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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 05, 1902
Page
2
A compilation of municipal items includes council decisions on staff positions and salaries, road works across Burwood and surrounding areas, and town business. Other notes mention a hospital patient, a coronation matter, and ambulance activity with figures on incidents and patient distribution.
A dock collapse at Cockatoo Island yesterday left about 20 workers injured, many seriously, as staging collapsed during maintenance on the Wallaroo. Names of several injured include George Whitlock and George Coleman among others attended for treatment.
A grave digger named Willig Millman aged about 40 collapsed and died within minutes while a burial procession for Mrs Brennan took place at the Roman Catholic cemetery in West Maitland. He had been a laborer for years and left a widow and several children.
A Sydney market report notes scarce buyer activity and cautious offers as Rational sellers push values. Listed parcels include blocks on Redfern Waterl oment and Lane Cove and parcels in Waterloo and Erskineville with prices cited from £8 to £ Entscheidungen.
A fragmented historical note extols Australia as a sporting nation while detailing dietary habits and health issues. It claims Australians excel in many sports and cites digestive ailments linked to enervating diets. It promotes a product described as a liver and digestive aid suitable for all liver ailments.
Readers learn of the Tweelite of Public Accountants in O Connell Street and the Australian Workers Union meeting to resolve sheep shearers wages. Delegates debate price, hours, and union membership with Mr Maconell and Mr Spence noting possible outcomes and arbitration. The conference ends without a settlement and the union plans staged action and later wage rates.
The report notes weak prices for sheep at Homebush with some sectors holding steadier rates. New South Wales stock sold mid to good quality, with numbers and varied quotes for marine wethers and prime cattle. Demand appeared cautious but brisk for prime bulls and better sows, while overall stockyard turnout remained strong.
A Belted Friendly Societies event at Agricultural Grounds Moore Park drew sizable crowds. A program of over twenty events featured athletes from League of Wheelmen Cyclist Union and NSW Amateur Athletic Association with many prize places awarded to riders boys and girls across age groups. Music and dancing followed the sports program as spectators enjoyed the day.
The Glebe faced a combined team of footballers in a tight match marked by slow starts and frequent scrums. Wickham and Hardcastle featured early for Glebe, with Burden crossing after a late offside call, setting Glebe ahead at halftime.
The luncheon presided by Mr P. Porbos featured speakers including Mayor Hughes and Mr Perry Muster. Apologies were offered for absent members as the group paid tribute to those who had passed away and discussed the Friendly Societies and recent reforms.
A local discussion covered friendly societies, labor support, and relief efforts tied to Sydney. Speakers praised social work, with John Lee and Mary Clark among those defending the cooperative movement and urging government action to aid miners and unemployed families.
Reported details include San Marino independence claim, a coronation envoy Torquato flanniul, and Commonwealth July tax receipts totaling £563,000 with New South Wales and other regions contributing large sums. Also notes city shelter meal service, park work aid, and railway crowding complaints from Redfern passengers.
Fragmented notice lists mail dispatches to Auckland Manning River and West Australia via multiple vessels. Mentions GP.O Sydoes Weiborn Tuviaal Electre and Wollowre with departures at various times. Indicates routes to Taniel Rarator Tom Auckland and Adelaide connections.
A meeting of the AMA at Trades Hall discussed the Proprietary Company claim. A seven member committee was appointed to arrange particulars of the claim and to conduct the case in the Arbitration Court.
A pamphlet style account by James Egan recounts illness described as a liver complaint with severe symptoms. He credits Clemente Towle tonics for restoring health after years of debility and nervous trouble, inviting readers to accept his testimonial as proof.
A fragmented account describes Clements Tonic and similar cures, noting widespread use and aggressive marketing. The text questions the public’s gullibility and long history of fake remedies, highlighting aggressive sellers and the risk to unwary buyers.
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