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Newspaper
Hamilton Spectator
Location
Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 20, 1909
Page
4
Incomplete OCR fragment reports a tender or deed event dated March 15 1905. Names appear as Talay, We Tredrm, Molly, Ioana, and Beodiga with unclear relations. No clear place or organization is identifiable and the text remains muddy.
Subdivision sale of North Konong Wootong Estate near Coleraine will be run by Merers Dalgety and Co for seven years, with many buyers expected Monday March 23. Hamilton General Sessions opens Thursday with two theft cases against Alfred Ashby and George Golleotly, plus insolvency actions. The Ballarat Nazareth House children’s band visit features and a performance at Loreto convent praised by Father Rhonshan.
Youthful visitors from Loreto convent entertain a crowd as they are greeted by Father Shanghan and local officials. Philip Newbury's concert party, with Rosina Buchmann and others, heads to Hamilton next Sunday. State school appointments name Miss Bran and Miss Patching as junior teachers. Macarthen Tack Wicket plans a Wednesday event with the Hamilton Orchestra. Nature study excursion to Portland postponed due to inspector unavailability. Various treasury accounts and parcels unsettled at Hamilton station. Local notices report a fatal lambstone accident at Kilmore cemetery and a dynamite charge arrest at Beechworth.
Hamilton Presbyterian director Bry HB announces readiness to teach mice production and pianoforte at the Thomson Street studio. Pupils include Mr Spry and others. Melbourne connections noted. Later, Owen J. Cullen, son of Guillen, VG.A., of Kerany, was dragged by a bolt horse for over a mile on Thursday. Fees entangled, Cullen fainted as a peselng vehicle occupant refused aid fearing consequences.
The St Georges Society held its annual meeting in the Foresters Hall with Vice President A Greed presiding. The annual report outlined receipts of £3 0s 1d and a credit balance of £1 1s 8d including £21 3s donated for Eyopice Day prize fund, plus a lengthy discussion on membership rules and a compromise on entry fees and privileges for ladies and couples.
A fragmented notice from Thursday March 1 1909 lists Ceccone Market items including sheep and various goods. Reads like an old market reprint with prices and terms unclear in places. Details are partially garbled but indicate livestock and merchandise for sale with price ranges.
The Automobile Association mounted a seven mile long motor column from London to Hastings, 72 miles, to test wartime practicality. In 36 hours 280 cars in 2.5 ton motor lorries participated with minor interruptions noted.
Liberal MP A. M'Laren for Biomercehtes computes 20,000 rats in Great Britain with £16 15,000 in damage and introduces a bill to extirpate the pest.
Frederice Harrison, noted writer and Liberal figure, argues against militarism in a London dispatch. He criticizes postwar naval estimates and warns that even cautious plans could harden arms dynamics and favor Germany. The Times is cited as advocating cautious measures.
London dispatch notes Mr Payne's tariff plan proposes restoring Dingley era duties, raising revenue by eight to ten million sterling, cutting duties on third class wool cloth and leather by fifteen percent, and maintaining retaliation against British patents.
Report summarizes a muddled cricket scene listing captains from Yorkebies Buskex and Sirrey with brief notes on their roles and the match context. The passage references Pry tie csp tain and Leveson in a terse, unclear update about leadership in a central confrontation.
A fragment notes tension between Mafia elements and Mr. Bishop the American consul at Palermo over incitement to authorities. Agnosi-related aspect remains unclear in the garbled text.
London wool sale opens with Wool Lady enjoying the keenest demand as rates for all ports rise. Marine and port prices advance about ten percent above opening prices.
London report says eight thousand postmen joined the strike, leaving six million letters and 273000 telegrams undelivered. Postal business is in a state of utter confusion as offices delay service and queues grow.
The butter market remains very fat with prime nominally adanged while the wheat market holds firm, indicating divergent commodity trends.
Reports from Persiatate state that the Nationaliste at Bsrdar Abbas on the Peraina Gulf have deposed the governor and assumed control of the customs. The move signals a shift in local authority and trade oversight in the region.
A Friday brief notes a large party of agricultural workers in Southeastern Russia seeking passage to New South Wales, Australia, amid immigration interest and travel plans.
In the Commons Mr With stated that if the naval programme accelerations continued, four Dreadnoughts would be laid down in April. Exposed members strongly objected to the qualified promissory pledge by the Prime Minister.
Ballarat Cup meeting concludes with handicap results. Winners listed include Pasanoteap Joan in a postured Balhavetn Handicap, and Coquette among others. Purses and placements feature a range of entries such as Gerald Mick and Wirrogah, with multiple horses noted across events.
The fragment outlines an odd retail price market summary with scattered terms like Wheat and Velvet, citing various prices and items. It references Northern territory prices and mentions units and months, presenting a garbled register of retail pricing data.
Fragmented OCR text shows a government gazette with scattered names and place references such as Kadnack and Valpara, including officials like J. A. Camnill and W. J. Rockwell. The document lists numerous personal names, places, and tax-like mentions, but readable context is minimal and uncertain.
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