Hundreds of books are ‘walking out the door’ every week at the Narrabri Rotary Book Sale and hundreds more are coming in to replenish stocks. Book bargains abound at the annual sale which is a huge success with some weeks still to run. "We have books of all kinds,”...
Narrabri District Junior Cricket Association hosted a junior clinic run by JSP Sport Development at Cooma Oval on Friday morning. The clinic was designed to allow young cricketers to brush up on their skills ahead of the 2019-20 junior season which started on...
A semi trailer rollover on the roundabout adjacent to the Narrabri Shire Council depot on Friday morning caused Newell and Kamilaroi highway traffic to be diverted for several hours. Emergency services attended the scene and a heavy vehicle tow truck was called in...
St Clement’s Anglican Church at Baan Baa held a special church service on Saturday, September 21 to celebrate the centenary of the building of the church. There was a church prior to this date but it was destroyed. The Foundation stone for the current building was...
Much loved and respected couple Dick and Vida Eather recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with close friends and family at the Tamworth City Bowling Club. When asked what was the secret to a long and happy marriage Vida said, “I was looking for a good...
Eila Pratley celebrated her 90th birthday with family in Queensland last week and on her actual birthday October 12, she celebrated with 15 friends at Baan Baa Hotel. Mrs Pratley was born in Bondi and did most of her schooling at Bondi Public School. After school she...
The 2020 Narrabri High School leaders were announced yesterday, with Breeana Smith and Andrew Coleman named school captains for the coming year. Breeana and Andrew will form the leadership group with vice-captains Meagan Dampney and Alex Loder, and prefects Sara...
I wish all students in the region about to undertake their exams for the Higher School Certificate (HSC) all the best. While the HSC is one indicator of academic achievement, it must be recognised that the results are not a complete measure of a person’s overall...
Last week I learned of the passing of a great lady whom I have known as Jean Kahl. In my much younger years I had the great privilege of having a close association with Jean and Paul Kahl and their then young family in the early 1960s. I say privilege and indeed it...
ARTC has undertaken an extensive program of information meetings seeking community input on the proposed Inland Rail project. Narrabri businessman Tim Logan has attended and has offered his suggestions about the Inland Rail study area past Narrabri in a letter to the...
Former resident Graham Rooney was in Narrabri on the long weekend and told Topical of The Courier’s journey from Narrabri to the Central Coast where Graham lives. His brother David sends Graham The Couriers every week which he passes on to a couple down the road whose...
With rural household water supplies at critical levels in some major country towns, now in the Guyra district a free portable laundry service has been launched at the Guyra Showground. Local Member Adam Marshall said farm and rural residential water supplies were at...