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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 01, 1908
Page
3
A notice announces a weekly contest offering a Half Sovereign to the first child from Summer Hill Public School to send 100 Carrington’s Toffee Coupons. Each participant who sends coupons but misses the prize receives a pocket knife. The paper explains a school will be named next Wednesday and ads Carrington’s Toffees as the source of the coupons.
Fossils fromAmerica reveal three complete camel skeletons dating 1 500 000 years ago unearthed near the Wyoming Nebraska border. A three toed horse fragment and ankle bones suggest a herd of 45 camels perished at the site. Discoverers were Amherst College researchers led by Dr Frederick Brewster Loomis.
The Manly Club's Double Handicap event crowned Walsh and Paterson after 14 sets and 82 games. Other results include Johnson and Allerton 1 set 68 games, Crossman and Pallitser 12 sets 62 games, Palmer and Gibbs 14 sets 76 games, Lloyd and Williams 10 sets 4 games, and Hawken pair 9 sets 45 games with numerous other pairings listed.
A Tudor house and corner-post at Ipswich, recently removed for £75, was bought by a London firm and secured for shipment to America as part of planned improvements.
The piece argues pedestrian traffic control in the city is unsatisfactory with loiterers and social talkers clogging footways. It notes police blame for congestion, current bylaw actions, and a push by Inspector-General Garvin for legislation to give police full power to regulate footway movement.
The Senior Cadet movement reports growth with detachments from Helensburgh to Nowra. The South Coast camp opens at Wollongong January 34 with one representative per detachment. First Battalion officers attend a La Perouse instruction school January 16 for eight days. metropolitan units form a physical training club.
An aged Chinaman named Johnny Sing Lee was charged at the Retfern Police court with lacking means of support. Police said he slept in a vacant allotment water pipe near Re Treat street, Alexandria, and begged food, becoming abusive when refused. He declined to go to China despite subsiding fare offered by countrymen. He claimed no money but a home in China. He was sentenced to three months in jail.
Nicholau and Company formed on July 7 1905 to take over Nicholaug and Company music and pianoforte warehouse Sydney. Debentures grew to £15 000 but now ordinary share capital replaces debt with assets totaling about £127 000 free of liabilities. Thomas Davis secured capital in England and Germany and obtained sole agency for Steamway pianos and the Chase Baker piano player with further agencies to follow.
Helen Surigiti a 19 year old Roumanian bride killed herself at the altar in a Jassy church during her wedding. Forced to renounce her lover she refused an arranged marriage to Demeter Grunta and fired a revolver from her pocket striking her heart as the ceremony began.
Prominent items include W. Ine]is and Son's sale tomorrow at Randwick Newmarket Stables featuring Collurit Ossian Australian Color Haerbican Orfano and the youngster Boredino. Wellington Jockey Club results show Holl Latrol Enfield and Valkyrie winning several events.
Juniors from New South Wales and South Australia met in Adelaide on Tuesday. NSW were all out for 108 with Storey top scoring 71 and Dwyer contributing 0. South Australia posted 09 led by Ward with 40. NSW bowlers Riddell 2 for 44 Storey 4 for 49 Tierney 1 for 25 Whitt 5 for 55 while Ward 3 for 8, Giffen 2 for 11, Alford 1 for 3, and Ward 2 for 14 led SA bowling. County financial notes show Worcestershire deficit at 4250 108 Td and annual working income £302 128 1M with fate money £4h Is id and match expenses £924 198 Td. Ground stall wages cited as £790.
Reports from the first to final heats list swimmers by name with times and placements. The event includes divisions and heats, final times around 52 to 63 seconds, and a win by half a yard. Following the meet, entries for Manly Club's third annual carnival are announced with championship lineups for 440 yards and Northern Suburbs events.
The athletic news reports New Zealand Northern Union side suffered defeats at Leigh and Watershed amid blizzard conditions. Poor form and fatigue marked the matches with four changes and a tougher test looming against Oldham when dry ball and firm footing return.
Denis Rosier claims police harassment over the past year tied to an alleged double. He says repeated arrests, forced identifications, and job loss follow him from Balmain to Parramatta and beyond, and asks the government for work or compensation. He urges special consideration to sue police.
The fourth Manly Regatta will be held in January with eight sailing events including yachts fishing boats dingers skiffs and boats 25 ft and under plus rowing events and a motor race. Secretary C J Atkinson reports trophies in hand and treasurer L C Johnson notes a strong financial position. entries close January 6 at 10 p.m.
Delegates from New South Wales Western Australia Queensland and eight Australian states attended the Federated Boot Trade conference at Trotes Hall Dison Street Feeterday. The gathering approved amalgamation plans and advancing rules to seek early access to the Federal Arbitration Court. Delegates enjoyed hospitality in Sydney and took excursions to Hawkesbury River and National Park.
A 17 year old servant Daley Dingwell Ross pleaded guilty to stealing about £4 from Joe Hava at Leichhardt. The evidence showed money vanished from a wardrobe and later from a locked room. She admitted the theft and received three months hard labor, suspended on good behavior for twelve months.
They claim Freeman and Wallace Institute staff of registered specialists cure grave diseases of men with nerve blood kidney spinal and wasting illnesses. A letter from Mr Ewing Hunter praises recovery and invites consultations at their Sydney address with a 50 page medical book and staff doctors named.
A reader argues for stronger immigrant support from MCA and YMCA networks across New York and Canada, urging English language access and guidance for arrivals. Others compare gambling and social habits, urging clarity in laws and public policy to balance Anglo Anglo Australian concerns and national progress.
The article traces quoit origins from possible Frisian and Saxon roots to the Baltic coast, noting similar games like Tridde and kloots. it cites Dutch and German links, ancient terms, and 18th century prohibitions. It highlights variations in frame, material, and stake culture, plus mentions historians Reimann and Belmano.
Frau von Pupp becomes Berlin's pioneering woman cab driver earning six pounds in her inaugural shift. The historic debut occurs as she navigates the city streets and collects early fares amid the new career start.
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