Curiosities and Crises Fill NSW News Sheet
A Sydney daily reviews political retirements and local incidents from Dick’s retirement talk to a Bland mine fire that roasted a child. It notes bank profits, teacher pay debates, tiger lore near Mt Bodangora, a doggerel of local misfortunes, and oddities like a freak pig and a tiger scare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Commercial Bank of Australia
Wolgan
Bland
Brock
Jovanan
J'S.p
Peak Hill
J. W. Lees
Tomingley
George Parker
Ooonabarrabran
Paddy Slavin
Dawson City
Alaska
Commonwealth
Gravea
George Bolton
Trunkey
Mt. Bodangora
Wellington
Andrew Zall
D. Simpson
Forbes
Mary Josephine Dewar
Dewar
Express
Mount Prospect
Works Lee
Casino Salvation Rmg
W. Bell
Manildra
Commonwealth Public Service
A. W. Taylor and Co
Pouk Hill
J. W. Loos
Copper Lodes Reported at Tun Sydney Wallaroo Mines
The Tun Sydney Wallaroo Copper Company has paid a second instalment to vendors. In the No. 1 shaft 18ft from the surface a large carbonate lode rich in copper about 10 per cent has been found. At 40ft further they reach the footwall. A productive shoot in the old Carolina Pig-stye shaft carries good ore. Bally Plain Syndicate reports 16ft driven east at 55ft level. Monarch mine shows a slide in No. 1 shaft at 110ft cutting the lode. at 155ft the lode widens to about 20m with peacock ore and quartz veins. The Iron Duke shaft in 50ft lode shows a cross cut 20ft long with green and blue carbonate stains and iron gossan bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tun
Sydney- Wallaroo Copper Company
Old
Carolina
Bally Plain Syndicate
Monarch
Down
Judging Quirk at a Poultry Exhibition
An old exhibition story recounts a judge in high spirits awarding top prizes to a single Minorca pullet. He pointed to No. exhibit as first then rushed between cages declaring No. 9 second and third, prompting the steward to protest. The judge defended the bird as a real good one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minorca
No. 9
Japan Facts and Misleading Claims in Early Report
A compilation of dubious and outdated statements about Japan notes demographics, titles, court life, customs, and currency. It makes unverified claims on the Mikado, Empress, and Crown Prince, and includes sensationalized notes on forests, cherries, burial posture, and social behavior with no corroborating sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaras
Mustu Hito
Yoshi Hito
Japan
Tokio
St. Petersburg
To the Electors
An exhortation urges electors to review the electoral roll now on view at post offices and court houses. It calls for careful verification of names and directs reporting errors or omissions to the police.
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MRS. M. Malouf & Son
L-Ssit
W. H. Roache
J. Bakes
W. H. Roache, G. P. Q. R. Stores
James Fay
McDonald & Co
Rabbit Skin Exchange
Dalgety Street
Millers Point
Mining News
Orange Plains
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