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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 10, 1903
Page
7
The Junior public University examinations opened at Sydney University yesterday with 1158 candidates listed, including 246 girls. In NSA local centres 182 sat, 63 girls. in Queensland, 1120 to noon and 1.80 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Sydney centre hours were 11:20 a.m. to noon and 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
In bankruptcy proceedings adjournments dominate the record as petitions, creditors, and the registrar plan further dates. The registrar schedules adjournments to the 23rd instant, references to stipulations, and orders on salary diversion and restrictions while an official assignee is named for the estate.
Letters from June describe confusion over soundings for a bar crossing near Port Macquarie and the pilot's actions. The writer seeks an explanation while noting charitable bequests and customs duty revenues show fluctuations for New South Wales and Victoria. The missive mentions George Early and unrest over landsmen and alms houses funded by bequests.
A fragmentary 19th century ad lists patent medicines and remedies for flu and colds, praising cures such as “CURE A CORD IN ONE DAY.” It mentions chemists, engineers, and agents, with references to vendors in Sydney and Philadelphia and notes on patent and trademark services worldwide.
A garbled OCR styled notice appears to request applicants or notices related to a sugar refining company. The fragment mentions Meret Twe men and a venue in Riverts Mil with dates around July. It references informing managers and a medical or inspection task, plus a stray line about optics and spectacles. The text is incoherent and incomplete.
Mails close at Sydney GPO with routes to Hobart, Surat, Port Moresby, Britain and Europe via multiple ships and overland paths, including Adelaide and Tasmania. Armidale hosts Junior University Examinations with 45 candidates from Superior Public School and Armidale School. A Footecray hotel explosion damages rooms, caused by a leaking pipe and candle. A gusty mix of local notes, ads, and crowd sentiments fills the issue.
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