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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
3
In a sailing yacht saga skipper Jasper Allport pursues Olivia Lindmark while entangled with Clara Goldschmidt. Carl Goldschmidt navigates class and wealth, offering aid yet testing loyalties as romance, money, and social ambition collide aboard the Sylph toward Paris and beyond.
On a yacht voyage Miss Clara Goldschmidt flirts with Jasper Alipert, a green but attractive young man kept by his Uncle Timothy. Clara, ahead in boldness yet curious about him, asks about his life as the two grow closer during a town stroll. Clara’s brother’s past and Jasper’s silence shape their uneasy companionship.
At Newtown Council the matter of ornamental tree thefts across streets was raised after a letter from H Favell. It was advised to post notices warning of penalties and offer £2 for information aiding conviction, with some aldermen proposing a £5 reward.
An inquest fin found death accidental in the case of Henry Lovell 43 an orchardist of Watts Lane Reyde. He died at Balmain District Hospital on December 15 from shock after internal injuries when his cart horse bolted along Eston Street and the off-side wheel passed over him while he tried to halt the cart. He had been loading at Wood and Company to Darling Street Balmain.
At a meeting of the Factory Employers' Union Mr H A Mitchell said the wares chairman for the jam industry had not been appointed by the Government. Alf Carter announced 50 new members in two weeks and urged a mass meeting for wary 6 as sweating rises and the fruit season advances.
About 500 scouts will encamp at Middle Harbor La Perouse and nearby Sydney sites with 1200 registered in 155 patrols in the metropolitan district. Scouting spreads from New South Wales to Victoria Western Australia and Queensland. Camps run for a fortnight with strict discipline and full uniform. Patrols provided tents and kit lists. prizes offered for tidiness and sport. breaking scouting law leads to expulsion. A separate note covers a building society draw with a 5% share advance of £40 repayable in 12 1 2 years.
A local optical shop advertises services at 57 Glebe Point Road with phone contact in St Gilet Sydney. It promotes premium spectacles and frames including Diamond Lens fittings. Prescriptions are stated to be prepared with care and accuracy.
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