Town & Country Journal, Week #90 - September 22, 2022

Mitch Wilson and other trophy winners announced... see full report by Gerard Walsh.

Businessman, community legend and father remembered... Michael Geoffrey Brennan.

No bull: $75 k sale for Ascot

Leonie Fuge editor@thedailyjournal.ink

Itstarted with a $140,000 bull and ended with $75,000 sale.

Ascot Cattle owners Jim and Jackie Wedge held a bull and heifer sale on 16 September with 130 polled bulls and 42 heifers hitting the sale arena on their North Toolburra property.

The rains on Thursday night and Friday morning may have turned the driveway and parking area of the stunning property into a paradise for pigs but around 200 buyers and onlook ers were not deterred, coming from as far west as Longreach.

Setting the scene for buyers, Ascot displayed their new resi dent sire Dunoon Prime Minister valued at $140,000 at the begin ning of the stalls for all to see.

With the bull and heifer market hot as producers seek to add fresh bloodlines to improve the genetic

Bony, boggy success

Leonie Fuge editor@thedailyjournal.ink

This year's Bony Mountain Folk Festival was an abso lute boggy success with festival goers folk dancing in the rain, belting out country ballads under the stars and strategising how to rescue cars, vans and trucks from the boggy camping mire in the warm sunshine.

The festival, as always, present ed an array of folk, Celtic, blue

grass and county artists as well as open mic's, music classes and camp dress-up traditions. However, adding to this year's musical line-up was a downpour of rain resulting in a line-up of bogged vehicles and muddy campers,

For 12 years running, Norma Ohara Murphy, who holds many awards for her Australian country music and song writing has opened her 50-acre property at Bony Mountain for the ...

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quality of their increasing herd, many farmers were shy of esti mating how high the animals would auction on the day.

Averaging $25,000 for the Angus and highest paid $75,000 for a son of Milla Murrah Paratrooper named Ascot Rockafellla, many considered it a very successful sale and a great outcome for Ascot Cattle.

Photo shows Ascot Cattle sale with Jim Wedge in the arena sur rounded by the auction crew.

“Chicken” honours the late Queen and Olav Muurlink tells us what he really thinks about royalty...

A moment to remember....

CrSheryl Windle expressed her sympathy to the fami lies of those residents who have recently passed in the last ordinary meeting of Council. In remembrance, Councillors observed a moment of silence.

Gloria Ellis

Gloria was born at Upper Freestone and having moved to Warwick has spent her whole life in this region. She was 89 years and 9 months when she passed away on the 6th September.

Gloria married a local man named Tim Ellis and he worked for the Warwick Council for many years. Gloria and Tim and

10 children, 15 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. One of their sons Thomas is current ly working for SDRC and has been for over 26 years.

Gloria never learnt to drive a car and walked wherever she needed to go, even after her hus band Tim suddenly passed away and she still had 6 small children to raise on her own. She loved to walk all over town. She said she could take her time and see the beautiful buildings and see all the changes that were being made. As she walked she could appreci ate them so much more than driving past and missing them.

Gloria was an active member of the Warwick Pensioners League and the Warwick Senior Citizens for 32 years. She was the local representative of the Pensioners League at their State Conferences for many years and took the opportunity to actively promote the Southern Downs region, inviting and encouraging other clubs to come to visit Warwick. She had a wealth of knowledge of the Warwick District and could talk about the history of the town for hours on end. She recently went to the markets in Maryvale and some one from Brisbane asked her

about the area. She sat in the park with this person for hours while she told them the history. They had just purchased a home in Maryvale so were very grateful that Gloria could share her knowledge with them.

Gloria was devoted to her family and while she lived a sim ple life, with no frills, she made sure they all had everything they needed in life. She was an extraordinary lady, always had a kind word to say to everyone she met, and will be sadly missed.

Shirley Gwynne

Shirley was born in Dirranbandi as Shirley Stewart on the 28th January 1931. One of her broth ers is Warwick local Peter Stewart. Many people will know Peter from when he owned Peter Stewart Ford. As a young adult Shirley moved to Allora with her Dad, Mum and siblings. Her parents bought the picture the atre in Allora and Shirley and her siblings worked at the theatre to help out. After her marriage Shirley and her husband Les had 4 children Barbara, Gary, Janylle and Sharon and spent many wonderful years on the family farm in Allora. Family was important to Shirley and she loved her time as Gram and Great-Gram to her children's families.

Shirley loved a challenge and was always seeking new opportu nities. She eventually moved to Warwick and started a successful fashion boutique. She later went on to become a successful real estate salesperson.

In her spare time, she volun teered at the Warwick Visitor Information Centre. Her other favourite past-time was garden ing and she was at her happiest when she could spend time in her garden. In her later years she unfortunately suffered a stroke and eventually moved into the Oaks Nursing Home to enable her to have full time care until she passed away on the 2nd September aged 91 years.

Shirley will be sadly missed but will be fondly remembered by her family and all those who knew her.

Cr Windle also recalled Geoffrey Brennan, see sepa rate story.

Questionable DNA claims, questionable cases

Elizabeth Voneiff editor@thedailyjournal.ink

crime and their families."

Queensland."

Questions

over the handling of DNA testing in Queensland between 2018 and 2022 has resulted in a taskforce commissioned to implement the recommen dations of an official inquiry into the matter.

State Health Minister Yvette D'Ath this week announced that Professor Frank Gannon will oversee and provide independent oversight over DNA testing thresholds.

"Where cases are re-examined, police will contact interested parties including victims of

The report found that between those year, the Forensic and Scientific Services provided "untrue or misleading information regarding the detection of DNA in some sworn witness statements relating to samples with very small amounts of DNA", the Minister told the media.

Recommendations include that relevant statements be withdrawn and corrective state ments to be issued.

"The Government will arrange for further analysis of all relevant samples to ensure con fidence in the administration of justice in

While the Government has not said that the DNA testing was inaccurate, there is a possibil ity that additional processing of DNA samples could lead to partial or full DNA being detect ed in some cases and that some statements issued were not factually correct., including statements that DNA was insufficient for fur ther processing or that no DNA was detected.

Anyone who believes they were involved in a police investigation or a matter before a court that may have been impacted should contact the QPS via the dedicated hotline (1300 993 191) or visit www.police.qld.gov.au.

The great rebuild: national herd statistics

Elizabeth Voneiff editor@thedailyjournal.ink

The Australian Bureau of Statistics recently released regional flock and herd data for the 2021 financial year.

