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Ratepayers' Fears 1914
Eumungerie ratepayers are of the opinion that, if they have to fall back on the stock dam for their water supply this summer, it would be as well to ask for a subsidy to improve the local cemetery.
     We'll still have need to drink;
     But if the slop we'll have to take 
     There'll be some deaths I think.
     So let us clean the mudhole out,
     The Councillors can't see, 
     If slush we'll have to drink again
     We'll need our cemet-ree.
The Dubbo Liberal 24th July 1914

Cemetery Enclosure 1920
From E. C. Burrows, Eumungerie Cemetery Trust, asking for support in the direction of getting wire-netting for the cemetery enclosure. Decided, on the motion of Councillors Tink and Morley, that Mr. Burrows be informed that the Council had no power to assist.
The Dubbo Liberal 2nd Nov 1920

Trustees 1905
The following gentlemen have been elected trustees of the Presbyterian portion of the Eumungerie cemetery:- Messrs. John Wheaton (Oakvale), John Bell (Langley Lale), Peter Bell (Eumungerie), Ewen McMillan (Eumungerie), A.  Craig (Gilgandra), George Busby (Balladoran), Rev. J. C. McNeill (Dubbo).
Dubbo Liberal 4th November 1905

Trustees 1905
The following gentlemen have been  appointed trustees of the portion of  the general cemetery at Eumungerie, dedicated 2nd August, 1905, set apart for  Methodist burial ground Messrs. Thomas William Heaydon, Jabez Carr, Edward Adams, Samuel Alexander Bussell, Amos Cole, James Thomas Ison, George Daniel Ison.
Dubbo Liberal 22nd November 1905

Trustees 1905
The undermentioned gentlemen have been appointed trustees of the portion of the general cemetery at Eumungerie, dedicated on August 2, 1905, set apart for Roman Catholic burial ground. The Right Rev. John Dunne, The Rev.John Joseph Brophy, Messrs. Martin Lohan, Laurence Martin and John Joseph Cooney.
The Daily Liberal 18 October 1905

Eumungerie Streets 1912
A letter was read from the Secretary of the Eumungerie Progress Association asking what was being done in regard to the clearing of streets at Eumungerie, it was pointed out that there were stumps and trees in certain streets, which were dangerous. Councillor Mathews moved that the Engineer inspect, and if he thinks the matter requires attention he be empowered to have the work done. Seconded by Councillor Wheaton and carried.
Daily Liberal 27th August 1912

Yoking Bullocks 1912
A young man named Nagle undertook for a wager to yoke 16 bullocks in 15 minutes at Eumungerie last week. He won with nearly two minutes to spare.
Gundagai Independant Pastoral Agricultural & Mining Advocate 7th February 1912
The record load of wheat was brought into Eumungerie last week, and delivered to Messrs. John Wheaton and Co. The load consisted of 156 bags, weighing in the aggregate 16 tons 1cwt, and the waggon was drawn by 16 bullocks driven by Mr. E. Nagle, who brought in the record load last year. He also performed the feat of yoking the bullocks (16) in about 13 minutes. The wheat was drawn from Mr. H. A. H. Brown's property, along some very bad roads.
Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative 30 January 1913
Ernest James Nagle was the local baker between 1921-1925 and secretary of the Eumungerie Tennis Club. (Son of David & Sarah Nagle from the property "Hillside", married Aubrey  Patman 1914)

Wants to Wed Murderer's Wife 1932
REQUEST FROM RETURNED MAN
Compassion fills the heart of a lonely soldier-farmer at Eumungerie. He has written to a Sydney newspaper that he has been so touched by the plight of the young widow of Robert Audley the Cooma doublet murderer, who afterwards hanged himself - that he is willing to give her his name and his home. Audley, whose adventures in love have created interest throughout Australia, treated his young wife shame fully, but he at least was merciful enough to commit suicide and relieve her of the nightmare of his presence and his horrible hypnotism. The Eumungerie returned man is a true Samaritan. He is 30 years of age, sober and indus trious. He would help Mrs. Audley to forget, to find some good in life, and travel the happy highway of romance.
Gilgandra Weekly 11th August 1932
Read about the crime

Police Station Need 1911
FAVORABLE ANSWERS.
At last meeting of the Eumungerie Branch, F.S.A., a letter was read from the Inspector-General of Police, to the effect that tho matter of the establishment of a police station at Eumungerie was under consideration. The Postal, Department wrote that the telephone system would be installed, and the Railway Commissioners notified that a weigh bridge would be erected at the railway station.
The Farmer & Settler 28th July 1911

