, Dolly is packed and ready the minute the steps go down on the caravan.

Cairns in North Queensland was a real adventure even though she wasn’t impressed with the humidity and cane toads.

The first time she saw the ocean was a bit embarrassing for her. After hiking

to the top of some steep sand dunes, Dolly had her first glimpse of what seemed to be a never-ending river.

Her reaction was to squat, widdle and run the other way.

These days Dolly spends her time looking after Paul who hasn’t been in the best of health of late and the bond they both share brought a tear to my eyes.

She has her own seat on his mobility scooter and loves to go for a burn to the corner and back.

Blind in one eye hasn’t stopped her from doing what she’s done all her life.

Dolly has a unique gift of caring and showing compassion to people who are infirm or frail.

After 10 years at the nursing home and 10 years in retirement, Dolly is soldiering on.

She puts her longevity down to the excellent care of our local Mivet staff who have taken care of her health require-ments since day one at no expense.

Dolly, we salute you.

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A 71-YEAR-OLD Yanco man was airlifted to a Sydney hospital suffering serious burns following a vehicle fire at Yanco’s Ski Beach.

Police and emergency services were called to Ski Beach on Monday at 1.30pm and found a male suffering significant burns to his body.

The passenger van and surrounding scrub were well alight. The male was airlifted to Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital while the fire was extin-guished.

No other persons were injured.Police are investigating the circumstances of

the fire and are encouraging any witnesses to come forward.

Meanwhile, police were called to the Newell Highway near Morundah at 8.41pm on Friday following an incident involving a single vehicle.

A 24-year-old male was a passenger in the vehicle and found deceased by police. There were no injuries to the other passengers.

Inspector Justin Cormes said police were still investigating the circumstances of the collision and a report would be prepared for the coroner.

Police detected a 30-year-old Narrandera man on March 14 travelling in excess of 100km/hr on Irrigation Way at Yanco.

Police attempted to stop the driver but he refused and a police pursuit ensued, reaching speeds up to 185km/hr in a 100km/hr zone.

The driver stopped about 5km later, he was arrested and taken to Narrandera Police Station for a breath analysis which returned 0.175.

He was charged with police pursuit, exceed speed limit by over 45km/hr and driving with Higher Range PCA, and had his licence suspended. He is due to appear in court on March 19.

A police pursuit on March 13 on the Mid Western Highway at West Wyalong resulted in a 38-year- old South Australian male charged with driving recklessly, possession of a motor vehicle stolen from interstate, and driving while suspended.

The driver was detected travelling at high speed on the Mid Western Highway when police attempted to stop him but he engaged them in a pursuit.

The pursuit was terminated 45 minutes later and the vehicle was involved in a collision at Barmedman.

Police located the driver about 1km away and arrested him with bail being refused.

NARRANDERA locals will have the opportunity next week to learn suicide prevention skills thanks to The Hangout and Wellways.

The Hangout, a Narrandera-based wellbeing support group, recently partnered with Wellways, a not-for-profit support organisation, to deliver free skills classes at Narrandera TAFE in March.

A Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) class will be given on March 20 and a two-day Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) class will be taught on March 23-24.

Wellways Community Development coordinator Fran Godde is encour-aging people to join, ensuring the community anybody can save a life.

“Anyone can be a gatekeeper and gatekeepers save lives,” Fran said.

“You don’t need to have a clinical background to have these conversations and skills.

“Wellways have been working with The Hangout since the beginning of this year to provide workshops and training for staff, members and the wider community in the Narrandera area.

“We have our QPR training so it is a three-hour face-to-face session and QPR stands for Question, Persuade, Refer.

“It’s really about three simple steps to help anyone learn how to save a life from suicide.

“It aims to give the short sharp goals of identifying suicide warning signs and making those connections and being able to identify the next source of support.

“The ASIST training is a bit more in depth and is a two day training this really provides caregivers the knowledge about how to connect to the person that might be at risk of suicide, the understanding those risks and then working through a pathway of keeping safe and linking them to additional support.”

The Narrandera LGA has experi-enced a sharp rise in suicide since 2013. Both the male and female suicide rates are higher than the New South Wales average.

If you or anyone you know is experiencing difficulties contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.

SCHOOLS in Narrandera, Barellan, Ardlethan, Coolamon and Matong are set to receive new and improved facilities as part of the NSW Govern-ment’s $120 million Regional Renewal Program.

Since the announcement of the Regional Renewal Program in October last year, schools have been invited to apply for renewal projects to improve their school facilities.

Successful projects in Tranche 1 across the Cootamundra electorate range from playground upgrades to new amenities, funded through $2,388,861.82 from the program.

Ardlethan Central School will receive shade structures and walkways to the tune of $75,000, Barellan Central School shade Structures and walkways costing $185,000 and Beckom Public School a playground upgrade worth $60,000.

Coolamon Central School will receive a $78,000 toilet upgrade, Matong Public School receives

$70,000 towards sporting facilities, and Narrandera Public School, shade structures and walkways at $120,000.

Weethalle Public School and West Wyalong High School will receive toilet upgrades worth $60,000.

Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke welcomed the news so many projects across the electorate had been funded.

“Our public schools deserve state of the art facilities and this invest-ment by the Nationals in Government is part of our commitment to build a safer and stronger regional NSW,” Ms Cooke said.

“These improvements will help ensure our students can thrive in a great learning environment, no matter where they live or what their circum-stances may be.

“Delivery of these projects will be undertaken in the next 18 months as part of the NSW Government’s economic stimulus package for NSW schools.”

After 10 years at the nursing home and 10 years in retirement, Dolly is soldiering on. Being blind in one eye hasn’t stopped her from doing what she’s done all her life. Photo Rustty Lake-Connolly

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TWO bridges in Narrandera Shire will be replaced under the NSW Government’s $500 million Fixing Country Bridges program to better connect regional communities and increase resilience to natural disasters.

Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke said replacing old timber bridges meant improved community connections to schools, towns and jobs, allowing easier move-ment of freight and delivering better outcomes for road safety.

“These two bridges in the Narrandera Shire represent a $1,083,532 investment into improving our road network,” Ms Cooke said.

“This work will ease the � nancial burden on councils and create local jobs, while making it easier for our communities

to travel safely.” The bridges are the timber

decked Somerset bridge over the Cuddell Creek, and Molly’s Creek bridge over Molly’s Lagoon.

Narrandera Shire Council Gen-eral Manager George Cowan said the work would make a huge difference to local communities.

“The improvement work on these two bridges will allow farmers in these areas to access their properties with machinery, which hasn’t been possible with the condition of the bridges, and residents in the area will see a significant improvement in access,” Mr Cowan said.

“Council is extremely grateful for the ongoing support of the NSW Government, it’s something we value greatly and I’m sure the community can see the bene� ts

� owing through those grants.” Minister for Regional Transport

and Roads Paul Toole said the NSW Government had accelerat-ed funding for the program with more than $290 million shared across 54 councils to replace 424 bridges in round one.

“That’s hundreds of fast-tracked projects that will start across the state in the next 12 months, helping councils to create and support jobs, drive productivity and keep our regional communities connected,” Mr Toole said.

Successful applications are timber bridges, located on a coun-cil-managed road which are not a heritage or truss bridge and are a priority asset to council.

A second round of the program will be offered later this year.

Lobbying for new station

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Narrandera Shire Mayor Neville Kschenka and Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke inspect the Somerset bridge over Cuddell Creek. Photo: Kim Woods.

Narrandera Shire Council believes the historic Narrandera Police Station is beyond its used-by date and is lobbying for a new purpose-built station. Photo: Kim Woods.

THE Wiradjuri Wall of Honour in Marie Bashir Park is no closer to reality after a grant application lodged under the Building Better Regions failed.

Preparatory work has continued with an engineer engaged to seek a fee proposal and all material suppliers have been contacted.

The wall, � re pit and garden is estimated to cost around $400,000, with a second application due to submitted for grant funding in coming months.

Cr Narelle Payne has offered her writing assistance to the Aboriginal Elders Liaison Group with the story for the wall.

The soldiers to be featured in-clude Thomas (Tiger) Lyons Snr, and his sons Thomas Edward Lyons, and William (Billy) Archibald Lyons.

Meanwhile, the name change from Town Beach to Koori Beach needs to be endorsed by the Local Aboriginal Lands Council.

Council also heard a planned corroboree, cancelled due to COVID, would be rescheduled to late 2021 once COVID restrictions ease.

The Aboriginal Elders Liasion Group has endorsed a design and wording for a Welcome to Country window display at the Narrandera-Leeton airport.

The design is to include a lizard, the local clan name of Narrungdera and the words “Ngiyanhi Wiradju-ri mayiny gawaymbanha nginyal-gir Wiradjuri-gu Ngurambung-gu” which translates to “We the Narrung-dera Wiradjuri people welcome you all to Wiradjuri Country”.

The Liaison Group also voted to include a lizard logo on town entry signs and street signs.

They also requested Council investigate the removal of old fencing at Koori Beach, install more rubbish bins and keep the grounds tidy.

Deputy general manager infra-structure Shane Wilson said Council was working with the community on an improvement program for Koori Beach.

The Liasion Group is considering images and icons to be included in the third painting of the Narran-dera Water Tower.

These include a Murray cod, � sh, a person � shing, more native animals, galahs, native trees, willow and gum trees, canoe/kayak and the railway bridge.

The group has discussed the erection of a fence around the wom-en’s birthing tree at Rocky Waterholes to preserve it, and the possibility of Koori Beach being registered as an Aboriginal heritage site.

from front pagethere are many police stations around the state needing replacement,” Cr Kschenka said.

This will be � rst time Council has lobbied for a new police station on a green� eld site.

“For the staff who have to man the place and work in those conditions, it is only fair,” Cr Kschenka said.

Cr Narelle Payne said she had received a report of an incident where a member of the public was forced to make a verbal report in a corridor at the police station due to lack of space.

“There was no privacy and that person was quite concerned the police station is not adequate for purpose, and they believe it is necessary for the building of a new police station,” Cr Payne said.

She said members of the public were garnering support to lobby for a new purpose built station.

Cr Kschenka said more room was needed for the police staff to operate,

particularly for con� dential matters.“The staff amenities are lacking –

it would help attract police to come to our town if their working conditions were much better.”

Kr Kschenka said the station had been staffed by 11 police at the last meeting between Council and police.

“We are one officer down but if need be, that position can be � lled by a nearby town, for example, Leeton.”

Ms Cooke said she was proud of having delivered additional police resources for the town.

This included restoring the Narran-dera police of� cer numbers back to full strength, refurbishing the Barellan Police Station and an of� cer based in the community.

“We have also welcomed new proba-tionary constables from Class 340 and 343,” she said.

“The NSW Government is commit-ted to strengthening the NSW Police Force, delivering 1500 additional police of� cers over four years.”

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The existing Wiradjuri Wall of Honour is set to be replaced by a new design featuring a fire pit and garden. Photo Kim Woods

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Kim WoodsA YEAR ago Peter and Janelle Broadbent were off on a trip of a lifetime to Vietnam but were plunged into a nightmare as COVID-19 broke out around the world.

The Narrandera couple were isolated on their international flight for 16 hours followed by self-isola-tion at home for 14 days.

“The community was just wonderful – Vinnies Fruitz delivered fresh fruit and vegetables, our next door neighbour picked up meat from the butchers, and a young friend did our shopping at Coles,” Janelle said.

“We had been planning to tour Vietnam for three weeks so there was no food in the house.

“The amount of phone calls to ask if I was coping alright was remarkable.”

The experienced rammed home why the couple had chosen Narrandera to settle after selling their home in Wollongong.

“It is a nice feeling to walk down the street and for people to say hi, stop and talk,” Janelle said.

She works as the customer relationship manager at the Narrandera branch of the Bendigo Bank.

Janelle came to the bank with more than 15 years lending experience.

She started her career as a teller in 1992 at a Wollongong bank but had a three-year break to run her own business, a homewares and toy shop in Gerringong.

After returning to the banking industry, Janelle had a number of positions from home loan specialist to branch manager.

In 2015, Janelle and Peter, an electrician, sold up

and moved to Narrandera.She commuted to a bank in Griffith each day

before resigning in 2018 to take up a position at the Narrandera Bakery, allowing her to spend more time locally.

“Eventually I felt the pull back to banking – truth-fully, I missed helping people with their lending and banking needs,” Janelle said.

“I take great pride in helping people achieve the purchase they work so hard for.

“I’m excited to be in my new position of cus-tomer relationship manager in Narrandera and look forward to helping everyone with their banking and lending needs.

“I would never go back to Wollongong – I grew up and raised my kids there but I couldn’t tell you who my next door neighbour was.

“I love the sense of community here – it takes me half an hour to walk down to the post office as people are happy to stop and chat.

“We are lucky here in Narrandera as most jobs are classed as essential workers so we didn’t feel the effects of COVID as bad as the city areas.

“Still, we have to show compassion and lending is definitely keeping us busy.

“There are some land releases underway and Pine Hill is one of the areas with quite a lot of building activity.

“We have also done a lot of loans for those who are renovating.

“One of the strong points for us is we are face- to-face lenders and people expect the one-on-one personal service – it makes them feel secure.”

THE federal government’s $1.2 billion tourism stimulus package will have a negative impact on struggling tourism operators in the Murray region, according to Murray state MP Helen Dalton.

“By offering half-priced flights to coastal destinations, the government is actually reducing the chances people will visit inland rural towns such as Moama, Balranald, Wentworth, Griffith, Leeton and Deniliquin,” Mrs Dalton said.

“There is absolutely nothing is this package for struggling hoteliers in this region.

“NSW border towns have been the most hurt by COVID-19 and government, having experienced 38 weeks of lockdown.

“I’ve talked to some operators who went weeks with no customers at all.

“They’re struggling to stay open. They’ve been damaged the most by government but are getting the least support.”

Mrs Dalton said tourism operators across the Riverina and Victorian border desperately needed ongoing funding.