Cattle

According to the ABS, there were 24.4 million cattle (dairy and beef) in Australia in 2021. The breakdown of these numbers by state is as follows:

1. Queensland: 10.7 million head (44%)

2. NSW: 4.4 million head (18%)

3. Victoria: 3.6 million head (15%)

4. SA: 1 million head (4%)

5. WA: 2.1 million head (9%)

6. NT: 1.7 million head (7%)

7. Tasmania: 800,000 head (3%).

Sheep

According to the ABS, there were 68 mil lion sheep in Australia in 2021. The break down of these numbers by state is as fol lows:

1. Queensland: 2.1 million head (3%)

2. NSW: 24.7 million head (36%)

3. Victoria: 15.4 million head (23%)

4. SA: 10.8 million head (16%)

5. WA: 12.7 million head (19%)

6. Tasmania: 2.4 million head (3%)

Did you know? There are more sheep in NSW than there are cattle in the whole of Australia. Queensland has the least sheep of any state or territory, yet it has the most ani mals overall.

On a region basis the Glenelg Hopkins was the area with the most sheep in Australia, totalling 5,771,394 head - more than Queensland and Tasmania combined.

Coming up....

COLUMN CENTIMETRES with Olav Muurlink

I thought I might ven ture an unpopular opinion today. I woke up grumpy, and if you don’t wish to hear a grumpy Olavian opinion, skip the following para graphs.

Picking a head of state for life on the basis of who happens to emerge as a result of a male royal having intimate relations with a female royal may have one day been a good idea— probably not, but let’s say it was for argument’s sake—but it’s not a good idea now. Much of what we do as humans is in fact not a good idea—starting wars, wasting resources that we know are limited, polluting the very nest we sleep in. But at least we don’t pretend they are good ideas. This primitive, you could say primate tendency to pick our leaders on the basis of who their parents were is a poison ous global tendency. In war time Japan, remember, they thought the emporer was God,

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in England they put the monarch at the peak of the church, and even Thai immi grants to Australia barely dare whisper the name of who ever happened to occupy the royal nappies 50 years ago. Come on…surely we’ve grown up enough to admit that this is nonsense. I didn’t care much about the Royals before Queen Elizabeth died, but ten days of wall-to-wall wallowing cater wauling later, I care about them significantly less now. Job well done, media.

So who do we pick to lead us then?

Well we don’t suddenly become incredibly wise when it comes to DIY leadership choic es. Democracy does a slightly better job of picking the princes and princesses than having unprotected intimate relations between inbred royals does, but not as much as you would think. To be honest, many of our politicians are the children of other politicians, so we seem to be drifting back into the genetic theory of leadership smarts. In Australia we pick an inordinate amount of lawyers and the occasional doctor, and union politics types. We add the occasional celebrity sportsperson, a few rich people, a mining moron or two, and then we’re done. Crowdsourcing our leadership only seems to work because our leaders nicely cancel each other out. Let’s imagine climate change were a real crisis, aiming for the heart of our society like a comet, do you think our politicians would act, or do you think they would focus on politicking? I think you know the answer. In case of a real crisis, I think our politi cians will get to the realisation that it’s time to act at about the same time as the last 25% of the population, the ones who are slow on the uptake, suddenly realise something’s up. Let’s hope that the world doesn’t face any challenges that require rapid change for survival.

I think you might be able to detect a note of sarcasm there, dear reader.

Next week: Will Day will be there... which bands are in the line up for this year’s Texas Country Music Festival?

Country briefs

Agriculture in “national interest”

US President Biden directed the Treasury-led committee that scrutinizes foreign investment in America to consider the national security impact any deals would have on U.S. technological lead ership, including biotechnology and "elements of the agricultural industrial base that have implica tions for food security." The exec utive order was issued amid ris ing concerns about Chinese pur chases of U.S. land and compa nies.

Agricultural groups have argued for years that the food supply should be considered part of national security, a case in point being the 2013 purchase of Smithfield Foods, the No. 1 U.S. pork producer, by the Shuanghui Group. The groups also say that the Agriculture Department

should be a member of CFIUS.

This year, complaints were raised against plans by the Fufeng Group, based in Shandong, China, to build a corn milling plant 12 miles from a U.S. Air Force base near Grand Forks, North Dakota. The site would be "particularly convenient for moni toring air traffic flows in and out of the base, among other securi ty-related concerns," said the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, an independent agency.

Dam those covers

Council documents report that Cr Stephen Tancred attended a workshop on dam covers at the Queensland College of Wine Tourism run by the South Queensland and Northern NSW Innovation Hub. The workshop included hydrological, climatic,

engineering and economic pre sentations and field trips to a covered dam at Thulimbah and vegetable properties at Amiens that are considering dam covers.

Cr Tancred also recently host ed a district tour by three senior DAF officers. The party met with the president of the Granite Belt Growers Association and held on-site inspections of a hydro

ponic strawberry farm, an apple orchard, a packing shed and a newly planted brassica crop. Other Council officers joined the group for a presentation on horticulture in the Granite Belt and a discussion of regional issues namely: water security, labour shortages and workforce housing requirements.

Bigger, better....and a mower please

Elizabeth Voneiff editor@thedailyjournal.ink

The Karara Town Hall needs more outdoor space and Council is obliging.

Sandy Batterham, presi dent of the Karrara Public Hall Committee, recently wrote Council to remind them that they hope to lease lands adjacent to the Hall. The process started pre-pan demic but stalled and is now urged towards finalisation.

The Karara branch of the Queensland Working Sheep Dog Trials previously leased the area that the Hall is now interested in.

Most of the Dog Trial members, the president noted, are also Hall commit tee members.

Annual campdrafts will be held at the venue over two days by the Karara Campdraft Association, requiring space for visiting vehicles and participants, horse stabling and exercise.

The committee also asked for "assistance" from Council for the purchase of a mower to support the vol unteers in maintaining the grounds. Currently, local vol unteers do the work as "Council slashing has not been anywhere near enough to maintain some basic safe

ty such as snake control", particularly with the good rainfall this year.

The committee expressed appreciation to Council for removing dead trees to make the area safer for campers.

In a vote of the last ordi nary meeting, Councillors agreed to approve a ten-year trustee lease over the lot in question and delegated authority to CEO Dave Burges to negotiate dealings with the Hall Committee. It is understood that an annual rent of $223.74 inclusive of GST will benefit the Council's coffers from the deal.

Picture of Karara Hall.

Russian bees may be the answer

Nadine Chapman

University of Sydney

With

the Varroa incur sion in NSW many beekeepers are asking how we can breed Varroa resis tant bees.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) import ed bees from the Primorsky region of Russia in 1997 because the stock had a long exposure to Varroa and had developed resis tance to the mite.

The imported stock was kept on an island for testing, with only superior stock being intro duced to the mainland. Varroa resistance is the main criteria for selection, but honey production, tracheal mite resistance, and chalkbrood resistance are also considered.

Varroa resistance breeding in this program is based on mite population growth.

Mite population growth is measured by taking a sample of approximately 300 bees at the first inspection in spring and

determining the infection rate with a soap or alcohol wash. This is then compared with a sample taken at the end of the selection period.

