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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes reference wheat sales and various stations, with scattered names and places obscured by garbled input. No coherent event, date, or clear entities emerge to define a complete news item.
Fragmentary OCR shows notices and ads from Sydney including mentions of trade items, dates, and names. Partial lines reference advertisements received too late, memorial notes for a daughter, and various shop items like gemstones and jewelry. Names such as Penny, Madeline, Matos, and BerK appear amid fragmented business terms and locations in Manila and Australia.
Yarded and eagerly sought goods described with 17 head under hammer. Buyers dull as choice quality hay and lucerne bales brought prices down. various firms and traders listed among consignments. Orange stony, Pineapple crackers, and flavor sale notes appear with wholesale agents Prescott Limited.
AEA Dum sails tomorrow from Muigers's Wharf Miller's Hold for London and South Africa. Durban passengers include Mr. R. Vanderfeld, Mr. A. Davis, Miss N-Walled, Mr. P.L. Rjewards, Mr. J.W. Holdsworth, Mrs. MarMurtrie, Mr. H. P. Simes, and Mr. MW S. Sanders. Capetown passengers include Mr. J. Sheldon and Mrs. Sheldon.
Allan Turnran Caruicharl sanitary inspector prosecuted William Clarke for buying milk on May 28 that contained four percent added water. O'Brien testified no water added. Government Analyst confirmed adulteration. Magistrate ordered a 19 pound fine plus costs or two months hard labor. Lord Mayor Alderman Hughes noted impact on city milk bills.
A fragmentary report mentions Roy Toad and Walter connected to a November offense involving bicycles valued at £19. The text is damaged but suggests charges or a judicial action related to theft or conversion. Further readable context is needed to identify exact parties, place, and outcome.
A damaged OCR fragment describes a vessel sale and wreck aftermath aboard the Ostordt pirates’ ship Waverley. It mentions 59 bales of Turret wine, timber, pelts, and 250 tans of timber shorar tane, plus heavy cargo and a pawnbroaker incident with a motorized machine seized then abandoned by a suspect.
An ad touts GOLD MEDAL CONDENSED MILK as the purest and best milk on sale. It claims the product is very rich in cream and urges all bongekeepers to try it. The readable fragment hints at a promotional pitch with emphasis on quality and desirability.
The order made on April 44 declaring the Htomwyes at Shr Tasmanian Parcels Tlivery, Rovers Company 21 Pintsteed, Sedney, a common gaming house, has been rescinded by the Court.
Four residents appeared at Paddington Poller Court for letting cattle stray in Centennial Park. Fines ranged from 10 shillings to 5 pounds. George Harvey received the heaviest penalty, having been punished previously for the same offense.
In North Sydney a summons in the District Court heard Percy Blakeman against Robert Barber a North Sydney builder for using insulting language at Mine's Point on May 2. The magistrate Mr Donaldson found for the plaintiff and levied a £2 penalty plus costs and expenses.
The readable portions list goods such as Watte's Schnapps and Cocoa brands, a couch item called Lethe Wire Mattress, Lamb's Linoleum Cream, and Wood's Great Peppermint Cure. It also references a Children’s Hacking Court at Night and London stock activity in a South African market, noting price changes and ongoing share movements.
A register lists several new firms including Ehinete Motara Limited with capital £10, Wrgan Cralettiott at la Paaiineraghatreet operating as Einet's Motor Garage, and Saint Rengiatered for Sydney Kirspiltl Electric Tenting and Supply Company with £2000 in shares. Signatures from directors Z. Gartem de Chelate and others appear. The same notice mentions Wikoira Agencies Limited with £50 to £1 shares and describes lecture by AW Turner on Women’s Week at Campbell Street Lettuce Mull, Balumitt, on Girfe life in Britain and abroad with views projected.
A heated interview with Mayor Holt and Minister for Works centered on Junee’s failing water system. The town, a key railway depot, considered replacing the current £42,000 scheme with a £60,000 plan, seeking public Works Committee urgency and debt relief while weighing annual costs and potential railway water purchases.
A fragmented note requests the mayor supply the anticipated water quantity from the new scheme to compare against possible asserted needs. It questions whether Railway Commissioners should be appointed to oversee a larger supply than stated.
Inquiries at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital reveal Walter Bykes, the principal figure in the Leichhardt tragedy, has grown much worse and is in a very raw state with little hope of recovery.
Elizabeth Pullen, a married woman, was found in a semiconscious state in a Holtatreet house, with a bottle of laudanum on a nearby table. Civil Ambulance took her to Sydney Hospital where Dr Guigol admitted her in a very low condition. She told ambulance staff she had purchased six laudanum doses and had ingested them.
In No 4 Jury Court this afternoon Justice Pring presided over a suit by the Colonist Finance Mortgage Investment and Guard Antes Corporation Limited claiming 829 19s for damages on shares. The defendant pleaded a gover indebted. A verdict was returned for the plaintiffs for the full amount claimed.
The mild Sydney winter reduced respiratory illness and deaths. City medical officer Dr. Sinclair notes May death rate at 22 per 1000, with diphtheria slightly up, typhoid similar, and infant mortality low. Fewer pneumonia and bronchitis cases observed, continuing trend from the warm season.
The steamer Rosedale, which sailed from Sydney for the Bellanger River this morning, returned to Watsons Bay within half an hour and waited for better weather conditions.
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