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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
3
The readable lines list scattered names, units, and notes resembling a muster or roster from a historical conflict. Entities include a mix of battalion references, officer ranks, and place names, though the text is garbled and incomplete.
A shirt maker Mr Smithers reported his Campbell Street premises robbed on Thursday, with loss estimated at £7. The article also notes a railway guard Ingeph Atking, age 37, who slipped and broke his hip on Monday in Hamilton Street Rozelie, with death due to hook.
Gerart likely to race at Canterbury Park while plans float for him to ship to Melbourne. Trials and entries loom for Rosehill meeting on August 1 with hurdles and handicaps noted. Princess the show mare dies near Forbes. Neckie the Cravat mare sold. Scratchings include Scud and Cylinder for major races.
Interviewed in Los Angeles, former heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries dismissed Tommy Burns as unfit for a modern champion and urged fair terms for a Burns Johnson bout. He criticized Burns for not drawing the color line and warned against unsportsmanlike, high risk terms while noting revenue shares.
In Vattercall's report on Thursday night J Logan won 130 to 128 against Part on the rug. Tonight's entries list W G Bauman at 148 versus EA Shlel with received scores incomplete.
Assumed name results from Thursday night at 214 Castlereagh street Sydney show E Ryan defeating F Barr by 38 and G Hall beating Bungebah by 8. Tonight Bonzoline faces J Inglis and W Grimshaw with J Martin also set. Campbelltown School of Arts notes say P E Paylen won A Grade over L J Johnson by 39, and A Lack defeated H Burgess 4 by 0 in B Grade.
The South Australians arrive Monday morning from Brisbane and will play Balmain at Birchgrove Oval in the afternoon. A dinner follows, then a harbor trip and a drag drive before theatre. Wednesday sees a match against New South Wales at Spaney Cricket Ground before evening departure home.
The Crow's Nest Club schedules a 10 mile road race from Sharland's Royal Family Hotel at 4 pm with handicaps listed for W Chapman H Meller J Blinthorn and others. The Botany Club sets a 20 mile handicap with entries closing tomorrow. Duston interclub team from Botany Sydney and South Sydney meets Interclub heats at Homebush with first heat at 3 20 pm and later heats following.
The Western Suburbs Society issues its forthcoming season programme with prize lists and a strong turnout expected. The first race departs Bundanoon next Saturday for 210 birds. An open race from Marulan on August 1 offers 10 prizes and a potential record. A long distance event from Morgan South Australia covers 625 miles on October 24 drawing high member interest.
The Newtown Methodist Club met at King Street Methodist School Hall to review a successful season in the Western Suburbs Churches Union Competition. They finished third after winning 10 outright matches and first innings, with 21 points and a 22.56 batting average by F G Ranfield. Briggs topped bowling with 7.1% for 30 wickets. Ranfield, Briggs, and Parsons each made 10 catches. Officers named include Ser W Collier as president and N Briggs as captain with committees for selection, management, and audit.
The Australian champion race is set for Raymond Terrace on the Hunter River with Richard Tresidder challenging Ben Thoroughgood. The stake is £206, crowd betting favors Thoroughgood, though Maget rated backers back Thoroughgood. Thoroughgood, lighter and younger, has beaten Tresidder and Towns in past handicaps, while Richmond River’s sculler has won two matches.
Mail closes at the GPO Sydney tomorrow with routes to Macleay River Port Macquarie Ayton Bay and Coft's Harbor via Newcastle and Melbourne direct via Coowal to Wellington New Zealand and other destinations. It notes sailings on Cerandal Cumaroa Blank and Ounghi with times from noon to 3 pm and special endorsement required naming the Emin.
On Saturday at Victoria Hall Manly the cliepa committee staged a program for visiting squadron men starting at 1 pm. The afternoon featured racing events including a 40 yard and 200 yard dash and a water display in the morning with races, sailing, and a band performance as the program winds up.
The Sydney General Post Office highlights the era's grand postal system when a London news item arrives with a curious fraud involving a copy of Le Voleur Illustre. A sender addressed to Mr George Jarret, Government Interpreter, triggers a police court appearance after a Hong Kong bound shipment arrives by RMS Himalaya, with the usual rail routes later in the day.
Five whales were seen near Sydney Heads on Wednesday afternoon. Reported splashing and boating near misses drew sensational talk of narrow escapes. Fishermen out for flathead watched the monsters from a mile or so away as the whales lashed the water in a furious display.
In Avshi Perth a man charged with using defamatory words in Brasburn faced a magistrate who ruled the terms were not defamatory. The hangman reference was deemed not defamatory, and the court noted the hangman could be an estimable gentleman. The case involved a Children’s Hacking Committee at Nighty Woods.
A Thursday Trades Hall gathering led by president W L Duncan debated clerical wage and condition reforms. Complaints accused English clerks of unfair market impact in Sydney and NSW forcing a cheap labor dynamic, prompting plans to appeal the Sydney Labor Council and Immigration Department. Painters Union reported strike-related costs and international support, noting a £76 balance and a pending Industrial Disputes Act review with parliament likely to delay storeroom actions for a month.
An account of Dr Chapman at the Royal Society on life under high ambient pressure. The lecture explained how breathing gases under pressure affect divers and caisson workers, noting dangers from decompression and the role of dissolved gases forming bubbles. Methods to avoid hazards include supplying sufficient air and controlled ascent based on depth and exposure.
Miss Florence Baines, stage star of Minn Laieashire Limited at Her Majestys Theatre Ballarac, acquires 17 000 acres in Western Australia about 25 miles from Perth. She plans grazing operations and to reside on the property under relatives with sheep and cattle breeding experience.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a Rosehill mandicap note with names and events cut midstream. Key entities are unclear due to garbled characters, but shows racing context, participant mentions, and a potential date or venue fragment, indicating a local horse race item needing reconstruction.
Avetina Advertisements schedules a daily sale on the Bmams HA Bo Street LA jobo P list. The notice lists consolidated pledges and indicates auction actions to be conducted with attention to local bidders and timings.
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