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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 02, 1908
Page
8
A distorted ad page notes funeral directors in Surrey and references COFFILL'S FUNERALS and CHAMBERS Vile Warrant Central, plus a jumble of book reviews and literary notices. Mentions Mrs. Reynolds, The Power and The Cupfill Company, and Angus and Robertson publications with brief notices of The New Rotundus and various works.
A lengthy critique surveys Richard Marah as a novelist, noting his early work The Abstract and later MacGuffin like The Gift and the Miracle. It compares him to Dickens and Thackeray, praising his command of style, dramatic construction, and character drawing while finding some elements less strong, and places his Christmas fiction alongside classic writers.
The Telegraph Interruption issue prompts Festmaster-General and Mr Mauger to seek a government funded plan. Proposals consider using Fairway telegraph poles for duplicate interstate lines, citing lower weather disturbance and easier inspection. Discussions involve Railway Commissioners and electrical engineers from postal, Victorian, and New South Wales departments.
Henry Prines a 53 year old grocer was charged at the Newtown Police Court with feloniously and maliciously murdering Henry Sulliven at Newtown on the tenth instant. On the application of Sub-respector McCrummon Prines was remanded to Friday week.
Wollongong advertisement notes Dr Snelson's New Discovery as highly effective for coughs and consumption. Claims a winter health remedy, presenting Shelon's New Discovery as an unequalled preparation for chest complaints and lung trouble relief.
Shipping arrivals listed with named vessels captains and consignments. Mentions agents, cargoes, and payments, with scattered names and places forming a fragmentary maritime notice.
Fragmentary newspaper notes describe sailing ships, voyages from London to Sydney and Adelaide, and charters reported for ports including New York and Melbourne. The text references vessels, captains, routings, and a late 19th century tone with mention of Victoria and shipping lines.
A cyclist in Horocpaile Lluiolaathe encounters a bullock attack while en route to Bardney. The creature is diverted by a theatre box Randall carried, parrying the horned assault with a improvised mechanism attached to the collection box.
A stretch of garbled text describes a boy who noticed a collie digging and covering something in a pouch at Pige's March. He found thirty three pennies hidden inside a depot and had planned to use the money to buy a bun. He saved the pennies to eat later after being chased at the depot.
Schedule appears as a readable fragment listing recurring Saturday trips from the foot of Marker Street on wharf. Mentions BOM MN and NAW RESECRY ED ER with fare 2, noting three occasions and a Toss To reference, all indicating a repeated transit or excursion service on Saturdays.
A fragmented report evokes Pioneer Lady Veale and family ties to Ararat and Mount Willem in New South Wales. It mentions notable figures such as Mrs Veale and her relatives, local places like Sten Wille, Palasteary, and Queensland links, plus references to cricket, football, and early Australian society. The piece cites The Evening News and notes the paper’s broad readership in New South Wales.
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