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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 08, 1908
Page
6
The article reports Captain Neuenstein and officials debating larrikin behavior in Sydney and Darlinghurst Gaol. It discusses causes including environment, family neglect, and the need for reforms such as schooling, supervised youth recreation, compulsory physical training, and alternative punishments to stamping out the problem.
Laborer Harry Sammers, 31, charged this morning with baytug eid thyuor po Sum day last without a licence. Sergeant Nowian stated he would be liable for six months or a fine. Summers’ attorney, Mr Smithers, sought time while noting his client’s good character and employment. Magistrate deferred for weeks to pay £5 with conditions of security and two sureties totaling £200.
A Kensington meeting of Progress Association members and residents at Kensington School of Art considered candidates for the upcoming municipal elections. The Mayor of Randwick was absent and opposed chairing. voters supported re-election for Baker, Bobey, and Evans. Moors and the committee push for capable men to return.
Report from the Barren Jack Welt describes two girls Misses Newling and MIntyre bathing in the river. They slipped under and sank but were saved after J Cook and his brother Reuben Cook risked their safety and aided recovery. Miss MIntyre regained consciousness though not out of danger. The event prompted notice to humane societies.
After the Melbourne test, Judge Cusesn praised the English side and hailed Barnes and Firkder for their magnificent strokes under trying conditions. Australia’s selectors planned the third test in Adelaide, with Hazlitt Victoria set to go and O Connor replacing others. Saunders’s batting and fielding were noted as inconsistent, while attendance and receipts highlighted the match’s financial impact.
A 300 strong crowd of Loyalty Islanders gathered in Market Street on Tuesday night and interfered as police attempted to arrest colored residents. William Murray pleaded guilty to drunk and disorderly conduct. Kenneth Mtonesa andients Lynch faced charges for incitement and restraint. Jack Ware denied guilt for buying and resisting officers during the fracas. Murray jailed briefly. Ware jailed if unable to pay fines.
Mrs Annie Goss testified in Water Police Court that John Lowe a fireman assaulted her outside her Kent street home while she was with her daughter. Lowe admitted drinking and misidentifying her as the aggressor claiming never saw her before. He faced a possible 2 to 21 day sentence.
Mr 3 P Clark of Railway Tro race Petersham departed with his family for a short holiday leaving a caretaker in charge. On return he could not locate the caretaker and found revolvers, apparel, watches, a muff chain and precious stones missing. Police are investigating and seek the absent man.
In Town and Country Journal a fine pictorial issue highlights the Highland Gathering in Sydney and Armidale with two pages of images. The edition includes race day photography, a feature on the Mysore Lancers, Newcastle Regatta views, and portraits of attendees. A supplement covers aeronautics and the Gordon Bennett Cup race, plus domestic interests and a staffed note on stereoscopic views.
The article notes Miss Coppin, daughter of the late Gearse Coppin, ill in Fremantle while staying with Mrs. Bland Hall. A surf-bathing and life-saving club has formed at Wollongong. A tender from EA. and T. Judd for a new bridge over Bilahera Creek at Parkes was accepted, amount 8 ip Bewued Muckler.
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