Sydney Briefs and New Year Arrangements in City News
A series of brief items covers public notices and appointments including A F Cartier joining the engine-drivers board, Alderman Henley’s stance on Parliamentary reform, union campaigns among wool store workers, and GPO New Year openings. Also noted are Sydney City Council farewells for 1903, official clocking of offices on New Year’s Day, and various transport and municipal decisions plus a Bathurst Cadet portrait feature and a seaman’s body found near Newcastle Harbour with an inquest.
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A. FE. Cartier
Henley
G.P.O
Sydney City Council
Town Hall
Alderman Hughes
Grooms
Couchweno
New Zealand
Fiji
Bathurst
Randwick
William Anderson
Newcastle Harbour
Sydney Hairdressers’Union
Arbitration Court
Queen's Hall
Mel E Spur
Spurr
Town and Country Journal
Biden
Sengio
Nsw
Newcastle
Hunter River
Broken Bay
Cowan Bay
Sydney
Scotland Island
Pittwater
W. A. Burne
Church of Australmia
Wentworth Falls
A. J. Carter
Presbyterian Church of Australia
Tumberumba
W. J. Gram
B.A
Congregational Church Independent
Pierramattia
A. Redmond
Preelytitian Church of Australia
Leura
Hughes
City Council
Iion
Japan
K. Iwasaki
Russia
Iwasaki
Parramatta
Granville
Ashfield
Harris Park
Homebush
Strathfield
Burwood
Ship Painters and Dockers’ Union
B. H. Tarlington
F. Baker
John Martin
R. Mahony
J. Patterson
Messia
John Tarlington
Mer
V. Bennet
Camonn
Robert Taylor
F. B. Boyce
John Vaughan
Mervyn Archdall
Nathaniel Jones
G. H. Allnut
H. N. Beker
H.S. Beghie
A. E. Bellingham
J. Best
C. Blacket
W. A. Chariton
A. W. Coates
E. A. Colvin
F. M. Dalrymple
D. H. Dillon
F. J. Dillon
C. Cc
J. W. Gillett
Maurice Gray
W. Greenwood
R. B
Hammond
H. T. Holiday
R. Nelson Howard
H. G. J. Howe
T. Jenkyn
M. Johnstone
D. J. Knox
J. H. Mullens
W. Newby-Fraser
R. Noaske
H. F. L. Palmer
T. D. Reynolds
D. D. Rutledge
J. Shearman
A. D. Sosres
David J. Smith
S. E. Langford Smith
J. G. Southby
R. D.todd
H. M. Trickett
T. Watson
W. H. H. Yarrington
Wilson's
Devonshire-street
Tattersall
Wheat market firm on shortages and war fears in world supply
Private cables report a firmer wheat market led by European crop shortages and potential European and American price gains if war looms. Sydney Melbourne and Adelaide rally slightly with higher London prices, while Australian shippers face high freight costs. Millet, broom factories, and potato sales show mixed activity as dealers rush cargoes and storage appeals rise. Wholesale prices list grain, flour, oats, barley, fodder, dairy, and eggs across New South Wales and adjoining colonies.
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Mark Lame
Europe
America
London
Sydney
Melbourne
Adelaide
New York
Buenos Aires
New South Wales
Victoria
South Australia
Nagesaki
Kobe
Yokohama
Shimonoseki
Moji
Richmond River
United States
Hunter River
Clarence Rivers
Susser-street
Fruit Prices and Availability Across New South Wales and Queensland
Market notes show scarce apricots figs and nectarines of choice quality while passion fruit arrives from the Richmond River. NSW table apples look attractive, Queensland mangoes cheaper, paw-paw gaining favor in Sydney. Tomatoes sales up twentyfold in 25 years. Price ranges listed for peaches, apricots, nectarines, lemons, pineapples, Japanese plums, bananas, figs, oranges, cherries, apples, passionfruit, and mangoes with varying pack sizes and regions.
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Richmond
New South Wales
Queensland
Sydney
Fiji
N.S.W
Poultry Supplies Run Low For New Year Orders
The insect street poulterers report a bare supply of live poultry making New Year orders unreliable. Metropolitan producers expect difficulty in meeting Christmas and New Year demand as supplies on rivers, along the South Coast, and inland have been stretched.
