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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
3
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A reports noting strong Sydney market activity with good prices for lemons oranges mandarins and plenty of detail on quality grades. Prices vary by grade with hone att special notes and several dealers selling spotted fruit and mandarins Emperor Thornes and Thornes. Buyers and retailers respond to value preservation and profit margins amid regional supply signals from New South Wales and Queensland.
Sydney produce market at the Sydney Railway Goods Shed saw sustained weakness with long, unenthusiastic bidding and some items not drawing any bids. Prices listed include chaff at 6d a cwt, prime maize at 49 1d per bushel, and lucerne hay varying by bale size. consignors and buyers alike faced slow turnover amid wholesale pricing notes and consignments from Prescott Limited and others.
The High Court opens sittings at Darlinghurst on Monday with eight appeals on the docket. One concerns the will of the late George Adams of Tattersalls, the trusts argued to be for charity, and under review after Justice Street’s uncertainty ruling. Another appeal, Pielding and others v Howison, deals with rent disposal from St Phillip's Church lands per Justice A H Simpson's decision.
Manning report notes water on the bar with beacons visible. Ballina reports 12 ft on the bar and 24 ft inside the channel, Camden Haven 7 ft on the bar. Broken Hill tramway extension work to start soon. Reuter notes Admiral Rozhdestvensky, Tsushima commander, is alive after death-claim confusion.
Government plans a second fireworks and decorations display for the American Fleet visit on August 24. Under Government Architect Vernon and assistant A J Purdue, Domain structures and Martin Place decorations are underway with greens, wreaths, white columns, and obelisks. The programme includes rapid salutes, grand illumination, imperial shells, dragon fly rockets, and special imported shells, weather permitting.
The Gazette reports the Governor, with the Executive Council, approved a bureau of microbiology and appointed Dr. Frank Tidswell as director. The bureau will be under the Chief Secretary, a sub-department to the Ministry, aimed at studying minute organisms influencing life and earthly processes.
The Lane Cove Council clerk Mr Allen told the North Sydney Police Court bench that balances from Mopéay's sitting were settled. About 40 percent of original valuations have been reduced, lowering annual revenue by £15 to £18.
The Narrabri district reports a smooth start to the sheds with ample labor and sheep in good condition though the season is a bit delayed by reduced rainfall. Early operations began later than anticipated but overall activity is steady.
Mr. Robert Hughes of Crown land agency Armidale is named C P O at Corowa. The New England Rifle Association sets its annual prize event for Armidale on December 26 and 33.
An Australian reader testifies to Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills curing bilious headaches and indigestion. The ad claims the pills purify the blood cleanse the stomach and restore smooth body function. Dosing guidance varies with age and constitution with experience guiding optimal results.
An advertisement extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a universal cough cure suitable for all ages. It claims effectiveness across cough types, stressing gentle soothing action and safety for both young and old, and positions the product as an ideal family remedy.
E. E. Hill of Bridgetown WA writes from personal experience that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cured a severe cough last winter in towns plagued by cold. He keeps a bottle and uses it at first cold symptom and has not had a cold or cough since.
Chief Commissioner C J M Master forwarded small fish caught at Weilmoringle and corella bore to the NSW Fisheries Board. The species, Terapon unicolor, also linked to Mawleys and the Endeavour River reports, shows unusual distribution via artesian basins. Sir Stead notes potential major discoveries for government studies of artesian origins.
The advertisement proclaims Chamberlains Cough Remedy safe for children with coughs colds croup and whooping cough. It claims relief is certain and that early use prevents attacks while noting no opium or harmful drugs and suitability for babies and adults.
Mr W Marshall of Coleraine Victoria praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best medicine for instant relief. He recounts a cold episode while driving in Casterton and says he used the remedy every three hours, ending in complete recovery. He endorses it for bronchitis prevention and recommends it to families.
The Australian authorities have socially declared Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the only couch remedy sold in Australasia as free from all poisons. This official statement marks the product as safe and free of poisonous substances under local regulation.
At Homebush stock sales this afternoon 60 359 sheep and lambs were offered. Buyers included Sydney Preserving Company Limited and Melbourne exporters with heavy enquiry. Prime merino wethers and ewes sold at firm to slightly higher rates. deadstock tally totaled 134 with 227 Queenslanders among the cattle lots. Prime bullocks and cows showed sound demand, with values advancing in places and a brisk attendance expected for Monday’s sale of 271 sheep vans and 100 cattle wagons.
July 22 telegram reports on merino wool prices and advances. Descriptions note Creasy merino inferior to medium rising 6 to 9 percent, medium types up to 12 percent, and fine grades showing strongest gains. American buyers shown lots advanced 10 to 18 percent.
