Immigrant Laborers and Fodder Trade Across the Essex
A mixed list reports Scottish immigrant farm laborers by the Essex, molasses and fodder goods, polo matches with Molong defeating Dubbo, and notes on local figures. It records deaths of Forbes pioneer Thomas 88, Mrs. Drew the western horse trainer’s wife, and re elected Forbes P P Board directors. Other items include horse racing, insurance policy growth, water meter appeals, a Casstlereigh candidate, a Gulgong accident, Empire Day celebrations, a Melrose Plains wedding, and railway tax in New South Wales with rate disparities.
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Essex
Giison Bnos
Dubbo
Thomas
Forbes District
St. Simon
Ragland
Persimmon, & Son
Han
Sydney
Wellington
Drew
Jack” Drew
Forbes P.P
H. W. Hall
Parkes
Condobolin
A.T. Haley
Booberdi
A.M.P. Bociety
Bociety
A. Nyngan
Donald Fletcher
Bolagala
Coonamble
Casstlereigh
Gulgong
Thomas Cross
London
Melrose Plains
Btowart L. Bryan
Mina Hlize Tout
Thos
New South Wales
Wool auction season nears end with record year total
Confidence in wool prices grows as private treaty sales fall short of expectations. Next sales in this centre are scheduled for the 14th 19th and 20th to close the current wool year. Remnants should be sent to reach Sydney in time for inclusion. Total sales reach 24823 bales with 25000 bales likely before year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woos
Manxer
Sydney
Lover's Quarrel Ends With Nose Bite at Dunedin
A sensational incident in Dunedin on Saturday involves Thomas Mackay aged 25 biting off part of Eliza Mary Hall's nose, aged 21. The couple once planned marriage in Melbourn, Mackay's birthplace, but the bride-to-be returned to Dunedin. The attack allegedly occurred while they walked together, leaving Hall permanently disfigured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunedin
Thomas Mackay
Eliza Mary Hall
Macka
Melbourn
Mackay
Miss Hall
Cremations in England rise from 3 to 743 by 1908
An elderly woman in Southwark England died from blood poisoning linked to a device described as chapped bands, amid a discussion of cremation counts showing 3 in 1885 and 743 in 1908.
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England
Southwark
Eng
Why Not Be Fair Carruthers Wakes a Great Noise
Carruthers raises a heated dispute over saving the Peel River Estate with State funds. He argues the estate has long paid land tax at a low valuation and faces a proposed sale at a much higher price per acre. The issue contrasts unimproved tax value with the buyer receiving improved land value.
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Gundagai
Carruthera
Peel River
Cobb and Co Pioneer James Rutherford Honored at Lithgow Banquet
A Lithgow banquet praised Western pioneer James Rutherford, longtime head of Cobb and Co. He was born in August 1847 in Erie County New York, moved to Victoria in 1853, joined Cobb and Co. in Victoria, and became a partner in New South Wales. He helped expand Cobb and Co. coaches across Queensland and Australia, with claims of up to 5000 horses in harness at peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lithgow
James Rutherford
Cobb and Co
Mr. Rutherford
Erie County
New York State
U.S.A
Victoria
Ime
New South Wales
Queensland
Cobb, and Co
Australia
Bobb and Co
Bold Clerk Provokes Pay Rise In Melbourne Firm
A Melbourne clerk challenged a busy chief at a large house over wages. The brash youth claimed £150 overpay, mistaking the boss for unaware. After a brief exchange the manager was instructed to set Brown’s salary at £200 a year, the old man’s final rebuke to a presumptive upstart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Hia den
Brown
Parkes Notes Benefit Archdeacon Nield Farewell
Local items from Parkes note dry weather hurting butterfat prospects, the death of Mrs Chatien Yarret in Sydney, a bare knuckle eight round bout between Moloney and Dunn, and a warm farewell to Archdeacon Nield. The Mayor praised his twenty years in Parkes and his hospital and railway work, presenting gifts as the community bids farewell after 75 000 miles of travel and 3000 sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moloney
Dunn
Eden George
Archdeacon Nield
Wyalong
Parkes
Masonic Hall
Lachlan
Government Savings Bank of New South Wales Sydney Notice
Government Savings Bank of New South Wales Sydney outlines loan terms for freeholds and purchases. It details advance limits, security conditions, repayment periods up to 31 years, and where to inquire at local offices and the Lands Agent, A MacIntosh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Savings Bank OF New South Wali ET
Sydney
Savings Bank Department
A. Macintosh
Willa W. OM. Wood
J Simone
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hearnes
Hearne
W. G. Hearne
Geelong
Largast Wool Sailing House
Australasia
Dalgetyé Company Wool, Grain & Produce Brokers
Behute, Bell & Co
Cobb & Co
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