Trove Tuesday - Court matters from Kahibah

 The newspapers on Trove regularly report on local court matters. The following snips relate to matters at Kahibah.

1899 'FEMININE QUARREL AT KAHIBAH.', The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), 19 August, p. 10. , viewed 16 Feb 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article239523148

"KAHIBAH SHOOTING." Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) 2 May 1931: 13. Web. 16 Feb 2022 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139620888>.

1937 'STOREKEEPER'S REVOLVER', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 20 October, p. 2. , viewed 16 Feb 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166635974

1935 'KAHIBAH ARRESTS', The Maitland Daily Mercury (NSW : 1894 - 1939), 25 November, p. 1. , viewed 16 Feb 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127105947

Springtime Fame

 As spring is on our doorstep we are sharing a spring story in today's post. Was the youth who carved his name on a tree a budding genealogist who wished to leave a permanent reminder of his time at Lake Macquarie for future generations?

(As this image is rather fuzzy it has been transcribed below)

1932 'CARVED HIS NAME ON A TREE!', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 28 October, p. 6. , viewed 03 Sep 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165944043

CARVED HIS NAME

ON A TREE!

"NOT FAMOUS ENOUGH"

SAYS S.M.

Now, had it been a heart, with

two names, especially as it is

springtime, he might have been

let off with a smile.

But the magistrate apparently

considered carving one's name on

a tree a form of egotism that could

not be entirely overlooked.

"You are not sufficiently fa-

mous to have your name carved

on trees," said Mr. Harrison, S.M.

at Teralba Court, when admonish-

ing a youth who pleaded guilty to

"maliciously damaging a tree, the

property of the Lake Macquarie

Shire.