Liverpool and Cabramatta road clash drains local funds
Liverpool Council fights proposed resumption for a Grange Grove Estate road to Cabramatta road estimating £5000 to make it trafficable and urging the ratepayers to support maintenance. Parramatta and Waterloo reports discuss public works, health notices, and stormwater drainage schemes with costs up to £6500 and government participation.
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Liverpool Council
Grange Grove Estate
Liverpool
Cabamatte
J. Bull
Cabramatta
Cauley Vale
Lands Department
Hoy
Telfer
St. John’s Park
Hay
Smith
Perry
Canley Vale
Palmer
Parramatta Council
W. J. Ferris
M.L.A
Parramatta
Alderman Moxham
Smith Street
E. J. Love
Evening News
T. R. Moxham
Waterloo
J. M. Small
Water and Sewerage Board
Botanystreet
Griffin
Botany Street
Redfern
Botany-street
Botany-road
Itter
Ragian Street
Engi
Future Contingents and South Africa Conflict Law
The piece notes the Commonwealth Constitution Act restricts states from raising a military force without Federal Parliament consent after the Commonwealth establishment. It suggests it would be illegal for a state government to dispatch troops to South Africa until federal authorization is granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Commonwealth
Edison Seeks to Harness Coal Energy with Air Power
Thomas Edison, the electrical wizard, works on a compressed air method to capture over 90 percent of coal energy lost in combustion. He has applied the process to steam drills and a new engine type with excellent results, hoping to revolutionize motive power on land and at sea.
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Thomas Edison
London
Edison
Public Meeting Sought on Narandera Railway Line
Narandera notes report a public meeting set for January 14. Delegates from the Berrngen Barooga Railway League will speak to advocate a line shortening the Narrandera Melbourne distance by about eighty miles, linking to Cobram in Victoria. A rival Finley Tocumwal to Strathmerton line is also discussed by proponents.
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Narrandera
Berrngen-Barooga Railway League
Melbourne
Cobram
Finley
Tocumwal
Strathmerton
Victoria
Order of Pro Cession Arranged After Debate by Premier
The procession order has been set by the Premier after debate. Mounted police, NSW lancers, cadets, bands, contingents from NSW to New Zealand, imperial units, Irish and Scottish guards, nursing corps, ambulance waggons, staff officers, trade unions, churches, and officials advance in ceremony with many contingents and dignitaries listed.
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Mounted Police
New South Wales Lancers
R.aa
R.A.A. Guard of Honor
N.S. Wales
Savage
R.A.A
Soudan
H.M. Army and Navy
Green
Queensland
New Zealand
Imperial
Royal Horse Artillery
Household Cavalry
Life Guards
Royal Horses Guards
King's Dragoon Guards
Tth
Hussars
71St Lancers
Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
Royal Field Artillery
Royal Irish Rifles
Rifle Brigade
Royal Highlanders
the Black Watch
Highland Light Infantry
Benforth Highlanders
Rothshire
Cameron Highlanders
Army Service
Royal Army Medical Corps
Army Ordnance Department
Army Pay Department
4Th Norfolk Battalion of Militia
Devon Regiment
1St
Middlesex Rifle Volunteers
Royal Arthur
Royal Navy
Royal Marines
Marshall
I.N
A.D.C
G.O.C
New South Wales
Executive Council
Sydney
Legislative Assembly of
Legislative Council of
Commonwealth Memorial issue praised for three color printing
The Town and Country Journal commemorates a historic Australian event with a large three color cover by Pinfold and Company and a photo portrait of Lord and Lady Hopetoun. The issue includes engravings of early ministries, portraits of notable figures, and a detailed historical retrospective. The route for the Commonwealth procession is outlined, and holiday notes mention hot weather and a boy injured by a tree.
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Town and Country Journal
Mesers. W. C. Pinfold and Company
New South Wales
Lord
Lady Hopetoun
Mining Report From Gilgunnila and Gundagai Mines
In Gilgunnila the Jong reports crushing results for the Dream Last Chance and Four Mile Prospectors with 254 loads smelted into 45½ pounds of gold, despite lower yearly output due to dead work. The Four Mile, Dream, Last Chance and Matterson party crews show shafts from 80 to 200 feet with plans to reach reef depth. outlook is hopeful with less dead work ahead. At Gundagai, mining slows for holidays though Kino’s Prince of Wales Mine pushes shafts to 470 feet using two drills and a diamond drill, while awaiting harder rock near a thousand feet.