Comparisons with control stock showed that Russian stock has lower proportions of infest ed brood, fewer brood cells infested with multiple mites, and a higher proportion of damaged mites on bottom boards. All the

control stock died.

American foulbrood, chalk brood and sacbrood are uncom mon in the Russian stock, and they are resistant to small hive beetle and potentially to Deformed Wing Virus.

Rinderer and Coy list the fol lowing traits as contributing to Varroa resistance: suppression of population growth rate, Varroa Sensitive Hygiene,

grooming, reduced mite repro duction, extended phoretic peri od (the mites spend a longer time on adult bees, exposing them to grooming), less attrac tive to mites, low proportion of infested brood, fewer cells with multiple foundress mites, timing of brood production.

The stock was released to industry management starting in 2000, with the Russian Honey Bee Breeders Association estab lished in 2007. Honey produc tion is considered indicative of colony health, but mite popula tion growth is given double weighting in selection.

Each line is held by at least two members, to ensure that lines are not lost. Queens are exchanged between members so that they can be evaluated and as sources for drones. Members must operate at least 200 colo nies, only of Russian stock, and be certified annually. Genetic testing is used to ensure that the stock remains pure.

Picture of Russian bees.

ROSE and RODEO

Flower Festival Events

SPRING GARDEN COMPETITION

• JUDGING DATE: Monday 3 October

• CLOSE OF ENTRIES: Friday 30 September at 5pm

SPRING FLOWER SHOW

Wednesday 19 October from 12 noon to 4pm

Thursday 20 October from 9am to 4pm

Exhibitors to set-up at St Mary’s Hall, Warwick on Wednesday 19 October between 8am and 10am

FLORAL WINDOW COMPETITION

• JUDGING DATE: Friday 28 October

• CLOSE OF ENTRIES: Thurday 27 October at 5pm

ALL ENTRY FORMS AVAILABLE AT BRYSON’S PLACE, 66 PALMERIN STREET

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HORTICULTURALSOCIETY

Vale, Alf Carpenter

Deb Wheeler Contributor

Sometimes life just flows along and then out of left field it throws you a curve ball. Last week was an emo tional roller coaster for me, the curve ball had struck well and truly.

It was full of sad mem ories. In the space of four days, I had to deal with the emotions I still felt over the loss of Jeremy, the fifth anniversary of my Dad's death and the loss of the Queen on the same day. Then to top it all off I received the news Second World War Veteran, Alfred Clive Carpenter had passed away in Newcastle at 105 years of age.

What a privilege to have been the writer granted the honour of recording Alf Carpenter's war

time memories to paper. As many of you may know, I first contacted Alf during the research stage of my book Silk Clouds & Olive Trees: Stories

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We soon discovered we had links to Wagga Wagga. Alf was born in Wagga Wagga which is where my Pop was born and raised. As it turned out, Alf's uncle marched in the Kangaroo March and fought in the First World War alongside my Pop. What a small world.

What a character, Alf was larger than life and always ready to give me a guiding hand. Here was a man who lived life to the fullest, nothing was too much effort and trying new things was always on the cards. Alf was man things to many people. He was a member of many associa tions over his lifetime including the Merewether Hamilton Adamstown RSL Sub Branch, zone supervisor for Surf Life Saving NSW, a life member of

the Merewether Mackerels Winter Swimming Club, a member of the Freemasons and recently he was granted Life Membership of the Cretan Association NSW.

At the launch of my book in Brisbane, I met film director Jeff Hughes from This Story Australia. We collaborated with Alf and were able to produce a film based on Alf's life. The file is titled, Second Generation ANZACThe Story of Alf Carpenter. With the easing of worldwide covid restrictions, Jeff was able to submit our film to sev eral film festivals around the world.

I am excited to say we have been selected to be in the finals at the Kalamata Short Docs Film Festival in Greece. What an absolute honour. Alf knew we had reached the semi-finals but unfortunately, time did not per mit me to opportunity to let him know we had made it to the finals. While the act of death is final, I am comforted to know I have played a small part in ensur ing Alf's life story will never be forgotten.

Once we receive word on the outcome of the film finals, I will let you know how we faired. Regardless, I know Alf was so proud and humbled to think people would want to hear his story. Vale my friend, I will miss you. Rest in Peace.

Picture of Alf Carpenter in this year’s Anzac Day March in NSW.

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Wildflower walk this weekend

this year are in their full glory after a wet spring. The best way to con nect with the beauty on offer is to go for a walk.

Luckily for residents and visitors to the Southern Downs, the third in a series of wildflower walks will be held Sunday, 25 September, at Girraween National Park. The walks are organised by the Stanthorpe Rare Wildflower Consortium every spring to show locals and vis itors the beautiful flora the region has to offer.

Secretary of the Consortium, Liz Bourne, said that with all of the recent rain, the wildflowers this year had been absolutely stunning

" Our walks are led by knowledgeable members who can help people identify flow ers and tell them a bit about their ecological requirements.

We have also produced a handy booklet that will allow people to identify some of the most common species and this will be available for sale for $5 at the walk."

Ms Bourne said Sunday's walk would be along a fire trail in the north-eastern sec tion of the park, off the Mt Norman Road. Parking will be in a paddock across the road from the park and direc tions to it will be signposted from the junction of Pyramids Road and the Mt Norman Road.

The walks usually take two to three hours and this one should be suitable for most people as the trail is fairly flat.

"Because of the popularity of these walks, we are having to limit numbers so now require online bookings," she said. "This can be done via our website www.granitebelt wildflowers.com".

Picture of Leionema rotun difolium flowers in bloom locally.

10 Town & CountryJournal 22nd September 2022 Bony, boggy success

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Bony Mountain Folk Music fes tivities and camping.

Norma told the Daily Journal, "We have people from every state in Australia here this year. There were 300 vans booked in, but with the rain, I'm not sure if all of them have set up camp. The campers usually spread across the property, and you wouldn't really see every one. But this year it's too boggy, we have packed everyone on high ground."

With 18 months of wet weath er, Norma's property was already soft and the 20 ml of rain on Thursday and Friday last week added extra complication for the event organisers. Some vans were destabilized as they sunk into the grass after being parked and a couple of cars were up to their eyeballs in mud.

Robert Eastwell of Hire Solutions in Warwick was charged with supplying and maintaining the many toilets used by campers, and with the sodden ground also found himself in the bog.

Robert said, "I went to facilitate a toilet pump and as I reversed the truck sunk. I dropped the toilets off Monday with no trouble, but then it rained."

Robert was offered a bottle of wine whilst he waited for a friend's tractor to rescue the truck.

Though campers were more condensed surrounding the big undercover entertainment area, the atmosphere of the festival remained relaxed and friendly as people enjoyed the smorgasbord of musical talent.

