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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 09, 1909
Page
4
A fragmented report from Football Studies describes a Tuesday match involving Colina and NSW alongside the All Blacks Mangorons, with Manppayl home as a venue. The piece references team groups now in the country teams category and notes an AL Cabo standby.
In Dunedin a sentence was pronounced for Amy Bok after guilty pleas to false pretences and related offenses. The court considered her long criminal history and family background, with a plan for mental evaluation to determine responsibility. The Crown sought deterrence and consecutive terms, while the defense urged leniency and psychiatric assessment. The final ruling included a concurrent two year sentence and designation as an habitual offender.
Mfr Colin De Fris, renowned Continental auto and aero expert, arrives in Fremantle aboard RMS Macedonia from London for Australasia engagement. He plans public exhibitions at Melbourne Town Hall and a flying display before touring Sydney, outlining aeroplane principles, wartime potential, and comparisons with airships.
William Faunders aged 20 a dealer faced Red Fern Police Court charged with stealing one unit of fat from Upton and Company in Alexandria on May 21. He was fined £3 in default.
The Vaucluse Municipality plans a new council chambers and Town Hall at Watsons Bay to replace the dilapidated sanitary current meeting place. The project faces some financial and logistical hurdles but is not expected to be blocked for long. The old site, a former hotel at the Gap Inn, holds romantic lore and reports of past incidents, though only a single headboard remains.
A Japanese captain aboard the Jansa steamship Yawata Mant in Alo Lratan waters advocates wireless telegraphy stations in Australia. He notes ships trading Yokohama to Seattle maintain constant contact with Japan and recalls a boiler explosion aboard a British squadron vessel near Kobe. The report also describes Vaucluse council's aging hall, local governance details, and town growth with new churches and parks.
George H. Ray trading as Ray Brothers Croydon Avenue Croydon milk vendors faced Glebe Police Court for selling adulterated milk via agent W Hare to Sanitary Inspector Kench Leichhardt Ray pleaded guilty Analyst certificate showed 3 percent water addition Ray claimed milk delivered as received from Campbelltown Fine of five pounds plus costs imposed
Holiday tram receipts reached about £346 yielding around 554 000 passengers an increase of 50 000 from last year. Holiday travel boosted by trips to beaches and resorts as crowds rose. Three men Shiney Thomas Stepbrow Oscar Millman and Michael Walvey were each jailed seven days in Redfern for playing two up in Redfern district.
Messrs Farmer and Company present a select collection of water color paintings at George and Pitt streets Sydney. The display includes works by Waitham and Sjoclair praised by European critics with many pieces depicting North Wales Cumberland and other British scenes while Australian subjects dominate featuring Watts River Healesville Victoria Mylor Creek South Australia River Murray Auckland Harbor and nearby locales.
At Das street Leichhardt on May 21 a case was heard for driving a vehicle overloaded with about 40 head of cattle and wrecking Marion street. The council sued under Local Government Act No 40 and costs of £8 were awarded.
A reader recounts severe eczema and itching relieved after using Cuticura items including ointment and washes. After months of failed treatments and nightly scratching, exposure to a neighbor’s suggestion leads to the first noticeable relief and a transformed condition. The note requests Cuticura information and a treatment book.
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