“Some border towns won’t survive a few more years of this,” Mrs Dalton.

“This tourism package needs to be adjusted to help those who need it the most”.

The Murray MP intends to raise the matter in NSW Parliament, when sittings resume this week.

Kim WoodsA MULTI-MILLION dollar meat process-ing plant proposed by Ravensworth Feedlot at Hay is set to create a jobs and economic boost for the Murrum-bidgee Valley.

Ravensworth principal Ron Harris told Hay Shire Council the company was growing rapidly with an office in China and turnover in 2020 of $102 million.

He estimated the abattoir and feedlot would create 600 direct jobs and 2700 indirect jobs.

The plant is proposed to process 500 cattle a day.

“We have spent a lot of money over the years building our Ravensworth brand and selling beef into China, Korea and Japan, while 70 per cent of our sales are domestic,” Mr Harris said.

He said the company airfreighted 50 tonnes of beef overnight to China during the COVID lock down.

Ravensworth sources finished grainfed cattle from other feedlots for processing as boxed beef at Bindaree Beef, Inverell, while cattle finished at the Hay feedlot are sold to Teys for processing.

Mr Harris said the business model for the processing plant at Hay would be based on the Riverina Beef plant at Yanco and employ 420 people.

The company has sought support from Federal Water Minister Keith Pitt, Member for Murray Helen Dalton and Senator Perrin Davey, along with Hay and Griffith councils to sell 450 gigalitres of LowBidgee water rights to raise equity for the project.

“We want to sell our water rights direct to the Federal Government to get the equity to keep it Australian

so we can create a lot of jobs here,” Mr Harris said.

“We want to sell the Lowbidgee water rights near Balranald – we can-not trade it in or out so it is better for us to try and sell it.”

Ravensworth has commissioned a full feasibility study to determine if the feedlot will be sited next to the feedlot or in the town of Hay.

Mr Harris said the fact major high-ways converged on Hay made it an ideal location to cater for quad-axle trucks carrying cattle and grain to and from the feedlot.

He said the flow on effects would benefit regional growers of cereal and fodder crops, along with service providers in Griffith and Balranald.

Mr Harris said lotfeeders were struggling with a strengthening Australian dollar, with every one cent rise adding $40 per head to processing costs.

“The beef cycle is starting to level out now and processors are pulling the prices back as they can’t make money while the dollar is going through the roof, and it is difficult to sell overseas.

“The beef market may turn in April after the monsoon season.

“We are just a factory at the farm, we’ve got to be really efficient, com-petitive and do volume. We want to be a price maker, not a price taker.

“If we can get the support of councils, irrigators and politicians along the river to sell this big chunk of water, it will be a bit hard for the government to argue against it.

“At the end of the day, they (the Federal Government) could name the price they want to pay but hopefully it is fair.”

No help for tourismJanelle loves the sense of community

Sandra Carey, Janelle Broadbent, and Michelle Russell at the Community Bank Narrandera and District. Photo Kim Woods.

IT IS such a long time since I wrote a newsletter I seem to have forgotten my formula and it is hard to believe that summer is almost over with very little of the dire warnings of heat and bushfires happening. March can be hot, of course; I remember a Christmas of 25 degrees and Easter with forties and harvesting. That year my family came for Easter instead of Christmas!

AROUND THE GARDEN: Officially it’s autumn, a really busy time in the garden. The first job that comes to mind is to begin planting all those bulbs, claws, corms etc. waiting in paper bags in a cool dark cupboard.

In order of urgency: Ranunculi need to be pre-germinated in trays: I use nursery trays with newspaper base and about 3cm of potting mix (the mix out of the pots of spring pansies will do). Press in the claws of ranuncs which have had about an hour’s soak in water with a little bleach, 20 or 30 per tray, depending on the size of the claws.

Sprinkle with mix till the claws are covered, water gently and top up their cov-er. Move to a shady spot and keep damp but not sodden. Keeping damp is the hardest part. Some sort of cover helps. Plant out

when sprouted.LACHENALIAS (soldier boys) need to be

potted at the same time as they might even be sprouting and they make a wonderful winter splash of colour. Four or five bulbs in a pot makes a handy item for a gift or swaps – a couple of biggish bulbs and a few little ones.

TULIPS and HYACINTHS need to go into the fridge in their paper bags. The crisp-er is usually recommended and it wouldn’t hurt DAFFODILS to join them until you have time to plant them. WARNING: Bulb potting mix must be free draining or the bulbs will rot, especially as their foliage is dying down.

“All my jonquils have turned white” is a fairly common complaint, but they haven’t, they have been taken over and outnum-bered by wretched Paper Whites – early, sweet scented but too vigorous. I have them mixed among my Erlicheers, doubles and Soleil d’Or. More care needed.

CUTTINGS: End of March is the best time for taking cuttings. The soft tips are now semi hardened and pieces up to 10cm cut below a node and stripped of leaves

to the top pair, dipped in a bleach solution and planted into a foam cup or similar of washed river sand, everything very clean and damp. Our local food garden has an automatic misting system in their shade house and it is magic. They grow seedlings for Landcare.

I started cuttings early with a couple of shoots from my red rubber tree. Cut big leaves in half. Try anything now except camellias or daphnes (Christmas time).

WATER CONTAINERS: I have plastic troughs (drums cut in half lengthwise) under my tank overflow and under the roof downpipe, always handy to give something a soak or an extra splash of good rain water. After the recent rain I was reminded that a container of water should always have a stick sloping into it for creatures from bees to lizards to climb out.

A mouse drowned there after the rain. We have been catching several mice a day for weeks and I have nothing against a good swift trap but not a slow drowning.

Narrandera Garden Club is resuming meetings on the fourth Saturday, March 28. Why not join us?

A Prickly Pear has quite a lovely flower in full bloom – a tough customer that deals easily with climate change. Any discarded pieces should be left in a plastic bag in the sun until disintegrated. Even tiny pieces will grow and all bits have the potential to be nasty noxious weeds. Photo supplied.

Time for bulbs

Mega water deal to seal abattoir build

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Of drought and pain

Peter Dale being presented with the Return and Earn Award by Danielle Smalley. Photo supplied .

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As your local member, I want to keep you updated on what I’ve been doing for you this month.Rural health inquiry comes to DeniliquinSince being elected, I’ve campaigned for better regional health services.Due to public pressure, the NSW Parliament are conducting an inquiry into the dreadful state of rural health care.They’ll be a public hearing in

about problems and challenges here.I’d encourage people to get involved, share your stories or come and watch the hearings.Email portfoliocommittee2@parliament.nsw.gov.au to express

Sneaky law change legalises

The NSW Government have once again put through a sneaky law change allowing Northern Basin irrigators to divert water onto their private dams.

the Darling River, and lower water allocations for Murray River farmers.The National Party made this regulation while NSW Parliament was not sitting and with no consultation beforehand.

reversed.Follow my Facebook page Helen Dalton MP to join the resistance.

In 2017, the National Party commissioned a report on re-opening the vital Narrandera to Tocumwal rail line. They spent $500,000 taxpayer dollars to do so.But when the report was completed in 2018, the Nats deemed it

it.This is unacceptable. A taxpayer-funded report should not be kept secret from you the taxpayer.My party has made an order for papers through Parliament. This has forced the NSW Government to release the report by the 17 March.I will post a copy of the report on my website www.helendalton.com.au,

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Nicholas RupoloIN AUSTRALIA, drought is as sure a thing as the sun rising.

In the new Federation of Australia, what became known as the Federation Drought tore businesses, lives and livestock apart.

It is considered one of the worst droughts Australia has ever faced, and the Riverina — as the centre for wool and grain — saw land and animals obliterated in its wake.

Beginning in approximately 1896 and lasting for just over a decade, it reached its peak in 1902.

Hot spells, bushfires and next to no rain compounded a shocking state of affairs for farmers.

By the time the new century came around, the Murray River at Mildura, Balranald and Deniliquin had almost run dry.

The conditions gave way to rabbits to attack crops and feed, leaving farmers facing severe shortages.

Farmers were becoming overwhelmed by debt and banks continued to foreclose as years went by.

The cost of buying feed, fending off rabbits and repairing infrastructure as a result of decay and dust storms meant farmers were abandoning their holdings.

It’s estimated that around five million acres of land was abandoned by farmers across the country. The Riverina up to the borders between Victoria and the ACT had the largest sheep numbers per square kilometre.

As one of the most important agricul-tural industries the Riverina had to offer, this was where incredible devastation and heartbreak occurred throughout the decade.

Farmers were looking to desperate

measures to feed their sheep on wheat that was soaked for 12 hours in water before adding one pound of salt to mix.

Everywhere they went trouble and hard-ship followed. Sheep-owners were searching for answers to keep their livestock going and were taking aim at the state Railway Department for not providing support to them.

“There is no feed in the Riverina and where there is it is impossible to move stock to it as the stock routes are closed,” an update in the Evening News said.

“But more serious still is the appli- cations made to the railway department for rolling stock.

“Two cases are reported here of orders

for 700 and 200 trucks respectively, which have not been executed.”

There are stories in local papers detailing sheep being transported and dying in trucks.

Towards the end of the first decade of the century, drought was still pinching farmers in the Riverina.

A journalist described in May of 1907 in the Riverina Times just how difficult life was.

“No rain has fallen at Narrandera for months,” the journalist wrote.

“Numerous trucks of compressed fodder are arriving daily and squatters and farmers find it difficult to keep stock alive.

“Lambs are being destroyed as soon as born to save the ewes.

“The dry grass seems to possess no nutrients.”

In 1892 Australia had around 106 mil-lion sheep. By the time the worst of the drought was over in 1903, the numbers had almost halved with an estimated 54 million left alive.

The drought was etched into folklore in a poem by lauded Australian writer Banjo Paterson called ‘It’s Grand’.

In his classic rhyming rhythm he details the horror of the drought and the mishandling of it by the political class of Australia.

“It’s grand to be a shearer Along the Darling-side, And pluck the wool from stinking sheep That some days since have died. It’s grand to be a Minister And travel like a swell, And tell the Central District folk To go to—Inverell.”

Darling River in drought near Wilcannia NSW 1902. Photo courtesy National Library of Australia.

Aerial view of Darling River, New South Wales, 1902. Photo courtesy National Library of Australia.

Step Back In Time

NARRANDERA Shire Council was successful at the 2020 Sustainable Communities Tidy Towns Awards Weekend held over March 13-14.

The shire took out the Return and Earn Litter Prevention Award with the Narrandera Reverse Vending Machine.

The Tidy Towns Awards are a successful long-time initiative of the Keep Australia Beautiful Council.

Representing Narrandera Shire Council at the awards dinner on Satur-day night was economic development manager Peter Dale who received the category award from Danielle Smalley, chief executive officer, Exchange for Change, Return and Earn program.

Mr Dale said the submission in the awards category had been made to the Keep Australia Beautiful Awards in the middle of 2020 with the actual

awards weekend delayed because of the pandemic.

However, an enthusiastic gathering of around 100 people attended the Awards Dinner to learn of the successful entries across various categories.

Narrandera Shire mayor Neville Kschenka said the Award for the RVM was an excellent recognition of the successful performance of the facility with significant social economic and environmental outcomes being recognised by the judging panel.

“As at March 2021, 2.15 million containers have been deposited in the RVM and consistent redemption amounts are being reported from Coles in Narrandera where the majority of vouchers obtained from the RVM are either being cashed-in or spent in store,” Cr Kschenka said.

Return and earn makes for a Tidy Town

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ARDLETHAN Kim WoodsA VISION to store and display the memories of the Ardlethan district became a reality with the official opening of the Ardlethan and Beyond Museum last week.

A plaque was unveiled by Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack and Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke in front of a large crowd of residents and visitors.

On hand for the opening was Annette Perks, Tullamore, and her brother George Patten, Sydney, representing their later father, Stan, an avid collector and instigator of the town’s Somerset museum.

The Somerset collection makes up the major part of the display in the new museum.

Mrs Perks said Stan had gathered the historical items for the Back to Ardlethan in 1985.

“He had a vacant building in the main street so stored it all there and ran it as a drop-in museum.

“A lot of stuff was donated to the Somerset Museum and it is good to see it here today.

“Dad has passed on so you wonder what to do with it all.”

Annette and George recalled a great childhood growing up on the family farm, Somerset.

“Dad grew up during the Great Depression and he never threw anything away,” she said.

“The first Patten’s arrived in 1907 and there is a display board in the new museum telling the story of Somerset.”

Coolamon Shire mayor John Seymour said the Ardlethan and Beyond museum was many years in the making.

“It started out as a mere thought and dream of somewhere to store and display the memories of the Ardlethan district,” Cr Seymour said.

“It spent many years on the table until the Advance Ardlethan committee decided to turn it into a reality.

“There are many in the com-munity who have participated in helping to achieve this goal, rang-ing from cake stalls, raffles and

fundraising functions to raise upwards of $80,000.

“This building will act as a focal point to attract visitors and provide an excellent place to showcase what Ardlethan has to offer.”

Advance Ardlethan president Karen Wood said the museum concept dated back to 2001.

The museum became a reality with state and federal funding totalling more than $400,000.

“This was a bare building at Christmas and a lot of work has gone in to have it ready for the opening,” Mrs Wood said.

“I’m an ex-nurse and not a museum curator so the idea was to do the best we could.

“Every item was documented and catalogued – now we will close until October allowing more help from Museum of the

Riverina so we can get it right.”Mrs Wood said additional

displays on the Ardlethan Tin Mine and local businesses would be added for the spring reopening.

She said the exhibits would be changed out every three months to encourage re-visits.

The museum sits next to the Men’s Shed with members helping out with the cleaning of displays.

“I’ve been here for 35 years as a community nurse and I saw a lot of things change,” she said.

“Mining was booming then and slowly over the years we are losing the people and their stories.