This year's folk festival stage had new additions, two ghost brumb ies stood sentinel by performers in activism against the culling of Brumbies in the Snowy Mountains and were a crowd pleaser. JC and the Tree band members Jacinta and Jesse performed their original folk rock to the enjoyment of the crowds and were inspired by the brumbies saying they added a spe cial element to the stage.

Hazel Newman from Maitland and Graham Parfitt from up north, have been attending the festival yearly and said they loved the bands, with each year drawing in great artists. The event was also like a family reunion for them.

"It's a wonderful atmosphere around the campfires at night. We

get to see our friends we made in previous years," said Hazel who especially like the open mic ses sions where she could play her ukulele and sing.

"We had 35 or so get up and

perform from the ukulele lessons, some people came just for that," she said.

Graham is the folk festival damper man, making plain and sultana damper each night for the

campers. In previous years Graham remembered the amount of dust on the property saying they had to water the roads to settle the dust. This year he joked that it had been outsourced to Mother Nature, and according to the attendees, the weather queen may have overdone it.

Photo's show JC and the Tree performers Jesse and Jacinta with a ghost brumbie, a group relaxing under trees with folk songs and some of the vehicles bogged at the Bony Mountain Folk Festival.

Another mixed week for wool

Bruce McLeish Elders

Another week of mixed results across the global wool market saw the same trends play out as has been the case for the past month or so. Superfine merino types move in totally different direc tions dependent on objective measurements, which ultimately dictate their processing perfor mance. Better style wools with good length, strength and style are still highly sought after by the higher end processing frater nity and prices are rising, or at least holding for these wools. Those lots with low tensile strength, colour, excessive vege table matter content of other processing faults is very difficult to sell in the current market environment and prices for these wools continue to fall from week to week. The previously extreme prices for anything with the right micron are clearly behind us, at least until the next

market up-cycle, and buyers are understandably becoming more discerning about which lots are suitable at the superfine end of the market.

Medium merino wools are still finding good general demand from across the global scene, but in particular from the Chinese uniform sector. This type of order is less specific about greasy wool specifications and as long as the wools fit the generic Chinese specifications they are in play. One or two processors

in China are competent enough to work outside the traditional type list and soak up the bathurst burr lines and other fault which often scare away the indent buyer segment. The sustainabil ity labels are still commanding a premium although some cracks are possibly appearing as the general market struggles.

Given what is going on in other commodity markets and the overall macroeconomic pic ture the wool market is perform ing remarkably well. In local

currency terms the market was 13 cents easier, down by just 6 US cents and 15 Euro cents, but the outcome is not surprising to anyone who has been around for any length of time. In exactly the same week last year the mar ket was gyrating up and downat a very similar price point - as it waited for demand signals to re-emerge from the summer break. The year before it was just beginning to surge as the covid recovery took place in China and things were looking up - from a pretty low base, a good 4 or 5 dollars below where we are currently sitting. So, mid-September is still generally a time of quoting, sampling, dis cussions and reminiscing about northern summer holidays. The industry will begin to focus on the year ahead really only in October but some green shoots are already beginning to emerge despite the calamity going on around us.

Picture of wool processing.

Killarney Co-op - Celebrating 100 Years! How all it started

Towards 100 Years

The centenary of our Co op will be celebrated this October. What a milestone! In the spirit of bringing our history to life, a new feature of Co-op’s newsletters is "Towards 100 Years" a place to share memories, interesting facts and snippets from the last 100 years.

The original factory, par t of this building still exists within the CRT store

The beginning

The Dairy Industry, which traditionally brought stability to the farming community of Killarney, was first established in 1913 when a small group of farmers and businessmen opened a very primitive Factory for the manufacture of butter. This little enterprise had a hard struggle for existence. It carried on in spite of difficulties until 1920, when termination of Imperial Butter Control and release of huge war stocks of butter, nearly two million boxes, on to the open market caused the London cream price to fall dramatically and the little Killarney Factory found itself in real difficulty

Brick factory, built 1928

The Butter Factory

Under the direction of Christie Petersen, the Killarney Co op Dairy Association expanded from 41 suppliers initially to around 400 in a few short years. With faith in the future, the directors decided to build a new brick factory in 1928. Below is

The assets of the Company were offered for sale, without result. It was at this time that a young man, Mr CL Petersen, fresh from his native Denmark was appointed

an extract from "The Queenslander" from November 29, 1928:

The largest gathering that has ever assembled in Killarney attended the opening this evening of the new butter factory, erected by the Killarney Co-operative Dairy Association at a cost of 20,000. Four hundred guests were entertained at a

Secretary and Working Manager of the Company. He immediately set to work to convince his Directors and Suppliers of the wisdom and virtue of Co operation. His arguments were convincing and at a meeting of cream suppliers held at 8pm on the tenth day of October 1922 the Killarney Co operative Dairy Association was officially proclaimed. Mr Petersen was the first Manager and secretary of the newly formed Co operative, a position he was to fulfil for the next 46 years. Interestingly, at the first meeting of shareholders in August 1923 the members were already actively discussing the possibility of "Co operative Selling" which was to eventually become the core of the Co operative's business

banquet at midday, which was presided over by the chairman of the Co-operative (Councillor J.H. Hansen). The guests consisted of shareholders and other primary producers, together with representatives of all the factories on the Downs, and from places as far as Rockhampton in the North, as well as the northern portions of New South

Wales. The principal speakers were Mr Forgan Smith (Minister for Agriculture and Stock), who subsequently formally opened the new premises, Sir Littleton Groom, M.H.R., Professor J.K. Murray, and Mr C.H. Jamieson (of the Federal and State Dairy Boards)

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The land is part of a property which has been owned by the Cartan and Walsh fami lies since 1897. Gerard and Margaret Walsh are downsizing and are offering the Greymare Red Ridges for sale which is 1204 acres (487.6 hectares).

The block is divided into three paddocks and has five dams, two on each of the two south ern paddocks and the largest on the northern-most paddock.

The land ranges from undulating granite country in the east to traprock in the west. The majority of the land is granite.

There are majestic views of the Great Dividing Range to the east from a hill in the middle of the Greymare Red Ridges as well as views in all direc tions. There are many ideal house and shed sites.

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mins, Josephine Langford, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Chance Perdomo,

FALL (M) 98 mins, Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Mason Gooding,

THEY RUN, Oct

1:45pm 5:30pm

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The Greymare Red Ridges has always been regarded as some of the best grazing land in the Greymare area.

