City Council Plans New Municipal Chambers Building
Council presided by Mayor, with Aldermen present, discussed a Sew Municipal Chambers project. Architect J H Bates proposed a scheme costing about £400 with future extensions, to be funded once defeated war considerations resolved. A referendum will be held after plan finalization and architect meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ald
O. J. Morris
Beld
Plana
Sew
J. Hand
T. Wraxer
E. D. Haasheen
R. McLean
0. Murray
J. Bakoa
W. Foulkes
J. H. Bates
Ald. Foulkes
Oe Alsien
McKensey Named Successor for Stipendiary Magistrate Post
Mr. J McKensey who has acted as Police Magistrate for this district since late 1905 is set to be transferred to Broken Hill to take the position of stipendiary magistrate. During his tenure he has earned broad confidence and utmost satisfaction across all classes.
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J. McKensey
Thie
McKensey
Our Member's Challenge in Parliament Stirred by Land Scandals
The letter mocks Eden George challenging Holman and condemns the Labour Party amid land scandals. It predicts Holman will avoid facing the Ashburnham member and suggests public indignation.
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Eden George
Holman
Parkes Exaarsen
Labour Party
Akness
Ashburnham
Queer accident at Charlestite on Queensland border
A selector named George Dean bound a kangaroo with twine when a wallaby appeared. The dog attacked, severing the master's thumb with the twine as the hound bit. The animal then ate the thumb. Crime reportedly declines in New South Wales, or police are lazier, with fewer convictions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestite
Queensland
George Dean
N.S.W
Brief, scattered items on politics and public life
Odds and ends from regional affairs include election campaign remarks by candidates in Budi and other districts, a Northern Rivers man claiming to harvest 26 bags of corn daily, and remarks by Archbishop Donaldson on formal titles. Other notes mention bank officers facing prison, peak Hill chamber costs, Victorian fox issues, NSW taxation, and a quip about Premier Carruthers’ Coramba trip.
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Aes Sonadt
B. Luney
Dungog
Northern Rivers
Budi
Donaldson
Queensland
America
Foulkes
Peak Hill
Vitoria
Victoria
Coramba
Neuchatel
Switzerland
Sporting Mems and Historic Notes From The Era
Injuries hit three footballers at Orange with collar bone skull fracture and ankle dislocation. England cricket captaincy unsettled as Jackson declines. New England West Queensland score 1 to 3. Victorian cricketer Robert McLeod dies aged 39. Forbes Show stakes include £50 trot £25 hunts and £10 high jump. Early cricket legality notes and Kent Sussex match in 1735. Metropolitan versus Counts rivalry amid crowd cries Go it bush. A London court recalls a gambler’s tale of liners to New York and mug rocking on voyages. Moral: never gamble with chance traveling acquaintance.
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Orange
Jackson
Australia
N.E.W
Queensland
Robert McLeod
Forbes
Allcomer
England
Kent
Sussex
Bevenoske
Counts Tookall
Bydney
Bush
London
King’s
New York
Bridge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Council
Howard
Court House
Byrne & Co
F. Armandon
J. Horrigan
MR. McKenbey
P.M
ROYAL
Graham
Ola
Glasheen & Scourfield
Caswell Street
Algo
Tronmongery
Holloware
Galvanised Ware
Colonial Produce, &c
Thos. Hand
G.P.O
Sydney
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