“The articles are no good unless there is a story involved. Even-tually I hope we will get more of those stories to let the younger ones know where they have come from, and give visitors a sense of what we are about.”

Storing memories

At the official opening, from left, George Patten, Annette Perks, Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack, Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke, Coolamon mayor John Seymour and Advance Ardlethan president Karen Wood. Photos: Kim Woods.

ARDLETHAN Kim WoodsGEOFF Poultney moved to Ardlethan a year ago and has thrown himself into volunteering at the town’s new museum.

He was demonstrating his har-ness making skills at the museum’s opening, surrounded by his collection of saddler’s tools including a beauti-fully restored 1920s industrial Singer sewing machine.

“I’m not a saddler by trade but used to work on stations where we did our own saddlery repairs,” he said.

“I have been doing it as a hobby for the last four years.”

Geoff worked at Darlington Point’s Tubbo Station as a stockman, mustering on the outstation near Coleambally.

The station in those days covered 30,000 acres and carried a flock of 22,000 ewes.

“Shearing took about three weeks with 25 stands in the shed and 15-18 of those in operation,” Geoff said.

“I was working in the shed when the wide combs strike was on (1983) – it was scary, there were houses burnt down in Narrandera, it was pretty bad.

“The Unions used to come and check the boards.”

Geoff has set up his display in the museum of a century old donated industrial Singer sewing machine, a military saddle owned by past Ardlethan resident Kevin Horan, a stock saddle, heavy horse harness, and goat/pony harness for carting water.

Much of the harness came out of the old Somerset museum and he has spent much time cleaning restoring the leather.

“I make my own bees waxed thread from hemp for hand sewing, I do everything the old way,” he said.

He plans to sell hand made items through the museum, including belts, wallets, stubby coolers and hand bags, once it opens permanently in October.

Geoff Poultney displays the artisan skills of harness making at the Ardlethan Museum. Photo: Kim Woods.

Leather and stories

Lindsay Smith, retired Ardlethan farmer, looks at the rabbit trap display at the new museum.

LEFT: Merrill Middleton and Denise Woeecott, both of Temora, discovered a photo of their mother Joyce Baker in a fancy dress hockey match of the 1940s.

George Patten, Sydney, and Annette Perks, Tullamore, were thrilled to see their father’s Somerset Collection housed in the new Ardlethan Museum.

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Regional Roundup

ARDLETHAN Kim WoodsWITH a kick in tin prices to around US$26,000, Australian Tin Resources are aiming to ramp up the retreatment of 10 million tonnes of tailings at the Ardlethan mine.

The buoyancy around tin prices is giving encouragement to the company which is due to install new screening machinery.

ATR principal consultant Bill Lannen said the mine contained 10 million tonnes of tailings and 20 million tonnes of dumps.

Mr Lannen said ATR had approval to construct a 150 tonne per hour plant on site to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Retreatment of the tailings from previous mining operations was the main driver for Austra-lian Tin Resources deciding to acquire the Ardlethan tin mine.

The company regards the underground hard rock resource as offering an attractive future opportunity in the longer term.

Mr Lannen said the pilot plant had been built with six staff employed.

“We have been running the pilot plant on and off for the last 18 months – it hasn’t been as successful as I hoped but we have new screening equipment coming from America,” he said.

“It is tied up in quarantine in Melbourne but should be here this week for installation.

“Once we put that in, I’m con-fident we will start to get better recoveries and have a genuine project on our hands.”

The step up in operations is expected to boost jobs to 22 with shifts running 24 hours a day

seven days a week.Mr Lennan expects the project

to have a shelf life of 10 to 12 years.“It wil l be a signif icant

enterprise – it is nowhere near the 300 plus people there before but 20-30 jobs at the end of the day going for 10 years.

“Once the mine is operating it provides other opportunities – there are 20 million tonnes of dumps and new technology about suggesting we may be able to recover tin from those dumps.

“There are existing under-ground hard rock reserves at depth which aren’t economical at this point in time but over 10 years they may become economic.

“It opens up for a good future.“This is a 10 year project

just processing the tailings alone but we are private individuals, it is not a public company and we will be quietly increasing the size of the plant.”

Mr Lannen is keen to employ local staff and use local service providers.

“If I can’t get a person with a particular skill locally, I will recruit someone with children to help boost the local school,” he said.

A development application for a processing plant of up to 150 tonnes per hour capacity was approved by Coolamon Shire in August 2018.

ATR carried out small scale pilot plant processing operations on site before starting production.

A contract for provision of the pilot plant was awarded to Mineral Technologies in October 2018 and the pilot plant modules delivered in 2019 with the commis-

sioning of the plant in June 2019.ATR processed about 600

tonnes of tailings in the plant in July 2019, and modifications were made to the plant by January 2020.

Testing revealed a consider-able percentage of tin was locked in a proportion of sulphides.

ATR has carried out further pilot plant trials to test for grades and recoveries viably achieved under operating conditions.

The company aims to produce a concentrate grading at least 50 per cent tin.

Mining operations ceased in 1986 due to the collapse of tin prices.

As a former mine manager from 1980 to 1986, Mr Lannen contributed a display of artefacts to the new Ardlethan and Beyond Museum.

“From a professional, family and social point of view, Ardlethan is the nicest place I’ve ever been,” he said.

“The mine had 370 direct employees plus contractors at its peak – the town was an incredibly busy place.

“The price of tin had been manipulated by a series of agreements from 1945 onwards and like all cartels, the chickens came home to roost.

“I went to bed that night with the price of tin at $14,000/tonne and I woke up to $7000/tonne, and I knew we were finished.

“We ran our stocks down from October 1985 for almost another year and the employees went off to other jobs.

“There has been several attempts to reopen the mine over the years.”

Mining ramped up

Australian Tin Resources principal consultant Bill Lennan with a diamond drill core from the Ardlethan tin mine. Photos: Kim Woods.

Advance Ardlethan president Karen Wood with the old blacksmith bellows in the museum.

Pictured at the Women in Business Networking evening Murrumbidgee Council Economic Development and Tourism Manager Kellie Dissegna, Murrumbidgee Council Mayor Ruth McRae, Darlington Point Business Connect President/Secretary Tania Stone and Coleambally Chamber of Commerce President Lynne Stuckings. Photo supplied.

COLEAMBALLY THE Women’s Business Networking event held at Coleambally on March 10 was a resounding success with 25 women from across the Murrumbidgee Council area attending.

Murrumbidgee Council Mayor Ruth

McRae was the MC for the event, hosted by Murrumbidgee Council as part of NSW Women’s Week.

Cr McRae described the evening as highly successful in bringing to the table women from right across the Council area, stemming from a wide range of business backgrounds.

“Each one of the women present were very accomplished in their own right, with rural women making a phenomenal contribu-tion to their line of business, whether it be a farming enterprise, working from a home office, or a business with a shopfront”.

Guest speaker Kathie Heyman from Passion for Business provided an informative and thought provoking presentation on goal setting.

Ms Heyman spoke on methods to ensure success in business, particularly the need to challenge

oneself. This was in line with the theme for this year’s International Women’s Day, Choose to Challenge.

The participants also heard from Tania Stone, president/secretary of the newly formed Darlington Point Business Connect and Lynne Stuckings, president of the Coleambally Chamber of Commerce.

Both spoke on the value of bringing together like minded business people to jointly focus on business development and promotions.

The evening was sponsored by Murrum- bidgee Council through a NSW Women’s Week grant.

Women brought to the table for networking

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Amy (PG) 2:00 Medium (M) 3:00 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neigh-bours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 The Conners (PG) 10:30 Charmed (PG)

4:05 PBS Newshour 5:05 The Joy Of Painting (PG) 5:35 Shortland

Street (PG) 6:05 If You Are The One (PG) (In Mandarin) 7:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (PG) 8:30 The Great British Urine Test (M) 9:45 40 Kids By 20 Women (M l,s) 10:40 Yokayi Footy 11:15 Vice News Tonight

6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend [s] 12:00 Seven’s Horse Racing [s] 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 5:30 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG) [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG) [s] 7:30 AFL: Round 1: Brisbane v Sydney *Live* From The Gabba 10:30 Movie: “Lone Survivor” (MA15+) (’14) Stars: Alexander Ludwig 12:40 Repco Supercars Highlights [s] 2:00 Home Shopping

10:00 Today Extra - Saturday [s] 12:00 Award Winning Tasmania [s] 12:30 Destination WA (PG) [s] 1:00 My Way [s] 1:30 Movie: “Sabrina” (G) (’95) Stars: Harrison Ford 4:00 The Pet Rescuers (PG) [s] 4:30 The Garden Gurus [s] 5:00 NINE News: First At Five [s] 5:30 Getaway (PG) [s] 6:00 NBN News Saturday [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Space Invaders (PG) [s] 8:30 Movie: “The Bourne Supremacy” (M v,l) (’04) Stars: Brian Cox 10:40 Movie: “Michael Clayton” (MA15+) (’07) Stars: George Clooney

12:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 12:30 Luca’s Key Ingredient [s] 1:00 10 Minute Kitchen [s] 1:30 Buy To Build [s] 2:00 Three Blue Ducks [s] 2:30 Australia By Design [s] 3:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] 3:30 Close Encounters Of The Animal Kind [s] 4:00 Freshly Picked [s] 4:30 Farm To Fork [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 Three Blue Ducks (PG) [s] 6:30 TBA 7:00 TBA 7:30 Ambulance UK (M) [s] 9:50 TBA 10:20 999: What’s Your Emergency? (MA15+) [s] 11:30 TBA 12:30 Inside The Children’s Hospital (PG) [s]

5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize 2:05 Hurricane (PG) (In English/ French) 3:35 Cycling: 2021 AusCycling Mountain Bike National Championships Highlights 4:35 Morgan Freeman - The Story Of God (PG) 5:35 Hitler’s Last Year (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys (M) 8:30 Movie: “The Blues Brothers” (M l,v) (’80) Stars: John Belushi 10:50 Movie: “No Country For Old Men” (MA15+) (’07) (In English/ Spanish)

3:00 Rides Down Under (PG) 4:00 Shipping Wars (PG) 5:00

Billion Dollar Wreck (PG) 6:00 Mega-structures (PG) 7:00 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG) 7:30 Movie: “Godzilla” (M v) (’14) Stars: Elizabeth Olsen 10:00 Movie: “Demolition Man” (M) (’93) Stars: Sylvester Stallone

6:30 Kiri And Lou 7:00 Catie’s Amazing Machines 7:30 Spicks

And Specks (PG) 8:00 QI: Jumpers (M l,s) 8:30 Live At The Apollo (M s) 9:15 Ross Noble Stand Up Series (M l,s) 9:45 Sammy J 9:50 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 10:25 Why Are You Like This (MA15+) 10:50 High Fidelity (MA15+) 11:20 Penn And Teller: Fool Us (PG)

2:00 Bride & Prejudice - The Forbidden Wedding (PG) 4:30

Movie: “Pleasantville” (PG) (’98) 7:00 Movie: “Romancing The Stone” (PG) (’84) Stars: Michael Douglas 9:15 Movie: “The Jewel Of The Nile” (PG) (’85) Stars: Kathleen Turner 11:30 Movie: “The Boy Next Door” (MA15+) (’15)

3:00 ABC News 3:30 Q&A Highlights 4:00 ABC News 4:30

The Mix 5:00 ABC News 5:05 Planet America 6:00 ABC Evening News 6:30 Australian Story 7:00 ABC National News 7:30 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One 8:00 ABC News Tonight 8:10 Four Corners 9:00 ABC Nightly News 9:30 Foreign Correspondent

2:00 Jake And The Fatman 4:00 I Fish 4:30 Mighty Machines 5:00

Escape Fishing With ET (PG) 5:30 Scorpion (M v) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 8:30 NCIS: New Orleans (M v) 10:20 FBI: Most Wanted (M) 11:20 LA’s Finest: Rafferty And The Gold Dust Twins (M) 12:15 Hawaii Five-O (M v) 1:10 48 Hours (M v) 2:10 Elementary (PG)

12:50 Movie: “The Bargee” (PG) (’64) Stars: Harry H Corbett 3:00

Movie: “Odette” (PG) (’51) Stars: Anna Neagle 5:25 Movie: “Pony Express” (PG) (’53) Stars: Charlton Heston 7:30 Rugby Union: Super Rugby: QLD Reds v Western Force *Live* 10:00 Movie: “Platoon” (MA15+) (’86) Stars: Charlie Sheen

11:00 The Middle (PG) 11:30 The Amazing Race Australia (PG)

12:00 WIN’s All Australian News 1:00 The Amazing Race Australia (PG) 2:00 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 3:30 Friends (PG) 6:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 10:30 The Middle (PG) 12:00 Home Shopping 1:30 2 Broke Girls (M v) 4:00 Mom (M s)

4:00 PBS Newshour 5:00 ABC America: World News Tonight 5:30

Basketball: NBL: Melbourne Phoenix v Adelaide 36ers *Live* 7:30 Australia In Colour (PG) 8:30 The X-Files (M h,v) 9:20 Romulus (MA15+) (In Old Latin) 11:25 Dateline 11:55 Insight 12:55 Movie: “Orgazmo” (MA15+) (’97) Stars: Trey Parker

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6:30 Kiri And Lou 7:00 Dino Dana 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:00

Doctor Who (PG) 9:00 Earth’s Tropical Islands (PG) 10:00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 10:50 Escape From The City 11:50 Extras (M l,v) 12:20 Would I Lie To You? (M l)

6:30 Kiri And Lou 7:00 Dino Dana 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:00

Doctor Who (PG) 9:05 Staged: Saddle Up Sheen! (M l) 9:25 Extras 10:00 Fisk 10:30 High Fidelity (MA15+) 11:00 Brassic (MA15+) 11:45 Live At The Apollo (M l,s)

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2:30 The Yorkshire Vet (PG) 4:30 Escape To The Country 8:30

