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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 21, 1899
Page
5
The case against Mayurra Council over the Mayurra Estate valuation ended January 20 with the court cutting the annual rental from £850 to £410 and noting the dispute was unnecessary. Each party bears its own costs. Also an Institute Classes exam reviewed with six members completing the grammar paper and five submitting results.
The Barrett Bros. take over S A Brewin 40s Maltings interest as malting barley buyers. Adelaide potato prices sit at £4 10s with Melbourne showing sales. Mount Gambier’s value drifts. Millicent school board seeks education improvements from Education Minister Jenkins. drainage plans for Penola and Bool Lagoon to be reviewed in about two weeks. A Beachport Millicent cricket match is moved to January 18. Western Victoria thrashers push 12s per hundred bushels amid cartel tensions. Australian Natives Art Union ticket sales raise funds for hospitals and charities, with prizes up to £1,000 and a world-trip for the top winner. South Australian cricket team tour details noted amid schedule confusion.
In a 1899 exchange Donald McArthur defends his claim to a prize fowl and asserts willingness to abide by a committee decision. He notes Foster first claimed ownership of the 8.6 bird, challenged his claim at the late show, and proposes forfeit to the winner with no conditions while pressing for the umpire arrangement.
A district poll will be held Saturday January 28 in May u rrs and Mount Muirhead to gauge ratepayers on subsidising a Cottage Hospital in Milli cent. The plan contends the hospital will be self supporting after initial funding. nursing salaries lighting and food costs are outlined with patients paying for meals. Estimated total cost is 465 pounds with 135 cash contributed and 300 in premises. a subscribers list will be available at the Times Office January 24.
A fragment from a small item notes a pymegetie Disk or plate connected with Tarvany and F F.W. The readable text hints at pride or a commemorative plate but details are unclear.
A letter laments Beachport cricket woes citing prices for a Millicent dinner and delays in rewards for a batting pipe. The item notes a telegram misfire delaying a match, jokes about expenses, and hints at local disdain for cricket economics amid broader ad text on dubious patent cures.
The article reports on political maneuvering in Victoria and South Australia as Parliament debates federation bills and elections. It notes Jamaica Kingston’s adjournment, possible election postponement to April, and a conference in Melbourne. It describes candidate field confusion, a fading South Australian crisis, and Legislative Council actions on referendum and appropriations amid government supply disputes.
General news items cover AMP Society activity in Australia with a £3,250,000 figure for last year, Spain's colonial disposition, proposed time changes in South Australia, day labour trials on the Neverthe to Woarren line, and doubts about the Desrmament Conference prospects. Cooks Excursions are abolished with SA Government taking charge of cheap excursions. Wheat crop prospects in B.A. are favorable yet famine fears and price rises occur in Adelaide. Machinery delicacy for minting and ocean tables for trillions are noted along with a death in the Hoothby family.
The item notes Roper's wire-haired terrier Go Bang sold for £500 and cites Melbourne Police Court handling a theft charge over stolen fowl. It cites New Zealand Old Age Pension plans causing pension claims, Andrée’s polar expedition, Kaiser era debate, and racing club betting totals from £77 to £21,455 as part of a broad, vivid Australia-wide news roundup.
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