Police Station Urgent 1920
POLICE STATION FOR EUMUNGERIE
It is gratifying to the people of Eumungerie - the law abiding section, at any rate - that the effort to get police protection for the town and district is about to be finished. That the district needed police protection does not require to be stressed - recent court cases provided the necessary evidence. Petty thefts were reported frequently, but the police had no chance whatever of detecting them. It was evidence of this kind, as well as evidence in police court eases, that actuated the "Liberal" to take up the case on behalf of the people of Eumungerie, and second the efforts of the local branch of the P. and S. Association. Inspector Grenengor no doubt, experienced the difficulty that confronted him in administering his office when such a long   stretch of settled country as exists between Dubbo and Gilgandra was without immediate official supervision. The effort of the Eumungerie people, so far as it has gone, has been most gratifying but finality has not yet been reached. It is often in the final stages that delay occurs in granting rights, and for this reason the F.S.A., which is the mouthpiece of the district, should not relax its efforts, but should continue to remind the head of the Police Department of what is rightly due to the district. The support of the member for Wammerawn should be enlisted, and used until a police station at Eumungerie was an accomplished fact, The right is a pressing necessity that cannot be brushed aside on the score of economy, and for this reason the - claim needs to be kept well forward, and wider the attention of the Inspector-General of Police. We feel confident that this will be done, as the matter is in safe hands, but, above all, keep dry rot out of the agitation.  
Dubbo Liberal 29th October 1920

POLICE PROTECTION WANTED 1920
The Eumungerie branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association tried hard, but without success, to have a police officer stationed at Eumungerie. The request was only a reasonable one in view of the growing importance of the centre and the expansion of the town. The great majority of local law-abiding residents claim police protection, and do not regard the quota afforded by an occasional patrol from Gilgandra, a place 18 or 20 miles distant, as adequate. Petty thefts from people living in the surrounding district are frequent. The people say they know well in many instances the persons who commit them, but the obligation of proving the offences is beyond them. Needless to say that hunting down thieves is part of a constable's duty, but how can he do it successfully if he is out of touch with the men who are guilty of thieving? He needs to be on the spot, to know the people, and have personal knowledge of those who contrive to live without working. It is not denied that Eumungerie has some individuals of this class amongst its population, and in order to confine them to honest methods of life they need to be supervised by a police officer on the spot. The town is growing, and so is the settlement around the district, and how ever distasteful it may be to say or think so a police officer must be part and parcel of any concentration of population. Recorded happenings in and around Eumungerie afford substantial evidence in support of the F. and S. Association's application to have a police station established at Eumungerie. The town has its hall, and occasions have arisen when gatherings at that building have been disturbed by acts of larrikinism which would not be committed if a police officer were in the vicinity.
Dubbo Liberal 17th September 1920

POLICE PROTECTION SOUGHT 1921
Though it was decided by the Chief Secretary's Department some months ago to establish a police station at Eumungerie nothing has yet been done to give practical effect to the decision. Sufficient evidence was brought to convince the Department of the need of police protection for Eunmngerie, so that, the people now are justified in asking why effort to the decision has been delayed. Evidence was given at the Dubbo Police Court on Monday by Inspector Wark of the Railway Department, in the case of a prosecution for trespass on the railway. He swore that there was no police protection at Eumungerie, and there was reign of terror at the place. Is anything more convincingly necessary to show that not a day should be lost in establishing a police station at this unprotected village. The Department complains of  the scarcity of men, and a consequent shortage in the force. This difficulty may be, but surely an officer who has had experience on some station could be appointed to Eumungerie, and a recruit from the depot sent to his place. It is manifestly wrong that a centre like Eumungerie should be without a resident constable, in view of the evidence given by Inspector Wark. The matter of keeping the Department up to its promise is one that needs the attention of the Eumungerie branch of the F.S.A. Unless attention is focused on this particular question locally, followed by pressure upon the Department and the members for the district, the matter is likely to be shelved. In view of what has been happening to the peace and good order of the village for months past, it would be against the interest of the public to delay the appointment for a day longer.
Dubbo Liberal 11th February 1921

POLICE PROTECTION SAFETY 1922
Months ago the people of Eumungerie agitated for the establishment of a police station in their village. This paper time and again pointed out the great mistake it was to leave the people of a rising, little centre without police protection. From time to time petty robberies have been reported that by the time a police officer from Dubbo or Gilgandra can reach Eumungerie to investigate all traces likely to land to arrest and conviction are obliterated. The other day the Deputy Coroner commenting on the death of a man from the excessive use of alcohol, spoke strongly on the need of police protection for the people of the Village. Only  a few weeks before a man who had been on a hard bout of drinking cut his throat not far from Eumungerie, a fact which emphasised the force of the remarks made by the Deputy Coroner. If this paper is not mistaken, the local branch of the F. and S. Association received a promise from the Chief Secretary's Department that a police officer would be stationed at Eumungerie. That promise has never been carried  out. Stronger reasons can now be  advanced for the claim made two years ago than existed then. These can be found in the comments of the Deputy Coroner, and in a statement made by Mr. Wyatt, of Eumungerie, on the occasion of the inquiry into the case of the unfortunate man who died a lonely death from the effects of alcohol. These happenings afford sound reason for the. local branch of the F. and S. Association renewing its request for police protection at Eumungerie. The place has not sufficient protection now. While the village may be occasionally patrolled from Dubbo or Gilgandra such patrol affords very little protection. The presence of a resident police officer often prevents crime: its absence often encourages lawlessness. The size of the village and the district surrounding it warrants a police station being established there. The  duties which the Gilgandra and Dubbo men have to perform are quite sufficient for them without adding an out lying centre that will benefit very, little by an occasional visit of a police officer. The request should be presented again to the Department, and be supported by the remarks of the Deputy Coroner, which were prompted by the sworn evidence he had before him. The case is one towards which a deaf ear cannot be turned, and the people should delay no longer in taking action to have their claim subjected to that due consideration to which it is entitled.
Dubbo Liberal 15th September 1922

