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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 24, 1902
Page
4
News and Notes covers a pension dispute about an elderly Australian miner denied Old Age Pension due to residency rules, laments family estrangement, and critiques government works and gambling at public projects. It also discusses rival rail routes, Inverell and Guyra tensions, and comments on cricket slang and pub talk reflecting local sentiment.
Public discussion centers on railway finances and rolling stock efficiency as critics claim engines would cost three quarters of a million to modernize. Parliament funding cuts and political pressure are blamed for high annual burdens while many new lines struggle to pay their way, prompting calls for reform and a review of future directions.
Instructions issued to Impreso-General of Police to collect lists of women eligible to vote in parliamentary elections. Census shows 330,008 women over the required age. male count 380,472. About 300,000 women may be eligible. up to 20,000 could be debarred due to naturalization or state charity. Lists to be collected now and rights issued after revision. Proposals for separate polling facilities rejected by current laws.
Widgiewa owner Mr Horsfall sues the Australian Workers Union for 5000 pounds claiming damages for delayed shearing and other losses due to the strike. A Wheater, James Burrell, is committed for trial at Coonabara bran on a charge of beating another at Goorianawa with intent to unlawfully interfere with his work.
Printed and published by Albert Micharl Oche on Connor Street Guyra in New South Wales.
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