Items of Interest From Across the Empire and Colonies
Parliament likely prorogued in December. Dr Mack of Sydney earns about £5000 a year. Plans to convene temperance groups across the State. Miners by Now- three mines idle. Quarrymen in Coleraine Vic find a live frog in a stone cavity. J S Withington to be publicly honoured by Blayney friends. Molasses cure shows cancer cases in Goulburn. Randall Johnston awarded £106,502 for Te Arai Estate, Poverty Bay. Orange papers note a duck egg inside a normal egg. A major wheat grower near Grenfell expected to reap 76 000 bags. Colourfast fabrics questioned by a customer. running colors warned. Freezing works for grasshoppers proposed. swelting works suggested. Hospital average daily patients last month is 4. Accounts for month total £54 11s 10d. Maitland district reports a family with 28 children and descendants. A disastrous worm in Longreach caused unroofed buildings. cottage struck by lightning and burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Mack
Nde
Coleraine
Vic
Withington
M.L.A
Blayney
Goulburn
Randall Johnston
Te Arai
Poverty Bay
Tt Fo
Australia
Grenfell
Cossnock
Maitland
Longreach
Thunderstorm ignites Bathurst exchange fire
Lightning struck the switchboard at the Telephone Exchange in Bathurst during a Sunday storm and the flames were quickly put out. Plans to erect morgues at the Hospital saw tender closings extended to November with plans and specs available at the secretary’s office. An Inverell Auburn Vale Estate sale week yielded 48 blocks totaling 3405 acres selling for 26814 pounds. A Clerkenwell man accused of drunkenness claimed wife’s triplets drove him to drink, and the magistrate released him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bathurst
Auburn Vale
Inverell
Clerkenwell
England
Oddfellows Hold Sports At Tomingley
Nominations close with secretary Me F G Maker tomorrow for the Sheffield Handicap Wheel Race and Oddfellows Footrace. On Monday next the day features sports at Tomingley with £15 in prize money and a grand ball to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomingley
Sheffield
Me. F. G. Maker
Cricket Match Slated At Parkes Parken CC
A cricket match is arranged for Parken CC at Parkes on Monday with a 12 player side listed including J Whiting A Meal A Mortig H McCastail W Brown Tf Baker ds Medakill W Dent Matton D Rushworth M Morrin J Hallinan Patteraun Me Coopee Davin van to convey the team. Members are asked to confirm on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parken CC
Parkes
J. Whiting
A. Meal
A. Mortig
H McCastail
W. Brown
Tf Baker
Ds Medakill
W. Dent
Matton
D. Rushworth
M. Morrin
J. Hallinan
Patteraun
Coopee Davin’ van Has Bee
Yarkes
Wool market steadies despite global financial unrest
Commercial news notes that financial unease in the United States and Europe has not yet caused a panic, while gold reserves drift outward. Woolprices for medium to superior qualities hold firm amid strong demand, with buyers competing for top lots. Inferior descriptions suffer price weakness due to burr and seed issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scuvra, Bett, & Co
United States
Europe
Tocke
England
America
The Quirindi Murder Trial and Imminent Execution
Tut Executive Council orders the law to take its course in the case of George Tofft sentenced to death at Tamworth for the murder of Maud Fletcher. The execution is planned to occur about November 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tut Executive Council
George Tofft
Tamworth
Maud Fletcher
Gekady
Owner Seeks Missing Half Gallon Copper Measure
A half gallon copper lined measure found in a street guitar after a Sunday morning incident prompts an owner to claim it. It is suggested the item be rented to revelers planning after hours outings, with a cork advised to prevent further spills into street gutters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surukant McLeay
Toria
GONNINGTON TRISH MOSS Advertised Medicine
An old advertisement promotes GONNINGTON TRISH MOSS a standard family medicine for coughs colds chest ailments and related respiratory conditions in a historic 19th century catalog style.
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Peak Hill
Harrison, Jones & Devlin, Limes
Lission
Monts
Circular Quay
Hearne
W. G. Hearne
Geelong
Victoria
Parma
Saxuse
Woodan
Byaney
Uis
Mre
Dell Minien
Beale & Co., Ltd
Fe Enty Ustraiien
Tran Elimaton
Tomingley Sports
Wool Report
Quirindi
Riverview
Ax Traven
SuaKouNpixe
Federation
Challenger
Murchioneas
Robert
Ball Farmer's
Hoskinon
Windsor
Robert W
Sydoe
Leo
H. Swain
Poak Hill
Gonnington
Trish Moss
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