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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 31, 1906
Page
3
A heavily garbled OCR record outlines a New Year's Eve poultry sale and live stock listings. It mentions Hastie ser, a live turkey inquiry, prices, and multiple auctions with entries for weights, bidders, and suppliers. The fragment references dates around December and January and lists various auctioneers and locations, with a focus on poultry and farm goods.
A fragmented report from Sidney describes a produce sale with a crowd of buyers and various sellers. Prices and lot details appear jumbled, mentioning bidders, carloads, and individual names without clear context or outcomes.
A jumbled OCR fragment lists names and places such as St. Leone, Nineth, Qoulton, Fraditleh, Mata, and several parenthetical items. The text resembles a damaged page with scattered proper nouns, numbers, and partial addresses, lacking coherent narrative or complete sentences.
Public works tenders were accepted for multiple NSW projects including road and bridge work from Tumut to Kiandra with several crews named and amounts ranging from £230 up to £9776. Major items include timber beam bridges over Mntyre River at Tingha and Linney Cook, a footbridge at Ashford, a kitchen block at Long Bay Prison, and wharf construction at Toronto.
A summary of last week’s real estate activity shows numerous suburban transactions including freeholds and land blocks across Lismore Kirland River Darlington Balgowink Manty Carw Kensington Cabramatta and Narrabeen with totals reaching £1721. Notable entries include Richardson and Wrench Limited Cottaro Charwood and Arthur Rickard and Company with multiple parcels on Gartewood Estate Mount Pleasant and Woy Woy along with several smaller holdings and cottages.
An Australian column profiles Rev Thomas Beecher Swift of Alexandra Victoria, describing his 50 years as a gospel worker across 42 miles, noting his Oct 12 1905 birthday and sustained health via abstinence and Dr Moses Indian Root Pills. Reports of his letters praising the remedy and a photo accompany the feature, along with local notices and a railway-related accident at Circular Quay injuring a laborer delivering torches.
After a lengthy conference at the Trades Hall Goulburn Street city Slaughtermen and Journeymen Butchers Union met with Master Butchers to settle the meat trade dispute. Key figures included Mr Macramora president and Mr Kr Kavasaga of The Syndicate with labor advocates present. Men agreed to resume work on Monday and minor details remain to be settled by representatives. Employers signaled willingness to implement the terms by Monday morning December 41, with two disputed points resolved and others pending. The arbitration board will oversee all matters, with appeals to the Industrial Arbitration Act if needed.
A break-in at the residence of Rev. JW Corbien of Globe Mettogies Church Arundel Street Glebe occurred while the family slept. Thieves gained entry by forcing a window and stole several pieces of jewellery.
Constables Healey and Nicholls found Donald M'Doonld Broo unconscious on the Toolpath in George Street near Gonshara Street at an early hour yesterday. He died a few hours after admission to Sydney Hospital. A head wound was noted and the body identified this morning. He had been employed on a station and came to the city for a holiday.
A well known traveler from Lon aon writes about Forum Mrauen In Tay as the best restorative tonic and appetiser. He praises its effects on hearing after 43 years of deafness citing Professor Stanicn in Disease at the Ear. A testimonial from ROT BR of Liverpool Street Sydney dated 2012/06.
Police promotions listed across the Metropolitan District include several sergeants and constables elevated within ordinary and first class ranks. Names such as Thomas Whalen Walter Wright John Cooper Arthur Bidwerd and many more appear among the new promotion roster.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe official actions in New South Wales elections. Mentions Mr McLaren and various offices with unclear roles and dates amid a British or colonial era newswire style.
Fragmentary London market notes list copper antimony and tin prices, freight and shipping terms, and various goods. The garbled text references copper and antimony prices, duties, brands, exports to Australia, and rail and tram terms, with scattered company names and locations.
A fragmented page describes a Woman's Budget section with items on practical meals, fashion, and home duties. It mentions “Practical Uteamakiis” and “Meatth and Deauty” pages, with references to cooking, travel coats, juvenile patterns, and poems alongside traditional household topics.
The notice reports tomorrow’s tram fare cancellations for workmen and improved services in Hay, Castlereagh, Randwick Racecourse start times, and a Highland Gathering service from 9:29 am. It also notes a rural line extension after regular timetables and a death notice for Tudor Tucker, former Melbourne artist, aged 23.
The text presents mixed words and names like Trade, Commerce, and a minister, with many garbled phrases and missing context. It mentions an official recount of absenteeism among officials and references a date near Wednesday. The overall meaning is unclear due to transcription errors.
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