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Newspaper
Queanbeyan Observer
Location
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
2
The piece lauds the end of the maritime strike and hopes for lasting peace. It warns the near monopoly claims by unions threaten fair employment and costal labor access, arguing union dominance must be limited to prevent industrial oppression and higher public costs.
Reginakl Brennan, 14, faced Braidwood Police Court before J P Mr B Caffey charged with stealing a coat and trousers from Braidwood Hospital where he worked as a wardsman. He admitted the act after being asked to return the items. He had previously been a stew school boy and was fined 46 pounds of one month’s ward.
Maria Byrnes an elderly resident of Goulburn died suddenly from a paralytic stroke. She leaves four sons and one daughter.
Alfred G. R. Fallick testifies as journalist and complainant alleging Jack Mackay assaulted him at Protestant Hall after disputing an unpaid Observer account. Witnesses from the Age and others corroborate the confrontation as Mackay defends and claims payment or pending settlement. Bench finds evidence sufficient, ordering costs and imprisonment in default if unpaid.
The government selected Crown's Paddock land near Lithgow for a federal small arms factory covering between 120 and 30 acres. The project is to cost about £70,000 including equipment, and teachers are to be invited almost immediately per the Defence Minister's statement.
A heavy storm at Bungendore on Saturday night flooded several houses and washed away ballast causing train delays. Roads culverts and fences suffered severe damage while all dams, dry for months, are now full. Some winter grass is expected despite the damage.
Five shooters competed at Jocol Rae with distances noted as 0u and foods 2. Quist won first prize while Poole placed in the mix as a steady competitor. The event saw rapid firing and several consecutive shots with claims of possible records.
In Allendale a 16 year old girl, Lil Yen Bridge, was found murdered in a paddock near her home. The body showed brutal blows and a severed throat, with a young man named Frederick Davis Green arrested in connection with the crime.
Fragmentary text from an OCR page shows garbled dish names and phrases about meals and digestion. It mentions items like liver dishes and constipation, along with scattered proper nouns that are unreadable or misspelled, yielding no clear event or source.
A Monday night tax conference cleared the way for resumed work on coastal wharfs. The Seaman's Union held a large Trades Hall meeting and backed the conference terms, pledging to enforce them fairly. The Merchant Service Guild plans talks within a week, as unrest grows among officers and non union crews return to lay up ships and non union crews.
A letter from the Immigration League of Australasia urges farmers to demand low fare passages for young British lads to Australia. It notes limited supply from Sydney and appeals to Premier Wade to back assisted passages, aiming to attract English Irish and Welsh youths aged about 15 to 20 to farm work and eventual land settlement.
In Murwillambal region, 459 applications were judged for conditional purchase leases at Boat Harbour four miles from town. Applications closed yesterday amid speculative interest and a £15 per acre auction expectation. Deposits reached £75. 6175 already paid. The old courthouse, a weathered former Methodist church, hosts the process amid criticism of the large sums involved.
Numerous brief items from a rural NSW page cover local sports results and upcoming events as well as farm news. Mentions include a concert in Protestant Hall, grazing land leases, a trotting stallion show photo, land-office applications, a Coggrave ng Sports meeting, and various local incidents such as drownings, accidents, and thefts.
Report from Melbourne details Constable Michael Holden not charged with unduly interfering with a girl in Edinburgh Gardens North Fitzroy on a night in April. Holden is dismissed from the force following findings that he drove a youth away then kissed the girl and obtained a promise to meet again.
The Reverend Clatworthy, a pastoralist at Bowenfelly, finds his paddocks plagued by foxes. He spread poison thinking it would kill dogs, but instead found two dead foxes and suspects more. Bait included roasted rabbit and strychnine, with earlier trials using sheep heart and liver.
The Local Option Court, before Judge Fitzhardinge, ordered licenses for several hotels to be redacted or cancelled. Tattersall’s, Werriwa, Rose and Crown, Em Hotel, Coach and Horses, Star, Edinburgh Castle, Royal Binda and others face revocation or renewal delays from dates in 1907 and 1909. The registry records Commissioner Sullivan and Inspector Hoden received thanks for their assist.
Varsens, while operating a ball cutter at Guyra, suffered a severe left hand injury. He was rushed to Armidale Hospital by the final train on Tuesday night, and the limb was amputated above the wrist.
Two elderly travelers living in a caravan estate near Great Marlow and Medmenham claim the open air life has value. Gipsy Cooper, 93, and his wife, aged in their nineties, own three caravans and cultivate a plot of land on three acres. They attend fairs and remain hale and busy.
An old time ad touts Sander & Sons Skin Food as a cure and skin remedy. It promises relief for inflamed skin and irritation across ages while asserting unique humectifying effects and a “not an ordinary face cream” claim from George T. Casrnutt of Chet Queenbeyun.
A seven year old boy Willie Keating was accidentally shot dead while shooting with boys on Sunday at Pitteworth Drisbane by a pea rifle. An inspector A J Manson surveyed Cooma district orchards recently to destroy disease and prune trees. He noted many trees were defective and cotton moths present and urged bines to improve fruit growing for export and local markets.
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