Armidale Council Deliberates Memorial Move and Urban Upgrades
The Municipal Council met Tuesday evening with Aldermen Wilson Hawke Higinbotham Warnecke Fitzgerald Kirkwood and others present. A request from the Murray Memorial Citizens Committee to move the memorial to Central Park was debated and approved for council handling with a plan for a drinking fountain and park ornament. The caretaker appointment for East End Park was approved for Morgan with a one month notice clause for alternative. The council discussed Main Taylor and Brown streets repairs and urban improvements, the upcoming Municipalities Bill, and the need for an unimproved land value tax debate. A departmental bridge funding note and various local repairs were considered, with approvals for hospital alterations and a tablet for Dr Mallen’s memory.
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Thorn
Wilson
Bonnar
Higinbotham
Wateon
Warnecke
Fitzgerald
Kirkwood
Hawke
Murray Memorial
Citizens’ Committee
Counel
Willingiesh
Ald
Citwene’ Committee
Effret
Ald. Warnecke
Leing
New England Dairy Company
Als
Wan
Ald Higinbothan
James Mongar
East Ward
Mainstreet
Taylor and Brown
Fitegerald
Otain
Coaneil
Works Committee
Cyril Frederick
Markham
Mann
AL AL Daly
Sydney
Corweil
Daly
Arl Higinbotham
Yawke
Teft
Hospital Meeting at Olympic Hall on Old Age Pension Act and hires
A special General Committee meeting of the A. and N.E. Hospital at Olympic Hall debated amending the Old Age Pension Act for patients. The committee declined to cooperate. They denied aid to the Wyalong Hospital in a legal case. Salary scales for probationers were set from September 1, Matron and hands salaries fixed, and beef and mutton contractor’s requested increase approved. Building Committee report presented.
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A. & N.E Hospital
Olympic Hall
Wigan
Archdeason White
Hay
Glass
Kearney
Wyalong Hospital
Tr. Little
Draw
Wyalong
Archdeacon White
Harris
J. J. Blin
Drew
The Experimental Farm and New South Wales Agriculture
The article surveys New South Wales agriculture, noting varied climates allow diverse crops though transport distance hinders export. It recalls early farming: James Ruse with 50 acres at Parramatta in 1789, Philip Schaeffer’s tobacco efforts, and early farms at Farm Cove and Rosehill. It provides historic cultivation data up to 1901 and argues for a Model Farm in Glen Innes to serve New England farmers.
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New South Walen
Great Britain
Ireland
New South Wales
James Ruse
Parramatta
Philip Schaeffer
Farm Cove
Sydney
Garden Island
Rosehill
Macquarie
Gorda
Tamworth
Armidale
London
Mardings
Verloon
Clarke
Glen Innes- Inverell
New England
Glen Innes
Ministerial letter orders fencing near Glen Innes site
The August 14 letter from the Minister for Agriculture to Mr. F. A. Wright directs the Director of Agriculture Mr. Campbell to proceed immediately with fencing and related works at a site about two miles from Glen Innes. The message emphasizes prompt action and site development.
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F. A. Wright
Campbell
Glen Innes
Model Farm to Be Established in New England
The Armidale Farmers Association greets the minister’s pledge for a New England Model Farm, aiming to demonstrate scientific farming and offer schooling for sons. A site at Salisbury or Glen Innes is debated, with Glen Innes chosen as more suitable, ensuring a practical agricultural model for local farmers and settlers.
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Carpenter’ Ridge
New England
Armidale
Farmers’ and Hettlers’ Association
Tamworth
Hawkesbury College
Waggs
Atose
Salisbury
Messrs
Hargrave
Hiscox
Drew
Kearney
Uralla
Glen Innes
A Plucky Constable in Prahran Burglary Stop
In Prahran Victoria on a Tuesday morning Constables Davie and his partner halted two men in a small cart on Chapel street. The men resisted as one fired at Davie with a revolver, shouting threats, then fled while the other sped away in the cart after Davie fired three shots.
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Chapel Street
Prahran
Vic
Davie
Pursuit in High-street Ends With Arrest After Veranda Chase
In a daytime incident, Constable Davie pursued a flat man through High-street into Dr Fetherstone's garden. The suspect climbed to a verandah post and roof, but Davie followed and felled him with a heavy stick. The map-bearing assailant tried a revolver shot, was knocked down, and arrested with skeleton keys found. The man, named Alexander Wand aged 67, was taken into custody. a second suspect escaped, with police warning issued.
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Davie
Dr. Fetherstone
Alexander Wand
Alarming cracks threaten St Pauls portico and fires in Rossland
Cablegram reports serious underpining needed at St Pauls Cathedral with estimated costs between 40000 and 86000 pounds. A major fire in Rossland British Columbia destroyed several blocks, estimated damage 100000 pounds. Other items include a turbine steamer for Dover to Calais in 45 minutes, drowning epidemic in Britain with 22 deaths, ore discoveries in Vadeo Norway, political protests in France over direct taxes, and various international events.
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Rossland
British Columbia
Dover
Calais
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Vakeo
Vadeo
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M. Coombes
Cahill
Manchester
Shah
Europe
Edward
England
Roosevelt
Providence
Rhode Island
Republican Party
Prince Obolenski
Kharkoff
J. Bruce
Chenchow
China
Yamen
Snipe
Penny Postage Promise in Hopeful Verse
A poetic fragment envisions penny postage as a great boon if enacted, claiming it would ease costs and improve health. The verse laments delays and echoes hopeful speculation about future benefits despite current uncertainty.
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