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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 10, 1908
Page
3
Complaints rise over a smouldering heap near Nea vy s Whaling road forming a dangerous smoke plume. Residents report dense fumes like a burning mountain, fear accidents from the heap and urge council and Metropolitan Brigade aid to extinguish and remove the nuisance.
A description of the Woman's Budget weekly, a premier ladies' paper. It highlights up to date content, patterns for garments, What to Wear features, health articles, physical culture exercises, useful crafts, and winter recipes. It notes the paper as a reliable Commonwealth source with varied topics and reader engagement.
A parcel of gold, about 11 6000 percent, was shipped to Sydney this morning from Queenstown by the steamer Arawatta. The lot valued at £34,604, with penalties of £5 0s on Wenge Fook and £10 each on Wong Shark and Donovans, was forfeited for unlawful possession in Sydney. Horatio Jones, a solicitor, appeared at Water Police Court regarding a £575 claim tied to Rogers, with remand until Tuesday the 8th. bail set at £4, and further remand until then.
A vintage ad touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a pure vegetable, narcotic free cure that soothes and heals coughs. It claims to ease coughing by clearing the system, reducing inflammation, loosening phlegm, and aiding expectoration without hazards or second attacks.
Tibeman of Massrs Burns, Philp and Co. Queensland writes of relief from a severe cold and cough while travelling up North after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He credits the first dose with relief and plans to keep a bottle at home, urging others to be prepared for coughs.
Health Journal reports doctors and colonists discuss Dr. C. M. Jordan’s Pure Natural Rural Kinetics for Euroscope home treatment. Demonstrated before medical students, it claims to cure deafness and ear diseases once deemed incurable. Readers urged to contact Euroscope Institute of Australasia in Sydney for details.
The Royal Dutch Packet Company steamship Le Maire, 2044 tons and built at Rotterdam, reached Sydney today. It bears a 1124 knot speed in a breeze, carries cattle and 500 head, and offers excellent passenger accommodation. Captain Potjewyd commands with officers Schlethe, Berg, and Klerka. It sails for Batavia on August 21 and is followed by Vanspilbergen on October 27.
Burns the champion boxer arrived in Melbourne on Sunday with his wife and stayed at Menzies before leaving this afternoon for Sydney by tomorrow's express. He appeared unassuming and peaceful, saying he never hurt a man in a boxing match. The article notes other boxing items and lists ticket plans for the Burns Squires world title bout at the Stadium with prices from £1 to £6 6s.
The August prize shoot of the Penrith Civilian Rifle Club lists scores at 80 yards across the field. Competitors include T Smalley with a handicap of 5 and 70, H J F Neale 6 and 70, C C Ezzy 6 and 70, A Root 9 and 70, H Messer jun 8 and 65, H Messer sen 5 and 64, W S Walker K 64, 8 Aubrey 5 and 63, L Giles 14 and 43, J W Freeman 13 and 48, G Beatty 8 and 44, D Moxham 11 and 33.
At the Hornsby Shire Council meeting the septic tank on railway premises was discussed. A letter to Railway Commissioners was suggested to stop overflow and protect watercourses. A motion to abate within eight hours failed. instead a committee was urged to study best waste handling for the thickly populated areas. Gulargambone Progress Committee pushed for a new post office to serve growth.
A vintage notice touts John Hunter and Sons stocktaking sale with about 60 bargains including footwear at lower prices than ever before. Items advertised imply mail order availability for distant customers.
In Sussex street Sydney talk swirled of an American fleet order for 2000 bags of table potatoes for forward delivery. Prices surged as Sydney share arrivals lagged, with Redskin and Darkskin potatoes reaching 7 pounds a ton amid a general shortage of choice NSW table spuds. Meat and flour hopes from US fleet buyers boosted Sydney wheat and flour trades, while onions, beans, and peas also rose on fleet activity. Chinese boycott shadows Japanese onions. Swedes and butter rise on bar-bound ships and Victorian supply growth.
