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Newspaper
Singleton Argus And Upper Hunter General Advocate
Location
Singleton, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 26, 1879
Page
1
A shredded passage mentions per quarter and per copy pricing with stray fragments about “six” and “Detroit Press.” It includes garbled phrases referring to worn-out types and a vague line about a sweet summer day and autumn’s Estee, producing minimal clear facts.
An extended village wander, detailing West Brook and Glendon Brook routes from the racecourse to Spottiswoode. Notes on bridges, roads, and water tables, plus observations of farms, harvests, and a concert at Glendonbrook Public School. A minor accident tally and Sunday church service conclude with a bush evening scene.
A Gundagai correspondent reports a six gun raid on Wantabadgery pub on a Saturday night. Police pursued the gang from Wagga to Gundagai, capturing six bushrangers after a fierce house assault. Captain Moonlite, a leader, is named among the captured. Bowen wounded, Baines hanged briefly, then released. Hearing proceeds, with police praised for bravery.
In the Assembly Mr Buchanan condemns the 20th clause of a new education bill. He warns it could fund private Roman Catholic schools in remote districts, risking church influence and state indoctrination. He urges striking the clause and warns colleagues that dissolution could follow if the clause remains.
The Tita committee at Court House Hotel Gunnedah wound up affairs after a local demonstration. Revenue revived £407 7d, expenditure £872 bound, balance held. Proposal to split between School of Arts and Hospital faced resistance as secretaries’ services were considered for jewelry purchases. Ultimately £70 to Arts and Hospital, remainder held. Two cases of champagne to be sold and funds directed to final accounts. A letter of thanks to T. K. Abbott was requested.
Detached Pisces reports the Prince of Wales being shown an American beehive by Mr. Hogue. The royal audience observes a demonstration of bee control as bees cluster and move on command, forming shapes described as a huge bunch of grapes.
The article argues free trade is severely tested by five-year declines in industry and harvest failures. It notes Britain’s recent downturn from a prior surplus and cites Shaw Lefevre’s Sheffield paper, warning of widespread hardship, reduced harvest yields, and pressure on tenant farmers amid a poorer national economy.
The Newcastle Herald recalls Senior-Constable Edmond Mostyn Webb Bowen who died after Bauday night injuries from the bushranger Captain Moonbie. Bowen, a respected officer once in charge at Morrurundi, later rejoined as a constable at Gundagai, famed for brave deeds across Tenterfield Bendemeer and Murrurundi.
Patricks Plains Jockey Club met at the Royal Hotel with J W Campbell presiding. J Wilson urged a published denial to Volunteers in Maitland Mercury and the club elected officers including Curtis as Handicapper and Quinns offer to gates, grandstand, and booths accepted for the December 6 event.
Nonsensical fragmentary text mentions Drameado Club at Paterson with unclear performance outcomes and a stray historical note about American shipping in 1668 and 1876. Names, dates, or concrete actions are not clearly stated.
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