14 Town & CountryJournal 22nd September 2022 Phone 4661 9477 General Inquiries & Sessions www.warwickmovies.com.au MOVIES Thursday 22/09/22 Friday 23/09/22 Saturday 24/09/22 Sunday 25/09/22 Monday 26/09/22 Tuesday 27/09/22 Wed’day 28/09/22 DC LEAGUE OF SUPER PETS (PG) 105 mins, Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, John Krasinski, Keanu Reeves, Kate McKinnon, Vanessa Bayer, 10:00am 12:15pm 6:15pm 10:00am 12:15pm 6:15pm 10:00am 12:15pm 6:15pm 10:00am 12:15pm 6:15pm 10:00am 12:15pm 6:15pm 10:00am 12:15pm 6:15pm 10:00am 12:15pm 6:15pm TICKET TO PARADISE (M) 105 mins, Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Kaitlyn Dever, Maxime Bouttier, Billie Lourd, Lucas Bravo 11:45am 3:30pm 7:15pm 11:45am 3:30pm 7:15pm 11:45am 3:30pm 7:15pm 11:45am 3:30pm 7:15pm 11:45am 3:30pm 7:15pm 11:45am 3:30pm 7:15pm 11:45am 3:30pm 7:15pm have also been grazed on the block with wool between 19 and 22 micron.

10:00am springs for permanent water in the two eastern blocks in addition to the dams which lasted well in the recent drought.

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More photos and information at www. raywhitepittsworth.com.au

Information, Expressions of Interest and arrangement of inspections by calling Matt Cleary on 0428 987 340.

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Ifound out at our property

Coolesha on Sunday just how wet it really is at Greymare. The Chamberlain 4090 tractor just went down when we were slashing.

I reckon the 4090 is bogged just as well as real estate agent Darryl Evans had his tractor bogged early in the year.

We had a photo in the paper of his tractor bogged, his was even deeper than ours at the back but not bogged as deep at the front as the 4090.

Hard to get it out as the ground is wet each side of where the tractor is bogged in a paddock we call the Greymare Waterhole.

Our annual rainfall at Greymare is 660mm and we have had 650mm to the middle of September and more forecast for this week.

To the end of August, there was 727mm at The Hermitage Research Station so even more chance of getting bogged in the east.

Some people are saying the cattle aren’t doing as well as last year as it is too wet under foot.

If you have a grazing property, you should never say it is too wet.

The rain builds up the subsoil moisture and if we had to say one thing at the end of the drought, it was that the ground needed a real soaking.

Headed to Toowoomba on Sunday to watch Wattles in the TRL grand final. There was mas sive support for the men in green and gold.

Just past the caravan park at Spring Creek heading north, I saw one of the best grain crops I have ever seen on the right.

The rows were not an inch out and the crop was perfect.

I know there are aids with trac tors and machinery to plant crops perfectly but if this was all done by the tractor driver, he should be a precision driver who goes from show to show.

The Long Paddock with Gerard Walsh

Taxi wait

Talking MRI scans, I couldn’t get it in Warwick and it was a couple of weeks to get one in Toowoomba.

We were heading to a family wedding in Brisbane and I had some time spare and got an appointment at the Gold Coast on the Friday morning.

I went to Robina on the train then caught a taxi and then want ed to get a taxi to the railway sta tion to get back to Brisbane.

Had a late breakfast at the shopping centre and then called a taxi for a ride to the station.

There were trains every 30 minutes and I waited for more than a hour.

Many of the crops look bril liant and probably don’t need too much more rain before harvest.

Public holiday

The Queen did a wonderful job in her 72 years as our head of state.

In Australia, she loved getting out in the country and was a real supporter of the bush.

I was invited by then MLA David Cory to a reception at Cloudland for the Queen in the early 1970s and was about three rows back when the Queen walked past my side.

That was only a couple of years before Cloudland, a recep tion place at Albion, was demol ished for re-development.

She came across as a graceful person and never put a foot wrong in her whole life.

In the past few days, I have reflected on the decision to have a public holiday on Thursday.

Most of all, it is not on the day of the Queen’s funeral.

Australia Day is now the day it falls, January 26, so why not the Queen’s Funeral.

I was booked in to see a spe cialist doctor in Warwick this Thursday but being impatient to find out if I had any problems, I asked to go on the cancellation list.

I got the call to come in a month earlier, then had the MRI at the Gold Coast and received a call from the Doctor that all was fine.

If I was still booked in for this week, I could have waited anoth er month if I was still wanted to see the Doctor in Warwick.

That would have been 10 weeks of stress wondering if all is fine.

On the day of her funeral on Monday, the nation could have stopped at noon for two minutes of silence in tribute to the Queen and eight minutes of quiet time rather than a public holiday. Perhaps the PMs union mates wanted a holiday.

There could have been a gun salute in the capital cities and in Canberra at 12.10pm.

Know there is a long lead time to get a mechanic in Warwick and it will be worse after the holiday.

I specifically said I was outside RACQ and opposite the Anglican Church at the Robina Shopping Centre and was told the first taxi went to the Robina Tavern after almost 90 minutes.

Yeah, I usually go from an MRI or X-Ray to the pub.

After a few more calls, the Taxi came and I made it to the station 10 minutes before the next train.

The driver acknowledged there was a shortage of taxis due to Covid but said during the time I was waiting there were 30 taxis at the airport waiting for incoming flights.

Assume there is more money in a trip from the airport near Coolangatta to Southport than from the shopping centre to rail way station at Robina.

I am often guilty of not think ing about plan B, in this case, a bus would have been perfect, I was opposite the bus stop and most went to the railway station.

That has been a problem all my life, not thinking of other options in life but bashing myself about the one that isn’t working.

The bogged Chamberlain tractor at Greymare

ACROSS

1 Jerusalem is the capital of which SW Asian republic (6)

8 What is an alternative term for wages (8)

9 Name a member of a warlike Rajput people, living in Nepal (6)

10 What are wall or ceiling paintings called (8)

11 A request to the umpire to call a batsman out, is a what (6)

13 What is an occlusion of a blood vessel by undissolved material (8)

16 What is a body of troops stationed in a fortified place (8)

19 To obstruct or hinder, is to do what (6)

22 Which officers are employed by sheriffs to serve writs, etc (8)

24 What are feats of magic or legerdemain (6)

25 What is the body of an aircraft known as (8)

26 Which term describes surviving memorials of things past (6)

DOWN

2 Name the part of a felled tree that is left in the ground (5)

3 Which aggregate joint connects the foot with the leg (5)

4 What are brochures also known as (8)

5 Name the southernmost of the five Great Lakes (4)

6 Which term describes financial matters in general (6)

7 When one concurs, one does what (6)

12 A jetty is also known as a what (4)

14 What is one of the supports of a stair rail (8)

15 To be doing nothing, is to be what (4)

E-QUATIONS

Letters A to Z have a number value. Some are shown in the right-hand cells. Create remaining values using clues in centre cells.

17 Name a former contrivance for calculating (6)

18 What, in earlier days, was the dole called (6)

20 What is a small glass vessel for liquids (5)

21 Name an Australian female professional tennis sensation, Jelena ... (5)

23 What is an authoritative decree, sanction, or order (4)

Find the following words in the grid. They may be read in any direction, even diagonally. Some letters are used more than once.

