Manilla District Death Inquest and Council clash
An inquiry into John Hugh Cameron's death in Manilla was led by Coroner J.D. Kennedy. Witnesses described a self inflicted gunshot after a period of despondency. The coroner ruled death caused by a self inflicted bullet while temporarily deranged. The issue at hand also notes a heated council meeting in Manilla District with the town clerk and mayor clashing over a report and procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hugh Cameron
J.D. Kennedy
G.I. Cameron
Seone
W. P. Watson
Manilla
Malone
Dr. Waterhouse
Waterhouse
Railway Hill
R. F. Loseby
Saya
Richmond River Herald
Poem fragment on noble deeds and kindness amid greed
A reflective verse urges selflessness as a cloud to life’s page. It praises aiding a gasping stranger and enduring hardship, linking generosity to preventing despair and a symbolic healing of weakness and danger.
What is a sport as a moral ideal in old style prose
A fragmented excerpt defines sport as a man who acts honestly and fair, loses and hopes ceaselessly, accepts outcomes calmly, differs fairly, behaves with courtesy, lives generously, and follows a steady, upright path as a social ideal. The text uses archaic phrasing and includes stray letters and misprints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ware
Coraki Municipal Council humorist letter on drain faults
A letter signed A Lever Keeper of the Drain to the Coraki Council complains the clerk blames him for drain neglect. Lever, amid floods and public safety concerns from snakes in the drain, offers to use a bottle to tickle snakes if officials join him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coraki Municipal
A. Lever
K.O.T.D
Robson
Council
Fresh meat scarce in Gilbert and Ellis Islands report
The senior medical officer Dr D Young who arrived in Sydney said there was no fresh meat in the Gilbert and Ellis Islands. Inhabitants survive on chicken eggs and fish, with meat only on ship arrivals. He notes the diet did not impair white health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert and Ellis Islands
D. Young
Sydney
Islands
Tiger killed after residents spot big striped cat in NSW districts
The Temora and Young districts reported a large striped cat, described as a huge tiger cat once common in the state, was killed after an attack by a dog. Kathleen Briggs found it in Mopppity Yard, and it hid behind troughing before dying. The writer notes the animal’s size and grey color with dark stripes and jokes about council matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temora
Young
Kathleen Briggs
J. Briggs
Mopppity Read
Fowlhouse
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Palais Theatre
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Pan
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Laurel & Hardy
Port” and Gazette
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Horne
Menié
Buena Vista
P. Healing
G. Russell
Quick
Watts
Pheljan
Mises Quick
Mra Hobson
Norrin
Phean
Wilkinson
Woods
Isa
U Bal
Compethion
Iit’ Nati Wendie
de Wein
Amd
Bona Ade
Seerey
Mieer
Resey
Win
Whee
Weet
A. Rochfort
Apia
Bow & Sons
Cash & Carry
Esrestom
S. Bow. & Sons
J. T. Robertson ‘and Co
General Carriers
Spirit Atlantic
Yorkshire Life and Fire Insurance
Flathead
Smiles & Co
Canberra
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