06 Feb 1903
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Newspaper
Queanbeyan Observer
Location
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 06, 1903
Page
1
A catalog style notice touts New Year cards calendars books toys and gift items with post by mail orders and school discounts. It highlights leather goods photo frames games and dolls and invites orders by post with prompt service and 1903 Australian diaries.
A fragmented local directory lists residents and officials including John Gale J P and Thos Ruttedge with court and electoral references. It records court schedules at Queanbeyan Bungendore Gunderoo and Captain s Flat, with proclamations by officials such as H J Joffrays and D Wright and notes on May trials and defunct sessions.
The article outlines postal charges and service bounds within the colony and overseas. It lists towns and regions covered, rates for letters and cards, prepaid options, and rules for registered letters and postal notes. It mentions international destinations including the United Kingdom and British territories, with payment methods and expiration terms.
A Chambers Journal piece recalls Jenner the Barkley doctor seeking a baby for experiments to prove immunity from smallpox. Parents would gain £100 if the child died and a cottage with a plot plus weekly pay if he lived to sixty. An old peasant from Berkley reportedly benefited in old age from this arrangement.
Advertisements accepted until 0am on Tuesdays and Fridays Special Late Ads due by 11am Alterations for Contract Advertisements must reach by 9am on Mondays and Thursdays
Postage rates list for the OBSHAVAR after January 1 1908 to any address in the States. In advance per quarter two shillings sixpence, per annum five pounds. Booked per quarter thirty eight shillings and threepence. Published by Fartice Gaur & Co dated 1st December 1902.
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