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Newspaper
Hamilton Spectator
Location
Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 28, 1881
Page
2
W THIRKELL offers Shops Dowallings and other premises for sale or rent at Kenneilly location. Also available a superior double furrow plough in good order and a wool press with modern improvements. Full details at the mart. Clesulse bone dust and guano for sale.
The notice directs that all communications intended for publication in the Hamilton Spectator be addressed to the editor. It also specifies that business letters should be directed to either the General Manager or to the proprietors by name.
Hamilton dispatch reports limited confidence after a six week price rise. Heavy rains and unusually cold, stormy weather limit spring grazing and lambing prospects, with many farmers shifting to Merinos. Sparse demand for sheep persists. merino ewes sold under various accounts and a few cattle traded from Mr. Thorne Monivae to Mr. Huff.
A fragmented clipping lists racing meetups for Naracoorte Coursing Club and Mount Gambier Steeplechase with dates in June and July. An obituary notes the death of Sarah Anne M Conachy at Portland on June 24, detailing her husband Thomas and her lineage.
A Victorian era critique argues the coroners system is failed by the purge of coroners and deputies and by limited police magistrates. It urges repeal or expansion of duties, warning that deaths in custody or sudden deaths lack timely inquiry and justice.
A Hamilton report discusses a fatal shooting and a coroner's absence, urging appointing deputies to speed magisterial inquiries. It argues coroners should be medicals or independent, criticizing police-magistrate reliance and noting impacts on Warrnambool district. The piece also honors late George Keeping.
A coroner’s inquest details the death of George Keeping by a selfinflicted gunshot in his Gray Street home on Sunday afternoon. Witnesses describe months of mental decline, prior suicidal threats, and attempts to safeguard him, with the gun found beside his body and two weapons in the room. The report records his sustained ill mind, the fatal wound, and expert opinion on death by gunshot while in an unsound state.
In the Penshuest petty sessions before Mozera and others a defendant was ordered to pay compensation within the next month or face further action. A defendant named Avie was fined for drunken and disorderly conduct with costs. Another offender paid fines for coarse language. The court adjourned.
The Cavendish School hosts the quarterly Board of Advice meeting. Minutes from prior sessions were read and confirmed. A report from the late conference in Melhourne addressed education department inquiries and board views on aging dames. Visitors were named for the next year including Mr Hi, Mr Anderson, Mer Forsyth, and Mr Brew with affiliated correspondent schools.
A foggy Saturday in Hamilton saw Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales begin a royal tour from the Commercial Hotel to the rail station. The crowd cheered as the party departed, with guards, officials, and townsfolk lining the streets and stations from Hamilton to Ararat and Ballarat. The event included schoolchildren singing God Save the Queen and a careful procession, though fog limited views along the way.
At Et Malbourne ground on Saturday fans clashed after a dispute over Barnes, the Parliament librarian, playing for Hotham. The South Melbourne team refused to take the field, anger rising as officials and crowd struggled amid stones and riotous shouts before the fixture ended unresolved and players retreated to the pavilion.
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