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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 02, 1903
Page
3
A wide jumble of items covers coal exports from Newcastle, typhoid outbreaks in Halmalu, local government appointments in Melbourne and Campbelltown, naval movements, hotel damage, school holidays, and various civic inquiries. Includes police, public health, and parish society happenings with names, places, and dates scattered throughout.
The Sydney wheat market faces firmer prices with reduced Australian supply and rising imports. Melbourne shipments lag, storage costs rise, and heavy foreign arrivals strain shipments, while domestic demand stays steady as prices stay high and outlook remains uncertain.
A sagging trade and bad weather constrain fruit business as prices shift. Navel oranges and peaches command high rates while pears, bananas, and lamonas show mixed availability. Listings detail prices per case or per half case for Tasmanian and New York varieties, with several varieties described as scarce or plentiful depending on demand.
A fragmented report from Redfern notes a large turnout and mixed sales of forage items. Prices listed include beets and hay at various per hundredweight rates, with straw and turnips appearing in the auction or sale ledger.
Two dramatic cases show men with persistent running sores failing to heal through conventional care. Blood poisoning and impurity of the blood were blamed for the trouble, and Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills are credited with curing both cases by purifying the blood and driving out the poison.
A narrator recalls a severe back wound from a rock drill at New Chum Consolidated Gold Mine, Bendigo, and prolonged healing failure. He credits Morse's Indian Root Pills with rapid recovery and full closure, praising the product. A second testimonial describes blood poisoning cured after weeks of illness, hospital care, and eventual leg recovery attributed to Morse's pills.
An 19th century advertisement touts Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills as a universal blood cleansing remedy. It lists biliousness indigestion constipation headaches and various skin and liver kidney ailments as curable claims. The copy emphasizes the product's amber bottle packaging and asserts the pills do not weaken sicken or gripe.
Thirteen trucks and consignments of turnips and produce were listed in the Farmers and Settlers' Co operative sale. Names of consignors and buyers appear with prices and lot notes, followed by weather notes at West Maitland. Cold windy conditions, showers, and a potential milk drop due to forced feeding changes were reported.
The report records May rainfall and weather notes from several locations including BLACKHEATH WOR MONDAY KATOOMBA LITHGOW RAMRABAL and QUEANBEYAN. May rainfall varies with rain and showers. some towns report heavy frosts and winds, others mild rain and improved conditions for farming activities.
A tram near Kennington halted when the driver detected tamper at a crossing. Inspectors found the points jammed by a deliberate act intended to derail the car, a plan now in police hands.
In Lockhart a large gathering of homestead selectors urged petitioning the Minister for Lands to set rent on homestead teams at per vent on capital value for twenty years. Drought and bad seasons were cited as causing hardship, with a demand to delay higher charges. Signatures from homesteaders across the Riverina were sought to back the petition. A motion praised government aid during drought stricken times and called for expedited assistance from the Railways Commissioner on seed wheat supply and related matters.
On Tuesday Geell H. Tindale faced charges over the appropriation of a sum of money from the Forbes Gas Co where he recently served. He was fined £5 with costs amounting to £8 in default four months.
Fragmentary OCR item describing auctions of meats and produce at a market with terms like great peppermint cure and baskets mentioned. Reads as a hurried listing with unclear names and quantities, suggesting a local auction notice and sale of perishable goods. The readable part notes a large batch of goods from a vendor and an estimated catch or stock, but details are garbled.
Council faced protests and a heated debate in a New South Wales Wheelmen meeting at Mell Protestant Church Castlereagh Street. Members supported not reinstating secretary Branagan while others demanded action, leading to interruptions and a clash over league leadership and membership fees.
A damaged OCR fragment reports a council or committee meeting where members debated constitutional changes, deferred actions, and sought signatures for a prisoner case. It notes attention to new constitutions and unspecified cures, with no clear resolution or dates available.
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