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Gilgunnila
Dream
Uoon
Bios
Matterson
Four Mile
Los Sdwt
Gundagai
Kino
Prince of Wales
Public Service Gazette Powers Expanded Across Departments
A government notice lists multiple appointments and transfers in the Departments of Lands Justice Public Works and Public Instruction plus the Postal and Electric Telegraph Department. Officials shift roles including district surveyors crown lands agents inspectors and clerks with several on probation or temporarily acting assignments across Forbes Wyalong Armidale Port Macquarie Bingara and other districts.
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Department of Lands
Arthur Sharp
Forbes
Associated Districts
Wyalong
Robert M'Donald
Local Land Board
E. Beaver
C.P
Crown Lands
R. G. Green
C.P.8
Port Macquarie
J. Daley
A. E. Stopford
Armidale
Og. Gilcock
G. FR. Williams
C.p.s
Bingara
George Silcock
Wagga
Department of Justice
C. A. Arnold
Petty Sessions
Coonamble
M. R. Longfield
F. B. Willis
Department
Dunckeur
Department of Public Works
Agnes Burgis
Alice Chrisford
Postal and Electric Telegraph Department
William Burnett
H. G. Burton
L. C. Ciliford
Ballina
Thomas Rogers
William Langan
J. Gorman
West Wyalong
Ethel Mary Maher
Richter
Norman Cox
Glen Innes
Alexander Campbell
E Belmont
Williamson
W. R. Hocking
Scone
B. A. B. Madell
Trangle
Mudgee
W. D. Weirick
Department of Public Instruction
G. B. Rutherford
Cobar
Junee
A. J. Harrington
Crow's Nest
North Sydney
Dale
H. Dale
Kate Dunber
8. Carroll
Wm. M.pherson
Eden Valley
Percival Young
Chandler Provisional School
Annie J. Larren
Dubbo
F. W. Brend
A. Hargrave
North Botany
Narromine
Laundry firm in Hongkong offers cheap washing services
A Chinese laundry firm in Hongkong sent prospective English customers an announcement pledging thorough cleaning at low prices. The note claims to wash all clothes and blankets with care and contrasts itself with a rival company, inviting customers to trust its business based on affordable rates.
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Hongkong
New York “Daily Tribune
London Market Update Mixed Across Commodities and Bonds
Open market three month bills show a 1-16 rise to 41-16 while Bank rate stands at 4 percent. Wheat and wool quiet. butter firm with colonial demand and Danish higher. Ophir butter arrival in good order. Copper and tin gain. lead steady. pig iron up. sp elter unchanged. Bank of England weekly reserve figures show declines in notes and coin with notes issued and securities detailed. Australian government stock quotes steady. various regional bonds listed with minor changes.
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London
Bank of England
Hamburg
Notea
Tramway upgrade and late services after midnight church events
The Railway Commissioners announce improved tram services on all lines tonight. To accommodate the midnight church services, late trams will run to the suburbs from 12.30 am. Full details are advertised in today’s issue.
Tragic Molong Dairying Worker Crushed by Wagon
In Cumnock a man named Tyler believed from Peak Hill was crushed when a wagon loaded with machinery shifted its wheels into a rut. The boiler rolled onto him and injuries proved fatal. The local coroner proceeded to hold an inquest.
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Molong
Cumnock
Tyler
Peak Hill
Molong District Dairying Company
Post Office Officers Fault Fairness in Commonwealth Procession
Letter to the editor voices dissatisfaction in the Postal Department over unfair attendance rules for the Commonwealth procession. Staff under £220 per year may stay at desks while higher paid officers watch from windows with guests. Criticism extends to the blue and white ticket plan at Government House. The writer urges Mr Crick to demonstrate fair treatment for all ranks.
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Evening News
Postal Department
Government House
P.M.G
Crick
Youra
Pears Soap Promises Bright Complexion
An old advertisement claims a bad complexion comes from inferior soap. It asserts Pears Soap makes hands white and fair, the skin smooth and soft, and the complexion clear, with thousands testifying to its effectiveness.