CURIO

Different animals have different kinds of colour vision. Some birds and bees see a wider ‘super-colour’ spectrum than humans. Sea lions and dolphins can detect patterns in light, but not colours. Snakes can see infrared and reindeer see ultraviolet .

Build it yourself using the clues and each of the twenty-four letters once only to form ten words: five across and five down. A key word (bold clue) builds on the letter set in the grid.

CLUES:

Bat eyelids (5)

Greek letter, D (5)

Lettuce (3)

Progressing (7)

Rock (5)

Sea bird (3)

Small amount (3)

Stringed instrument (5)

Unfeeling (7)

Unity (3)

SUDOKU

QUICK THINK

Solve the crossword. Each answer has four letters.

SOLUTIONS

PART THREE - SATURDAY 10 AUGUST 1889

AMONGST THE FARMS

Whilst searching through old newspaper articles, Warwick author Deborah Wheeler dis covered a series of articles in the Warwick Examiner and Times entitled “Amongst the Farms” detailing the experiences of farmers in the Southern Downs in the late 1800’s. Over the next few months, we will include these observations as a weekly serial.

On leaving Warwick, and tak ing the road leading to Swan Creek, the Canning Downs estate locks in the road on either side, precluding the farmers from tilling land in the valuable vicinity of the town. It is not, therefore, until one has proceed ed along this road for a consid erable distance that the farms proper appear in sight.

The Hermitage is the first house met with, with McVeigh's in the back ground. The owners of these two places were not at home at the time of our visit; but taking a cursory view, we could see that the lucerne was growing most luxuriantly, and the wheat on the higher parts was doing well. The late flood did considerable damage to most of the farms along this road, as the land going back from the road takes a considerable decline, and the water running off it lodges in the valley below

whence it has no escape except by rushing over the low lying paddocks.

Bloomfield's farm of 82 acres comes next, and has about it an air of prosperity which is quite refreshing after hearing so much about "bad seasons, ruination, and dying villages." Here we saw about eight acres of prime lucerne growing on the undulat ing ground, and about 10 acres of oats which had successfully weathered the flood waters down in the valley. Albeit the top soil of some of the paddocks together with its late sown crops had been washed away, and the good people were now prepar ing the land for lucerne and corn. The land roundabout should prove very valuable to the farmer in a dry season on account of its low level, but when rain sets in like that of the past month, planting, alas, is a hazardous proceeding.

Within the garden fence is about half an acre of fruit trees, but many of these are more or less attacked by the white ant, and some had already been root ed up and cast aside. The vines seemed to be doing well, and the flower garden looked charming.

On most of the farms we noticed that bee culture was indulged in on a small scale, though on a whole with not much success. Here there was a

beehive, but the swarm of bees was anything but a strong one. Care should be taken to keep a sharp lookout for that moth which is so fond of making its habitation in the basement of the hive. It is impossible to esti mate the damage these little insects do, for when they once establish a foothold and lay their eggs, their extinction is a matter fraught with great difficulty. The base board of the hive should be examined carefully every month, and every trace of this insect wiped off with a cloth.

Before leaving this farm we must mention that we were shown some wonderful fossils which had been discovered in the valley not hall a mile away, comprising the lower and part of the upper jaw of some extinct and tusked creature of gigantic proportions. The petrified teeth were those belonging to an ani mal of the carnivorous order, but the tusks were not unlike those of the wild boar, though somewhat larger. There were also a few other bones, and teeth of a smaller animal, but owing to their thick caking of clay it was next to impossible to con nect the former with the large tusked animal.

Some very similar relics were found a short time ago in the side of a hill, and fell into the hands of Mr. McIntosh of

Blinkbonnie, who, after exhibit ing them in Brown and Wilson's window, sent them, we believe, to the Brisbane Museum. There is no doubt that all such "finds" should be religiously preserved, as they are valuable links which connect us with the past, and, which being once lost can never be replaced.

We passed on to Tulloch's farm. Here all seemed to be in a flourishing condition. This farm is also on the roadside, and is a hundred acres in extent. There were about 25 acres under wheat, 15 of oats, 4 of barley, and 11 of lucerne was being put in. The wheat, though of strong growth, seemed rather too for ward, and the recent rains will not have improved it. This land is situated rather too high to have undergone damage by flood water, and the barley, which was being grown for green food was doing exceeding ly well. Mr. Tulloch, junr, occu pies the next piece of land - a farm of about 80 acres and the above remarks might well be applied to his crops. He had 30 acres of wheat down, and a little barley for feed purposes.

TO BE CONTINUED

Photo shows Swan Creek in 1899. Photo from the State Library of Queensland

DISTRICT DIARY

WARWICK CHORAL SOCIETY PRESENTS MUSICAL MEMORIES ON SUNDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER AT 2PM AT WILLIAMS HALL, WARWICK UNITING CHURCH. ADMISSION $15 – INCLUDES AFTERNOON TEA.

Musical & Friendship Morning on the 1st Tuesday of the month at the Warwick Seniors Centre, 13a Albert Street. Mu sic plays from 9.30am to 11.30 am. Cost $5 per person. This includes Morning Tea and a Door Prize.

ROSE CITY PROBUS CLUB Meet-ups for social retirees! Meets 3rd Wednesday of the month. From 9.30am. –includes Guest Speaker & Morning Tea. RSL SOUTH ERN CROSS ROOM – BOOKING ESSENTIAL (see below) Other local outings include coffee mornings, lunches, dinner. Opportunities for group travel to destinations of interest. You’ll be made most welcome! Phone Marion: 0499267547; Leslie:46614273

WARWICK SPINNERS and Weavers meet every Wednes day and first and third Saturday, at Room 3, brick build ing at St Marks Church, Grafton St, 9 am to lunchtime. Come and try. Yearly membership. wckspinweavefi bre@gmail.com 0430 511 260. Kerry, Secretary.

WOULD YOU like to fly in a glider? Or give someone a gliding experience? Gliding is a unique experience that can be enjoyed by all people of all ages. It is also very interesting sport. Warwick Gliding Club is a friendly club offering people the chance to learn how to fly or just experience the wonder of pure flight. Contact admin@ warwickgliding.org or call 0405609601. Gift certificates $170 for a flight.

WARWICK: QCWA Condamine Valley/Warwick Branch meets the first Monday of the month at their Rooms at 76 Grafton Street, Warwick at 1.30p.m. New members most welcome. Rooms open Monday to Friday 9.00 –1.30p.m., for take-away sandwiches. For catering, Hall rental inquiries and membership please ring 4661.2966. Rooms now available for Wakes. Tablet sign ins.

