Wednesday October 18, 2023
Volume 38 No. 38
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The Cobar Weekly Liquor Accord won’t tolerate bad behaviour Pg 3
Students coping with mobile phone ban Pg 4
Is amalgamation the best way forward? Pg 7
Cobar welcomes Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Local historian Kay Stingemore (at far right) joined the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) Fellows for a special storytelling performance about our lost miners at the Cobar Miners Memorial on Friday afternoon. The Fellows worked with Cobar High School students and music teacher Laura Andrew earlier that day to create the music to accompany Mrs Stingemore’s recount of the story of one of the lost miners’ wives, Catherine Pascoe. Catherine’s first husband John Pascoe’s name is on the tag board (after he lost his life in the Great Cobar Copper Mine in 1908) and her second husband, Emanuel Carter, was involved in another fatal accident at the mine in 1915. Mr Carter was not killed, however his brother-in-law, Fred Oding, who he was working with at the time, lost his life. This personal account, along with other stories of lost miners, will soon be available to listen to at the Cobar Miners Memorial. SSO Fellow Lily Bryant (at far left) said it had been an honour and a privilege to be invited to play in Cobar.