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Newspaper
Queanbeyan Observer
Location
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 30, 1901
Page
3
A garbled, OCR like report mentions frost, weather shifts, and varied incidents across cities. References include Sydney, Jermyn, and London area events with mentions of a hospital, a campaign, and political figures. Several lines describe accidents, inquests, and public notices amid a chaotic compilation of place names and dates.
In Reitzburg and Bechudnas land British forces report heavy actions in Abyssinia with the Mad Mullah defeated. Seventy enemy dead, thirteen British killed and twenty one wounded. Court at Bow Street heard cases of McNally and Thompson for defrauding the Renwick family, with further allegations of deception and marriage promises. Death announced of Brooke Buse Westcott, Bishop of Durham. New York reports persistent iron strike settlement talks.
Tuesday morning Sydney reports a hung jury in the Mrs Richie death inquest with jurors discharged. Operatives from Stonemavons Union pledge 100 to Adelaide Union for strikers. A fire hits Ashwood's grocery on George Street but is put out by inmates. A second small fire occurs at Woolloomooloo. A late cable says American steel strike settled mainly for the union, with trust wages and non union labor employed.
A garbled obituary notes the death of Fr Thomas McNwinata in London Bride and mentions a 3 year old boy of Mr Join Mc Noumea, with funeral planned for tomorrow afternoon. The text also recounts farming concerns with foxes near Silverdale and local anecdotes about lambing, poison, and rabbit control, plus a stray remark about a girl named Toni Fox and a note on rudwork deadlines.
The departeds remains were interred at the Roman Catholic cemetery after funeral rites held Wednesday noon. The service, noted for its solemn proceedings, honored Mi Namamar with attendees from the local community and family.
A garbled OCR page reports varied items from a past era including military skirmishes and a convoy ambush near Hellsberg with casualties among British officers. a murder charge against Sam Stinus. a prison sentence for Joseph Stoddart. stock auction details and a government stock offer. a New York court note about Howard Graham. and a reference to a children’s remedy Wade’s Figs.
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