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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 16, 1905
Page
5
Proceeds from today’s sport event will be donated to the Barrington Schoval of Arte Committee and the Barrington Brass Band. Admission offers half price for adults and children. In attendance are AustustoN and Groven.
William Thomas White was convicted at Maitland Quarter Sessions for feloniously and maliciously wounding Russel John Mulcahey on November 14, 1905 at Gloucester. He admitted a scuffle but denied using the tomahawk, saying the wound came from a brick he threw. The jury returned a guilty verdict after about 90 minutes deliberation. The judge praised the defendant's prior good character but sentenced him to three weeks in a Gaol and bound him to £40 with two sureties of £20 for three years in default of the sureties.
An idiosyncratic account before the Land Board recounts how farmers and land workers face obstacles while pursuing land use goals. Franvin Burke testifies to repeated ballots over 13 years, indicating persistent local contention. Mrs. MacPherson of Muttaird is reported to have died from anthrax, believed to result from a bite, suggesting a rural health risk in the period.
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