Echoes From a distant world and local curiosities
Reports span from Fritz the trotter leaving for New Zealand to rabbits dying near Tumanbil and a Melbourne family poisoned by sheep tongues. A jockey's death, suicides, wrecks, and legal notes mix with farm yields, crossbreed wheats, and stock prices in a bustling district digest.
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Fritz
New Zealand
Tumanbil
Forbes
Melbourne
Doherty
Orange
Anderson
Ballarat
Sydney
N.S.W
Malouf
New South Wales
Towrang
Goulburn
Sunstruck railway guard dies after sunstroke
A Wellington area railway guard and longtime resident died after a sunstrike illness believed caused by a shunting shift. He was in robust health but suffered a sudden headache days earlier and did not recover. His family, especially his aged mother, are deeply grieved.
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Jaums Cena
Wellington
Progress and reform highlighted in 1905 sermon
Quayon Boyce preached in Sydney on New Year’s Eve 1905 praising gains across social issues. He cited child welfare improvements, anti gambling awareness, opium import restrictions, and the Liquor Act as landmark progress alongside growing patriotism and Empire Day.
Remarkable horse jump at Caledonian Sparta grounds
Visitors on Monday watched Dr E P McDonnell's horse perform a remarkable feat. Ridden by Master Wicks, the animal broke loose and then cleared a high barbed wire fence at the southeastern corner with apparent ease, prompting astonishment among onlookers.
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Caledonian Sparta
E. P. McDonnell
Wicks
Forbes Gaserrs
Bushrangers Raid Near Canowindra Foiled by Police Patrol
In June 1865 reports note Hall and his gang sighting near Canowindra. Police, including Herbert Cook and a black tracker, pursued a suspicious hut party. Herbert left to scout the hut and was fired on, receiving a wound to the cheek while another shot grazed his saneys, hindering recovery.
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Panagna
Hall
Canowindra
Taos Herbert
Cook
Herbert
Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets Show Benefit
A clipped antique ad notes search for a better medicine for stomach liver or bowel disorders. It claims Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets have restored hundreds of sick people and promises relief from nervousness and fatigue.
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Chamberlain
Seppe
Holey
Gino
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Australia
W H. Hall
Sam Hordern
Athony Hordern & Sons
Sam
Sir Tok See
Bertha Krupp
Krupp
Gibson
Peak Hill
W. B. Wynne
Stock & General Commission
The
London & Lancashire : Fire Insurance Co
McKinlay, Reilly
General Commission
Tomingley
R. J. Edwards
London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Coy
Ideal
Koeruby
Coomber & Baker
Express
Thomas Pearce
Parkes
Alfred E. McIntosh
McLean's
Whelan & Gilcreest, Solicitors
Forbes and Parkes
M. J. Gincreest
Peak Hill Courts
Enterprise Law and Planing Mills
Ali
Ivered
T. D. Oxley
Alf. Kahle
Plymounds
HAWES
London
Pitt Street
W. Gordon Pixon
Arch. D. Stobo
H. N. Gibson
F.mcatamney Wholesale & Retail
Beef & M Upton
Insectibane
Recke, Tompeitt & Co
Social Progress
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