Arthur J L Rose a delivery rider faced North Sydney Summies Court after a sanitary inspector alleged adulterated milk sold with seven percent added water. Rose pleaded guilty and was fined ten pounds with one week to pay. a large milk delivery operation was cited.
This morning an elderly pedestrian narrowly avoided being run down by a Baulkham Hills tram on the main street to Parramatta. Despite the whistle, he moved along the line and was struck on the lower back, then walked away with no apparent injury. James Hudson, a wharf laborer of Crown Road Ultimo, was hit by sliding bales aboard the Everton Grange and taken to Sydney Hospital with facial and body abrasions. At Darling Island Wharf a bags slip caused a fall on Thomas Selby of Chandler Avenue City, who was admitted to Sydney Hospital with back and shoulder injuries.
A railway league forms at Werris Creek to advocate linking with the Western line. Sydney customs revenue yesterday totalled £104,510 with stimulants £4,645 and narcotics £2,005. The Postmaster-General expects Sydney General Post Office alterations by day labor to take about 12 months.
The fourteenth annual Hospital Saturday Fund meeting is set for Monday at Sydney Town Hall. The third Mark Hambourg recital occurs tonight at 8 15 at Town Hall with a new program. The NSW Legislative Assembly business paper lists sixty one notices of motion. Constable Montague seeks owners for stolen ladies under clothing and linen. items may be inspected at Darlinghurst police station. Sydney Post Office alterations include relocating the money order office and reconfiguring corridors. Seaman James M Dowell jailed 10 days for leaving Ortona without permission. The National Women's Anti-Suffrage League issues a manifesto urging women to oppose suffrage. The Postmaster-General notes Sydney GPO alteration costs are high but justified by business expansion. Katoomba appeals lodge 2 representing 170 valuations, likely to be settled at the friendly appeal court. Town Clerk to visit Sydney for a friendly appeal court due to many Sydney appellants.
An advertisement claims Pazo Ointment guarantees to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days with a money back guarantee. The text lists a price of 2s 34 and promises full refund if not cured.
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is advertised as a purely vegetable, narcotic free cure that soothes and heals. It supposedly checks coughs and colds, assists Nature in expelling the cause, tones the mucous membrane, and reduces congestion to lessen second attacks.
Mr GEO P TIDEMAN of Burns Philp Co Townsville writes relief found while traveling up North after a severe cold on a USN steamer. Geraldton stop helped his throat and cough with one bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy taken per directions. He keeps a bottle at home for future use.
Personal recommendations of cured coughs and colds have boosted Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to staple status in trade across the civilized world, especially in Australia. Makers claim it contains the best drugs money can buy and careful manufacturing makes it an ideal cough medicine.
Mr Frank W Frazer of Scone New South Wales writes of a severe cold contracted while touring New Zealand. After advice to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy he took a few doses and was completely cured. He confidently recommends it for throat and lung troubles.
If you fail to get beneficial results after using two thirds of a bottle return it to your dealer for a money back guarantee. The product is advertised as having prompt cures for coughs colds and croup.
Adelaide reports Parliament opened with the Governor's address noting negotiations for the purchase of a coal mine in the Maitland district of New South Wales. The statement signals potential expansion of state mining interests and regional energy resources.
The Hon. Henry Moses MLC became suddenly ill at the Hotel Australia this morning. Dr Scott Skirving attended and diagnosed abdominal troubles. He was moved by Civil Ambulance to Nurse McGabey's private hospital on Darlinghurst Road and admitted in a serious condition.
The F.M.S. Nera from the eastern States arrived at Fremantle this morning. The G.M.S. Roon en route from Bremen to Sydney arrived at Fremantle this morning. The P. and O. R.M.S. Moldavia from Melbourne arrived at Adelaide this morning.
The Governor General, with Senator East and railway officials, set out from Adelaide this morning for Oodnadatta, the northern terminus of the South Australian line. He plans to return to Adelaide by Sunday evening.
Severe weather hits Carcoar with cold change and snow on Mount Macquarie threatening lambing losses. Coomping Park near 80 percent mark, others fear lower yields as 6 points of weekly rainfall records. Also notes deaths, a parliamentary update on Dinolzulu salary and a hospital injury from a cart incident.
A warden's court is set up at Yer rarderie. G B Gunn, clerk, Central Police Office, is named as relieving CPS inspector. Lloyd from the Health Department visits Dubbo to confer with the council on town gradation. Dubbo Lands sees 347 applications for 18 settlement leases across Nar Famine Derribong Bundemar. Deposits exceed £17000. Land Board scheduled to consider the matter on Tuesday. Woods Great Peppermint Cure recommended for bronchial coughs.
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