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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 12, 1909
Page
5
A cryptic, fragmentary report from an old issue links influenza aftermaths and winter illnesses to widespread suffering. It notes pneumonia, pleurisy, cataracts, and heart trouble as common outcomes, urging caution and care amid seasonal illness waves affecting many towns and families.
A garbled 1920s style column mentions Weyerriton and a mission involving airships, a voyage toward New York, and preparations for an Atlantic crossing. It notes plans to test a long voyage, crew gathering, and meteor studies tied to airship travel. The piece also brushes Peru’s Chimacana Valley finds and ancient Ye tombs, plus a stray ad reference to Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
Historical report describes an electric scrubbing device for hull cleaning of wooden ships without docking. It compares to old hogging brushes, notes moderate success, and explains mechanism with flexible boring brush dragged by ropes, magnets, and cork spacers to maintain contact and prevent damage.
Describes magnetic battens used to grip steel surfaces and support hauling lines on ships, noting a total magnetic grip well over a ton and a single magnet able to hold two men. Details scrubber practicality, crew deployment, and cleaning costs for 4000 ton vessels at about 220.
A historical fragment describes France seeking supply items including a 60 ton schooner and equipment, plus horses, road materials, and shipboard gear. It mentions donkey rewards, bread ads, and electoral notes with technical discussion of a ship’s magnetic apparatus and a wartime victualling regulation summary for English staff.
Fragmentary OCR notes recount sudden illness and death of a Mr Robert Clegg after a hymn in a Sydney community. The page also mentions capital punishment debates, public figures like Mr Broughton and Dr Lang, and assorted notices about auctions, inquests, and local governance changes in June.
A severely garbled note depicts a petition for Lordehip's pardon and mercy, asking for burial in a churchyard with a cross. It mentions a hotel bill at Woodstock and a carpet bag containing money to cover the charges, with requests sent to Mererh Tul Gnedng and Company wine merchants in Great Tower-shed for forwarding to his wife in Spain. A letter from Mr Stimpson is among the contents.
The piece notes an inauguration at the administration, with references to the Governor and local officers. It lists a death in London, a garden sale by John Bapuse featuring crab apples and ornamental plants, a major opium seizure of 600 pounds value by customs on the Kate Hooper from Hongkong, and a newly discovered river near the Bar with local naming. Also mentions Sir Charles Nicholson becoming a baronet and Chamberlain's Cough Ready as a popular remedy.
A long recalled tale follows Lord Dalmeny and his doomed romance with Kitty, buried in Florence then exiled by scandal. After Kitty dies of consumption, Dalmeny honors her dying wish to be buried beside her, yet his tomb later vanishes amid grim whispers of her alleged misdeeds and nameless grave at Thorpe.
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