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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 11, 1900
Page
3
Sydney gears up for January celebrations with Gov General arrival plans, ornate pavilions at Cavill’s Baths, bold garden works, illuminated Domain lighting, and arches along Macquarie Street. Officials push traffic controls, grandstands, and charity drives while inviting imperial troops and Parramatta to join.
The miner William Wilson who fractured his collar bone and ribs at Curlews Coal Mine three weeks ago died in Gunnedah Hospital on Monday. Rainfall at Broken Hill to November 30 totaled six points with 520 points in the first six months. last year’s total was 532 points. The Under-Secretary for Public Works approved funds for Rushcutter's Bay wharf accommodation. Woollahra Council discussed nude bathing at Lady Martin's Beach and police action. Woollahra Mayor Latimer promised to report aldermen’s bid to curb bicycle riding on Centennial Park footpaths. Leichhardt Council received news of £100 grant for Berwick and Marion streets and £200 more for Balmain road from the Minister for Works.
Commercial wheat demand remains steady in Australian centers as freight rates ease. The steamer Arroyo cleared for Chill with 33,091 bags Victorian wheat and 2,664 bags transshipment wheat. The Berlin Association warned members about Russian Odessa and Nicolajew shipments adulterated with sand and waste grain, while Victorian onions sold quickly in Sussex Street. Wholesale prices cover breadstuffs, flour, oats, maize, barley, and dairy with extensive regional variations and New Zealand and NSW listings.
A steady rise in fruit trade volume follows arrivals from the country as visitors come. Cooking apples, nectarines, peaches, pears, and berries show varied pricing per case or box, with cherries and oranges especially moving into quarters and half-cases. Expectations point to larger supplies before Christmas.
Chaff prices firm with strongest demand for prime quality. Lucerne quiet with most consignments unsold. Prime hay in small bales sold at 23 shillings 11 pence. interior and larger lots varied. Numerous consignors listed. eighty seven trucks submitted, many marked as passed or sold with per cwt prices noted. Straw remains in good demand. extras and bundles priced.
The list records passes and consignments of hay oats lucerne potatoes onions and more from multiple suppliers and outlets including Jones Campbelltown Coffey Penrith Bonnar and Company Maldon M D er mott Smith Mudgee Lancragan and Aarons with prices per cwt and per ew t as well as quantities such as 14 bags X and onions from Sing Lee Wellington.
Two bleached catalogue sales at Sydney Wool Market on Monday moved 7,299 bales as buyers pressed for quality. Winchcombe Carson led with a top greasy price of 41 shillings for 12 bales, while the Co‑operative Wool and Produce Company secured gains including 8s 8d for H over J over Yammatree bale lots. Numerous districts supplied goods from Junee to Brewarrina, with overall market unchanged though withdrawals rose as owners held values above bid levels.
A Natal Mercury correspondent from Maritzburg discusses a surge of undesirables allegedly entering South Africa from Australia. The piece likens convicts and social outcasts to Bill Sykes and Fagin, warns against labeling respectable Australians, and calls for strict laws and incorruptible officials to handle the problem across South Africa.
Mr Alexander Oliver president of the Land Appeal Court and commissioner to inquire into proposed federal capital sites announces receipt of the report and plans. The bulky volume laid before the Assembly includes more than 40 sites with 23 inspected and a vast quantity of information valuable to the state beyond the capital question.
The Department of Labour and Industry has not received vice regal assent to the Early Closing Act Amendment Bill, leaving it unable to confirm several provisions. Assent is expected today, but no definite information is available yet.
Mr David Wynford Carnegie eldest son of the Earl of Southesk died from a wound from a poisoned arrow in Nigeria. Born 1871 he was educated at Charterhouse and Cooper s Hill, worked in Western Australia from 1892 to 1898, led an expedition across WA deserts, and authored Spinifex and Sand. He entered the Nigeria Protectorate as Assistant Resident. He was unmarried.
Melbourne University Council on Monday appointed Mr Franklin Petersen to the Ormond Professorship of Music. A motion that Professor Marshall Hall be re appointed was rejected by 10 votes. Bridget M Guinness was sent to gaol for fourteen days at Parramatta Court for stealing a gown and other items from Mrs Ogden where she had boarded. Frederick Scavity, 17, was admitted to Prince Alfred Hospital after a fall caused fracture while playing with his brother in a lane off Nobbs Street Moore Park.
Mr Justice Simpson delivered judgment in the divorce suit Elizabeth Mills vs Samuel Mills on desertion and cruelty. Preferring relief for the petitioner he delayed judgment until the Appellate Court ruled, then dismissed the petition unless cruelty consented to a decree of judicial separation, which was granted after Mr Boyce accepted.
