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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
3
A highly garbled OCR text block mentions market activity, prices, and various entities including places and people. Despite the distortion, it evokes a commodity market snapshot with scattered references to wheat, prices, regions, and names, all embedded in a dense, unclear transcription.
A garbled Sydney market report describes produce sales with scattered figures and prices. Mentions buyers and quality notes amid unclear lines, referencing wheat, Algerian stock, and retail prices, but details are partially illegible.
Readable fragments show multiple firms and locations advertising farm produce and livestock auctions. Names include Wright Heaton and Co, Redfern Daily, Lindley Walker and Co, Joan Bridge and Co, and S L Lindley Walker. Mentions wheat, potatoes, cattle, and general produce with daily sale notices at Redfern and Mallwart area markets.
Fragmented text outlines numerous teams and players for a forthcoming Grade Football event. Names such as Latten, Waiver, O'Donnell, Regent, Brown, Merideth, and Merriman appear amid dense garbled OCR. Key affiliations and results are not discernible, leaving a shaky roster of participants.
A fragmented list of engagements, names, and social notes mentioning numerous individuals such as Mrs Scott, Mr Oh, William, Wiggins, and many more. The text lists attendees, partners, and social connections across London and South Africa, with scattered references to events and households.
The report to the National Parliament by the Inspector General of Police states that rotating officers to alternate Sundays would save 47 days per year but raise annual expenditure by about £26344. Police wages include seven days per week pay and three weeks leave on full pay. detailed tallies show lodging, clothing, and allowances for metropolitan and country forces totaling around £226244. The report concludes no action to introduce drastic reform due to high costs and statewide opposition.
William Johnson 32 bootmaker charged at Waler Police Court with stealing clothing and textiles valued at £6 from Teabella Mullaley and Ellen Hayes on June 1. Sarah Leach, 29, charged with receiving some of the goods knowing they were stolen. Witnesses linked Johnson to two houses, pawn offices, and Leach’s handling. Johnson admitted theft. Leach claimed innocence. Both remanded for trial. Johnson also charged with fei.
The Fisheries Board describes a rewrite by the Australian Angling League and lists affected sellers from North Shields and Lowestoft as information moves to an intelligence briefing. The pamphlet will cover areas and estuaries, including fresh river fisheries and possible invasions, with details to be forwarded in due course.
Bathurst Co operative Dairy advances to 1s 84d per lb for ux butter as wholesale prices near record highs. New Zealand butter lands in Sydney at 13 Jd per lb wholesale with Sydney landing costs. Melbourne stores see cold storage butter scarce while bran and other staples flow to markets. Dear butter markets in Fremantle report prices at 2s 34d per lb with expected gains.
Mr EmIark announces a motion for the Legislative Assembly next Tuesday to investigate the rising cost of meat, butter, and staple foods. He questions whether price increases are due to production, rings, or export duties, and whether consumers should benefit from cheaper local production. The inquiry seeks causes and possible remedies within the state’s control.
Lohmann and Company will dispatch the ND L Company's former vessel from Sydney tomorrow for the Mastmen via Reve Banco and Java ports with 100 Jones ore, IAM Hales wool, 57 tons and 77 percent bags tip chippings, 195 huge caball ore, 10 Jonnenport, and 20 rons timber.
A fragmentary report notes an undefended prisoner at the Tinelinghurat Sessions who remained silent under cross examination. The presiding officer commented that some advocates are without fault, while the proceedings showed a restrained, quiet courtroom tone.
Worth Knowing reports a case where deafness vanished after Euroscope treatment. A letter from Eliza Uncles of Surrey Hills praises the device, claiming full recovery and restored hearing after two months. The Euroscope Institute offers full particulars and free information on request.
The court examined whether a transfer of Glanworth at Curling Point in Damex red was bona fide and if the executors’ duties were properly paid. William Watson Maude Mary Fraser Watson and others faced questions as to the value of the estate and whether the transfer avoided duty under the will of the late James Water.
Friday near Falganora a fox raid killed numerous lambs and injured sheep, with claims that foxes may have been deterred by hounds. Nearby residents Mr. Mnally and Mr. Glimnar report losses of dozens of sheep, and authorities note two foxes were destroyed in the aftermath.
An inquest opened at Campbelltown courthouse into a Sunday morning blaze at a drapery store owned by WB Wishey. The open verdict leaves the cause of the fire undetermined with no clear suspect or origin identified.
The steamer New Gales carrying coal bound for Melbourne grounded near the green buoy after passing the Dyke to sea. She is not in danger and is expected to float off later this afternoon.
A matinee by the Mian Hook of Holland company at Crie ter Theatre on Thursday benefited the District Nursing Home. Large attendance and contributions from a ladies’ group bolstered takings. The program featured the second act of Miss Hook of Holland and selections from Oberon and William Tell. Van Grace Sinclair made her Sydney debut in The Belle of Mayfair with success, and Sir Francis Suttor thanked all involved for the nursing association.
A cloudburst wrecked the airship killing and injuring multiple crew and passengers. Count Zeppelin reportedly wept upon learning of the loss, while a national gift drive forms in solidarity with him. The German government offers £25,000 compensation amid public mourning and health advice fills the rest of the page.
George Ranger Gordon a printer, living with his parents in Marricks, Canterbury, was found dead in a drain in Homer Street. A neighbour, Charles Tatosh, said Gordon left home about 1 am to visit a friend. The body was taken to Prince Alfred Hospital where death was ruled a neck injury from a fall after slipping from rocks five feet above the road. Evidence included footmarks suggesting someone climbed and slipped above five feet from the bank.
Berlin reports thrill over Christoph Wirth a former teacher unveiling a wireless switchyard device at a Natural History Society meeting. The apparatus claims to energize electric lamps rings bells and power model ships from kilometers away using electric waves at 100000 kilometers per second.
A scanned price list from Latimer's United Service at 338 Oxford Street Paddington shows multiple whisky, gin, port, rum and brandy offerings with varied prices. Items include Special Whisky, Pinta Tanunda, Auldana Champion Port, Auldana Gold Medal Golden Cherry, Walker's Red Collar and other spirits with prices ranging from 1 shilling to several pence.
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