A long spirited sale at Sydney Rail Way Jewele Shed featured lucerne hay and Wheat, with four of thirty five consignments selling. Prices for lucerne hay ranged from fivepence to sixpence per cwt, mid and large bales fetching modest gains, while prime chickwheat and maize saw selective bidding with several lots exchanged. A broad list of bidders and firms including Elfin and Company, H. M. Suttor and Company, Dent and Perry, and Lindley Walker participated, with consignors from Maitland, Quipolly, and Newbridge.
The report details a north area shower risk and south western gale conditions with variable cloud and rain across districts including Armidale Blackheath Kalgoorlie and Sydney. It notes post rain impacts on crops stock forage lambing prospects and river levels across NSW and Tasmania with regional observations from Penrith Goulburn and Bungendore.
At a meeting led by Rev. R. J. H. M Gowan at Ashfield Presbyterian Church several friends announced plans to join the China Inland Mission. Miss Haslam Miss Campbell Mrs Powell and Mr R Powell depart soon. Also present were Messrs 1.105 and Barbour who just married and spoke briefly.
The High Court of Australia sitting at Darlinhurst refused leave to appeal from the New South Wales Full Court ruling. The Shore Drivers and Firemen's Union sought prohibition against the Industrial Court's wage board formation. Chief Justice Sir Samuel Griffith stated the challenged action was a governor’s recommendation, not a judicial proceeding, and if the governor created an unauthorized board, other remedies existed. Court members: Chief Justice, Justice Barton, Justice Isaacs, and Justice Higgins.
Frederick T. Elliott sued Edwin C. Liddle licensee of the Forth of Clyde Hotel Balmain for 400 pounds damages over a contract for sale of the hotel and goodwill The case arose after Elliott paid a deposit and transfer fees following an inspection through brokers Bostock and Shanley Mrs Liddle health and local option issues influenced negotiations Liddle claimed he could not sell without local option success and later said he had no leave to sell The jury found for Elliott 44 pounds with costs and no execution to be issued for a month
At the blessing and opening of the new pres bytery at St Bernard's North Botany Carding Moran commented on the visit of The American Fleet. He urged that independence showed a nation can grow, but warned that enemies could come from nearer shores. The lesson: Australia needs its own fleet to defend Australasia.
Monday the death of William Annetts Ti Adelong district pioneer and founder of Annetts Gold Mine on Victoria Hill. He helped establish the Loyal Golden Age Lodge of Oddfellows over 40 years ago. Annetts had not worked for years due to an eye injury.
The Bombala residence of Constable Fitzsimmonds and all contents were destroyed by fire. In Sydney last week stamp duty for probate and letters of administration totaled £16 4d. Miss Woods a waitress at the Niagara Refreshment rooms in Pitt Street reported the loss of a diamond ring valued at £16 to the police.
Unconscious man named Thomas Daly found in a police cell on Saturday night in Woolloomnomno with a head wound. He died at Sydney Hospital after being taken there from Darlinghurst Police Station. Police report Daly had been drinking and quarreling with another man when he was struck, allegedly by the other man, leading to his collapse and subsequent death. An arrest is expected in connection with the incident.
The first wool cargo aboard the Aldenham, grown in Walgett and scoured by Wright and Bruce, Lakeside Works Botany, ships to China. Lakeside branded wool enjoys strong Japan repute, and the venture aims to build demand and an eventual extensive trade with China’s 400 million population.
John Patrick Riley aged 66 of Brougham street Woolloomoston died in Sydney Hospital from a fractured skull after a heavy fall on Palmer street the previous night. He was found unconscious and carried to hospital by Constable M Keachnie.
Bathurst correspondent reports mishmashed train plans tied to the American Fleet visit. a special train will run from Sydney to Bathurst on Saturday August 22 at 7 30 p m to shuttle excursionists back home and avoid Illumination viewing by country visitors.
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