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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 22, 1906
Page
10
A Sydney University page records a ceremonial passage through faculties including Medicine, Botany, Chemistry, Dentistry, and Science and Engineering. Notable names and prize listings appear amid long lists of graduates and honor recipients showing high achievement and scholarly breadth across disciplines.
Weekend declaration of final poll results lists Johnson 1 138 and Bernst 4077 with informal 68 in Lane division. Newcastle and Adelaide counts released with Sir J Symon and counterparts and Crosby closing on Vardon by three votes. Final returns expected tonight in the state.
In receipt of a for lowite wattle from their London offer. Compared with the last series, prices at May’s auction are yet to be confirmed. Publication notes unclear details and potential adjustments forthcoming.
The notice outlines Christmas postal arrangements with offices opening after nine and closing early. It lists locations and dates across New South Wales and nearby towns, noting telegraph and postal operations, boatmen, and railway support for mail distribution during the holiday period.
Fourteen to three handicap over twenty furlongs yields Native Cat a close win by a length with odds of 95 cents. Several other races follow with Sygnet, Explosión, and Astoria among winners and the day’s divisions and runoffs.
Melbourne Grammar School and Sylney Grammar School played a cricket match with detailed bowling and batting analyses. Key names include Barbour, Blackmore, Moule, Lamrock, Lloyd, and Broughton. scores and dismissals are recorded across both innings and individual figures are provided for: Payne, McLachlan, Lewers, Harvey, and others amid a long line of correspondingly sparse results.
English cricketers faced a New Zealand opposition in Wanganui as England batted first. The scorecard shows multiple dismissals by Broad with several batters out and a five wicket contribution by the bowler, indicating a strong start for England in the early innings.
The article notes a significant £300,000 reduction in school fees and related amounts handed to municipalities to relieve ratepayers of burdens. It argues this sum exceeds the annual income tax and affects a wider group, criticizing calls to repeal the income tax.
London dispatch reports Prime Minister and Balfour clashing in the Commons over education policy. Critics accuse Balfour of wrecking reform while parties prepare for an imminent election. News notes Anglican schools pressures and a whistle incident involving suffrage activists and police at Westminster.
The Full Court overruled a demurrer in a miners' accident case. The appeal questioned whether a government committee had discretion to grant weekly allowances to children of a miner killed or disabled by a mining accident. Chief Justice Grimmett held the committee must grant allowances under the act, while Justice Tannon dissented.
Local report outlines selection of new commissioners for railway franchise oversight. Carruthers plans to announce names by year end and notes that the Improvement Leave Commission has been elected. Witingos and O’Maney are named as two appointees. Also details a court hearing at Water Pallon Court where master of ship Dunmore Neily Hansen faced charges for overloading the vessel Plimsoll line flagged.
An odd trade item draws attention with claims of universal value and rapid impact. Vague pricing hints at a sixpence rate, while traders debate the science behind the alleged remedy and its practical uses.
The fragment notes a plan or item linked to protecting a seat, with unclear names and places. Readable elements mention a stocking and a person or group involved in securing a seat. Further details are garbled but imply a local action or event.
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