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Newspaper
Geelong Advertiser
Location
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 06, 1908
Page
3
Reuters Telegram reports English press comments on colonial affairs with brief remarks, noting public opinion and policy critiques. The item highlights media viewpoints without quoting lengthy passages.
A fragmented note alludes to an organised murder linked to influential patrons and elite circles. Details are sparse but suggest a deliberate, high profile crime implicating powerful backers. Further readable fragments point to questions about motive and accountability.
The second trial of Herr Maximilian Harden, editor of the Berlin newspaper Zukunft, ended in a verdict that the charge of criminal libel against Court Von Moltke was proven. Harden received four months in prison.
The court president reports Count Von Moltke left the inquiry with an unstained character and Prince Philip of Pmulensburg undecidedly cleared. Herr Harden says he will appeal to the Supreme Court.
Robert Caldwell, linked to the Druce perjury case, signed a deathbed statement reiterating claims about a Formily vault and a coffin filled with lead. The report notes the London telegram date as four day of the diary, citing Reuters.
The Master Cotton Spinners Association in Lancashire warns of a lockout affecting about 150,000 workers if strikers at two Oldham mills do not resume work immediately. The move follows a standoff as negotiations falter in January.
London January Ord announces that Mr W A Marthus of W A Arthur London Liberal MP for St Austell Division Cornwall since 1887 has applied for the Chiltern Hundreds and relinquishes his seat in the House of Commons.
In a United Labor party meeting last night Mr J W O Loghlin was chosen to contest the Senate vacancy. The piece notes the party’s choice and the upcoming election context.
Intense cold sweeps Great Britain and continental Europe with many frozen deaths reported across the Continent and in English provinces as January chills persist.
Reuters Telegram reports Tom Mann arrived in Broken Hill on Saturday and was welcomed with a civic reception in the Town Hall. Local press notes the visit is popular only with a small group of adherents, amid expectations of rain and floods affecting Normanby wines.
A Chambers Journal piece notes that circular wind engines are increasingly used to power private electric lighting. It cites Cadbury’s early trial, a Yorkshire mansion installation, and a presence of a Softin diameter wind engine driving a dynamo with accumulator storage. A gardener manages four hours weekly, yet mills run for long periods unattended.
By Bennett and Vaiek this day at 2 30 in the room Ghoringhope street furniture and sundries. By Hendy Leary and Co Wednesday next freehold property at Alpelup also furniture vehicles livestock farm implements.
A towering Singer building project in New York will reach 17 stories and 612 feet, planned as the highest occupied structure surpassing the Eiffel Tower. Foundations sit on bedrock nine feet below street, with caissons and a steel body forming a 14 story main section, rising to a tower. Eighty lifts will serve 2,500 tenants and fifteen thousand incandescent lights will illuminate halls and rooms for late workers. Five miles of pine piping are planned for steam and water needs.
London reports Seaboard Air Line appointed official receiver amid financial crisis. The line is described as the third most important in the Eastern system with a capital of £10,000,000. Also listed are rugby tour selections with Welsh stars joining a Britain bound squad and plans to invite New South Wales players to tour next season.
The article discusses exceptional olfactory abilities in humans and animals. It cites James Mitchil, Dean Buckland, and Berkeley's anecdotes, along with tribes like the Puough of Cambodia and the Alnus of Japan. It notes creatures such as the wild camel and fox rely on smell, and describes seasonal scent changes aiding predation avoidance and hunting.
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