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- 1889 'THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN DISTRICTS
The animal carnival of the Blackwood district was formally inaugurated this year by a PLOUGHING MATCH on the 27th of last month. In spite of the forebodings of so many of the leading agriculturists of the neighbourhood, an undoubted success was achieved, and great interest was shown in the competition.
The ground open for the match was a field belonging to Mr. Alfred Doust, about a mile from Bridgetown, and although it was long past the usual ploughing season, the soil was by no means too hard for good work to be done. Six competitors took the field, four of whom used wheel ploughs, and' two the old fashioned ewing machines.
The general excellence of the work done was so well appreciated by the public, that the judges determined to award prizes to all the competitor, and subscriptions were at once collected for that object.
The mccessful ploughmen wore Edmund Moore and George Fox, using swing and wheel ploughs respectively. The judges were Messrs. Thomas Dickson, senr., and Charles Brookman. In connection with this matter I may state that a very generous offer has been made by Mr. Thomas Giblett, of the Warren, to give to the Society the sum of 10s an acre for every acre ploughed in his field, by tho competitors.
A match to be held there nert year, in the "proper ploughing
season and also to provide horse feed and refreshments for those who compete. [1]
- 1885 'BRIDGETOWN NOTES
GIBLETT
Thomas Giblett, accidently killed at his residence, Dingup, on 12th of May, in the 54th year of his age. [2]
- 1885 'BRIDGETOWN NOTES
Our Agricultural Society stills keeps pegging ahead. At the general meeting of members on Tuesday the report of the provisional committee was considered highly satisfactory. The constitution of the Agricultural Society of W.A., waa adopted with some slight monitications to suit this district and the following settlers were appointed oifice bearers :-
President, The Hon. J. G. Lee Steere,
Vice Presidents, Messrs. Charles Fox Roberts, and Thomas Giblett
Council of management,
Messrs, Thoa. Longbottom,
John Alluut,
John Hutton,
Thos. Muir,
Chas. Rose,
W. H. Wood,
G. C. Dowden,
A. W. Moulton, and
E. S. Hester, and
A. Knox Brown, of Brooklands, Secretary and Treasurer. [3]
- 1874 'BLACKWOOD
BLACKWOOD
Thinking perhaps a little news from the South would be acceptable to your readers, I ask you to grant me space to record a few facts? In the first place, the native dogs on the Warren are becoming very ferocious and destructive.
Some few months ago Mr. T. Giblett was crossing cattle over the mouth of the Donnelly river, near a place known as the " Dog kennel" After seeing the cattle all safe over, he was proceeding leisurely along the beach, leaving his brother and nephew, aged respectively 10 and 12 years, bathing at the crossing.
He had not proceeded far when he heard a loud scream, and supposing it came from the lads, he hastened to meet them, and found to his great dismay the cause of the alarm to be a pack of wild dogs, in full pursuit after the boys. He was only in the nick of time to save the exhausted and terrified youths from a premature and fearful death.
Another incident of the same nature occurred only last week, which might have proved fatal to a lad 10 years old, but for the timely aid of his mother and a kangaroo dog. The boy was getting firewood, near his house, and was suddenly attacked by a native dog, and bitten very severely in the thigh. The lad is still in a dangerous state. The dogs often turn on the stockhunters and their dogs and though poison is laid to a large extent the canine pests are still very numerous, and do considerable damage to the sheepfarmers. They also evince a taste for pigs and young calves.
Our roads are in a very bad state. We have no road worthy the name to our market town, the Vasse, although we contribute hundreds to the revenue. We are unfortunately between the two extremes.
Mr. Giblett has been to great expense making bridges and road across 30 or 40 miles of country to reach the Vasse road, and we have no other way of getting there. I hope the authorities will soon do something for us in the way of making a bridge across the Wilgarrup river. We have a Government road from Bunbury as far as the Wilgarrup river, and there it terminates.
The Government did sanction a bridge, but the money allowed was not sufficient. Some 3 or 4 years has elapsed since then, and we have heard no more about it. About 10 or 12 years ago Mr. Giblett put a bridge over this said river, and it was taken away by the flood last October. Last week three ladies were in great danger of losing their lives crossing the Wilgarrup river.
Ploughing is scarcely commenced down this part. Whooping cough is prevalent in some families. The natives are at war among themselves; having killed a man about six weeks ago, and to pay back old scores, they killed an old and valued servant of Mr. James Muir, spearing him twice through the throat. He lived but a few days.
The poor man was minding sheep at the time, and when he heard the natives approach he left the sheep and made for the home of Mr. Muir, but was over taken near the house, and the deadly wounds were inflicted before assistance could be had.
July 4th.
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