SOUTHERN DOWNS Steam Railway. Check out our upcoming trips on www.downsexplorer.org.au. Tickets sell out quickly, so plan in advance. Bookings on www.downsexplorer.org.au. Phone 4661 9788.

WARWICK: THE Sew Crafty Chicks hold their Craft morning every Friday at the Warwick Bowls Club, Fitzroy Street, Warwick (oppo site the Warwick Police Station) from 9am to 11.30am. Everyone welcome, come and enjoy good company, morning tea, work on your own projects or learn new ones. Cost $5. The Club now has air-conditioning - cool summers and warm winters. For more infor mation ring Tricia Collins on 4661 3076.

WARWICK: LIONS Club meet on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month at the Criterion Hotel. Meet and greet 6.30pm to 7pm. Then 7pm Dinner Meeting. All welcome. Phone Jenny on 0432 804 826 for more information.

WARWICK TOASTMASTERS meet every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at 7pm in the CWA building. New members welcomelearn about the art of public speaking. For more info call Chris on 0435 994 763.

WARWICK BRIDGE Club, Victoria Park, hold lessons every Wednesday at 9.30am and play every Monday and Friday at 12.30pm. For more info, call Noela on 0417 757 255.

WARWICK: MORNING OF MUSIC AND FRIENDSHIP IS HELD ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH FROM 9.30AM TO 11.30AM AT WARWICK SENIOR CITIZENS CENTRE 13A ALBERT STREET. COST $4 PP INCLUDES MORNING TEA.

WARWICK: THE Gathering - "Saturdays at the Salvos" You are invited to a community gathering at The Salvation Army, 25 Guy St, Warwick. This will happen every Saturday at 4pm. The gather ing will include a free meal, a positive and practical message, and friendship. The Salvos creating a Place to Belong. COVID Guide lines in place. Phone Richard 0428 230 431, Leanne 0419 379 738.

WARWICK VIEW Club meeting & lunch 3rd Wednesday each month. Warwick golf club 10.30am for 11am start. Join women sharing lunch in support of the Smith family. Contact Sue 0427 792 840.

STANTHORPE WOMEN 18+ ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A SERIES OF 5 DIFFERENT’RESILIENT WOMEN’ WORKSHOPS, TO LEARN POWERFUL, PRACTICAL COPING TECHNIQUES. IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT FOR ALL WORKSHOPS, JOIN US FOR THOSE YOU CAN! STARTING TUES. 11TH OCT. 10AM-MIDDAY WORKSHOPS RUN EACH TUES SAME TIME AND FINISH TUES. 8TH NOV. VENUE IS THE SUPPER ROOM, STANTHOR PE CIVIC CENTRE (CNR. MARSH AND LOCK ST’S). ENTRY FEE OF $5 PP PER WORKSHOP INCLUDES TAKE-HOME RE SOURCES. (NOTE: CHILDREN UNDER 18 CANNOT BE ADMIT TED). SPOTS ARE LIMITED, REGISTER QUICKLY TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT BY CALLING 0418 961 548. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN ASSISTED BY GRANTS TO COMMUNITY FUNDING FROM THE SOUTHERN DOWNS REGIONAL COUNCIL AND IS SPONSORED BY THE STANTHORPE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENT IST CHURCH.

STANTHORPE: STANTHORPE-WALLANGARRA Branch (Qld ALP) meet on the second Wednesday of each month at Granite Belt Support Services, commencing at 5.30pm. Please visit our Facebook page – Labor on the Granite Belt (www.facebook.com/StanthorpeLabor/ ) – to catch

up on Branch meetings, visits, etc. For further info please contact the Secretary (Helen) on 4683 5229.

STANTHORPE: THE Stanthorpe Bridge Club meets every Thursday at 10.45am in the International Club. New members and visitors welcome. Please call Margaret on 07 4683 2010 for more information.

WARWICK COMMUNITY Van. A meal is served each Sunday night in Leslie Park, Warwick, from 5 to 7pm. Feel free to come for food and friendship - an initiative of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.

STANTHORPE: OPEN Mike Night at Stanthorpe Little Theatre second Friday of every month, 6.30pm, 20 Connor St, Stanthorpe. Free for financial Stanthorpe Little Theatre members. Singers, musicians, poets, word-smiths, stand-up comedians (warning: mature content).Warwick: Stanthorpe: Granite Belt Junior Choir is held every Tuesday from 3:30 to 4:30pm at the Stanthorpe Little Theatre (20 Connor Street), excluding school holidays. It is open to all school aged children - no musical experience required.

STANTHORPE: SOCIAL Table Tennis at the Stanthorpe Fit ness Centre, Talc St. Every Monday at 10am - Two hours of fun for just $5. Everything provided. Call Keith, 0413 870 021 or just turn up.

KILLARNEY: KILLARNEY Country Markets on every 3rd Sun day of month at Canning Park, Killarney from 8am - 1pm.

WARWICK: ROTARY Club of Warwick Sunrise meet every Thursday 7am to 8am at Warwick Gardens Galore, Albi on Street. Join “People of Action” and make a difference in your community. New members always welcome, contact Don Hughes on 0456 654 814.

WARWICK: WARWICK U3A - Are you actively retired? If so U3A may be for you. We are a group run by local volun teers promoting lifelong learning for personal enjoyment and wellbeing. Visit WWW.u3awarwick.org.au for further info or contact Sandy Gordon on 0488 427 699

WARWICK: WARWICK Combined Probus Club - Retired seniors group that meet 1st Wednesday of each month, 9.30am-noon, interesting guest speakers and morning tea. Regular group outings to both local and more distant places of interest, also trips to theatre (Lyric and Empire) New Meeting Venue: The Auditorium, Church of Christ Aged Care, Dragon Street, Warwick. New members always welcome. Phone Secretary on 0457 317 597.

A friend to all: Geoff Brennan

Michael Geoffrey Brennan was born in 1933 in Warracknabeal, Victoria and passed away this month aged 89 years.

We are all very lucky to have Geoff who was a husband, dad, granddad, great granddad, brother and great friend in our lives.

He loved sport and in particu lar, the later years with all the grandchildren, he enjoyed watching them play, compete in anything. Aussie rules was his passion. He played back-to-back premiers for Brim and for Warracknabeal; would umpire Aussie rules as well..

From about age three Dads' life was on the edge. He was a passenger in a car, which was probably a big deal in itself at the time and age. The cars of the time their doors opened in reverse to modern day cars, they were called suicide doors. There were no seat belts either. Around a corner, the door opens and out he goes. Only slight damage, bit

of skin off, lucky, Phew.

Then about 10 years of age he was taking a horse and gig to school and a horse bolted when a fighter plane with a crazy pilot frightened the animal (it was WWII).

When he did get home that evening battered bruised and deflated all he could muster up was the horse is alive me too, the gig is dead, and I need a push bike.

