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Newspaper
Armidale Chronicle
Location
Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 18, 1903
Page
3
Local advertorial notes gathered from top makers claim Foastrone offers arable selections from Artistic Newoees and Price bleness. It suggests lower furnishing costs than elsewhere with some example ideas.
At Hillgrove BC Church service a meeting approved a beggar drive for March 26 and 27 with John Williams named Hon Secretary. condolences flow for Elsie Watson 14, who died in Newcastle from pneumonia and enteric fever after moving there for work. Mrs Rowe and two children suffer typhoid in hospital. baby death reported. Dr McLeod resigns as Hillgrove Cottage Hospital medical officer after recent visit to Bydasy. Jobs Smith elected District Chief Ranger at New England District Ancient Order of Foresters. Public Service exams to be held in Hillgrove requested to save travel and costs. A portrait of Brell and a church drawing by John Sands of Sydney are featured. Presbyterian address to James Brook Req JP lauds decades of service.
In Walcha the Police Court remanded Donoghue and O'Brien for a week on charges of robbing Hammond during a race meeting at Werris Creek. The men were arrested by warrant and brought in Monday morning. The article also notes a church service at Presbyterian Church with Rev Johnstone and a call to Rev James Love for the charge.
Correspondent reports dry weather threatens stock and winter, while Mr. R. Pearson expands with a traction engine, half cutter, saw mill, and planing machine. L. De Conroy sells bakery to L. Barling. Geo. Wilson opens blacksmith shop. W. K. Saunders launches billiard room near Starr’s Royal Hotel with a Gret-cless Alcock table and Sydney barber, fruit shop, and barbershop in the same area.
The annual picnic and sports at Rock Abbey School were held in Mr. Brasier’s paddock with large attendance of children and parents. Prizes were widely distributed, and Mrs. Faulkner and Mr. John Brasier organized and awarded prizes, including a splendid set of books to scholars.
The school honored supporters including Mr. Faulkner and Mr. Brazier senior for contributions to the Mudunt Kembla Fund. Prizes were awarded to collectors while provisions and abundant food were provided for all at the outing. Dancing followed as the wool shed became a ballroom amid hopes for rain to boost crops and help eyes and stock in the district.
The steamer Wodonga, fresh from Cooktown to southern ports, endured a brutal cyclone near Townsville. Captain W C Thomson described a rapid barometer fall, lines cast to brace the vessel, and a sea lifting to mountains as the ship dragged toward rocks before being steadied at Bris bane.
In a tense evacuation, the Wodonga fights rocks and mud after collision with Barcoo and Barcoo’s cable parts. The Alexandria and Bobby Towns are involved as vessels slip toward danger while crews attempt to free the stranded steamer. The scene unfolds with broken anchors, furrows in the mud, and a risky rescue plan devised for the rising tide. The Wodonga finally drifts off mud into deep water as the crew reports to Sydney.
The Land Board session at Guy Fawkes reviewed multiple property deals. Names listed include Means FG Finley John When J B Fitzherald and others with tenants like F H McMaugh and G Bourks. Several withdrawals and inquiries on fulfillment of conditions were noted as the session closed.
The Australasian Mortgage and Co Ltd and partners report no change in the wool and meat markets for the week ending March 1003. Demand remains steady as London rules open, with merino and crossbred prices listed across quality grades and hides and mutton values provided.
Fragmented text rail shows Sydney Produce Markets with scattered items and prices. Mentions Brdney Tosmlay and references to panels dairy and cloth noting unspecified quantities and rates.
Fat stock sales at Homestead attracted strong competition from butchers and traders. The sale featured 13,008 head of cattle and pigs across various qualities, with rising prices as buyers chased better beef and pork, signaling a lively market.
A newspaper note touts Chamberlain's Colia Qholera and Diarrhosa Remedy as the favourite cure for rolling twisting intestines and severe pain. J Richardson and Co advertise the product urging households to keep a bottle on hand, claiming it may save lives.
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