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Newspaper
Burra Record
Location
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 10, 1897
Page
3
A fragment describes Australians using bicycles in a hunting game against kangaroos. Riders form a circle around grazing animals and use devices to fell the animals, paying scalp bounties to authorities while numerous kangaroos are killed.
At Apoinga on January 29 councillors adopted balance sheet and accepted tenders. Treasurer notes and Mr Hill and Bee advised. Government 785 bags and 264 from Mesert. Wheat delivery by February 14 requested. Twenty relief applications reviewed. 1610 stands over. Charles Green appointed secretary to local committee. Receipts and road payments recorded.
The Hon. FW Holder spoke at the Burra Institute on federation aims. He urged a form of federation that preserves local control, avoids centralized tyranny, and yields free intercolonial trade, emphasizing railway tariffs and coastal defense while noting NSW and WA opposition.
Discussion of the 1891 Commonwealth Bill at Sydney convention outlines proposed federation with a Governor-General, eight state representatives in a Senate, and a House of Representatives. It covers taxation, trade, defence, migration, and the need for equal Senate and House powers, uniform franchise, and cost estimates for federal administration.
Delegates debate a federation scheme with a proposed constitution to be considered by colonial parliaments and people. The plan seeks concessions between colonies and the empire while inviting West Australia and Queensland to join, with Mr Holder and Mr Cockburn leading discussions and a vote of thanks recorded to the chair.
Butler, identified as Elgain, is charged with three NSW murders. Arrest occurred without incident at a Francisca location on Wednesday. He claimed innocence, then implicating others, and showed conflicting past ties to Weller and others. A search found strychnine traces on clothing. he will be returned to Sydney for trial.
Fragmented poetry celebrates kind words as a moral tonic and source of joy while weaving in dense promotional prose for Holloway’s remedies. The excerpt juxtaposes lines on kindness with ornate phrases and a medical pitch aimed at workers in crowded factories.
A garbled OCR fragment contains scattered phrases and nonstandard wording. It references vague ideas like cold winds, wood, and copying letters, but no clear event, person, place, or outcome is identifiable.
The letter from Margaret Watson and Lydia E Morton details severe wasting and dyspepsia cases rescued by Mother Seigel's Syrup. They describe marked appetite return, pain relief, and regained strength after using the remedy, urging publication of their testimonies. The notes emphasize digestion as key to recovery and link the syrup to dramatic health improvements.
Instructions for winter sauces and preserved foods include Topiato Sauce from tomato and peppers, mustard plaster for skin, Plain Seed Cake with bacon drippings, Wakefield Pie and Rhubarb Compote with rice mould. Details describe cooking steps, ingredients, timing, and serving suggestions.
A garbled report discusses jockeys and races on Melbourne courses. It mentions jockeys, riders named Sowa and Grewelenowsies, and a possible event at Palace track with high machines and plots. The passage is incoherent but suggests preparations for a race meeting and concerns over a certain machine or sport element.
A notice urges readers to attend today’s sale at Birt Duffs near Burra railway station on the Mount Bryan road. Cows described as good stock and furniture of fine quality, with a piano by a top maker. Auctioneers Messrs Bagnt Shakes and Lewis Limited provide particulars in another column.
An old ad column markets Crose's Hair Reviver promising to restore natural hair color without dye. It claims gradual color return, warns against aging, and lists Charles Cross of Malvern Adelaide as supplier. Also features Sander & Son's Eucalypt Extract with medical endorsements and cautions against inferior imitations.
Train schedule shows arrivals and departures between Burre Falls and Adelaide with service to the north and south. Adelaide to North trains arrive at 8 38 a.m. and 2 55 p.m. Southbound trains to Adelaide operate at 6 38 a.m. and 2 55 p.m.
A patchwork of items reports a five thousand sovereigns unsettled funds a Bora School gain a cycling club at Kodina with 30 members and various local incidents including a Sydney gun accident marriage talk and church services. It also notes political and social hints with references to the Australasian National League and upcoming federal election questions.
A fragmentary report describes St Marys versus Burra cricket action on a field near Solomon Town. The account includes player names and a testimonial from Hannah Lloyd of Solomon Town praising a tonic, with reference to Jamestown Hospital and long illness before recovery.
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