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Newspaper
Queanbeyan Observer
Location
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 06, 1904
Page
2
Fragmented church notices list scattered names and places with unclear dates and times. The readable items reference Bayh Chireh Lanyon Saco and multiple streets, but most details are garbled, leaving only partial references to services and attendees.
Fragmentary weather notice mentions September and rain fears with scattered terms. Names and locations are unclear, but references to cooler conditions and unsettled skies remain. The garbled text hints at a forecast update and possible precipitation.
NSW readers ponder state debt of £8,000,000 and the need to raise funds via taxes. Discussion covers widening duties on premises, bicycles, and a bachelor tax, with considerations of Victorians bearing similar costs. Mentions Carruthers reforming agenda and Tasmania's income tax idea linked to rent and lodgers.
The excerpt discusses income tax as a proxy for proportional taxation, noting fairness concerns for large families and landlords. It compares the policy to off sumptuary laws, mentions rebates for those with lower real need, and reflects on public sentiment in Tasmania preferring simpler taxation over an income tax while acknowledging its perceived proportionality. Public discourse frames taxation as shaping birth rates, housing costs, and lifestyle incentives.
Fragmentary OCR passage mentions immune power, vaccines like diphtheria, and various medical terms with unclear context. It references a named figure and a royal or ceremonial top, but specifics are unreadable.
The Oucanbevan District Hospital committee met in the board room with chair Mr Cunningham and members Messrs Garraway Dunlop Cunningham Anderson and Drs Richardson and Blackall. They discussed Department of Public Health faults in the operating theatre plans and a withheld subsidy, noted minor room floor and window issues, and approved a report to Health Department. Resignations were accepted for ill health, and a monthly financial statement showed admissions discharges and balances. The meeting approved payments, appointed visiting committee members, reviewed furniture price lists, and planned a hospital ball to raise funds with a dedicated ball committee. Discussions on additional staff accommodation continued, with authority changes and a note of thanks to Mr Dunlop. Nine wood tenders were considered. George Moore’s offer was accepted, with provision to meet the contract’s needs pending the supplier’s delivery. The session adjourned with plans for next meetings and locations.
Coroner reports a stable at Rob Royalla was consumed by fire on a Saturday night. McDonald and his wife heard crackling noises before flames engulfed the hayloft. The loss includes a cart, dray, oats, and a hay stack. origin uncertain, no malice suspected, premises near the railway line.
Friday notices include the appointment of Mr. John Walker Fletcher as acting police magistrate for Braidwood and Yuvan during Mr. Alfred Ellfore's absence. Reports from Woot.-Winchcombe show wool and hides trading steady, kangaroo and wallaby demand up, and opossuma and horsehair prices firm. Inquests and associations feature, with a Victoria Farmers group opposing socialism and a Sydney case involving a woman charged under the Children's Protection Act.
From our correspondent Mr T Fraser formerly of Bywong has returned with an up to date cyanide plant now in operation at Lumley. He plans to work a heap of tailings from Mac's Reef nearly forty years old assaying well, enough material to keep his party busy about eight months. Return Mr H Lockwood Reform League secretary visited and enrolled several members. The influenza like illness affects many families locally, the general store remains closed but likely to reopen soon. Weather cold and showery with about six points of rain, hail and sleet observed.
Last Friday Mr Pederson of the Agricultural Department gave a practical butter making and handling demonstration at a Bungendore dairy owned by Mr BL Smith. About go interested persons attended by invitation from Constable Margrave and W Edmonds of Ingleton. Mr Hargrave organized the event and urged another visit when weather improves.
A Friday social organized by parents for Mulligan's Fiat Provisional School raised £6 net, drawing about 60 couples despite cold weather. Guests danced at Horse Park in W Bryan's grain shed, with music by local musicians and supper by attending caterers. The event honored Miss Dunn and the teachers, with visitors from numerous nearby towns.
London reports a major Japanese advance at Liaoyang with Russian retreat and disrupted lines. Advices say Liaoyang is captured, Kuropatkin’s forces driven to river banks, and Oyama’s troops press the Russians while heavy casualties and resource shortages unfold in Tokyo and St. Petersburg.
A mosaic of brief items reports weather hardships wrecking flocks, massive job losses from a Marseille strike, and heavy Russian losses at Liaoyang. It notes political shifts in Western Australia, a parliamentary government announcement, and several crimes and incidents including assaults, murders, and a hospital transfer.
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