Dad was also a proud army national service participant as a

young man, he was a Sergeant in the artillery and spoken fondly of his association.

He and Mum decided to take over the Caltex Service Station, now Puma here in Warwick. They did a deal with Dennis McEniery. That was 1971. For a couple of years, they were the leading fuel sales for Caltex Australia wide, gives you an idea of how that place hummed in its day.

Dad also said that he had enough bad cheques to wallpa per a wall by the time they gave it away. Learn as you go.

Dad and Mum were both members of the Lions Club We would like to thank the lions club for holding a minute's silence for Dad at their recent meeting, thank you Bob and Joan Lindenberg for organising that. Bob and Joan long-time friends of

Dad and Mum were both life members of the Warwick Cowboys Rugby League Football Club. (1995).

Dad also was a keen supporter of the local Aussie rules club, the Wallabies and later name change to the Redbacks and would make sure he was around for their home games.

Polocrosse, he would come out and do a bar shift in the early days, happy to help out. He loved watching the grand kids and had mentioned this when he was near his last in hospital, he said is the polocrosse on and which kids are playing, he said he was really disappointed to miss the tournament. (That was here in Warwick, late August)

Also, a thank you to the Southern Downs Regional Council for mentioning Dads passing and his involvement in the community at the recent chamber meeting.

Dad was a friend to all. He was a man's man, a good listen er, a no-nonsense man and a great bloke.

He will be genuinely missed.

-Contributed by his children

The Peter Jensen tribute chair

One of the high points of the junior rugby league season in Stanthorpe was the opening of the Peter Jensen Tribute Chair on the hill overlooking Sullivan Oval in Stanthorpe.

The memorial chair was opened on the second annual Cancer Awareness Day which was organised by club official Lyn Spencer.

“It is important to know there are people who support and encourage their treatment in the hope they will fight and beat the dreaded cancer,” she said.

The club raised money for cancer awareness with the money raised paying for 74 Cancer Care Packs for the Scan Department at St Andrew’s Hospital where Peter had treat ment.

The move to have a chair in memory of Peter Jensen was initiated by long-time Gremlins supporter Deb Wilmot.

Peter was a long-term sup porter of the Stanthorpe Rugby League senior and junior clubs.

His involvement started way back in the late 1950s when he played locally for Stanthorpe in the old Warwick and District competition. Peter or PJ as he was affectionately known locally, spent many years supporting his sons Tim and Michael and then his grandsons Tom and Spencer when they played all their junior and senior football for the local Gremlins club.

Peter and his beloved wife

Neta, were regulars at Sullivan Oval who could always be found on the hill cheering on their beloved Gremlins for many decades.

He spent many hours helping organise reunions for the club and also volunteering at the club when required.

Peter’s recent passing has had a huge impact on the Stanthorpe Rugby League community that he loved dearly and having a

beautiful timber chair dedicated in his honour is truly appreciated by the Jensen family and PJs friends.

Thanks must go to the Stanthorpe Rugby League Club and Stanthorpe Lions Club, of which Peter was a life member for the later, for working togeth er in dedicating this wonderful tribute to Peter’s memory.

Hopefully many of his friends and family can spend a moment on this beautiful chair and enjoy a cold beer whilst cheering on PJs beloved Gremlins for many years to come.

Peter worked in a bank and when stationed in Bundaberg was so involved in rugby league he was awarded life membership at Natives Rugby League Club.

Members of the Jensen family, Stanthorpe Gremlins officials, under-15 players and supporters and the Stanthorpe Lions Club at the opening of the Peter Jensen Chair at Sullivan Oval. Photo Stuart Rayner

Trades

Wilson wins at Cowboys

Gerard Walsh editor@thedailyjournal.ink

A-grade halfback

Mitch Wilson has won the Footballer of the Year trophy for the Warwick Cowboys.

Trophies were presented at Birdie Bistro and Bar at the Warwick Golf Club on Friday night.

Best and fairest awards went to Damien Beresford (under 19), Nick Pails (reserve grade) and Sam Broomhall (A grade).

The Tom Barrett Memorial Trophy for loyalty and ser vice to the club on and off the field was won by reservegrade prop Sam Williamson.

Heather Jones won the volunteer of the year trophy which is donated by Liz and Don Browne.

Long time volunteer Ross Ellis was presented with a club life membership.

The club toasted late club members who has passed away down the year including patron and life member Geoff Brennan who was farewelled at a large funeral on Friday.

Trophy winners

Patrons Trophy donated by Denis O’Leary – Leanne Manwaring

Most consistent – Under 19 Donald Sheeran Memorial Trophy donated by Tim and Jenny Sheeran – Dean Mauch

Reserve grade – Paul Cantwell

A grade – Dan Conn

Top try scorer

Under 19 – Jeffrey Ross 15 tries

Reserve grade – Joe Wagner –16 tries

A grade – Tyrelle Ross 22 tries

Best defender

Under 19 - Damien Beresford average 24 tackles

Reserve grade – Morgan Taylor 24

A grade – Sam Broomhall 30 Best tackle average in the club

Robertson Family Memorial Trophy donated by Chris Robertson – Sam Broomhall

Best forward

Under 19 – Dean Mauch Reserve grade – Cameron Mulcahy

A grade Cody Byrne

Best back

Under 19 – Dan Howard Reserve grade – Dylan Lippi

A grade – Tyrelle Ross Players’ player

Under 19 – Nick Carrie

Reserve grade – Simon Mitchell Trophy donated by Rick and Debbie Kinlyside –Joe Wagner

A grade – Mitch Watson

Tom Barrett Memorial Trophy donated by Gaye Barrett and family for service and loyalty to the club on and off the field –Sam Williamson Eric and Carmel Cockram Memorial Trophy donated by Michael and Cathy Cockram for special achievement by a player

of official – Janine Newley

Warwick Cowboys Ambassador – Jordan McGrath

Colt of the Year – Max Thorley Memorial Trophy donated by the Thorley family – Brock Patti Best and fairest

Under 19 Allan Farrell Memorial Trophy donated by Cliff and Marcia Farrell – Damien Beresford

Reserve grade Peter Watt Memorial Trophy donated by Alison Watt and family – Nick Pails

Peter Small Memorial Trophy donated by Tony and Darren Small – Sam Broomhall

Footballer of the Year

Trophy donated by Denis and Kathie O’Leary – Mitch Wilson Volunteer of the Year donated by Don and Liz Browne –Heather Jones

Life member – Ross Ellis

Player of the Final – Nick Carrie See story in Friday Daily Journal on new life member

Warwick Cowboys halfback and player of the year Mitch Wilson prepares to pass to Cody Byrne in TRL A-grade rugby league this season. Photo Gerard Walsh

Warwick Cowboys life member David Goodwin and 2022 Footballer of the Year Mitch Wilson. Photo Marlie McVeigh.