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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 11, 1900
Page
4
The Crown issues a royal warrant to supply Boomerang Brandy to households of HLM the Queen the First of Wales and the Duke of Fork. Ambiguous text notes public campaign and appeals related to the warrant as part of the royal approval process.
The Australian tariff debate dominates a Town Hall meeting with factions aligned behind protectionist views. Key figures including Mr Reid and Mr Barton shape the campaigning stakes as supporters rally across New South Wales and Victoria. The gathering signals intensified public pressure for protective policies and potential party realignments ahead of federal leadership contests.
The event plan in Sydney envisions a vast pageant with 10 000 school children to salute the Governor-General and the birth of a new nation. Critics warn the long, heat and rain soaked procession and crowding will cause severe discomfort and delay for both children and adults.
The article recalls the danger of coordinating large crowds at Centennial Park and fears an accident involving ten thousand children under school teachers during a major celebration. It cites the Chowlar Quey landing stage disaster where children fell into water and some drowned, warning such an incident would provoke fury.
The Melbourne University Senate rejected Marshall Hall for the Ormond Professorship of Music by 40 votes to 6, citing orthodoxy and his poetry as decisive. The Melbourne Argus urged the rejection, criticizing his verses as libidinous and irreverent, and the episode sparks debate on merit versus conduct in high academic appointments.
The piece notes Kruger's hopes for European intervention wane as Germany and Russia drift from his cause. Queen Wilhelmina’s stance shifts against him, and promises from Dr. Leyds yield little. Kruger confronts the limits of princes and doubts the value of foreign pledges.
The will of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt reveals a massive estate valued at 14.5 million with Alfred receiving audiences 225 million and Cornelius junior left only about 1.5 million for allegedly defying paternal wishes. The piece traces a history of quarrels, unions, and strategic marriages that shaped the dynasty from Commodore Vanderbilt’s ferry service days to a Civil War era gift to the Federal Government, and notes possible transfers of wealth to the eastern side of the Atlantic through alliances.
The Coningham divorce proceedings drew reduced public display as crowds thinned after a tense first days. Witnesses described arrangements around the St Patrick’s Night concert at Town Hall and earlier trips with the co-respondent, with testimony detailing dates, locations, and alibis.
A garbled OCR fragment recounts accidents, court actions, ship movements, and public notices. It mentions deaths in Windsor from presumed causes, government printing acknowledgments, a ship voyage to Capetown, and various names and places such as Windsor, Melbourne, and New South Wales. The piece references trials and verdicts, suspected illnesses, and civic events, all presented in a dated, period voice.
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