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Newspaper
Bowral Free Press
Location
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 28, 1904
Page
3
A garbled OCR summary lists multiple churches including Church of England Roman Catholic and Methodist areas with scattered names, dates, and events. The text mentions services, mass times, and a torn note about a sale or banner, with references to local clergy and places, but details are unclear.
The Chief Justice, in a Supreme Court ruling, condemns the Arbitration Act for restricting employer and employee liberty, limiting managerial freedom, and provoking widespread litigation. He notes the act aims to foster peace but instead forces parties into hostile camps and complicates lawful business conduct.
The State of Virginia reports widespread painting of apple tree trunks with white leaf and linseed oil to deter vermin. Professor Atwood defends the method, saying it protects bark from evaporation and pests like the apple borer, with 15,000 trees cited as healthy after painting.
A public schoolboy from New South Wales contributes an essay urging readers to value school hours and discipline. The piece highlights the role of dedicated study in shaping character and civic duty, urging students to apply themselves and respect routines.
A quirky recounting of a long trek with the Prophet and Fox as the trio narrates misadventures. They wander after 11, encounter a dog, attempt to plunder plunders, a parrot escapes, and a fall into a creek leads to a rescue. They battle a bank collapse, hunt five plovers, argue about Hestia and Japan, and return home after walking about 12 miles in good spirits.
An explosion trapped fifty Miners at Williamstown Pennsylvania. Seven bodies have been recovered and efforts continue to reach the others.
A Russian sign of terror reports wholesale hangings in Russia and executions at Warsaw and Mancow under military law, with 89 killed in one night. A Baptist pastor in Broken Hill recalls income rises and long service, while the Earl of Leicester’s long peerage notes a vast family and several in law connections.
A tale recalls a royal cigar band torn aside as a scandal at Marienbad. The piece recounts a waiter selling a royal band for five guineas and a man claiming it as a gift from the King. Professor Haran estimates the world Jewish population at about 12 million in Europe and 8 million outside, with detailed national counts.
A severe blaze consumed Huntley’s restaurant in Weston-siper-Mare Somerset on a Wednesday night. The building was structurally a deathtrap. Huntley his wife and son a baby and two women were overcome in fumes. The son saved his sister but perished in the effort to rescue his parents. Wood. Great Peppermint Cora for coughs and calde awyer falls 1802. Subscription to Bowral Free Press 12/- per gr in advance.
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