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Newspaper
Bowral Free Press
Location
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 25, 1903
Page
1
A Wimmera farmer refused to pay a station porter’s overweight luggage charge. After a heated exchange with two porters and the station master, the man persisted that the bag could not be charged, insisting the weight claim was incorrect and delaying the process as spectators watched.
The New York papers decry a 122,900 plurality for the Tammany governor candidate in New York City. Dissatisfaction with Reform governance grows, aided by Law’s real estate tax overhaul, which revalues properties such as Warman Hall’s 60,000 lot, a politician’s rental property at 700, and a Tamman Suite listed at 29,099 yet assessed at lower figures. Public buses, saloons, and restaurants also appear under assessed by substantial margins. Mrs Low pledges to curb this and gains unexpected popularity versus the English government’s tax zeal.
The final of the Sydney Thousand was run at Cricket Ground on Wednesday night with N C Hop winning and American Don Walker finishing second. About 7 030 spectators were present as excitement ran high. A race caused a fensilan due to a fall among riders, though no serious injuries were reported.
An old friend recalls a long friendship and a struggle with illness. The speaker mentions a sore throat and weak lungs, noting remedies and a stubborn lingering ailment while reflecting on health and time.
An old testimonial touts Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as a cure for a cold lingering in the lungs. It claims benefits for fits, bronchitis, croup, and pneumonia with large and small bottles shown, urging cautious selection of genuine product.
The Bathurst Drought Relief Fund has raised over £200, with £129 from a street collection, as Easter Encampment plans cut costs with only khaki uniforms. The Premier and civic figures debate the fund’s need, while orchestration of ornamental trees for a coronation is requested, and local anecdotes about fortune tellers and a suburban doctor circulate, highlighting community responses to drought and public care.
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