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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
12
A dense page fragment lists memorials, undertakers, and varied ads. Names like Edwin Grachits and Robinson Crusoe appear amid addresses, road names, and venues, alongside event listings, choral notices, and racing references in a period paper style.
An opaque OCR passage describes private suites and stock quotes, mentioning buyers and sellers, various entities, and exchanges in a garbled market item. It references names, places, and numbers in a crowded, unclear tapestry of financial activity and transactions.
A garbled OCR text outlines a Sydney produce market scene with scattered references to sales, prices, and vendors. It mentions various items and auctions, including notes on times, places, and names, but the exact details are obscured, leaving a fragmented snapshot of daily commerce and activity.
A Kennel Club of New South Wales meeting at the Sydney School of Arts dissolved in disorder after clashes among members and club factions. President Alban Gee chaired briefly before walkouts and accusations of unfair disqualification and calls for no confidence.
The port scene at Cingular Quay features two mail steamers, the Eastern and the Mongolia, lifting lines in clear weather as Captain M Arthur signals to cast off. Premier Wade departs for Bremaulie amid ceremony with hundreds of spectators and escorts, while the crowd bids farewell from the Mongolia’s deck.
In recent weeks Waverley and Woollabra faced a series of break-ins connected to a young woman suspected of trespass. Police traced stolen goods to a suspect identified as Grace Roe Sutcliffe aged 31 and arrested her with two companions. The items seized were presented in Tandineson Ponies Court and Sutcliffe remanded until Thursday.
Government Railways announce holiday excursion tickets to correspond with Queensland Victoria and other Australian stations. Tickets valid for return journeys over six weeks from purchase with special cheap rates and limited intermediate stops. Specific schedules list multiple trains from Sydney to Nowra Goulburn Tamworth and Newcastle, and connections to Maitland and Orange with varying departure times and return windows.
An adjourned inquest into the death of Ralph Winry Bradwell Moore, fleet paymaster on the FMS Encounter, opened in Cannell Chambers Sutherland. Witnesses described Moore's depressed state and a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the forehead at The Rest, Umar Park. Police and officials were notified as Moore died shortly after noon, with a verdict of suicide reported.
Weather report fragment mentions temperatures and conditions while a court case in a pondicherry style date references Nicholas Leon suing Aleanfer Mae and Frederick Velo gerion Wilson for £419. Jury finds for the plaintiff for £30. Places include Rance Court and Creek. Names and numbers reflect a local historical docket.
Broken Hull Batantay Thiv wages dispute at the Proprietary Company shows no clear settlement. The offer of a single scale was rejected and a formal decision by Mr Delmarat is expected next week. A clarification posted today states work stoppages may resume if no notice is given and tenders for carbonates are unprofitable.
Cardinal Moran will officiate at the opening of the New Hospice for the Dying in Wirrulciar trees tomorrow afternoon. The new building, costing about £3000, was opened on August 16, 18%, after ten years of effort. Public subscriptions have funded the facility, with substantial donations from a major benefactor and many smaller contributions.
The Archbishop will lead services at Sydney Cathedral including prize-giving with the Cathedral Choir School, confirmations in Castle Hill, and Christmas Day preaching. Clergy appointments in Berrima Perth and Adelaide noted, with plans for a new northwest Bishopric in Western Australia. Preparations for Archdeacon Halford as Bishop of Richmond, and Christchurch clerics attaining orders. Christmas services in St Andrew's Cathedral Auckland and Willowendy commemorations mentioned. Also reports on Parliament prorogation, Cardiff Docks sale, and mining statistics.
A Valaisbe pony and sulky were cut up by a moving train near a railway line last night. The driver, Robinson, left the wreck with police after the pony vanished. The body was found this morning and the wagon shows a smashed trap, suggesting the pony was removed from the scene. Also reported is the death in Colombo, Ceylon, of Mr. F. R. Moot of Thomson, Fraser, and Ramsay Proprietary Limited.
Fragmentary market notes describe public sales near London with prices for full hair and half-hen pelts, mentioning buyers and traders and noting effects on Wolverhampton and Felten. The text is garbled but references tanning, pelts, and woollen goods trade in rough terms.
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