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Poulter
Redfern Forage Sales Share Market Note
A morning market report notes a slight fall in chaff supply at Redfern with stronger sale tone. Prime chaff sold 3s 6d to 3s 9d, desert figure 40 bags up to 3s 4d. lucerne steady. Consignors include Mezars & Co, R Hall, J Bell & Co, J Pay & Co, Dent & Perry, Sheppard, Harvey, Settlers Co-op, Wells & Matthews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redfern
M. Gutter
Mezars. and Company
R. Hall and J. Bell and Company, J. Pay and Company. ‘Dent and Perry
Sheppard, Harvey, and Settlers’ Co-operative Society
Wells and Matthews
J. le Irs
Vis
Che
Jane c
Market grain and produce tally from multiple NSW towns
A fragmented listing records weights bags and prices for wheaten and lucerne, onions, and potatoes across West Maitland, Windsor, Liverpool and other towns. Names such as M. Maher, Mulgrave, Pettit, White and Ferguson appear with bag counts and shillings per bushel or acre.
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Cantrill
M. Maher
Darling Harbour
Mulgrave
Windsor
Liverpool
Morpeth
Roberts
Singleton
Lucerne
Ellis
West Maitland
M‘kenzie
Daley
Onions
Wellington
Pettit
Apaley
Ferguson
Redfern Daily Produce Auctions and Auctioneers
Auction notices from Redfern Daily list James Bell and tLSO producers and multiple firms like W Grat and Co E. produce auctioneers at Redfern Daily. Frank Ireland, Bellis and Co and H Prescott and Co advertise daily sales of chaff produce live stock and commissions. George Wells and Matthews also advertise produce and live stock business with prompt returns.
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James Bell
Tlso
Settog
Redfern
Hey Ehtiay
I W. Grat and CO
Daly
James Pat and CO
Sussex-street
Ball and Bon
Frank
Ireland
Suesen-street
Sydney
Bellis
H. Prescott and CO
Sussex-st
GEO. Wells and Matthews
Susex
Italian's Strange Death by Own Action at Hyde Park
In an inquiry by the Acting City Coroner the death of Carlo Hosmer Ferrando, an Italian witness from Italy, was deemed suicide. Ferrando, born in Rome in 1876, had recently arrived in Sydney and lived at 14 Nithsdale Street, Hyde Park. He was viewed as temperate, with no known relatives in New South Wales, and was found after a self-inflicted revolver wound near his head. a finding of death by own action was recorded.
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Nithsdale Street
Hyde Park
Sydney
Cor
Vincenzo Morano
Carlo Hosmer Ferrando
Italy
Ferrando
Rome
New South Wales
Wipes
Mary Cartwright
Nithsdale-street
Constable Williams
Augusta Venler
Liverpool Street
John Williams
Wheat consignments rise as harvest outlook improves
Railway authorities received a large wheat consign ment at Darling Harbour and Darling Island this morning. The actual bags reached 23,118 against 7 for the same day last year. From December 1 to date 249,120 bags have arrived, compared with 495 bags in the same period last year, signaling a likely bumper harvest and prompting jubilant Commissioners.
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Darling Harbour
Darling Island
New Land Act Announces Central District Blocks
The Acting Under-Secretary Mr Macfarlane described the new Land Act regulations as the briefest ever drafted. Land gazettals proceed weekly with abundant land for settlement. The latest blocks lie in the central division Wagga land district within Marror Holding. Three blocks measure 765, 640, and 640 acres in Bourke county Kinilibah parish. Capital value is £115 per acre.
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Macfarlane
Wagga
Lessehold
Marror Holding
Bourke
Kinilibah
Fishermen Plea Against Port Jackson Net Ban
A deputation from the Licensed Fishermen's Association of Sydney, led by Mr. Dacey and accompanied by M LIA and MLC members, pressed the State Treasurer to oppose the closure of Port Jackson waters to net fishing from January 1. They argued the move harms revenue, jobs, and fishing towns, urging government support to reopen inland waters and protect the cannery and related industries.
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Dacey
Anderson
Gi. Flowers
Fishermen's Association of
Sydney
Port Jackson
Co Commission
Fisheries Board
Fanning
Mr. Want
Syil- Bey
Port Hacking
Brisbane
Sydney Harbour
Want
Weddell
Sir John Lee
Sydney City Council visits Ultimo to inspect electric works
At the last meeting the Lord Mayor pledged to notify Railway Commissioners about Devonshire street congestion and ensure Sussex street cleanliness. Councillors toured the Ultimo electric light station where officials expect May startup and June electricity lighting. The council also told the United Labourers Protective Society to provide details if pay rates at the Sydney station are in dispute, enabling a council inquiry.