Flesh And Blood (M s,l) 9:30 Miss Scarlet And The Duke (M v) 11:30 Property Ladder UK (PG) 12:45 The Fine Art Auction (PG) 4:00 Harry’s Practice

12:00 ABC News [s] 12:30 Landline [s] 1:30 Gardening Australia [s] 2:30 The Upside (PG) [s] 3:30 The Mix [s] 4:00 Football: W-League: Round 13: Adelaide United v Western Sydney Wanderers *Live* [s] 6:00 Gardening Australia [s] 6:30 Compass (PG) [s] 7:00 ABC News Sunday [s] 7:40 Grand Designs NZ [s] 8:30 Harrow (M v) [s] 9:20 Silent Witness (M) [s] 10:25 Patrick Melrose - Some Hope (M)

12:00 House Of Wellness (PG) [s] 1:00 Beach Cops (PG) [s] 1:30 Movie: “Michael Jackson: Searching For Neverland” (PG) (’17) Stars: Chad Coleman 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens [s] 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 5:30 Sydney Weekender (PG) [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Ivan Milat Buried Secrets (M) [s] 9:10 Movie: “The Equalizer 2” (M) (’18) Stars: Denzel Washington

11:00 Sunday Footy Show (PG) [s] 1:00 AFL: Women’s Footy (PG) [s] 2:00 Driving Test (PG) [s] 2:30 Targa High Country [s] 3:00 NRL: Wests Tigers v Sydney Roosters *Live* [s] 6:00 NBN News Sunday [s] 7:00 Married At First Sight (M) [s] 8:30 60 Minutes (PG) [s] 9:30 NINE News Late [s] 10:00 Australian Crime Stories (M) [s] 11:10 Forensics: The Real CSI (M v) [s]

12:00 All 4 Adventure [s] 1:00 The Offroad Adventure Show [s] 2:00 Taste Of Australia [s] 2:30 Roads Less Travelled (PG) [s] 3:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] 3:15 TBA 4:30 Farm To Fork [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 7:30 The Amazing Race Australia (M) [s] 8:30 FBI: Most Wanted (M) [s] 10:30 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 11:30 Bull (M) [s]

1:00 Speedweek 3:00 Sportswoman 4:05 Cycling: Paris-Nice 2021 Highlights 5:05 Travel Man 5:35 The Secret History Of World War II (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Inside The Orient Express (M) (In English/ French) 9:10 Railways Of The Western Front With Chris Tarrant (PG) 10:25 Prince Albert’s Secret Papers 11:20 24 Hours In Police Custody (M l)

4:25 Good Game Spawn Point 4:55 The Next Step 5:20 Lost In Oz 6:00

Spirit Riding Free (PG) 6:30 Play Your Pets Right 6:55 The Zoo 7:35 Shaun The Sheep 8:05 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:35 Wishfart! 9:00 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud

4:30 Graveyard Carz (PG) 5:30 Counting Cars (PG) 6:00 Last Car

Garage (PG) 6:30 Border Patrol (PG) 7:00 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG) 8:30 Movie: “The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers” (PG) (’02) Stars: Elijah Wood

6:30 Kiri And Lou 7:00 Catie’s Amazing Machines 7:30 Spicks

And Specks (PG) 8:00 Compass (PG) 8:30 Louis Theroux: Louis & The Brothel (M l,n,s) 9:30 Pilgrimage: The Road To Rome 10:30 Catalyst (PG) 11:30 Laura’s Choice (M l,d)

4:20 TBA 6:00 Little Big Shots US (PG) 7:00 Modern Family (PG)

7:30 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta (M) 8:30 First Dates Australia (M) 10:50 Bridezillas (M) 11:50 Splitting Up Together (M l) 1:00 Movie: “Time Served” (MA15+) (’99)

3:00 ABC News 3:30 Offsiders 4:00 Landline 5:00 ABC News

5:30 The World This Week 6:00 ABC Evening News 6:30 Foreign Correspondent 7:00 ABC News Sunday 7:40 Drum Beat 8:00 Insiders 9:00 ABC Nightly News 9:30 Australian Story

2:00 Australia By Design (PG) 2:30 Buy To Build 3:00 Fishing

Edge 4:00 Fishing Australia 5:00 I Fish 5:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) 6:00 JAG (PG) 7:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 9:25 NCIS: Los Angeles (M v) 10:20 48 Hours (M)

1:00 Sunday Footy Show (PG) 3:00 NRL: Tigers v Roosters

*Live* 6:00 Movie: “War Drums” (PG) (’57) Stars: Joan Taylor 7:30 Death In Paradise (PG) 8:40 Chicago PD (MA15+) 9:40 Chicago Fire (MA15+) 10:40 Chicago Med (M mp)

11:30 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 1:00 The Amazing

Race Australia (PG) 2:15 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 3:30 Friends (PG) 6:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:00 Friends (PG) 10:30 2 Broke Girls (M s)

3:00 Basketball: NBL: Melbourne United v Illawarra Hawks *Live*

7:00 Monty Python’s Flying Circus (PG) 7:35 Abandoned Engineering (PG) 8:30 Planet Expedition (PG) 9:30 Wet Markets Exposed (M) 10:15 United Shades Of America (M l,s)

2:30 Million Dollar Minute 3:30 1 Man And A Bike 4:00 Better

Homes And Gardens 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Doc Martin (PG) 8:30 Judge John Deed (M) 10:30 Autopsy USA (M)

12:00 ABC News [s] 1:00 Death In Paradise (M v) [s] 2:00 Parliament Question Time [s] 3:15 ABC News [s] 4:10 Antiques Roadshow [s] 5:10 Grand Designs NZ [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 (PG) [s] 8:00 Australian Story [s] 8:30 Four Corners [s] 9:15 Media Watch [s] 9:35 The Hunt For Gaddafi’s Billions (M l) [s] 11:05 ABC Late News [s] 11:40 Exposed (PG) [s]

4:55 Hank Zipzer 5:20 Lost In Oz 6:00 Spirit Riding Free (PG) 6:30 Operation

Ouch! 7:00 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:35 Wishfart! 8:55 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud

2:30 Million Dollar Minute 3:30 Sydney Weekender 4:00 Better

Homes And Gardens 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Pie In The Sky (PG) 8:30 Inspector George Gently (M v) 10:30 Suspects (M d,v,l)

12:00 ABC News [s] 1:00 Call The Midwife (M) [s] 2:00 Parliament Question Time [s] 3:15 ABC News [s] 4:10 Antiques Roadshow [s] 5:10 Grand Designs NZ (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 (PG) [s] 8:00 Foreign Correspondent [s] 8:30 Exposed: The Ghost Train Fire (PG) [s] 10:00 TBA 11:00 ABC Late News [s] 11:35 Q&A (M l,s) [s] 12:45 Wentworth (MA15+) [s]

4:55 Hank Zipzer 5:20 Lost In Oz 6:00 Spirit Riding Free (PG) 6:30 Operation

Ouch! 7:00 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunder-birds Are Go 8:35 Wishfart! 8:55 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud

2:30 Million Dollar Minute 3:30 Make It Yours 4:00 Better Homes

And Gardens 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt (PG) 7:30 Frankie Drake Mysteries (M v) 8:30 A Touch Of Frost (M v) 10:50 Dog Patrol (PG)

12:00 ABC News [s] 12:30 National Press Club Address [s] 1:40 Media Watch [s] 2:00 Parliament Question Time [s] 3:15 ABC News [s] 4:10 Antiques Roadshow [s] 5:10 Grand Designs NZ (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 (PG) [s] 8:00 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 8:30 The Weekly (PG) [s] 9:00 Fisk (PG) [s] 9:30 TBA 10:30 Staged (MA15+) [s] 10:55 ABC Late News [s]

4:55 Hank Zipzer 5:20 Lost In Oz 6:00 Spirit Riding Free (PG) 6:30 Operation

Ouch! 7:00 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunder-birds Are Go 8:35 Wishfart! 8:55 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud

12:00 Movie: “Forgotten Evil” (M v) (’17) Stars: Masiela Lusha 2:00 Criminal Confessions (PG) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 TBA 9:00 9-1-1 (M) [s] 9:30 The Rookie (M) [s] 10:30 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:00 Station 19 (M) [s] 12:00 The Guardian (M) [s]

12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Getaway [s] 1:30 Married At First Sight (M) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NBN News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Married At First Sight (M) [s] 9:00 Under Investigation (PG) [s] 10:00 100% Footy (M) [s] 11:00 NINE News Late [s] 11:30 Prison Women (M) [s] 12:30 Tipping Point [s] 1:30 Home Shopping

12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 The Amazing Race Australia (M) [s] 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Farm To Fork [s] 4:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 The Amazing Race Australia (M) [s] 8:40 Hughesy, We Have A Problem (M) [s]

2:05 The Clinton Affair (M) 2:55 Movie: “The Egg” (PG) (’19) Stars: Gabrielle Chan 3:05 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG) 4:05 Mythical Beasts Unearthed (PG) 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 The Secret Life Of Lighthouses (PG) 8:30 24 Hours In Emergency (M) 9:25 The Story Of The Songs (M)

3:30 Repco Supercars Highlights 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00

American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 Pawn Stars South Africa (PG) 8:00 Pawn Stars UK (PG) 8:30 Movie: “The Rock” (M v,s) (’96) Stars: Sean Connery

3:30 How I Met Your Mother (PG) 4:20 TBA 6:00 Futurama (PG)

6:30 The Simpsons (PG) 7:30 Modern Family (PG) 8:30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares (M l) 9:30 Ramsay’s Costa Del Nightmares (M) 10:30 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell (M l)

3:15 ABC News Afternoons 4:00 Afternoon Briefing 5:00 ABC

News Hour 6:00 ABC Evening News 7:00 ABC National News 8:00 ABC News Tonight 8:45 The Business 9:00 ABC Nightly News 9:30 7.30 10:00 The World 11:00 The Drum

2:00 Hawaii Five-O (PG) 3:00 Diagnosis Murder (PG) 5:00 JAG

(PG) 7:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 10:20 TBA 11:15 TBA 12:10 Home Shopping 2:10 48 Hours (M v) 3:10 Diagnosis Murder (M v,s) 4:05 Instinct (M v)

2:05 The Young And The Restless (M) 3:00 Antiques

Roadshow 3:30 Movie: “Carlton-Browne Of The F.O.” (G) (’54) Stars: Peter Sellers 5:20 Heartbeat (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 London Kills (M v,s,d) 8:40 The Bill (M)

1:00 Judging Amy (PG) 2:00 Medium (PG) 3:00 Everybody

Loves Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG)

4:20 This Week With George Stephanopoulos 5:15 The Joy Of

Painting 5:45 Shortland Street (PG) 6:15 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 NITV News Update 7:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 Taskmaster (M)

12:00 Movie: “Mommy, I Didn’t Do It” (M v) (’17) Stars: Danica McKellar 2:00 Criminal Confessions (M) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Britain’s Got Talent - Best And Worst (PG) [s] 8:30 The Good Doctor (M) [s] 9:30 The Resident (M) [s] 10:30 The Latest Seven News [s]

12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 The Garden Gurus [s] 1:30 Married At First Sight (M) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NBN News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Married At First Sight (M) [s] 9:10 Botched (M) [s] 10:10 Australian Scandal (M) [s] 11:10 NINE News Late [s] 11:40 Labour Of Love (PG) [s]

12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 The Amazing Race Australia (M) [s] 2:10 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Farm To Fork [s] 4:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 The Amazing Race Australia (M) [s] 8:30 NCIS (M) [s] 9:30 NCIS: Los Angeles (M)

2:05 The Clinton Affair (M s) 3:00 Movie: “Nulla Nulla” (PG) (’15) Stars: Wayne Blair 3:05 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG) 4:10 Mythical Beasts Unearthed (PG) 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Great Australian Railway Journeys (PG) 8:30 Insight (M) 9:30 Dateline 10:00 The Feed 10:30 SBS World News Late

4:30 American Restoration (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00

American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 Highway Patrol (PG) 8:30 Outback Opal Hunters (PG) 10:30 Mighty Rivers (M l) 11:30 Jade Fever (M) 12:00 Doomsday Preppers

3:30 How I Met Your Mother (PG) 4:30 Futurama (PG) 5:00 The

Simpsons (PG) 6:00 Futurama (PG) 6:30 The Simpsons (PG) 7:30 Modern Family (PG) 8:30 Movie: “Dumb And Dumber To” (PG) (’14) Stars: Jim Carrey

3:15 ABC News Afternoons 4:00 Afternoon Briefing 5:00 ABC

News Hour 6:00 ABC Evening News 7:00 ABC National News 8:00 ABC News Tonight 8:45 The Business 9:00 ABC Nightly News 9:30 7.30 10:00 The World 11:00 The Drum

2:00 Elementary (M v) 3:00 Diagnosis Murder (PG) 5:00 JAG

(PG) 7:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 8:30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (M v) 10:25 NCIS: New Orleans (M v) 11:20 TBA 12:15 Home Shopping 2:15 48 Hours (M v)

2:05 The Young And The Restless (M) 3:00 Antiques

Roadshow 3:30 Movie: “Chase A Crooked Shadow” (G) (’58) Stars: Anne Baxter 5:20 Heartbeat (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 New Tricks (M s) 8:40 The Closer (M)

1:00 Judging Amy (PG) 2:00 Medium (M) 3:00 Everybody

Loves Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 Mom (M)

4:10 PBS Newshour 5:10 The Joy Of Painting 5:40 Shortland Street

(PG) 6:10 Asia’s Next Top Model (PG) 7:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 NITV News Update 7:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (PG) 8:30 VICE (M) 9:30 25 Siblings And Me (M)

12:00 Movie: “A Surrogate’s Nightmare” (M v) (’17) Stars: Poppy Montgomery 2:00 Criminal Confessions (M) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG) [s] 8:30 Ambulance: Code Red (M) [s] 9:30 Born To Kill? (M) [s] 10:30 The Latest Seven News [s]

