We bank note mistaken for Ten Pounds misleads Glebe keeper
A customer paid with a bank note thought to be a tenner, but the note was misread as a ten pound piece and the recipient handed £5398 in change. Separate items report NSW exhibits prep, cane harvest prospects, a Coff’s Harbour fishing loss, a cattle sale, a fire at Kogarah, a Jenolan Caves accident, and Mr. Kidman aiding farmers amid rain fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
Bailina
Coff's Harbor
Sydney Kidman
Homebush
Alfred Goddard
Kogarah
Jenolan
Mondsy
W. Batchelor
Batchelor
Enougl
France
Germany
Kidmen
South Australia
Kidman
Wool Auctions Open on War-Torn Market in Sydney
Standing room only marked the opening day of public wool sales in the Commonwealth under wartime conditions. Prominent buyers from Great Britain, America, and Japan competed as Yorkshires and Sydneysiders led demand. Merinos fell 5 to 10 percent while crossbreds rose 5 to 10 percent. Many EU sellers were absent, reshaping bids and catalogues as traders adapted to local storage and shifting regional demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
Europe
United Kingdom
Ely
Seaboard
Japan
Kopean
Herrison, Jones, Nod Devlin, Ltd
Great Britain
America
Lucky Corner
Coonamble
Rewarrina
Droithwigie
Forbes
Cobar
Combadillod Moree Ltd
Woolingary
Sydney
Melbourne
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd
Berm
Yorkshire
Joes Mills
War
Kaiser Bill mock poem and Corowa tragedy
A humorous verse ridicules Kaiser Bill amid a World War I tone, while a separate report details a terrible fire at Corowa where three cousins aged around three perished in straw stack flames despite efforts to save them. The incident notes smoky danger and fatal burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corowa
Doys
Lus
Bush
Kernagen
James
Mechanics Institute Opens New Building Plans
The committee discussed the official opening and invited Minister Carmichael to fix a date, preferably a Saturday. The library was to move to the new premises and be used as if opened. A new iron fence and gates were proposed, and funds reallocated to support the building occupation on 27th instant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
A.C. Venme
G. R. W. McDonald
M.L. A
Education
Mr. Carmichael
Carmichael
Brown
Waysadang
W. C. Grantham
Institute
Sheridan
Mit
Wayland
Johnstone
War reports crowd Ostend and Lille battle lines
London dispatches say Allies retook Ostend and press gains along the Arras La Bassee front. German siege lines hold east of Belfort. Belgian forces defend Yser as heavy fighting continues near Ypres. A Japanese cruiser was sunk in Kau Chao Bay with 271 dead. A railway worker dies after collapse at Campsie while reading the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Ostend
London
Cologne
Belford
France
Vosges
Jura
Kau Chao Bay
Warsaw
Gelicia
Turkey
Goeben
Breslau
George Reid
Chainer
Arrass
la Bassee
Wstaires
Saine Mezaire
Lys
Lille
Roulers
Niepart
Loo
Yser
Ypres
Armentiess
Fuytes Amd la Basse
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F. A
I Pastoral
Producea
Harrison Jones
Devlin
Harold Veness
Walter Jackson
Suildings
San Lea
Sloat
Manilla Motor Garage
Strafford & Rowan
Alieni
Mantova
L.J Mantova
Ing
H. Bell and Co
Mandura
J. A. Clyde
Mores
J. G. Syme
Ero Ror
Bill
Louvain
Kaiser Sir
Ani
Kaiser Bill
Paris
Sancho Panza
Berlin
Potsdam
Mr. Grongw
Station St
Seymour
Vic
Chemille
Pallamalawa
Morenistrict
Fean
Mechanics Institute
K. Briscombe
Mr. Briscombe
Colin Robert Totfoh
Campsie
Unl
Carriae
Widthin
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