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Sydney
Devonshire-street
Sussex
Pele
Ultimoco
United Labourers’ Protective Society
Thursday Mails From Sydney P O To Ballina Wardell
Mail closes at the Sydney GPO to morrow with routes via Macassar Newcastle and the Brecon shire. Listings include Ballina Broadwater Wardell Lord Howe Norfolk Vila New Hebrides Solo mon Shortland Santa Cruz Nambucca Port Moresby Samaral and West Australia. Timings vary 2 pm 6 30 pm and 7 pm.
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Maile
OG P.O
Sydney
Macassar
Newcastle
Breconshire
Ballina
Broadwater
Wardell
Grafton
Lord Howe
Norfolk
Vila
New Hebrides
Solomon, Shortland
Santa Cruz Islands
Yaabel
Nambucca River
Baden
New Year Calendars From Local and Overseas Firms
Calendar gifts arrive from Henry Brooksend Company Wynyard Buildings Sydney the Palatine Insurance Company Limited New Zealand Fire and Marine Insurance Company New South Wales Fresh Food and Ice Company Limited National Mutual Life Association of Australasia Limited Scottish Union and National Insurance Company Australian Alliance Assurance Company Willington Brothers Shell Transport and Trading Company Royal Insurance Company National Fire and Marine Insurance Company Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Nippon Yusen Kalaba Sun Fire Office Laws Balmain Samuel Lees Clarence Street city Royal Exchange Assurance of London blotting pads calendars National Insurance Company of New Zealand and other firms A bandy deck calendar from Royal Exchange offices plus combined blotting pads and calendars from Royal Exchange and Australian Alliance Assurance also.
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Messrs
Henry Brooksend Company
Wynyard Buildings
Sydney
Palatine Insurance Company, Limited
New Zealand Fire and Maine Insurance Company
New South Wales Fresh Food and
Darling-street
Balmain
Samuel Lees
Clarence
Street
City
Royal Exchange Assurance of London
Australian Alliance Assurance Company
National Insurance Company of New Zealand
Fingerprint system to be adopted in Victoria prisons
The Galton fingerprint method for criminal identification will be adopted in all Victoria prisons starting January 1. At a City Council meeting the Lord Mayor presented a minute noting the Court of Appeal set the Australian Gaslight Company’s street lighting rent at £2233 per year, a rate paid in 1902-03. The company proposed a new lamp scale, raising the annual city gas lighting cost from about £14,700 to roughly £16,706, an increase of £2,006.
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Victoria
Court of Appeal
Australian Gaslight Company
Pain in the Stomach Remedies Advised
An old notice promotes Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for stomach pain. It claims one dose will allay the pain and urges readers to try it to be convinced. The language is dated and promotional in tone.
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Chamberlain
Bristol in England Through Its Notable Sights
Bristol, England, famed as a commercial and philanthropic city, is showcased with photographs of its Suspension Bridge, Clifton College, College Green, Cathedral West Front, Old Bridge, Museum and Library, and the Blind Asylum and Church on Park Street.
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Bristol
Town and Country Journal
Clifton College
College Green
Old Bridge
Park Street
Prevention of Seasickness Discovery Promises Relief
Mr J P Wright of Slisat Street reports relief after using Senjoi for sea voyages. The Bishop of Gippsland notes Mrs Pain derived benefit. Seajoi is sold by Albert Sharp at 367 George Street opposite Bridge Street.
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J. P. Wright
Slisat
Martin s Apids and Eteel Pills Sold Across Australasia
Advertises Martin s Apids and Eteel Pills as available from all chemists in Australasia. Promotes purchasing from Martin Proprietor, Martin, Chemist, Bourhampton. Eng.-4.
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Martin
Australasia
Bourhampton
Eng
Wool traffic figures show 1903 rise at Darling Harbour
The Railway Commissioners provide a July to date wool traffic statement. In 1903 Darling Harbour received 308,053 bales, Morpeth 29,485 and Newcastle 24,537, totaling 362,? The data also cites 1902 figures, with Darling Harbour 906,632, Morpeth 26,8 and Newcastle 23,545, totaling 155,074, indicating a total increase for 1903 of 946 bales.
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Darling Harbour
Newcastle
Morpeth
Accident injures man and son in Camperdown rescue
John Allen of 23 Btephen trest Camperdown was found with a broken harness while his son Albert Allen escaped harm. Albert was caught by the tail-board hook and suffered a deep cut, taken to Sydney Hospital where Dr Pepe applied fourteen stitches to the wound.
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John Allen
Camperdown
Albert Allen
Gydney Hospital
Pepe
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Spewicek
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In Army
Freeman & Wallace Medical Institute
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