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Newspaper
Bathurst Daily Argus
Location
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 11, 1909
Page
3
London reports on the Waratah wreck and a Cape Coast search as a British cruiser joins the hunt. Engineers debate propulsion failures while a Melbourne shipowner notes possible breakdown and a southward current toward the Cape.
London reports the late Harry Barnato trustees applying 2 250 000 pounds for a hospital endowment and laboratories to aid cancer research. This funding would join the Middlesex Hospital and marks a landmark donation for scientific research in Britain.
In Melbourne the House discussed coinage costs with Sir John Forrest noting 70 per die and halted coin work pending orders. Minister Groom spoke on a Navigation Bill clause for wireless on vessels to Australia, as the chamber moved through the Coinage Bill and Old Age Pensions Act amendments. A motion to pay pensions to British born Asians was defeated 26 to 74. In Sydney a poisoning case involving a suitor was diagnosed as strycining by a doctor but police say it stems from drinking.
Billiards results show Gray leading Lindrum 43 to 61 with Gray posting breaks of 160 and 159 while Lindrum's best is 122. Sydney market reports list Commercial Bank of Sydney at £29 496 and Bank of N S W at £48 with Broken Hill South aiding £5. The Batliulerst School of Arts records new library acquisitions including The Reciter's Treasury of Verse and Adventures In London.
Residents of Colo Vale observed a moving light in the night sky over the Sydney water catchment on multiple Sundays and Wednesdays. The light appeared to be controlled with no clear purpose and reappeared near Colo Vale each time, drawing witnesses including Mr. Hordern of Hordern Brothers.
London reports Laver's indisposition as England resumes after lunch with Australia batting strongly. Trumper reaches 176 before dismissal, Bardsley bright at 186, and Macartney adds 40 as Australia ends 305. England reply under clear skies with 21,874 spectators watching a close day.
Dalhousie paper for the election of one member has been polled by each voter and must be completed and returned to the common seats before a given Tuesday. Any member eligible to vote who has not a ballot paper should communicate at once with the Secretary. Members whose subscriptions are in arrears are not eligible to vote.
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