12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 My Way [s] 1:30 Married At First Sight (M) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NBN News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Married At First Sight (M) [s] 9:00 Amazing Grace (M) [s] 10:00 New Amsterdam (M) [s] 11:00 NINE News Late [s] 11:30 The Enemy Within (M) [s] 12:20 Tipping Point [s]

12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 TBA 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 Farm To Fork [s] 4:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 The Cube (PG) [s] 8:30 Bull (M) [s] 10:30 The Project (PG) [s] 11:30 WIN’s All Australian News [s]

2:00 Dateline 2:30 Insight (M) 3:30 Great British Railway Journeys (PG) 4:05 Mythical Beasts Unearthed (PG) 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Tony Robinson - Britain’s Ancient Tracks (PG) 8:30 Australia In Colour (PG) 9:30 Departure: Prime Suspect (MA15+) 10:20 SBS World News Late 10:50 Romulus (M) (In Old Latin)

4:30 American Restoration (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00

American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 The Simpsons (PG) 9:00 Family Guy (M) 9:30 American Dad (PG) 10:30 Family Guy (M) 11:30 American Dad (M)

6:30 Kiri And Lou 7:00 Dino Dana 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:00

Doctor Who (PG) 9:00 Laura’s Choice (M l,d) 10:00 Restoration Australia (PG) 11:00 Pilgrimage 12:00 Louis Theroux: Louis & The Brothel (M) 1:00 Parks And Recreation (M l,s)

3:30 How I Met Your Mother (PG) 4:30 Futurama (PG) 5:00 The

Simpsons (PG) 6:00 Futurama (PG) 6:30 The Simpsons (PG) 7:30 Modern Family (PG) 8:30 Movie: “The Perfect Storm” (M l,v) (’00) Stars: George Clooney

3:15 ABC News Afternoons 4:00 Afternoon Briefing 5:00 ABC

News Hour 6:00 ABC Evening News 7:00 ABC National News 8:00 ABC News Tonight 8:45 The Business 9:00 ABC Nightly News 9:30 7.30 10:00 The World 11:00 The Drum

2:00 Elementary (M v) 3:00 Diagnosis Murder (PG) 5:00 JAG

(PG) 7:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 8:30 NCIS: Los Angeles (M v) 10:20 NCIS (M v) 12:10 Home Shopping 2:10 48 Hours (M) 3:10 Diagnosis Murder (PG)

3:05 Antiques Roadshow 3:35 Movie: “Carry On Constable” (G)

(’60) Stars: Sidney James 5:20 Heartbeat (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 As Time Goes By (PG) 8:50 Midsomer Murders (M) 10:50 Brighton Police (M)

1:00 Judging Amy (PG) 2:00 Medium (M) 3:00 Everybody

Loves Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 2 Broke Girls (M)

5:40 Shortland Street (PG) 6:10 Vs. Arashi (PG) (In Japanese) 7:05

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MURRUMBIDGEEMURRUMBIDGEE Council has formally welcomed the area’s newest citizens at a Citizenship Ceremony on March 4 in Jerilderie.

Taking the pledge were Mrs Amelita Carpio from Darling-ton Point and also Mr Maiwand Rasooly and his two sons Rehan and Subhan, now living in Sydney but formerly from Jerilderie.

Mrs Carpio’s husband, Geron-imo, and son, David, who had pledged their citizenship in Febru-ary 2019, were also present.

Murrumbidgee Council May-or Ruth McRae said citizenship ceremonies were a rewarding

part of her role as Mayor and it was a great pleasure to officially confer Australian citizenship on each candidate.

“I warmly congratulate the new citizens in officially becom-ing Australians and wish them every success for the future,” said Cr McRae.

Member for Murray Helen Dalton was on hand to witness the ceremonies. She congratulated all the new citizens on this special day.

“On behalf of the communities and people of the Electorate of Murray, I warmly welcome you as a citizen,” Mrs Dalton said.

“We embrace you as a citizen of our land and we welcome you to our community,” she said.

Mrs Carpio, originally from the Philippines, said she was so happy and grateful to be part of this wonderful country.

“It was a dream before and now is a reality”, she said.

Mr Rasooly also described his journey from Afghanistan to becoming an Australian citizen as a dream come true and said it was a privilege to become a citizen.

Murrumbidgee Council holds a number of citizenship ceremonies throughout the year.

Citizens welcomed

COOLAMON THE Coolamon Rotary Club has a new space to store fundraising equipment thanks to the NSW Government.

Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke has handed over the keys to a new storage shed which will house the club’s catering van, built with a $27,670 grant from the Community Building Partnership program.

Ms Cooke said the new infra- structure will help the club continue its important work.

“This storage shed is housing the amazing food van the club has had refurbished, which plays a major role in their fundraising,” Ms Cooke said.

“Rotary’s motto is Service Above

Self, which is something they live every day, going above and beyond for their communities both here and overseas.”

Secretary of the Coolamon Rotary Club and past District Governor John Glassford said the project meant Rotary could continue their vital community work.

“This shed means we have some-where to store our beautiful caravan which we had refurbished and all our gear including BBQs,” Mr Glassford said.

“This is about looking after our equipment so we can fundraise for our community.”

“Rotary is the heart of fundraising in the Coolamon Shire.”

New storage shedMember for Cootamundra Steph Cooke with members of the Coolamon Rotary Club. Photo supplied.

GRIFFITH THE 50m Pool at Griffith Regional Aquatic Leisure Centre was officially opened, marking the end of the $7.9 million project.

Member for Farrer Sussan Ley said it was a real red-letter day for Griffith’s sporting and social amenities.

“Redeveloping and building first class facilities like the Aquatic Centre is good for the community,” she said.

“While my government was able to commit extra funding ($4.5m) to get both the pool and Westend Stadium underway, I really want to commend both Griffith City Council and the NSW Coalition Government for the massive injection of funding they are contributing to make this happen.”

Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke said Griffith Regional Sports Precinct would provide a world-class sport and recreation venue for people of all abilities.

“Swimming is such an important skill not only for safety but for enjoying a healthy lifestyle. The Griffith Regional Sports Precinct will provide facilities that will both support our elite local athletes to achieve their best but also enable local residents to improve their health and wellbeing,” Ms Cooke said.

“While this project has a longer term boost for the community, there are also many benefits currently being realised with local jobs created during the construction of the pool and more to be created throughout the Griffith Regional Sports Precinct project.”

Griffith Mayor Councillor John Dal Broi thanked both the State and Federal Government’s for the contributions, along with staff and the contractors for assisting to bring this project to reality.

“I think we can all agree the new 50m pool is a valuable asset to our community,” said Councillor Dal Broi.

“The facility has been welcomed by all and has been extremely well used by residents, visitors, schools and the swim club and will enhance swimming activities and events into the future.

“Thank you to everyone involved in this project and I look forward to seeing the rest of the Sports Precinct completed.”

Member for Murray Helen Dalton was critical of the opening, claiming she did not receive an invitation to attend.

“For two years, Griffith mayor John Dal Broi has snubbed me from events and announcements in my home electorate, where I was elected to represent the people,” Mrs Dalton said.

Aquatic centre open Murrumbidgee Mayor Ruth McRae, David Carpio, Geronimo Carpio, Amelita Carpio and Member for Murray Helen Dalton and (below) Maiwand, Rehan and Subhan Rasooly (with Ruth McRae) take part in the Citizenship ceremony 2021. Photos supplied.

COOLAMON HUNDREDS of collectors and enthusiasts converged on the town of Coolamon for the Coolamon Vintage Bottle and Collectors Club exhibition at the Golf Club.

Sales of the vintage items topped $50,000 with 41 tables loaded with exhibits.

Club president Colin McKinnon said the sales and crowd exceeded all expectations.

“It was the first show in Austra-

lia since COVID restrictions were imposed and we were absolutely delighted with the turnout. It was a big event for Coolamon,” he said.

“Accommodation was booked out and the town was buzzing with visitors. Exhibitors had to travel to Wagga Wagga for accom-modation.”

Thirty exhibitors came from South Australia, Queensland and Victoria as well as NSW.

An auction to sell 20 donated bottles raised $1000 and $410 was

donated to the Coolamon Hospital Auxiliary.

Mr McKinnon said the change of venue from the Up-to-Date Store in Coolamon worked well and allowed better presentation of the displays as well as the ability to meet COVID restrictions.

Hundreds of people came in and out of the exhibition during the event so it was difficult to provide crowd numbers.

Organisers plan to stage another show in 2022.

Bottles snapped up by collectors

Chris Knox and Cheryl Crocker accepted a cheque for $410 for the Coolamon Hospital Auxiliary from Coolamon Vintage Bottle and Collectors Club President Colin McKinnon. Organisers of the exhibition also gifted $100 to the RedNeck Rally to begin in Coolamon this month. Coolamon Golf Club was packed with exhibitors and onlookers for the Coola-mon Vintage Bottle and Collectors exhibition. Photos supplied.

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RANKINS SPRINGS THE Amber Lawrence and Catherine Britt Love & Lies Tour is on its way to the Rankins Springs Golf Course on Sunday, March 28 from 4pm.

Why Rankins Springs? Well, Linda Cairns entered an online competition known as Your Town – Your Tour to get them to tour to Rankins Springs back in December 2020 and she won the competition.

Amber Lawrence is an Australian country music singer-songwriter, with six albums, an EP, including four CMAA Golden Guitar awards – 2015 Female Artist of the Year, 2018 Vocal Collaboration of the Year with Travis Collins, 2018 Single of the Year and 2021 Vocal Collaboration of the Year for the song ‘True Blue’.

Catherine Britt was the 2009 CMAA Female Artist of the Year Award, 2012 CMAA Single

of the Year, 2013 CMAA Female Artist of the Year Award, 2016 Female Artist of the Year, 2017 Vocal Collaboration of The Year for her celebrated single “FU Cancer”.

In 2010, Catherine was also presented with the CMA Global Artist of the Year award.

As this is a COVID Safe event, patrons need to scan in on entry and tickets are purely online only via https://www.trybooking.com/BOJZL

There are no ATM/EFTPOS facilities at all in Rankins Springs, so attendees are urged to bring their cash to purchase BBQ food, soft drinks and an alcohol can bar, with coffee and icecream vans available for patrons to purchase with cash only.

Families are welcome to bring their camp chairs/picnic rugs to enjoy the Rankins Springs Golf Course setting whilst listening to both Amber, Catherine and support artist Lara Duncan.

The Lockhart Truck Show drew 87 Macks from across NSW as part of the theme for 2021. Photo: Claire Williams.

Love & Lies on course

Citrus and Spring Fest

Drive for new members

A DEFINING part of Aus-tralia’s steam train history is returning to the rails in the Riverina after more than a decade.

Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Paul Toole said the widely adored steam locomotive 3801 is returning to passenger service after a $3.5 million dollar NSW Government funded overhaul, offering customers a unique view of our steam rail history.

“No other steam engine in Australia has captured the imagination of rail en-thusiasts and the public as much as 3801, so this is an

exciting opportunity for people across NSW to take a trip on the State’s most iconic steam locomotive.

“This starts a new chap-ter in the life of the historic and much loved locomotive.”

Train enthusiasts will be able to get up close and see inside the driver’s cab of 3801 at the Junee Roundhouse on April 6-8, followed by a three hour journey from Junee to Cootamundra and return on Friday, April 9.

There will be 60 minute steam train rides at Wagga station to Uranqunity on April 10-11.

When 3801 first launched in 1943, it instantly changed the image of the NSW Rail-ways with its streamlined art-deco style.

3801 made its first journey from Central Station in 1943 and operated as an express passenger locomotive and later as a freight locomotive until being formally with-drawn from service in 1962.

It became famous for being the only steam locomotive to have travelled to all main-land Australian states and territories.

For more information on the 3801 regional tour visit www.thnsw.com.au/3801

The romance of 3801

GRIFFITH GRIFFITH events are back on the agenda this year with the return of the Spring Fest in October this year in a different format as well as the popular Citrus Sculptures.

Progress is also being

made on the new community stage at the Burley Griffin Community Garden.

When f in ished, th is outdoor stage will host a wide range of local events and hopefully attract some first-class entertainers and events from further afield.

In addition to the funding from the NSW Government’s Stronger Country Communi-ties Fund, a further $100,000 was generously bequeathed to Griffith City Council by the late Stuart McWilliam for embellishments to the community stage.

Safe and secure drinking water

Mack theme draws crowdsLOCKHART Claire WilliamsA TOTAL of 87 Mack trucks made the pilgrim-age to Lockhart for the annual Truck Show at the Lockhart Showground on March 6.

Truck Show exhibit coordinator Trevor Slater was pleased with the number of exhibi-tors and spectators present at the show.

“The committee was really impressed with the success of the day,” Mr Slater said.

“The theme for this year’s event was Mack trucks. We had 87 Macks entered in the show and a total of 93 trucks overall on exhibition.

“The crowd was mostly made up of visiting exhibitors and spectators, some from Melbourne and most from across NSW.

“There were 15 trucks from Wollongong in attendance. These exhibitors hadn’t been to Lockhart before, but they all said they would be back again next year with more people.”

The awards were presented on the afternoon of the show.

The Mack driven the furthest was awarded to Gary Gilchrist from Geelong with an

R-model.The oldest Mack award was given to

Graeme Hoy from Parkes with a B61 model.The Mack truck of the show and the

overall truck of the show was awarded to the Cleary Brothers from Albion Park with a B61 model.

“The truck of the show was purchased brand new in 1965 by the Cleary Brothers’ grandfather and was then restored by their uncle,” Mr Slater said.

“The B61 model was previously in a museum and the Lockhart Truck Show was the first it had been to.

“The Clearly Brothers pulled the truck out of the museum and trucked it to Lockhart especially for our show.

“During the judging, one of the judges noted the B61 model looked better than it would’ve been as brand new.

