One of our Boorowa Remembers researchers, Ann Wales, recently discovered an interesting item in an August, 1919 copy of the Burrowa News. Apparently a meeting of the Burrowa Municipal Council was informed by the Premier, Mr Holman, that the chairman of the 'War Museum' had 'seven hundred guns and three thousand machine guns for distribution throughout the main towns of Australia.' Obviously these were part of war reparations. The message to the Council, provided by telegram stated: 'If you desire to secure a war trophy for your town, I urge you to let me have your application immediately, as there are over three hundred already in.' The Mayor told the meeting that he had applied for two cannons and three machine guns. The Burrowa News reporter of the day revealed that he had 'heard one of the Aldermen suggest that the Mayor should mount the cannons on Canemumbola, and threaten to turn them on the town when our Aldermen became indifferent about attending meetings of the Council.'
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For some time there has been some concern expressed about the lean of the 'lone pine' tree, which is to be the centrepiece of the Memorial Grove project in Dr Kelf Park. There were discussions on how the lean might be corrected, and even a suggestion that it might be dug out and a new tree of the same kind planted. But now, after some investigations which included consultation with a tree expert, it has been found that the 'lean' goes with the territory. Apparently that is how the genuine species of this tree grows. The advice is that the lean is something which is common to these trees and as a matter of fact they cannot be considered a genuine 'lone pine' if they don't have a kink in them. So it appears that there is no need for any correction and we should just be satisfied that we have the genuine article.
