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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 20, 1907
Page
8
A chaotic reader ledger lists dairy goods and prices including butter cheese and milk products. It mentions vendors, weights, and costs across multiple items, with frequent references to pounds and shillings, and notes high and low ranges in a bustling trade setting.
The High Court's ruling on a South Australian Senate vacancy centers on whether a vacancy can be filled without a popular election. The justices discuss constitutional provisions and whether the state parliament can appoint a replacement, ultimately upholding the need for an electorate or the proper legal mechanism to fill the seat.
Broken Hill mines announce Christmas shutdown with plans to resume operations in January. Production will pause, with workers droughting furloughs as market conditions show a small rise in loan costs.
Fragmentary weather notice notes rain on the north coast with vague references to winds and coastal conditions. It mentions places and tentative times but details are unreadable, showing a disrupted OCR of a local forecast segment.
Bondi Swimming Club presents an attraction packed program for the forthcoming championship carnival tomorrow. The Smile State and find championships at the island district headline the event with Godivar set to reappear. The Bavarian Band will provide entertainment as divers from the South Sea Island are not engaged.
The High Court this morning granted leave to appeal from the decision of the Court of New South Wales in the matter Redken Doodeward et al. versus Sub-Insweior Inmer Sewece, concerning a two-headed baby case. The appeal questions the legality and medical implications of the lower court ruling.
A court session examined the reduction of licences affecting the aborigates of St Ghoren St Tennney in Waverloy and Woollahra. The courthouse at Darninghurst hosted the proceedings with a formal examination of the case. The judge indicated a likely next sitting in the first week of January.
Richard Whiting, 51, an accountant, pleaded guilty in the Water Police Court this morning to stealing a handbag containing deeds and other papers. The bag belonged to David Perrimag, a solicitor's clerk. The case mentions a small sum and a two months' period. A Lieutenant-Colonel Roth, DSO, was a passenger by the GMS Guelsenad, which arrived in Sydney on Thursday.
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