24 Feb 1905
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Newspaper
Queanbeyan Leader
Location
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 24, 1905
Page
1
A fatality occurred on the Mount Lyell haulage line on Saturday when loaded trucks toppled, killing miner Wallace and injuring two others. The incident left the trucks smashed and prompted local reporting amid a broad summary of NSW and Sydney industry activity and labor notes.
Henry Fielder pleads guilty in Gouibarn Quarter Sessions to stealing a lamb from Henry Larkheam of Voss Bowl and is sentenced to six months hard labor with two years of good behavior sureties. In Russia Grand Duke Sergios is killed when a carriage is struck by a bomb, after which political turmoil and worker strikes surge across St. Petersburg. Additional factory closures in Lodz displace 45,000 workers while a Commons vote on Chinese labor in the Transvaal fails. A London billiards match features a high break, and Cardinal Moran questions the word socialism. The Orieba wreck off Garden Island remains unresolved.
A fragmented lyric tale follows a speaker recalling courting Susan Vane, her bright eyes, and a beacon of happiness despite fear and pain. The piece shifts to a reflective moral about worry, resilience, and facing hardship with a brave heart and steady spirit.
Contemporaries Tas Newsletter features a rough cartoon of Reid and satirical notes on press liberalism and political figures. It notes a damaged Yooval Union Church repaired with a farmer's devil, plus Bul-letin quips on Salvation Army boot trade in Australia and a Ralf Bolderwood reference. It mentions Miss Hazeltine's amusement at Trangie and Gundagai jailbreak echoes, Rose Scott child evidence stance, and sugar output in Queensland.
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