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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 11, 1906
Page
8
Letters from readers attack the Towns-Durnan match on the Nepean and urge migration to the land, oppose foreign settlement, discuss South Sydney election choices, and criticize taxation and labor policies. They urge practical farming, caution on nationalization, and note the Duchess of Fife’s medical update.
Practical notes on table pigeons in New South Wales cover housing, feeding, and management. It warns against crowding, stresses clean water and ventilation, and notes the preference for homing crosses like the blue rock. It lists prices, breeding quality, and recent market trends for live birds and dressed squabs.
Roebourne district in Western Australia reports a flood of gold discoveries dating from 1887. Alluvial gold, rich quartz reefs, and nuggets up to 30 ounces were found near Malburra, Pilbarra Creek, and Roopouray. Early rushes along the Oakovar River and Nicko field yielded substantial yields, with outfits and prospectors leveraging local waterways and showy discoveries.
The case centers on William Foley a fireman arrested after an early morning incident in Kent-street. Foley under drink attacked Constable Carter throwing a missile striking the forehead and causing a painful wound requiring hospital care. Foley was fined £5 or two hours of hard labor.
Tefare Mr Justice Owed tt No 1 Jury Court Hicholeon and Company Limited sued W S Dunran for 19 54 amount due for hire of a piano from December 105 at 1 per month and 501 for the instrument value plus 10 detention. Plaintiffs stated a 19 deposit was paid but instalments were unpaid. A delivery up was demanded. defendant did not appear. Jury returned verdict for plaintiffs for 85 68 Ba.
The Metropolitan club defeated Zetland in a miniature rifle shooting return match at Fetland Range by NM points. Scores listed include Masters 78, Turton 23, Poole 24, Comino 1, and Hughes 45 for the Metropolitan side, totaling M7. Zetland tallied 185. The Metropolitan Club will stage a handicap cap in Town Hall basement Thursday from 7 to 40. Lloyd George, president of the Board of Trade, said consular reports would be edited and made public promptly in future.
An old advertisement promises a cure for coughs colds and consumption using Dr Sheldon’s New Discovery. It urges readers to avoid substitutes and to seek Dotalcahie flavoring or medicine marketed nationwide.
The article discusses pigeon breeding for meat and table purposes in Sydney areas. It contrasts nest conditions, weather effects, and feeding strategies, noting that fancy breeds are unsuitable for table use and stressing the value of young homing pigeons and abundant, varied grain to sustain growth. It mentions harvest timing and grain supplies for year round rearing.
A distorted speech by Mr. David Storey at Camperdown supports MF Hindle’s candidacy against Labor. He argues workers, whether in brain or hand, deserve freedom and wages, urging support for anti-socialist candidates to preserve individual liberty and national unity.
Exerted competition at the Sydney wool sale yesterday saw record bids near MM for 15 shares of Iyresby mashed RR. Dalagety and Company Limited reported strong demand for fine wools from Deenwater and New England areas. Totals reached 11,794 bales, with 11,049 daiea offered and prices for Queensland fleeces leading the day.
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