scone.com.auArchive for May, 2017
News ArchivesBy Stuart Sheldrake
THERE were 1,523 cattle yarded in Scone today, which was a slight increase on last week.
DONATED clothing is always appreciated in the charity bin, but grass clippings and rubbish being dumped there is not said Father Peter Thoai Ngoc Nguyen from St Mary’s Catholic Church.
By David Casson
LAST Sunday saw the Scone Thoroughbreds and Aberdeen Tigers compete for the Annual Johnny Lawler Memorial Shield. The game was traditionally tough as all local derbies are. In a match where both sides had too many errors it was Scone converting a 6 to 4 lead to a 24 to 8 victory at full time.
AFTER a weekend of local ambulance tending to people in motor vehicle accidents, elderly patients with dementia,
THIS year’s Inglis thoroughbred sales in Scone broke all records including a 30 percent increase on sale prices.
TODAY the government announced new shade sails will be installed at the Murrurundi Primary School to compensate for the trees currently occupied by flying foxes.
By Lyn Banks
Plenty of run on the fairways resulted in some very good scores again this week at Scone Golf Course.
THE 68 year old female driver of a Hyundai involved in a head on collision near Parkville this morning has been confirmed deceased.
A five year old girl, who was a passenger in a Hyundai which collided head on with a Mercedes on the New England Highway near Parkville at approximately 7:30am is being transferred to the John Hunter Hospital by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter suffering serious injuries.