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Newspaper
Bathurst Daily Argus
Location
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 27, 1909
Page
5
Fire rips through White Cliffs destroying the main business area. The blaze reduces the Exchange Hotel, the Paling Hotel, and adjacent premises, leaving the town largely wiped out. Fire units battle the flames as residents assess the extensive damage.
In Gedgary the strong room exploded after a gas odor was detected. Kenneth Mic quilep and Mekhiilop were injured badly. Mekhiilop suffered severe burns and was taken to hospital. A separate death—Benny Parkins, 7, found dead in Haymarket hotel bed with notes of despondency and gas near him.
Sydney reports two incidents tonight starting with a two year old Patrick Hoare nearly smothered by flames in a cottage at Kogarh as curtains touched a heated candle, Hatfield rushed in to extinguish the fire and rescue the child from danger. A separate report notes an unknown man fell from a tram at Paddington and was taken to hospital in serious condition with a fractured side.
Two actors seek a peace path in the Balkans. Hessie expresses will for a conference to counter annexation by Austria, while the Crown Prince of Servia renounces succession in favor of his younger brother. A letter to the Servian Premier hints at a forced abdication amid alleged hospital deaths and a scandalous affair.
London reports heavy armored vehicles for carrying machine guns at £20 000 each and a lively wool market with strong bids. Trade unions in Great Britain show 1 973 460 members with last year’s income £2 936 095 and expenditure £2 979 997. year end funds total £6 481 110. Other items note Jem Maye applying for old age pension and Sir W. A. May taking command of a reorganised home front unit. Belgians approve miners’ hour reform. Also warnings against dubious preparations and self deception in patent medicines and a legal caution about a medical extract product.
A letter urges Bathurst citizens to back a fundraising effort to send a battleship to the Imperial Navy. Proposals include a concert at the Show Ground or Marshall Park with conductor Mr Lewins and local support, noting Orange and Blayney have already joined. The piece also mentions a public note to Lord Mayor and fund-raising expectations. A separate item notes a cough remedy and a child run over incident in Paddington.
An early 20th century ad touts Capren s Unaps Mothorg Flossine for scalp health and parasite control in children. It advertises stock by chemists and stores in Sydney with claims of protection against dandruff and pests, urging purchases and noting influenza season cautions.
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