New Hotel Laundry 1941
Mr. J. Bowra is erecting a new laundry at the local hotel in place of one which was severely damaged by a gale a couple of months ago.
Dubbo Liberal 15th March 1941

Trustees Unsectarian 1916
Messrs. Herbert Alderton, Herbert W. G. England and Edward A. Hewitt have been appointed trustees of the portion of the general cemetery at Eumungerie set apart for unsectarian burial ground.
Dubbo Liberal 8 December 1916

Storm Destruction 1949
Eumungerie, 25 miles north of Dubbo, received the full force of the storm, and practically every building suffered damage. The Eumungerie Hotel and eight houses were unroofed, the public hall destroyed, and a road bridge over the railway damaged. Severe damage was caused to stored wheat in sheds near the railway.
Daily Liberal 17 January 1949

Shire Matters 1914
A well-attended meeting of the Progress Association was held in the Odd-fellows' Hall on the 15th inst., when it was resolved to approach the Shire Council for the forming of a portion of the Coboco road, near the railway gates.The water supply caused a deal of discussion, and members expressed dissatisfaction at the Shire Engineer's report on same. The action of their Shire representative, is moving its adoption, instead of supporting a well, which was asked for by the ratepayers, was also adversely criticised. Eumungerie says: "A well or nothing".
Daily Liberal 24 July 1914

Water Supply 1915
At the last meeting of the Eumungerie Progress Association it was decided to have a petition drawn up and signed by residents of the town, declaring it to be in favor of a sub-artesian well. The following is a copy of the petition:
We, the undersigned residents and citizens of Eumungerie, pray that a wholesome supply of water be given us; that we are in favor of a sub-artesian well being put down, and declare ourselves against an open dam, same being detrimental to good health. (Signedl) W. H. Patterson, H. England,  J. Coady, J. W. Greig, H Flack, W. R. Fisher, T. H Dunn, W. Maxton, J Foster, A. E. Bennett, C. Reuley, G. Raines, A. Miller, H. Griffith, T. C. McMillan, D. McKenzie, G. B. Woodley, C. Burrows, F. Barwick, L. Klintworth, J. Owens, T. Bretlschueider, H. I Christie, Walter Barwick, Will Barwick. W. E. Cleaver, A. Minchell, H. W. Lane, Thos. Cleaver, W. Evans, O. Schneider. J. Mclntyre, A. Byers, Wallace Salter, J. Woodley, Thos. Furney, H. Kilby, C. Logue, J.McDonald, Martin Lohau, W. Rossiter, John Bell, W. G. Smith, Chas. Ley, F. Simpson, G. Dennis, A. Gibson, P. O'Sullivan, -. Taylor, J. Bramble, D. Nagle, P. Buck, John Warren, J. Campbell, Thos. Fisher, E. J. Woodley, Hugh Patterson, E. A. Hewitt, E. C. McMillan.
Daily Liberal 8 January 1915

Progress Association 1915
A meeting of the Eumungerie Progress Association was held in the Odd 'fellows' Hall on Wednesday, Mr. C. Ley in the chair. It was decided to write to the Chief Commissioner, urging the erection of new trucking yards, the present ones being far too small to meet requirements. It was also decided to press the Association's claims for a gantry crane.
Daily Liberal 8 January 1915

General News 1916
"WHEN EUMUNGERIE GETS ITS BORE" & SCHOOL TENDER
Dubbo Liberal Macquarie Advocate 12 May 1916

Eumungerie Fire 1924
On Monday last a great deal of ex-citement and concern were caused by a fire breaking out in a property owned by Mr. Eugland and tenanted by Mr. Swaysland, who has been carrying on a grocery aud small goods business. It was about 5 p.m. when the smoke was first noticed, but the supply of water being inadequate the flames soon spread. Although everyone rushed to assist, it was soon evident that it was impossible to save it, be cause the adjoining building, owned by Mr. Buck, was also aflame. Both buildings being weatherboard it was not long before they were completely demolished. Luckily, the cottage owned by Mr. Buck was unoccupied; but most of Mr. Swaysland's goods and household effects were totally destroyed. The buildings and stock, we understand, were insured.
Dubbo Liberal & Macquarie Advocate 28 March 1924

General News 1926
EXPANDING TENNIS COURTS
Gilgandra Weekly 1 April 1926

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