Rest of Australia wins Gregory benefit match by eight wickets
The Gregory benefit match in New South Wales saw Rest of Australia defeat Gregory by eight wickets. Total receipts reached £788 with Gregory slated to receive about £650. Other items note shootings by country girls, a kangaroo attack on Mr Noonan, and political updates from the Labor Party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory
New South Wales
Rest of Australia
Grenfell
Nellie McCue
Gulgong
Page
Noonan
P. Noonan
Lithgow
Camden
Open Column Letter Attacks Peak Hill Aldermen over Council Handling
E J H Williams of Sydney blasts five Peak Hill aldermen for contemptible behavior at the last council meeting. He commends Aldermen Gibson and Bakes for integrity, condemns the mayor and Morris, and questions Williams versus mayor credibility. He urges production of the disputed list to prove fault beyond doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Peak Hill
Gibson
Bakes
Williams
Davey
Lem
Morris
God
E. J. H. Williams
G.P.O
Sydney
Express
E.J.H.W
Wellington Cemetery disturbance and local mine notes
A pensioner had a month’s pension docked for causing a disturbance during a burial at Bodan gara Cemetery. An Indian man, Nizan Deem, was fined £9 10s for wounding a horse. A man was arrested for stealing a swag. fingerprints linked him to prior Sydney burglaries. A Cobar syndicate mines copper near the Burrell Ranges close to the Stringer mine owned by Wellington Railway Syndicate. A tunnel runs about 50 feet with a 100 foot incline. ore contains barium, gold, and silver. Fifty tons of ore are being broken and baked.
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Bodangara
Hoe
Nizan Deem
Steele
Sydney
Cobar
Burrell Ranges
Stringer
Wellington Railway Syndicate
Telegraph Operators Earn Up To 190 Pounds Per Year
Sweated telegraph operators with twenty years in service receive annual wages ranging from 100 to 190 pounds, reflecting long service and demanding duties in the telegraph system.
Sydney Politician Tales and Plague in Australia News
A column reflects on Australian politics and public life with remarks on population dreams, ministerial travel, and imperial connections. It notes public figures like Deakin and Lyne, bids on railway and mountain reserves, plague reports in Sydney, a suicide near North Sydney, and boxing matches in Melbourne and Sydney as part of a broad 1900s Commonwealth snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Deakin
South Africa
Lyne
John Lee
Persia
Public Works Committee
Sydney
Peak Hill
Baker
N.8.w
England
Kingston
House of Representatives
Tie
Jamaica
N.S.W. Cricket Association
Carruthers
Roull
Senate
Hogue
Miraculous Escape at Parkes from Flourmill Belt
Atrynep Bubo, 21, survived a deadly incident at Parkes on Monday when Budd, a worker at Mulier and Cy.'s flourmills, fell from a landing and became entangled in a belt. He freed himself with one arm, ejecting the belt from the wheel and escaping serious injury. He suffered a severe shake and minor wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atrynep Bubo
Parkes
Budd
Messrs
Mulier
Railway League Names Witnesses For Public Works Committee
The Railway League week ended with President Mr. R Newbigging chairing. It was resolved to call a list of witnesses including J Boufler W A Lampe A W Taylor R Newbigging J Morris and others to appear before the Public Works Committee with a brief on topics. The President will decide who else may be added. The Masonic Hall was proposed to host the hearings as court-house facilities were deemed inadequate. Mr A Stewart Parkes provided guidance on best methods to present evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railway League
R Newbigging
DeLacy
Bouffler
Public Works Committee
Masonic Hall
Court House
A. Stewart
Parkes
Beal
The Coming Election in Ashburnham Seat
The Labour organisation appears nearly complete with a solid block vote ready to support the chosen candidate. The opposing side has yet to act, and without real organization the seat may swing easily to Labour.
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Forbes
Ashburnham
Labour
Sheep for Sale Near Peak Hill and Forbes 1907
Issued February 15 1907 a large consignment of mixed age and breed ewes wethers and hoggets offered near Peak Hill and Forbes. The sale lists thousands of sheep including 2500 ewes rising 4 tooth with various marks 140 ewes full mouthed 100 hoggets and 4000 wethers with 6 and 8 tooth, many lines well shorn and in good condition. Also 1260 wethers 4 6 tooth and 1120 weaners from August and September drop. Prices quoted per head in shillings and pence. There is an unrelated concluding fragment about marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Rama
Shropshire Itams
Loombah
Glayson
Lland
Ewee
Dandaloo
Shropshire Rams
Baker & Spence
Peak Hill
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Labor Party
Watson
Labour Party
Orange
C. McMurtrie
O'Grady
McMurtrie
O'rady
Mike
Patrick
Roy Freeman
Kelso
Bathurst
Crosby
Vardon
John Williams
Klang
Sumeeton
Vic
Durran
Towns
Nepean
Durnan
Yarrabundi
Hell At
Trundle
Forbes District
N.B.W
Millgate Fund
H.N. Gibson
Jas
Barber
D. McAuliffe
J. F. Hodges
HA. L. DeLacy
J. Boutfler
J. W. Strahorn
U i. R. Turner
R. (. Bairstow
J. F. Carmichael
the Express
Wellington News
Sydney Sistings
Zoological Gardens
Charles Davis
Melbourne
A. Cripps
Victoria
Near Peak Hill
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