Decision on Reasonable Working Distance for Holdings
The Court answered yes to whether the Board should have found holdings within reasonable working distance based on uncontradicted evidence and witness statements. It answered no to whether the Appeal Court could decide the distance independent of witness statements. It held the Crown Lands Amendment Act section 6 (3) requires the Land Board’s opinion to align with evidence given at the inquiry.
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Appeal Court
Land hunger grows in Narrabri district amid sheds and blocks
A Narrabri correspondent reports keen demand for land across the district with plans to cultivate large blocks. Seventeen blocks near Kil larney and a 2028 acre forest reserve lease face debate as locals press for original settlement and extended land release.
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Narrabri
Killarney
Narrabri-Moree
Pilliga
C.l
Sharp
Lands Department
Baan Baa
Full Court Rules on Release for Calls in Colonial Finance Case
The Full Court in Sydney ruled on press demurrers in Colonial Finance Mortgage Investment and Guarantee Co Ltd v Goldsmith. The case concerned whether a composition deed releasing future calls could bind the company, with directors arguing authority to settle debts and the court upholding the plaintiffs in a judgment for £829 13s with interest.
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Sydney
Colonial Finance Mortgage, Investment, and Guarantee Company Ltd
Goldsmith
Deendant
Bathurst debates taxes and appeals court stance
A Bathurst discussion centers on tax burden and proposal for a friendly appeal court. The mayor argues tax incidence changed but total levy similar to last year, noting unimproved capital value taxation unsettles many residents while councillors administer the existing law.
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Bathurst
Northern Development League of WA Seeks State Separation
The Northern Development Tenaga of Western Australia informs Prime Minister Deakin that MP H Mahon will represent the league in negotiations with the Federal Government. The league aims to compel the state government to stop neglecting the vast resources of the north and advocates separation or a new state under Commonwealth administration. The Wayne platform includes a line on separation and a proposed dividing line at the 29th parallel south.
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Deakin
Northern Development Tenaga
Western Australia
H. Mahon
M.P
League
Wwayne
South Latitude
Commonwealth
Rates Increased Eightfold At Bathurst Council Meeting
A letter from Cobb and Company represented by Jas Rutherford, read at Bathurst council, complained that rate papers show valuations on one plane and eightfold rate hikes plus new levies on schools of arts and buyel properties. The speaker urged moderating rates to attract and retain residents.
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Bathurst
Jas
Rutherford
Cobb and Company
Schools of Arts
Buyel
Tragedy at Port Pirie Rifle Range Ends in Fatal Injury
Private CG FE Daker, nineteen, was accidentally shot at the Port Pirie rifle range. A cloud of smoke from the sellers obscured the view as Baker and Purmle assisted marker duties. A bullet entered Daker’s left back and exited near the chest, with him hospitalised but not declared dead. Baker’s condition offered guarded hope for recovery.
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FE. Daker
Port Pirie
S.A
Baker
Purmle
Cumber
Haker
Barrett Hapek
Vakay
Victoria's New Governor Heads to Melbourne
Sir Thomas Cibson-Carmichael is announced as the new Governor of Victoria and will travel to Melbourne with Lady Carmichael and two unidentified companions.
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Thomas Cibson-Carmichael
Victoria
Melbourne
Lady Carmichael
Appointment of Sir Thomas Gibson Carmichael to Australia
Lord Elgin offers Sir Thomas Gibson Carmichael the Australian post. He admits no knowledge of Australia but vows to learn quickly. A tall 45 year old with a frank manner, he enjoys sport, racing, and motoring, and will assume Sir Reginald Talbot’s horses and car. He engages Victor Sfood as private secretary and Captain Horace Hee as A D C.
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Lord Elgin
Thomas Gibson-Carmichael
Australia
London
Melbourne “Age
Ile
Reginald Talbot
Victor Sfood
Horace Hee
Highland Light Infantry
A.D.C
Miss Frances Newport Faces Embezzlement Charge in Melbourne Court
Miss Frances Newport appeared before the City Court in Melbourne on a charge of embezzling £300 from Marvel Loch Gold-mining Company. Two new informations were announced about a £2000 general deficiency and further embezzlement. Bail set at £100 on two sureties. case adjourned to June 11.
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Frances Newport
Melb
Marvel Loch Gold-mining Company
W.A
Phillips
Miss Newport
Nolan
Missing Hobart Man Abandoned by Search After Diligent Effort
The Tasmanian report states that after a well organised search, the effort to trace Jacklin missing from Yalla since the 18th inst. has been abandoned. The 73 year old, said to have heart disease, arrived in Burnie from Melbourne and aimed to walk to his son's property amid rugged bush. The two sons and two bushmen will continue the search despite limited hope.
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Hobart
Jacklin
Yalla
Commissionar of Police
Burnie
Melbourne
Sunday Refreshment Case At Sydney Station
Sub inspector Kelly sued Philip Hart licensee of the Sydney Railway Station refreshment rooms for selling cigarettes on a Sunday. Hart pleaded not guilty. Objections argued that Crown liability under Sunday trading laws and railway commissioners as Crown. Mr Pavten dismissed the information. Complainant appeals with judgment reserved.
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Kelly
Philip Hart
Sydney
Justice Simpson
Justice Street
Justice Slvin Banco
Hart
Pavten
Wire Netting Prices Cut in Sydney Market
The price of locally made wire netting fell further in Sydney on Friday. Since the tariff revision by the Senate the total reduction amounts to 5 shillings per mile. Lysaght Bros. and Co. manager Mr Champ said the firm has a thousand tiles of netting on hand and has notified 120 workers they must seek other jobs as imports flood the market with inferior netting. The directors will meet the market and likely re employ dismissed staff in about a month once stock is cleared and cheaper wire becomes available.
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Sydney
Senate
Champ
Lysaght Bros. and Co
Milk adulteration case against Bini's Care proprietor
Aleximler Bini of Bini's Care Swanston Street Meth charged in District Court with selling adulterated milk and exposing it for sale. Analysts found 55 and 60 percent added water. Dora Berry claimed she explained the water excess by milking rate. Fines of ten pounds and twenty shillings plus costs imposed.
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Aleximler Bini
Bini
Swanston-street
Meth
Dora Berry
Woods' Great Peppermint Cure For Coughs and Colds
An old advertisement touts Woods' Great Peppermint Cure as a universal remedy for coughs and colds. The note claims reliable relief from these common illnesses with a simple treatment.
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Woods
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