10:10 AM AEST | From the Bombala and District Historical Society
THE Bombala and District Historical Society is undertaking a project to list and permanently mark unmarked graves on private properties in the district, and are appealing to any person knowing of such graves to make them known to the group.
10:09 AM AEST | THERE’S new faces to be seen smiling over the top of the counter at the Bombala Butchery these days, with James and Shirley Powell having taken over the local business last week.
10:08 AM AEST | “ONE can always tell a Rotary function by the good natured banter, the laughter, and the inability to ever gain complete silence, gong or no gong,” said Retiring President, Lindsay Paul during the Rotary Club of Bombala’s Changeover Dinner on Saturday night.
10:07 AM AEST | WILMOTT Forests Limited (ASX: WFL) advises that Woodlot sales for the financial year ending June 30, 2008 have reached $95 million.
10:06 AM AEST | COUNTRY Labor MP and Member for Monaro, Steve Whan last week announced the Iemma Government was providing $90,000 to help the Capital Region Development Board design and deliver a business leadership program.
10:06 AM AEST | From Father Mick MacAndrew
WHEN you see the 42 visiting South Koreans wandering around town on Thursday and Friday of this week, why not say to them “chon-mahn-eh-yo” (welcome), and receive the cheery ‘g’day’ they have been practising.
10:04 AM AEST | A NEW Regional Events Calendar has been released in South East NSW.
10:01 AM AEST | LOCAL working families under pressure will have more access to financial counselling thanks to additional Iemma Government support to expand services in south-eastern NSW.
10:00 AM AEST | By Sonia Byrnes
(Cooma-Monaro Express)
9/07/2008 | LOCAL greenthumbs are in for a very exciting treat next Tuesday, July 15, with gardening expert, Margaret Sirl coming to town.
9/07/2008 | MINISTER for Rural Affairs, Tony Kelly last week released the South East State Plan Regional Delivery Update outlining regional progress and achievement against the State Plan Priorities.
9/07/2008 | A TRUCK Safety Forum held in Bombala on Saturday, July 5 highlighted the many challenges facing truck drivers in the region.
19/06/2008 | THE Grasslands Society of Southern Australia (GSSA) will hold its 49th Annual Conference in Bairnsdale on August 14 and 15 this year.
19/06/2008 | THE recent Severn Park ewe dispersal marked the end of an era for Merino mastermind Charlie Massy of Cooma, but the sale will go down in the history books as highest Australian auction price for a Merino ewe.
19/06/2008 | Local Government Elections -
Council would like to urge community minded persons to consider standing for election at the Local Government elections to be held in September.
19/06/2008 | IT is definitely ‘safety first’ with Willmott Forests this year, with Willmott Timbers recently celebrating a record breaking 152 days without a Lost Time Injury (LTI).
19/06/2008 | MORE than 60% of the State is now affected by drought, with the whole of the Bombala RLPB area now formally drought declared, according to Minister for Primary Industries, Ian Macdonald.
19/06/2008 | THE main street of Bombala took on something of a new look this week, with drivers adjusting to the newly painted lines which now mark our parking spaces in the central business area.
19/06/2008 | AFTER several months of intense construction activity at Mila, south east of Bombala, work on Alinta’s natural gas compressor station is nearing completion.
19/06/2008 | A VERY important meeting of the Bombala Swimming Pool Development Committee will be held this week.