Sydney Debating Club marks first year at Queen's Hall
The Sydney Debating Club celebrated its first year under the present name with a Thursday event at Queen's Hall. President M J Wilson presided before a large audience as Mrs. Lindsay Brown, Hettie Maerker, Manton, Lile Thornton, Mabel Batchelor, Australia Black, Josephine Congell, and Mesnra R H Mashford among others performed vocal, instrumental, and elocutionary items. Cadbury's Cocoa advertised as a stimulating sustaining cup.
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Sydney Debating Club
Queen's Hall
Old School of Arts
M. J. Wilson
Lindsay Brown
Hettie Maerker
Manton
Lile Thornton
Mabel Batchelor
Australia Black
Josephine Congell
R. H. Mashford
A. Budd
Oliver Reece
Ern. Butcher
W. H. Walden
A. B. Wilson
Herbert Batchelor
Butter Shipments On RMS Victoria From Sydney
The P. and O. Company RMS Victoria departed Sydney Saturday bound for London with 10 418 boxes of butter in refrigerated hold. Suppliers include Farmers' Co operative Company 2684 boxes Foley Brothers 2242 F F and Ice Company 1449 J Ireland 673 Berrima District Company 740 Creamery Company 750 Denham Brothers 243 T Clarke 281 Coastal Farmers 227 T Mitchell 214 H Prescott and Company 170 Hawken and Vance 146 Fitzgerald Brothers 127 J Barre Johnston and Company 117 Co operative Company 66 Birt and Company Limited 3.
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P. and O. Company
RMS
Victoria
Sydney
London
Chambers
Farmers' Cooperative Company
Foley Brothers
F. F. and Ice Company
J. Ireland
Berrima District Company
Creamery Company
Denham Brothers
T. Clarke
Coastal Farmers
T. Mitchell
H Prescott and Company
Hawken and Vance
Fitzgerald Brothers
J. Barre-Johnston and Company
Co-operative Company
Birt and Company, Limited
Presentation at Condobolin for Mr Brown
In Condobolin the council chambers heard Mr Thomas Brown receive an illuminated address and a £140 testimonial from admirers. The gathering voiced strong support for his return in the upcoming federal contest, with the monetary part of the testimonial to aid his Liberal bid for the Canobias electorate.
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Condobolin
Thomas Brown
Brown
Steamship Amour Moves to Stream Berth at Quay
The M M steamer Amor has left for the Stream, while the Pacifique has occupied the company’s berth at the Quay.
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M.M
Amor
Pacifique
Cakes and Pastry Supply for Hotels and Restaurants
Hotel keepers and restaurant proprietors in country towns are informed they can be supplied with all cakes and pastry. The message highlights up-to-date plant and the largest Bakehouse in Australia, with careful packing for distant country towns and prompt price lists on application.
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Australia
Bush Fires Threaten Gillertbah Farms Near Narrandera
A destructive bush fire near Gillertbah, west of Narrandera, burned through multiple farms including Woodcock, Sims, Bradford, Bell, Monton, and Haskew. Homesteads and haystacks were saved with difficulty, though a Bell selection haystack was lost and feverish drought conditions worsen the settlers’ long struggle.
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Narrandera
Gillertbah
Messra
Woodcock
J. Sims
W. Bradford
H. Bell
W. Monton
C. Haskew
F. Woodcock
Sims
Bell
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the Order OF Procession
Farm Cove
Liunam
St. Mary's Cathedral
Queens Statue
Macquarie-street
Bridge-street
Mill-street
Binitin Place
George-street
Park-street
College-street
Oxford-street
Centennial Park
Public Works Committee
Carey
Larmer Street
Sesson
Arthur Rosezell
Royal Mail
Tattersall’s Hotel
F. A. Smith
A. G. Reid
W. Hanson
F. R
Supreme Court of
Legislative Assembly
Legislative Council
Canada
Cape
Natal
Lancer
Mounted Rifles
Duchess of York
Mr. Barton
G. H. Reid
Lyne
George Turner
J. R. Dickson
C. C. Kingston
Hyde
Tate
Park
Agu Selim
Macquarie
Pariament House
Public Service Gazette
Glasgow
Mount Lyell
North Mount Lyell
Chillagoe
N.S.W
Aus
Tasmania
W.A
RAMS
the Post Office
Cadbury
John Hunter & Son
Australasia
Palace
George and Market Sts
G. Hudson
Bydney
Taylor
Doan
Sydney People
M. Mullins
Hunter Street
Doa
Newman's
King-street
J. Frodd
Crown Street
Dean
Fester-Mccclellan Co
Pitt-strest
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