“The judges said straight away this truck would be the Truck of the Show.

The People’s Choice award was awarded to Ken Stewart and John Bevers from Yarra-wonga with an old Diamond T 500 series.

LOCKHART Claire WilliamsRIVERINA Water has released a draft management strategy to ensure the sustain-ability of the region’s drinking water for the next 30 years.

The Integrated Water Cycle Management (IWCM) 30 Year Strategy includes asset and financial plans along with contingency plans for drought and emergency events.

Riverina Water chairperson councillor Greg Verdon expresses the importance of the IWCM Strategy as the community grows.

“This region is undergoing unprecedent-ed growth, with Wagga Wagga in particular benefiting from new residential development, expansion in Defence facilities and the NSW Government led Special Activation Precinct at Bomen,” Cr Verdon said.

“Safe and secure water supply is crucial and we are committed to having the plans in place to both facilitate and manage that growth.”

Riverina Water supplies a population of 73,000 within the Wagga Wagga City Council, Lockhart Shire Council, Greater Hume Shire Council and Federation Shire Council.

As growth continues in the region, this

population is expected to rise to 100,000 in 2050 exceeding the demand and Riverina Water’s capacity without adequate planning and foresight.

“We have done extensive modelling to understand the changing needs of our community and industry,” Cr Verdon said.

“The IWCM Strategy provides a 30-year game plan to supply and optimise our water sources, treatment and pumping capacities.

“Optimising our network is not only smarter, it is more cost effective for you, the residents and businesses we supply water to.”

Riverina Water is in a strong financial position after receiving a significant capital investment in 2019 of $15.4 million.

The IWCM Strategy and investment into solar energy to power the Wagga Wagga Water Treatment Plant will mean water charges will not increase significantly over the next 30 years.

“Our mission is to provide our commu-nity with safe, reliable water at the lowest sustainable cost,” Cr Verdon said.

The draft IWCM 30 Year Strategy is available for public feedback until April 2 on Riverina Water’s website.

LOCKHART Liz LawrenceLOCKHART Lions Club is on the lookout for new members to ensure it can continue to undertake the great work it does in the community, including the recycling depot and its support of worthy organisations in the community and elsewhere.

The Club was formed in 2002 and chartered in 2003. At one stage, it had approximately 24 members. Its main income is from the recycle business adjacent to the railway line, the monthly Verandah Post magazine and the sales of cakes at Christmas time.

President John Irons said over the years, the Club had been able to provide some finance for young people to advance their sporting activities overseas and had also financially supported disaster relief during times of bushfires, floods and drought. This assistance was rendered locally and nationally.

“Each year we provide money for some awards at the Lockhart Central School and St Joseph’s School,” Mr Irons said.

“We have also provided prizemoney for some sections of the Spirit of the Land Lockhart Festival and the annual Lockhart Show.

“The Lions Club was instrumental in con-ducting a Festival of Sport in the early 2000s. This event has since transformed into the Lockhart Open Athletics Carnival, which is held annually by Lockhart and District Little Athletics. We also gave significant financial support to Little Athletics when they were purchasing a line marker.”

As well as these local projects the Club also fulfils its financial obligations to Lions Clubs International and various Australian Lions projects such as Australian Lions Childhood Cancer Research Foundation, Lions Alzheimer’s Foundation, Lions Prostate Cancer Research and Lions Hearing Dogs. In the long term, all these projects benefit all of the community.

The club currently has eight members and four valuable volunteers, but is in great need of more members and/or volunteers to help out at the recycle centre where cardboard is baled, as well as plastic and newspapers using electric presses.

Volunteers also sort, count and bag cans, stubbies and soft drink bottles.

“We are virtually running a small business so we need help. The Lions motto is ‘We Serve’ so we need members or volunteers to keep that motto alive,” Mr Irons said.

If anyone is able to help, please contact John Irons on 0417 204 616 or Dulcie McKenzie on 0429 434 762 for further information.

Lions District Governor for District 201V6 and Zone Chairperson Julie Colley with the President of Lockhart Lions John Irons during the DG’s recent visit to the club. Photo supplied.

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HEADERS are making their way through this year’s rice harvest in the Murrumbidgee valley with a crop size 10 times that of 2020.

SunRice Group Chairman Laurie Arthur reinforced the industry’s collaborative approach and commitment to invest in research, development and extension that supports rice production and growers, and spoke to the increased production in the Riverina.

“After two extremely difficult years for Riverina rice production – driven by low water availability, extremely high water prices and the impacts of water reform – it’s pleasing to see an improvement in conditions and an increase in rice production,” Mr Arthur said.

“Harvesting has already start-ed on a crop estimated to be more than 450,000 paddy tonnes – which is some 10 times the size of the 2020 crop, the second-lowest on record.”

“A total of 411 growers have planted rice across 674 farms, with some 44,000 hectares planted in the Murrumbidgee, Coleambally and Murray valleys.”

“SunRice has 11 receival and

storage sites open through its Australian Grain Storage sub-sidiary, and we’ve already seen some del iveries start with growers who have started harvest-ing around Griffith.

“The fact growers have returned to rice production shows that it is a perfect fit for the farming systems in the Riverina – and that when growers have improved water availability they can increase production.

“SunRice is hiring additional employees across its Riverina operations to process the increased crop into value-added high-value branded products, which will be sold to customers and consumers in Australia and many of our approximately 50 global markets.”

In the field, the Department of Primary Industries updated growers at the annual field day at Jerilderie on their research investigating slow-release fertilisers to improve drill sown rice yields, some of the new rice varieties in the p ipe l ine , the bes t agronomic management for major varieties, and the prelimi-nary findings of the commercial remote sensing NDRE imagery trial.

Other drawcards were Deakin University’s Assoc Professor John Hornbuckle on smart irrigation control for water and labour savings for rice systems and the possibility of controlling rice crop water levels from the beach or favourite holiday destination.

Also, Malcolm Taylor shared his findings on the effects of residual winter cropping herbicides on rice establishment and yields.

The C21 Rice Industry Awards were also launched at the field day on March 10.

Rice Extension Officer Harriet Brickhill kicked off the awards and challenged growers to nominate the person next to them or across the fence.

“Growers are typically pretty humble and so it’s sometimes a tough ask to get them to put up their own hand.

“We have a bumper number of growers this year and we really want to see growers acknow- ledging their peers that are doing great things for the industry.”

For more information and details on how to make a nomination visit riceextension.org.au/rice- industry-awards

THE ultimate all round working dog was snapped up for the top price of $18,750 at the Jerilderie Working Dog Auction.

Held on February 27, the auction resulted in 55 lots topping at $18,750 and averaging $10,081, with 22 dogs selling for $10,000 or more.

Vendor Neville Williams, sold the top price dog Stanford Ninja to Lascelles, Vic.

Williams described three-year-old Ninja as having a faultless work ethic and kind nature. He was sired by Macelbri Syd and out of Glenfaba Biddy.

The second top price of $17,500 went to Brad Pellow, Forbes, for the 22-month-old black and tan dog, Paddy, selling to a Cobar pastoralist.

Paddy has had 12 months of mus-tering mobs up to 2000 and moderate experience on cattle and goats.

Campbell Smedley, sold four-year- old Tundabardi Sly for $17,000 to Queensland buyer – a dog experienced with both cattle and sheep in the yards or out mustering. Sly was the win-ner of sheep yard trials and multiple cattle trials including the 2019 Man from Snowy River Festival.

Marc Braybon sold four-year-old Molly, a solid all rounder who had worked at saleyards and on a sheep dip, for $16,000 to Burraboi, NSW, while Matt Whitley sold Gilescreek Sunline, a good all round bitch, for $16,000 to Bears Lagoon, Vic.

Auction coordinator Warwick Doolan said started dogs were in short supply.

Cheryl Perkins sold a six-month-old bitch, Daisy, for a sale highlight of $9000. The black and tan pup was sired by A Kennedy’s Burgess and out of a station bred dam, Zoe.

A MCCORMICK 135 tractor with a Trima 480 front end loader made $53,000 under the hammer at a Barellan clearing sale.

The clearing sale was held by K and S Whytcross on March 8.

The tractor came with a four-in-one bucket and hay forks, and had 5980 hours on the clock.

A Versatile 955 tractor, with a 855 Cummins 350hp engine and 9960 hours sold for $28,500 while a Caterpillar D8 2U dozer with cable blade made $15,000.

A Cole HD350 Grouper powered by

a 8hp Honda motor sold for $9000, and a ACCO truck with a 220 bag bin and 15 foot tipping tray sold for $17,000.

A Flexicoil 820 Series bar, 42 feet, with 57 tynes on a nine inch spacing, and with Harrington rotary star harrows, was snapped up for $44,000.

Among the silos on offer, a HE 30 tonne field bin made $13,500 and a Bordignon 30 tonne fertiliser silo made $8500.

In the collectibles, a Chamberlain 9G tractor with spare parts sold for $4500.

SOUTHERN Australia’s single big-gest agricultural event, the Henty Machinery Field Days, is back in 2021 with a bang after last year’s forced hiatus.

The agribusiness super event which attracts more than 60,000 visitors each year, was forced to cancel the 2020 event due to COVID-19 – the third time the event has been cancelled in its 58-year history.

The field days are scheduled for September 21-23 with exhibitor online applications set to open on March 16 and online ticket sales for visitors to open in late July.

HMFD chief executive officer Belinda Anderson said the Co-operative’s Board gave the green light for event planning to go ahead in February.

With the 2019 field days draw-ing more than 850 exhibitors on over 1200 sites, Mrs Anderson is expecting exhibitor numbers to be in excess of 850 for 2021 on the back of strong interest.

“We are back with a bang this year,” she said.

“Agriculture was recognised as an essential industry during the pandemic and we experienced an exceptional year where commodity prices and yields combined to allow a sustained recovery for the sector from the drought.”

Mrs Anderson said the Board and staff were working hard on

planning for a COVID-safe event, with the field days operating on a 2sqm per person rule under current NSW Health restrictions.

She said public entry would operate on a contactless sys-tem with patrons pre-purchas-ing tickets on-line and scanning a QR code at the entrance gates, while exhibitors would be encour-aged to use EFTPOS facilities.

Mrs Anderson said there would be an additional level of sanitisation of amenities and COVID Marshalls to monitor social distancing in order to protect the health of patrons, exhibitors, volunteers and staff.

“Henty this year coincides with the NSW and Victorian school holidays, and 2021 marks 60 years since the field days were conceived as a one-day header school at the Henty showground in 1961,” she said.

“The field days will have all the usual attractions including the prestigious Henty Machine of the Year Award, the working sheep dog trials, Country Lifestyle pavil-ion, Farm Gate Produce Market, Baker Seeds agronomy trials, helicopter joy rides, live enter-tainment, the Natural Fibre Fash-ion Awards and vintage farm machinery display.

“We will be seeking to rein- vigorate the popular Agri-Innova-tors Award for innovative inven-tions from farmers, students or backyard tinkerers.”

The entries must meet the criteria of having a practical on-farm application, be based on an original idea of the entrant and not be in full-scale production at the time entry.

Also back this year will be the exhibitor awards for Best Outdoor Large Commercial, Best Outdoor General, Best Indoor (Country Lifestyle and Farm Gate).

“The year off has enabled us to sow down the field days site with a specialist pasture mix including fescue and cocksfoot varieties recommended by David Leah, technical extension agron-omist with Seed Force Australia,” Mrs Anderson said.

According to the Tractor and Machinery Association of Australia, 2020 delivered the strongest year of tractor sales since the 1980s.

“We expect the strong demand for all agricultural machinery, livestock handling equipment and fencing materials to contin-ue through 2021 and, combined with the focus on regional Australia with the public’s keen- ness to get out and about, will auger well for a successful 2021 Henty Machinery Field Days,” Mrs Anderson said.

The not-for-profit HMFD Co-operative enabled fundraising of more than $350,000 to regional sporting clubs, community organi-sations and schools from the 2019 Henty Machinery Field Days.

Ivy LongmireSARAH Diggelmann has been appointed to provide primary producers with preparing business plans, cashflow budgets and family succession plans.

As a Rural Financial Counsellor, Sarah is a part of the NSW Southern region branch covering Griffith, Leeton, Barellan, Ardlethan and Narrandera areas.

Rural Financial Counselling Services is a Federal government funded service.

“We have 12 counsellors from Wagga to Hillston to Hay to Ganmain, who can provide services to primary producers,” Ms Diggelmann said.

She is originally from a mixed broadacre production farm at Lake Cargelligo, which has provided her with strong knowledge on agriculture and farming.

“I have worked for different banks over 15 years.

“I have predominantly worked in agribusiness at the Common-wealth bank as an analyst, and I have completed relationship manager roles in both the agribusiness and commercial set.

“I have a strong understanding of relationship management and farming, both broadacre and irrigation farming.”

Ms Diggelmann chose a career specialising in rural financial counselling, as she wants to help farmers in all aspects of their business.

“At the bank, you can provide

products, but you are not actual-ly providing the best options for people.

“This role allows me to do that, and to use previous experiences to benefit someone else.”

Ms Diggelmann said her role was challenging but could be extremely rewarding.

The RFCS mainly counsel primary producers and contract workers, related to agribusiness. Additional-ly, they also have a small business team, which specialise in small businesses.

Ms Diggelmann can help clients with business plans, cashflow budgets, succession plans and much more.

“It just depends on what they see as a weakness in their business.

“It really is to get a good handle on their business, and to be able to provide them with the best options moving forward.”

The service can provide contacts to clients for them to refer onto if they need further specialist services, to help them with an issue.

“We can help people who may be experiencing mental health troubles, and there may be an under- lying issue on why they are experienc-ing that,” Ms Digglemann said.

“It may be due to drought or financial pressures, and we are able to help and point them in the right direction.”

For more information, contact Sarah Diggelmann on 0447 479 694 or visit the RFCS website, www.rfcsnsw.com.au.