Judge finds adultery by Mary Jane Petersen with co respondent James Lonwerens. A boy of about 11 or 12 testifies, court accepts corroborating evidence, decree nisi granted to be moved absolute in three months. Co respondent ordered to pay costs.
Narrabri land board completed three days of sittings on Saturday evening disposing of a heavy list of cases. The Boolcarrol exchange proposal was recommended in a modified form to allow an adjoining selector to increase and present holding. Key questions arose on the value of improvements claimed by the Crown in several cases, including fencing and a dwelling. The board appraised values after argument, with points to be attached to each decision for potential appeals.
A 14 year old boy fainted at the Darlinghurst Quarter Session hearing and nearly fell from the witness box. Judge Rogers praised the court official who caught him and adjourned for twenty minutes before the boy returned to give his evidence.
At the Metropolitan Quarter Sessions Charles Sullivan a 27 year old butcher was indicted for assault at Redfern on the 22nd ultima. The jury found him not guilty after brief deliberation. His lover expressed approval as the prisoner's discharge occurred.
Burwood Council, after years of correspondence with the Public Works Department, reads a letter stating ministerial approval for extending the Homebush Creek stormwater channel from Nicholson Street to Miana Street and from Spring Street to Angel Road. Estimated cost is £1235.
Lieutenant-Colonel Burns and the NSW Regiment of Lancers offered 155 horses for the visiting Imperial Cavalry in Sydney. Donations come from various officers and towns, with the horses to be used at a camp then auctioned. Burns thanked officers and owners for prompt support of the regiment.
Woollahra Council discussed a protest against a proposed triumphal arch at Queen and Oxford streets. Dr T. M. Kendall objects that the arch would block his view and affect a £10 balcony offer during the procession. The letter, joined by two other residents, was referred to the solicitor to define lawful rights.
Constables on Market Street observed Geo M'Carthy with a parcel hidden behind a footpath. The item contained a nightdress for a woman. M'Carthy pleaded guilty to possession and was jailed for three months. He confessed to assaulting Constable Allancon, with the judge adding another month.
Tomorrow a special excursion train to the Hawkesbury River will connect with the steamer General Gordon, with cheap return tickets to Parkesvale also offered. The first monthly meeting of the Commonwealth Home for Destitute Invalids was held at 287 Cleveland Street Redfern, with Mr George Gibson presiding and various officers elected. The Home admitted 13 inmates and discharged 4 in the month, and finances covered working expenses amid donations and a government space allotment for viewing a Commonwealth procession.
At Armidale Sessions Judge Heyden presided. Wm. Arm wrongs found guilty of breaking and entering and workshop theft with intent. sentenced to three years. Annis Jones pleaded guilty to stealing and received six months. Andrew P. Cunningham fined five pounds for perjury in prohibition cases. Jury twice locked up, night deliberations ended with a guilty verdict. prison term four years with harsh remark by the Judge.
The Minister to Works arrived in Bungendore on Monday evening from Queanbeyan. Citizens welcomed him and urged him to influence authorities to keep the first Australian force unit from disbanding. Troop enlistment and support were discussed as he pledged to maintain troop deployment. The minister was toasted, and Mr Sullivan spoke before escort to the train.
A fire broke out during a Val dare Variety Company show at the School of Art in Corowa Tuesday as a light fixture fell and kerosene spilled along the stage. Two onstage firemen quickly doused the blaze with water and the performance continued after the fire was brought under control despite audience alarm.
Narrrandera notes the town reports the post and telegraph offices have relocated to enlarged central premises. The old post office will become temporary police and bed offices pending a new courthouse and land offices. A bank manager, Walter Selway, was found drowned in Lane Cove River, drawing sorrow in the district. An inquiry into alleged irregularities at the local hospital by Mr Hebble continues, with several hospital committee members, medical staff, and locals present. a final report is awaited. The Land Board held four days of sittings reviewing amended Land Act provisions, with appraisers recommending substantial reductions in Crown valuations, awaiting the next Land Court decision.
A shed housing 50 tons of har owned by F J Martel of Dandajoo burned Sunday night, with insurers paying £604. In Warrega a miner named George Morton was badly burned on Saturday and died Sunday. The Public Works Committee visited Newenate Monday to examine sewerage plans for Newestate Carrington Hamitta and Merewether, adjourned after hearings till today. On Thursday last Riverview's rector was involved in a separate note.
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