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Newspaper
Bathurst Daily Argus
Location
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 06, 1909
Page
3
Albury circuit court resumes as Harry Holland faces a charge of using seditious language. The accuser questions which remarks and whether they urged violence including dynamite, while the defense argues about intent and interpretation of his utterances.
A Indian hawker was observed boarding a steamer at Chewar Quay and customs officers searched his baskets. Twelve jigs of a pie secreted among the fruit were found and the hawker was escorted to the police station.
Sydney report describes a night attack at Marrickville railway station. A railway officer was beaten, robbed of £28 in cash, gold ring, and a silver item, then restrained as two men fled. The officer claims to identify the suspects.
Reports from Broken Hill reveal rain water sampled from tanks polluted by zinc sulphate and other contaminants. Analyses indicate one sample contained over 24 minor zinc sulphate per gallon and results will be submitted to the Board of Health.
Melbourne reports the Prime Minister has been handed a bill for 11,678,000 pounds by a Queensland resident. The claimant alleges the Queensland Government owes the sum related to a deanery payable gala in the Northern Sle area and seeks Mr. Fisher's influence to resolve the matter.
The barrister Richard Waddy was this afternoon struck off after a conviction for indecent assault on a girl under four years old. The case, heard at Sydney, details were reported in the court proceedings of this week.
Newton Hamnett, former Police sergeant, pleaded guilty at Darling ton Sessions to embezzling 103. He claimed he used his connections as motive. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment but remained under the first Offenders act.
The Adelaide Cup was won by Kooringa with Willy Walgton and Metal Queen third. A rugby league match featured Anareatian Beats the New Beatles team badly, while Teeatlor secured a win in a tense fixture as players battled fatigue and a dangerous chill.
In London the Budget debate centers on beer taxation with A J Balfour accusing English beer of being heavily taxed while cheaper foreign beers escape. Mr Buxton notes a minor correction and Mr Asquith says foreign beer will bear tax in the revised scheme. Lloyd George cites overseas examples and forecasts a large surplus to fund a navy and relieve local rates.
The Bathurst League of Wheelmen held a Saturday afternoon event featuring a mile and half mile races with riders including O Reilly. Gorman and McNamara impressed as spectators enjoyed a smoky social after the races and a presentation of prizes and funds.
A warning against inferior nostrums and corrupt patent medicines is issued noting deaths from dubious extracts. Authorities urge insisting on proven preparations, citing Victoria Supreme Court validation and authorities over four years. Also advertised are diverse shows and curiosities including a special train event and a traveling exhibit for children.
Reports from Adana in Asia Minor recount Turkish troops firing on an Armenian refugee school, burning it with occupants trapped inside. Massacres spread to villages as looting and arson increase. thousands are dead and many more homeless across the province.
The Socialist and Labour Federation at Buenos Aires proclaims a general strike in protest of the May Day clash with authorities. Strikers demand the removal of the Prefect of Police as the port remains paralysed. Soldiers have reinforced the garrison amid ongoing fighting.
The Zeppelin Airship Company plans to establish next year a regular line of airships from Lucerne Switzerland to North Germany as part of expanding its passenger and cargo service network.
The Rt. Hon. Alfred Lyttleton spoke at a Primrose League meeting in London arguing that ships funded by Canada New Zealand and Australia could be brought under a single supreme wartime control. He claimed such integration would render the Empire's power irresistible if implemented through overseas dominions and Imperial authorities.
Australian cricketers are seen practicing at Lord's with Run Stoke and Macartney displaying top form in net practice. The team is due to depart for Nottingham this afternoon as preparations continue and the exhausted players show fitness.
A Katoomba Rifle Club team of eleven visited O'Connell for a 60 yard and 50 yard match against the local Rifle Club. Bitter cold with a strong westerly wind, seven shots per man. Katoomba won by 99 points. Leading scorers for Katoomba: Hicks 65 Moss 62 W Hicks 53 Hale 65 Scope 53 Whaluu sy Mitchell 34 Crawshaw 54. For O'Connell: Jenisch 58 Thurling 52 Ryan 46 Lister 46 Woods 46.
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