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Newspaper
Carcoar Chronicle
Location
Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 08, 1900
Page
2
Supplies were limited with steady quotes across merino and crossbred wools, fats heavy and tallow prices down? market dull with weak shipping demand. Hides horns bones furseens and horsehair showed varied activity as auctions shift to weekly cadence beginning June.
The London saleroom reports a complex market with mixed goods and fluctuating prices. Hides, wool, and bones show softer values while marsupials and wool trade demand remains thin, yet certain lots advance. Publicized totals indicate 283,000 bales to be dealt with in July along with 146,000 carried forward and 16,000 old stock bales.
Fat cattle yarded chiefly middling quality with best beef at per 100 pounds. Mixed lots sold for J B Kana and J Kelly of LA, and various buyers. Fat sheep yarded with small drafts at factory prices. Store stock market described as weak with small drafts of cattle at factory prices. Horses participation noted.
Market notes list wheat milling and bran values in shillings per bushel and ton. Prices cover Sydney and New Zealand feeds, oats, hay, buckwheat, potatoes, and assorted grains with ranges for quality grades and dates.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a market for gold shipment and exfe keeping, with Flour's stock at Pretoria and workers kept in pen, panic and confusion, implications of British government action to capture Kruger and align with Cronjo, plus scattered prices for goods like Honey and Bore Wax amid distress.
A renewed push for women’s suffrage supporters a vote in federal elections. A minister of the Crown presided over a Protestant Hall meeting and urged the proposal, backed by colleagues and MPs. The author doubts lasting impact, noting Government duties in the coming session may dim the issue. The piece ends with a light note on Messrs Fegan and O’Sullivan.
Me. 8. MacDERMOTT solicitor and commissioner for affidavits Belubula Street Carcoat Sydney Agents Ler Congotions Bassrrr solicitors 164 Pikt Street Syrtney MED
Dr A Wyther Hawthorwe M D visits Wandarama on Tuesdays and Saturdays with hours from 2 to near sunset. Consultations may occur on other days at the usual hours of the hospital, Carcear.
Public notice by J Bealby-Smith D D S claims a new pain free extraction method after years of study. It offers 10 to 16 teeth per sitting and lists consultations at the Royal Hotel on a Thursday.
Church services listed with times for multiple parishes and pastors. Rev James Gover at Kreteno and Corcoar services at 11 am and 7 30 pm. Rev Farneay Kelly at Blayney services 8 30 am and 7 30 pm, and Carcour 11 am and 7 30 pm. Wesnevas Council led by Rev T Parken meets on the fourth Sunday each month.
The former president Kruger is depicted as a fugitive fleeing Pretoria after signaling defeat. He allegedly plotted to escape with large loot while urging burghers to dedicate two days to humiliation and prayer. He is said to head toward Delagoa Bay to arrange funds.
As winter arrives in Sydney the unemployed struggle anew. The government that once blamed its predecessors for lack of relief now bears responsibility and the outcome remains to be seen. The affected seek shelter and relief, with public interest rising.
The Mayor chairs a Carcoar School of Arts meeting to discuss building a new hall. Attendees consider a public push for a new facility, possible government subsidy, and borrowing limits while the council weighs funding options and the School of Arts takes up the matter.
A town meeting discussed raising funds for a public hall and a new site for the School of Arts. Estimates ranged from £150 to £600 for construction, with borrowing likely. Members urged community action, proposed contacting building societies, and forming a fundraising committee to secure at least £60 from ten-pound donations.
The long postponed Cricket ers ball last Friday night drew about 45 couples. Mr McCloskey financed the event with音乐 by T Kelley. Supper donated by local ladies and tables arranged by Mr Gev Leabeater. Club nets a profit around £7 after expenses. Typhoid cases rise with 11 in locality, two in Carcoar hospital. Dr Hawthorne treats patients with improving recoveries. Lyndhurst beats Junction 9 to 5 in a Sunday football match.
A valuable horse owned by Mr. Seage, stationmaster, died suddenly on Sunday night after being ridden from Wallt to Lyndhurst. The animal had been in use while tending a growing wheat crop and passed away without warning.
Mr Waddell, popular parliament representative, met residents and Progress Association members who urged a Belubula river bridge. He promised to push for its construction. Waddell addressed Lyndhurst electors, considering federal candidacy. Bathurst streets see social disorder linked to Church of England plans and local disturbances. Hon John Meagher to host a grand bell event for employees at the School of Arts Hall.
The Bathurst hospital committee met with 42 patients in May and 31 under care after 7 deaths. Disbursements totaled £118 7s 1d. The School of Arts committee welcomed 18 new members and issued 3007 library works. Books bought include travels, biography, history, fiction. A billiard room plan was proposed for ground floor offices. A nightly prowler known as the Hairyman has unsettled Bathurst residents.
A London coachman describes years of rheumatic gout and near blindness. After visiting St Mary’s Hospital, he improved only after taking Mother Seigel's Syrup, which he credits with curing his rheumatic condition by addressing digestive causes and purifying the blood.
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