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Newspaper
Queanbeyan Observer
Location
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 20, 1904
Page
3
The forecast notes worsening conditions for sheep with lambs at risk as foxes and pests cause losses. Poisoning attempts failed. dry weather delays prevent seeding. Seasonal rain is hoped to improve pasture and crop germination despite current drought pressures.
The page blends horse racing items with scattered war dispatches. Racing notes mention handicaps and steeplechases with riders and horses unnamed. war notes report Japanese defense, Russian actions, and officers court-martial. Details are fragmentary and distorted by OCR.
In a rural setting a farm owner and two others were found dead after a violent incident. Witnesses found a body on the Rath farm and police investigated a possible homicide and suicide. Edward Walsh and Bridget Walshe were key names in the case as detectives sought motive and sequence of events.
The body of Edwin Bertrat Bfany mond, artist and lithographer from Armadale, was found at Sandringham with a shotgun wound to the head. A forked stick had been used to fire the weapon, and a revolver lay near the victim’s right wrist. The case mirrors a troubling Melbourne incident reported Thursday.
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