The 2021 Henty Machinery Field Days are planned for September 21-23 at the purpose built site. Photo supplied.

Sarah Diggleman is one of 12 counsellors servicing primary producers in the Riverina. Photo supplied.

Financial counsel

to primaryproducers

Field days on track

2021 rice crop harvest up ten fold

Ninja top dog at Jerilderie

Machinery in demand at sale

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NARRANDERA MEDICAL CENTREPOSITION VACANT: RECEPTIONISTNarrandera Medical Centre is offering a full time Medical Receptionist position to work as part of a busy team. The position will involve general office duties, and provide opportunity to develop a broad range of reception, accounts, medical administration and computing skills. Applicants should: • work well as part of a team • enjoy relating with a wide range of people• be a good communicator• be proactive, enthusiastic and willing to learn• have an eye for detail• be well organised• be able to work in a busy environment• have an aptitude for problem solving• possess the ability to maintain confidentialityTo apply please email your resume along with a written reference and a COVER LETTER outlining in your own words your abilities, personal qualities and aspirations. This cover letter is important and forms the basis on which candidates will be selected for interviews. Please email application to: The Director, Narrandera GP Management, admin@ngpm.com.auApplications close 19th March 2021 Previous applicants need not apply

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Precast Concrete LabourerBruno Altin & Co has been operating for 66 years and due to the boom in infrastructure and demand for precast products within Australia, we are expanding our team! We are offering ONLY 6 positions at an introductory casual rate of $30 per hour with successful employees securing full time employment at the end of their casual contract. Successful applicants will receive an additional $1000 tool bonus at the beginning of their full-time contract. 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday with the possibility of overtime to complete daily duties. The position initially will be for a labouring role within the company with room for growth to become a section leader. Due to the nature of this work and with regular deadlines to meet, it can be a fast-paced environment with the entirety of the work being hands on.Duties Include, but are not limited to:Assist current section leaders within the factory with their duties, operating overhead cranes, and necessary equipment, assembling and disassembling moulds and operating batching plant machinery. This position requires the following: The applicant must be fit for physical work, enthusiastic, able to demonstrate a high level of work-ethic/initiative, be able to work well as a team and unsupervised, previous maintenance/labouring/trade experience as well as a current forklift licence would be an advantage, experience operating tools and machinery, hold a current drivers licence. If you are interested in the above position and feel you would be an asset to our team, please send through a copy of your resume with a cover letter to crystal@brunoaltin.com.au Or mail to: Recruitment Officer

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DEATH AND FUNERAL NOTICE

WOODWARD Thelma Edith

Pa s s e d awa y o n Thursday 11 March 2021. Late of Teloca House, Narrandera and formerly Twynam Street, Narrandera. Beloved wife of Wally (dec). Loving mother and mother-in-law of John and Maree. Cher i shed grand- mother of Matthew, Craig and Kristopher. Much loved great g r a n d m o t h e r o f Naya, Jaylen and Kairo. Beloved sister and s is ter- in- law. Cherished friend to many. Aged 94 years.

At restThe relatives and friends of the late Thelma Edith Woodward are respectfully informed that her funeral will take place on Monday, 22 March 2021. The cortege is appointed to leave St. Thomas Angl ican Church, Narrandera after a service commencing at 2.30pm for interment in the Narrandera Lawn Cemetery. Flowers are most welcome.Funeral a t tendee check-in via digital QR Code is now mandatory, where possible please bring your smart phone.

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Lorna May

WHILLANS 7/7/1932 – 12/2/2021

The family of the late Lorna Whillans wish to extend their sincere thanks to those who sent cards, flowers, phone calls and for the condolences and support we have received.We thank the staff, nurses and doctors of the Narrandera District Hospital for their care of Lorna; and the management, staff and residents of Teloca who helped make it a home for her over the last few years.

Our heartfelt thanks to everyone.

RETURN THANKS

STATION mated Australian White ewes, aged one to seven years, 56kg, and unshorn made $282 for vendor G and V Grant, Myrtle Park, Barellan, in online sales.

R and R Fair, Ellandale, Rankins Springs, sold Australian White/White Dorper cross ewes, two to three years and weighing 56kg, for $212 while their ewes, three to four years, made $175 and four to five years $165.

E and K Rees, Retreat Station, Ivanhoe, sold Prime SAMM ewes, six to seven years, Retreat bred and blood, 70kg and station mated to Prime SAMM rams for $215.

Merino ewes, three to nine years,

61kg, February shorn, and scanned- in-lamb to Border Leicester rams, made $203 for vendor G Guthrie and Z Walker, West Wyalong.

Yurdyilla, Hay, sold Dohne ewes, six years, 78kg, November shorn, and scanned in lamb for $220.

Yammatree Family Trust, Hillston, sold Angus feeder steers, 355kg, Kennys Creek blood, 13 to 16 months, for $1835 or 516c/kg and Angus steers, 364kg, 10 to 12 months, for $1860 or 509c/kg.

A draft of 600 Merino wether lambs, 44kg and October shorn, made $153 for vendors McFayden Farms, Lake Cargelligo.

RICE growers welcomed the oppor-tunity to have face to face meetings in the region with the Federal Water Minister Keith Pitt, Member for Farrar, Sussan Ley and Senator Perin Davey.

RGA president Rob Massina said discussions were focused on three main points of underuse, River Murray deliverability and reduced basin inflows.

The topic of ‘underuse’ culminated from a report commissioned by the rice industry in 2020, to better under-stand the erosion of General Security reliability and yield.

An outcome from that report led to the Water Ministers predecessor instructing the MDBA to further inves-tigate and work with the rice industry and other stakeholders to get to the bottom of the problem.

In response, the MDBA’s recently released “Trends in Water Use” report highlights that from 2012 – 2019 water extractions in the Southern Murray Darling Basin were less than the Basin Plan’s Sustainable Diversion Limit by an average of 375 gigalitres per year.

“The reason for the underuse is a combination of policy changes, more conservative irrigator behaviour (often driven by policy change) and the changes to river management, including the introduction of environ-mental entitlements and trend of water use moving downstream,” Mr Massina said.

“On the topic of deliverability, the RGA highlighted the issue of increasing losses.

“This additional water is redirected from NSW Murray General Security water allocation, reducing overall allocations.

“We pointed out the risk of this worsening into the future with the maturing of many of the downstream permanent plantings, and in particular if the Inter Valley Trading (IVT) accounts reach capacity, therefore placing increased pressure on the Murray River to deliver, when it is physically not possible.

“The Minister also took on board our request to work towards improving the system for Allocation Announce-ments.

“The RGA believes the MDBA should report regularly on the sharing of water between the three States that benef i t f rom the Murray River system, as recommended in the Keelty report.

“Improvements need to include State and government agencies work-ing together on a plan to shift to a more timely allocation announcement system.

“Ideally the rice industry would like to see a system of real time allocation announcements.”

Mr Massina was encouraged by the response to the points raised and said that it was important to now follow up on these to ensure an outcome.

Ewes remain strong

Water underuse on the agenda

EDITOR; The Labor party victories in the recent Queensland and West Australian State elections are a reminder that a Labor government will eventually be elected Federally as well.

Of course, Labor’s water policy of delivering the disastrous Murray Darling Basin Authority Basin Plan in full and on time is the same as the Liberal/National party Coalition’s, but also includes the extra demand of removing an additional 450 gigalitres of water from productive farm use.

The NSW and Victorian State governments have signed up to the Basin Plan every year since 2010 and can be expected to continue doing so in the future.

The people in the irrigation areas of NSW and Victoria need to realise their State and Federal governments are not on their side.

Due to political necessity, they

are actually on the side of the much larger city based populations, with their very large Green voting portions.

Regrettably, there is practically no likelihood the continuation of the Basin Plan can be averted, let alone reversed, while under the governance of these States.

Forming a Riverina State, including the irrigation areas of northern Victoria, is essential for protecting the irrigation and other natural resource-based industries.

This State will have authority over all the water, timber, and other natural resources within its area, and will ensure these are used for the benefit of its own people.

Necessity ensures this state will be formed, and the sooner it happens, the better off we will all be.

– David LandiniPresident,

The Riverina State Group

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Green voting portions does nothing for us

GOLF THE Summer Teams competition has only one more round to be played before the grand � nal and it is going to be a close result.

Division 1 has a few teams in a position to steal the win from the current leaders, so good luck to all teams involved.

Ninety-five players took to the course and 105 rounds were played showing teams are eager to have their best scores taken.

Another reason to show finals are impending is the number of birdies recorded and in round one, 11 bird-ies were achieved with Matt Stieger and Jock O’Connor both having two.

In round two, 19 birdies were ac-counted for and Matt Stieger, Jeff Kirk, Steve Gehringer and Matt McLennan all had two each. Ball winners will be announced on presentation night.

Players are reminded that only one round may be played in week 22 (March 13-19) which is grand final week and cards must all be in by 8pm on the Friday, not Sunday as was previ-ously done in earlier competitions.

The format for presentation night is as follows: a Chip-off on the 18th green will be held from 4pm-4.30pm and a Putt-off will be held on the 18th from 4.30-5pm. Both these events will have an entry fee of a gold coin which will then be donated to Kurrajong.

A prize of $100 will be for each

game and if there are equal winners the prize will be shared. This will all be followed by a BBQ tea at 6pm and then presentations at 7pm.

All this will be held on Sunday, March 21 and a reminder to complete and submit forms for attendance numbers for catering.

Assistance with food preparation and cooking would be appreciated.

The Summer teams have much appreciated the 14 sponsors of the competition for their generosity during the season.

In regular golf competition, of the 14 players in the Women’s Monthly Medal, Theresa Mathieson won with a score of 72 nett, narrowly defeating Jan McGilvray on 73 nett.

In Men’s golf the Wednesday Stableford was won by Col Mahoney with a score of 36pts in a countback from A Dunne also on 36pts. Balls went to 34pts.

Saturday’s game was also a Stable-ford and of the 17 players the winner was Richard Gerathy on 42 pts and the runner-up was Dave Diggleman with 39pts. Balls went to 36pts.

The “Chook Run” was won by F. Tuckett with a 25 nett and the Monday Vets competition was won by Wendy Powell on 28 pts.

The Kurrajong Golf Day will be held on Saturday, March 27 with a shotgun start at 8am and a barbecue breakfast and lunch supplied.

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CRICKET Jason MaloneTHIS week saw the Coolamon Crickets take on the Coolamon Rovers in the preliminary � nal at Barellan sports-ground.

Rovers won the toss and elected to bat. They got off to a solid start before Ryan Bartholomew (6) fell to the bowling of Nick Morris (2/28), then soon after Josh Moncrieff (2/22) took the key wicket of Ryan Allen for 14.

Matt Hard (11) was the next bats-man out leaving the score at 3/48. Marshall Macauley made a cautious 15 and Strop McKenzie 20, before some late hitting from Jamie Hard (12) got the score to 8/111 off the 45 overs.

In reply, the Crickets got off to a shaky start losing both Jeremy Robin-son and Jake Neal inside three overs to be 2/2.

Josh Moncrieff joined his captain

Sam Robinson at the crease to start the rescue mission.

The pair added 50 before Moncrieff fell to the bowling of Jake Fi� eld (3/43). Sam Neal (7) joined his captain brie� y, before he too fell to Fi� eld.

After 30 overs the crickets were 4/63 needing a further 48 runs to book their place in the grand � nal.

Nick Morris (21) got his team within 10 runs before he was dismissed.

Nick Furner (7no) joined his captain to ensure his team got the victory.

Sam Robinson played a captain’s knock � nishing with 55no.

Next week sees the grand final between Kamarah and the Coolam-on Crickets to be played at Barellan sportsground starting at 12pm.

Kamarah will be out to win their first title since 2015/16, whilst the Crickets will be out to win their fourth in a row.

Crickets aim for premiership title

CLAY TARGET BARELLAN Clay Target Club con-ducted their monthly shoot on March 14 and featured the Barellan and District Double Barrel Champi-onship.

The results are as follows;Event 1 was a 10 target Double

Barrel off 15 metres.10/10; George DePaoli. 9/10; Les Irvin, Craig McVittie, Sam Papasidero, Eric Geltch and Paul Sala� a.

Event 2 featured the Barellan and District Double Barrel Cham-pionship and saw Paul Sala� a take out Overall and � rst in A Grade while second in A Grade went to Nick Duncan.

Allan Bound had success taking out � rst in B Grade with Eric Wardman coming second.

C Grade was won by Joe Zucco and second C Grade was Kath Wardman.

Angelo Paonne took the Veteran’s prize.

Event 3 was a 30 target Point Score shot from 15 metres. Paul Salafia shot the best score with 84/90 and Eric Geltch and Ken Whytcross shooting 80/90.

Paul Salafia shot consistently to take home the High Gun Trophy.

The club’s next shoot will be held on Sunday, April 11and is timed to start at 1pm, featuring the Ian Whytcross Memorial High Gun.

Salafia victory in Championship shoot

FISHING THE NSW Government is giving away 5,000 yabby nets to recrea- tional fishers as part of a compre-hensive program to phase out the use of enclosed yabby traps in NSW from April 30.

Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall said the government has been transitioning to open-top nets for some time, due to the risk that enclosed yabby traps can pose to native wildlife.

“We know that ‘opera house’ style yabby traps pose a risk to air breathing animals such as platypus, water rats and tur-tles, which can inadvertently get caught in traps,” Mr Marshall said.

“Open top nets allow mammals to exit through the top, unlike opera house traps which only have openings on the sides.

“By moving away from ‘opera’ style traps to open-top yabby nets, we will allow both our fish-ing resources and native animal populations to flourish.”

Mr Marshall said the changes are part of a National process,

with ‘opera’ style traps having already been phased out in the ACT, Victoria and NSW waters where platypus are mostly abun-dant, including east of the Newell Highway as well as parts of the Edward, Murray and Murrum-bidgee Rivers.

