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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 29, 1900
Page
10
A highly fragmented OCR text appears to mix references to European events and distant sites with garbled names and images. It mentions German Emperors, modern weapons, religious pilgrimage, and a December date with Rome and TaD ques. The overall sense is chaotic reportage with numerous typos and missing phrases, lacking a coherent single storyline.
Readers glimpse the elaborate festive display as decorations spread through Pitt Kirwals and nearby streets. Foregrounded figures include representatives from New South Wales Victoria South Australia Western Australia and Tasmania with the Queen and the royal funeral procession depicted in the scene.
A fragment from a 19th century report compares two rebel cries, the first a mocking shout of a defeated camp and the second a cruel scream from a distant frontier. The text notes the harsh soundscape and the ironical tone of the era's soldiers and civilians.
Swarts Cuke 18 and Thomas Rome 17 faced charges with a co defendant for a Christmas Eve attack on William John Uuty residing at Down-Sores. Evidence described a confrontation on the street ending with strikes and a kick. All three accused were found guilty. Cuke received one week’s hard labor and one week in the pillory.
A glut of theatre listings across Sydney includes Wagner’s Lohengrin at Theatre Royal tonight and Monday with more performances New Year’s Night and midweek, while Usher, Darwin and other venues promote Australia on stage. The Palace presents The Message from Mars and a Tivoli pantomime Puss in Boots with star turns. St George’s Hall hosts Kingsley School prize distribution and a large concert, and the Royal Standard Theatre features a string of acts including Mulga and circus displays as beneficence charity events continue.
Australian vocalists Frances Saville Violet Ludlow Noel Writing and Miss Schmidt perform in London and towns. Reports describe Saville and Schmidt praised, with Schmidt launching a promising concert career. Amy Sherwin causes a brief encore at Queen's Hall with a sentimental aria.
An inquest in North Sydney examined the death of Julia Elizabeth Leach who died after chloroform was given for an operation at her Lithgow street home. Doctors testified the anaesthetic was administered to enable surgery but fatal symptoms appeared, and the jury ruled death resulted from chloroform administered for a necessary operation with all efforts at resuscitation having failed.
A New South Wales publication, the 1901 Commercial Directory, systematically lists towns districts and ports with pastoral and agricultural data and merchant information. It promises to condense official and commercial news into a concise, traceable form useful to business men.
A fragment describes Cadbury's Cocoa as a stimulating hot drink with strong flavor and pleasing aroma. The text highlights its potency and the delightful qualities of the cocoa, noting its immediate appeal and rich taste.
West Australia fine with cloud and rain in places, strong winds south with a stormy Leeuwin to Great Australian Bight area. Northern Territory and Central Australia storms and rain continue, South Australia very hot then thunderstorm and rain. Queensland hot and sultry, thunderstorms, strong winds. New South Wales mild to warm, thunderstorms. Victoria and Tasmania cloudy to improving with possible storms and rain. New Zealand east coast cloudy, New Caledonia cloudy to east winds.
In Prijay afternoon inquiry, the Oly Coroner ruled Walter Sydney Jones died from an accidental fall from a balcony on The Avenue, Camperdown. The inquest concluded the death was accidental with no evidence of foul play.
A garbled 19th century note claims Acetyentanets will advance manufacturing of pale steel by a new nonmetallic process. The text mentions The Willson Company of Australana Limited and an alleged patent by Wilkon. It asserts public installation guarantees and urges inquiry at Head One 6 Pratt Road, Sydney.
Rockdale's leaders and merchants, chaired by Mayor Hegaris, plan a townwide jubilee with Chinese lanterns and fairy lamps, hundreds of flags across streets, a grand Town Hall display, and railway station adornments. The Tocul band will perform each evening as funds cover expenses and enthusiasm grows.
At Thursday's Waterloo Council meeting the sanitary inspector said borough health was very good with 20 infectious disease cases in the past month. He advised four closing orders for premises on Botany Road Hetany Street and Queen Street, noting some were unfit for habitation. No action had yet been taken to carry out repairs. The report was received and adopted.
The Mandywall calendar notices list arrivals from the Lion Insurance Company Liassiml and W C Penfold and Company. Rev TJ Curtis will preach a pedastal sermon on The Old Can tary at St Luke's Presbyterian Church Red fern tomorrow.
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