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Newspaper
Bathurst Daily Argus
Location
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 14, 1909
Page
3
A House session at Welbourne opens with raises about two pensioners denied DBE pensions and arrests to aid destitute individuals. Webster resumes a broad address on political issues, defence, and legislative matters while the debate spans the afternoon into the evening.
Edward Boothby Cox, 61, was found wounded and died after an assault at a Horsham shop last night. Mrs. Cox reported a man entered asking for cigarettes before attacking her husband. Police found blood stains and a shirt. Albert May was arrested and charged with murder.
Sydney reports a man blamed William Porter of a Manly produce store was fatally cut when contact with a circular saw severed his head instantly. A separate Moree report says John Smith cut his throat and survived a dangerous wound after an attempted self harm at a camp.
The estate of the late Robert Alt, chairman of the North Coast Steam Navigation Co, valued at £44,685, expresses wish for cremation with greatest simplicity and for his children to avoid unnecessary mourning expenses.
Percy Thompson aged 26 a laborer was buried beneath a wall of debris when a trench wall gave way during work on a new Markos. He was rescued and taken to hospital in serious condition.
The Hauldresseirs Union notes the wages board decision setting the minimum at £2 8s, an increase of 6/ from prior rates. Four men reportedly protested the change. Last night at McSorley’s Rooms Shute beat 85 in billiards by 39 points. Tonight Cobar meets Mann 13 and B B meets Neptune.
A fragmented shard from Sydney and Mount Molloy lists barter or sale terms for multiple items including Wools at 4/6, Lif and Broken LUM South on five week terms, HS A 20/444, Junction items broken at 11d, and 6 week terms for Tin Proprietary. Also mentions Copper Prompt 1/4 and Pildrony hacking cough remedy.
A correspondent signs as J. J. Sullivan urging the editor to publish his remarks in full from a football union meeting last night. He states he takes exception to a prior comment and asks for complete coverage and remarks.
A letter from July 13 1909 questions the Labor platform One Man One Billet and whether Hurford would have been a Labor candidate if unopposed. The writer argues the Municipal Council should be a capable administrative board aligned with the Local Government Act, not driven by party factions.
London reports recount Hopkins and Arma bowling as Australia posted a 140 minute century and Langdon’s 67 helped by Sewell and Dennett. Brown 91, Langdon 61, and Dennett 19 contributed as play extended to 255 minutes with two hundred runs scored. Weather dull on resumption. attendance moderate. Gloucestershire and Australia both fielded a mix of batsmen and bowlers in a lengthy tea interval.
Mr Arthur Ellerthorpe, long time staff member of the London Daily Telegraph, dies after a long illness in Lindon. A Dulwich College alumnus, he wrote literary pages and contributed to the paper’s motor and engineering sections. An Automobile Club member, he documented notable climbs and adventures including a 1903 Alpine ascent with Captain Donsy and a naval craft history.
The Exeter and Bath and Wells bishops backed Lord Roberts in pushing for compulsory training while Lord Lucas defended the current system. An odd note mentions a mock game and a medicinal claim, reflecting scattered assorted items in the column.
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