From April 30 up to five nets, comprised of either open pyramid lift nets, hoop/lift nets or a com-bination of both, can be used to catch yabbies in all inland waters where it is legal to use lift nets.

To collect a free open-top yabby net, phone (02) 6051 7760.

ATHLETICS CHAMPION Narrandera athlete Lilly Hewitt has won bronze and thrown a personal best at the NSW Junior Championships Sydney Olympic Park last week.

Hewitt competed in the Under 20 Women hammer throw on Friday, placing fourth with a throw 5m over her personal best.

“I felt really good going into

the event. I had been going well at training and fixed up my technique with some help from my training partner at Temora,” she said.

“I knew if I did everything how I did at training I was confident I would throw a PB.”

Hewitt ’s previous best was 36.38m and she threw 41m on Friday.

In the shotput on Saturday,

she placed third and improved her PB by 0.5m with a throw of 12m.

In the discus on Sunday, Hewitt placed fifth with a throw of 28.79m in windy and blustery conditions.

Hewitt has already qualified for the Australian Junior Championships in Sydney on April 12-19 in the hammer throw, shot put and discus.

BOWLS – LOCKHARTTHE last game of business house bowls was played at Lockhart on Thursday night and what a night it was.

Leaders Smith’s Motor Garage drew with the Saints 11 all, dropping them to second spot on 130 points. Shearers battled over Hounsell & Sons but won 17-13 leaving them on 130 points. Smith’s Motor Garage won on a countback to claim runners-up.

Lockhart Shire finished just over the line against NSWFR 10-9 making them the winners for 2021.

It’s been a great eight weeks and thanks to all the bowlers who participated. A barbecue and presenta-tion was held after the game. A big thanks to sponsors Hounsell & Sons.

In the club championships Jesse Shilo played Darryl Carter with Darryl hanging on to win 31-28 after a Jesse fightback.

Lockhart played pennants against ‘Rules 3 on Satur-day and had a huge win 110-19. Max Montgomery beat Vince Beard 40-7, Jason Healy won 36-4 and Steve Johnstone won 24-8.

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Lockhart Shire wins business house bowls comp

Winners of the Business House Bowls comp were Lockhart Shire team Rex Sheather, Ken Smith and Max Montgomery. Absent David Neeves. Photos supplied.

Gooley claims title Ardlethan races set to kick up heels

Phase out of opera house yabby nets

Hewitt takes bronze medal and a PB in hammer throw

BOWLS – NARRANDERAIN THE Club Open Singles results L incoln Gooley defeated Jack Harrison 33-20 to take home the Championship title.

The nominations for B Grade Singles are on the board and close Monday, April 5 with play starting on Saturday, April 10.

Easter Weekend has our tradition-al Good Friday Triples and Saturday Pairs on again. Nomination sheet is on the notice board.

Wednesday Social Bowls saw 16 bowlers out to enjoy a game with Eddie Spencer, Bob Cahill and George Shadbolt taking home the win.

The Progressive Jackpot was not won and now sits at $66. A Wrong Bias fine was recorded from Dexter Briggs.

Well, we’re up to the business end of the Friday Night Summer Teams. Results from Friday, March 12 were: Temprite def Fishos 13-11, TLE def Cadtech 18-17, Classics def The 4Ts 28-13, Lizards1 def PCR 24-8, 5 Good Men & Nifty had a draw against Lizards 2 20-20, Bowls Deep def Toll 16-12, Mitchell’s Pest Control def NFS 30-6 to take home the weeks winner’s prize.

This Friday, March 19, is week one of the three week finals.

The top eight teams play with all six members playing. The draw is: Mitchell’s Pest Control vs Cadtech, Good Men & Nifty vs TLE, PCR vs NFS and Lizards 1 vs Temprite. Match Committee have the duty tasks.

We’ve had a lot of new bowlers this season who are enjoying learning and are progressing into playing club events and even Pennants, good on you all and keep up the impressive start.

Social teams is a great place to begin bowling and we encourage anyone wanting to start to contact the club.

Pennant Result for Round 4 played Sunday, March 14 were: Grade 3 Win against Griffith Exies 9-1, 58-49; Grade 4 Loss against Darlington Point 8-2, 100-51; Grade 5 Win against Griffith Exies 8-2, 62-60; Grade 6 Win against

Hay 10-0, 71-37; Grade 7 Loss against Griffith Exies 9-1, 69-46. Well done Redbacks.

Pennant Draw for Round 5 Sunday, March 21 is: Grade 3 Away vs Hay 4s – Matt Thornton, Shaun Gehringer, Neville Bamblett and Joe Gibson; Ian Black, Peter Durnan, Richard Durnan and John Ingram; Christian Morgan, Jack Harrison (TM), Graeme McComber and Wes Kiley.

Grade 4 Home vs Leeton & District 4s – Bruce Russell, Shane Dunnett, Gary Ingram and William Bevan; Ron Donohoe, Shane Rowlands, Tom Ryan and Terry Roach; Lou Alchin, Bob Blackshaw, Kyle Spencer and Mark Duncan.

Grade 5 Home vs Leeton Soldiers – Steve Zak, Peter Sheather, Mark Anderson and Kevin Thomson; Phill Miller, Roundy Flack, Mark Higgins and Ian Rankin; Mathew Grant, Mark Thornton (TM), Kevin English and George Shadbolt.

Grade 6 Home vs Leeton & Dis-trict – Neville Limbrick, Shane Jacob, Lenny Clarke and Dave Robinson; Barry Rankin (TM), John Riddell, Terry Walsh and Vicki Maher; John Wilde, Jimmy Durnan, Geoff Angove and Desi Christian.

Grade 7 Home vs Barellan – Colin Rankin, Wayne Norden, Lenny Slater and Sid Beal; Dave Price (TM), Wayne Rowley, Dexter Briggs and Keith Hayward; Cody O’Keeffe, Garry O’Keeffe, Rod O’Brien and Ashley Reavley.

Grade Contacts: 3s – Lincoln 0405 930 427, 4s – Jack 0499 804 922, 5s – Peter 0410 447 219, 6s – Barry 0406 027 720, 7s – Lenny 0431 436 951 and Uniforms Vicki 0427 402 118.

Reminders: Name on the “Unavail-able to Play” sheet if you can’t play, all bowlers must have current Bowls NSW membership number and Rounds 1-5 start early with a 9am roll-up and 9.20am start; but check the notice board or your team manager for final details as some clubs have different opening times.

2021 Club Open Singles runner up, Jack Harrison (left) and winner Lincoln Gooley (right). Photo supplied.

A NSW DPI Fisheries officer inspects an opera style trap, which have been phased out in waters where platypus are mostly abundant. Photo supplied.

Runners-up Smiths Motor Garage team Ryan Clissold, Kyle Wolter, Jim Quee and Raphael Willersdorf.

HORSE RACING THE 1600m Nutrien Ag Solutions Ardlethan Picnic Cup has drawn 16 nominations for the $8000 in prizemoney.

Ardlethan Picnic Race Club will host the six-race non-TAB meeting on Saturday, March 20 offering a purse of $24,500.

Among the horses nominated for the Cup is Cryfowl trained by Scott Spackman, Wagga.

The seven-year-old gelding has won $78,480 in prizemoney and comes of a win at the Dederang Picnics on March 13 over 1650m and ridden by Belinda Wright carrying 63kg.

Cryfowl also ran third at Leeton on February 27 behind Chicago Nights.

Five-year-old bay gelding Let’s Get Animal is also hoping to score a back-to-back win after storming home at Wagga on March 9 over 1400m.

The gelding is trained by Maddison Collins at Wagga.

This year the race meeting is BYO with patrons welcome to bring their own food and drink, although there will be bar facilities available.

A barbecue will be provided by the Northern Jets Football and Netball Club. There is no ATM at the track and it will be a cash-only event.

Racing gets underway at 1.30pm with local and metropolitan bookmakers on course, Fashions on the Field, and marquees.

Race club secretary mem-

ber Lou Clemson said the track looked a picture following several working bees and a large new public pavilion had been erected to provide shade.

Entry tickets are $25 per adult and need to be pre-purchased online at www.123tix.com.au/events/14409/ardlethan-picnic- races.

Post-race entertainment will be at the Mirool and Ariah Park Hotels.

Camping is not permitted at the racetrack but is available at the Ardlethan showground, including access to new amenities, at a cost of $20 per caravan.

For more information phone Ralph Nesbit, Ardlethan Show Society, on 0429 782 004.

LONG BATTLE FOR OUR MATT

Nicholas RupoloNARRANDERA-BORN GWS Giant Matt Flynn is set for an AFL debut this week after recovering from a devastating ACL injury last year.

The Giants host St Kilda on Sunday with Flynn to take to the paddock in what is a dream come true after 12 years in the making.

Braydon Preuss is struggling with a shoul-der injury while veteran Shane Mumford has

backed the Giants academy graduates to grab hold of the ruckman position.

“A debut in round one would be very special and a long time coming,”

Flynn told the Argus. “To hear the support from Shane

who has been a massive mentor in my career is really special.

“I’ve been part of this academy since I was 12 or 13 years old.

“It was a big step to go from being 18 years old liv-ing in Narrandera and then I guess being drafted and three days later being whisked away and moving to Sydney.”

The quiet of Narrandera is a far cry from the big smoke of Sydney, but it was in his

hometown that Flynn — in the stress of a potential career-ending injury — thought about quitting.

Prior to the start of the AFL season last year Flynn was kicking goals and looking on the horizon of his much-awaited debut.

But a heartbreaking ACL injury halted his hopes of

progress. ACL injuries are common in sports-people and can take up to a full year to recover.

It wasn’t just the battle against rehab and recovery, the mental toughness the 23-year-old needed was a drain.

“For me (the injury) came at a really untimely point in my career and I thought I was playing some really good football and pushing my case to make a debut,” Flynn said.

“I went up to Darwin and it was a very innoc-uous incident, I went back with the ball a bit and collided with someone, at the time I wasn’t too sure of it.

“I got back from Darwin and went into Sydney and found out on the Monday night my ACL had ruptured.

“I think the hardest thing for me was the mental struggle of it.

“It felt like you were looking down a long dark path and you knew the work that was ahead but you felt the end was still so far away.

“There were periods of my rehab especially in those early months that I was thinking, do I want to keep going along with it?

“Mentally it was so hard. “I said it to dad in the car ride home, I said to

him multiple times that I didn’t want to do it I didn’t want to do the rehab I thought it’d be too much for me.”

After making his recovery, Flynn looks back on the beginning of the path back to footy and believes it has made him a better player and a better person.

“In the moment I felt like I didn’t want to do it, but I don’t think I ever would have actually walked away.

“Looking back in hindsight it was one of the best things that happened in my career because I came back a lot stronger and a lot more resilient.”

GWS Giants player Matt Flynn has spoken frankly about his struggle with injury. Photo supplied.

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Saints, Bushpigs too good

FFL Nicholas RupoloTHE Barellan Two Blues Football Netball club is preparing for a blockbuster season with a star studded footy team and a first class netball coach.

The Two Blues footy team – led by Alex Lawder – were dominant in their trial win against the Googong Hogs, winning comfortably on Saturday at the ACT match.

After operational and coaching roles around Canberra and leagues in the Riverina, Lawder is settling in for his first season at the club, and he was off to a winning start against the Hogs.

“I was never really worried about the score I was worried about getting game time,” Lawder said.

“The game became very open and some fatigue set in but we wanted to get the rust out of us for this game, the last time I looked we had a 50 or 60 point lead on the Hogs.

“This is my first year coaching Barellan, I had been around recently in the Canberra league with the Queanbeyan Tigers reserves for three years prior to last year.”

Re-elected club President Jeff Mickan is

excited about the direction of the Barellan Two Blues after strong pre-season perfor-mances in the football and an experienced coach recruited for A Grade Netball.

Mr Mickan – who was re-elected as President in last week’s annual general meeting – has weathered the challenged of COVID-19 and has recruited Farrer League stalwart Ashleigh O’Leary to head up the Two Blues A-Grade netball side.

“We are really excited about Ash,” Mickan said.

“It’s created a lot of interest on the netball front and she’s living in the area too.

“It looks very promising as well because before COVID hit we were struggling with netball numbers and now it’s really bounced up after the announcement.”

Ash has been a dominant player in the Farrer League for the last few years. and was the 2019 A Grade League Best and Fairest.

The men’s AFL side have a trial match on Saturday, March 27 against Narrandera at the Sportsground while their season begins on April 17 against Northern Jets after a round one bye.

SNSW WFL NORTH Wagga proved far too strong for the Narrandera Eagles women last Friday, posting a big win at their home ground of Apex Park in Wagga in Round 5 of Southern NSW Women’s League.

The Saints remain undefeated and have overtaken the also unbeaten Charles Sturt University on percentage to sit on top of the ladder; their match-up in Round 7 is looking likely to be a grand final preview.

A � urry of early goals from North Wagga saw the Saints seize control of the game in the opening quarter, and by half-time it was out of reach for Narrandera.

Despite this, the Eagles didn’t give in, and had a strong third quarter to hold the Saints to just two major scores for that term.

Narrandera coach Danny Litchfield

was again proud of his side’s commitment and determination, as they continue to strive to improve.

Best for the Eagles were Lucy Hickin-botham, Alana Harrison, Daneka Hatty, Jasmine Morrison, Lara DeMamiel and Rebecca Rowlings.

The � nal score was 19.8 (122) to 0.0 (0).They return to their home turf at

Narrandera Sportsground this Friday against Ganmain-Grong Grong-Matong at 7.30pm; bar and canteen will both be open for the last home game of the regular season.

In other matches, the Grif� th Swans were awarded 120 points on a forfeited game with GCP Demons, and the GGGM Lions notched up another win 5.8 (35) over the Brookdale Bluebells on 0.0 (0).

CSU Bushpigs remained undefeated with a win over EWK Hawks 2.3 (15) to 4.3 (27).

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