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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 17, 1902
Page
8
The writer critiques rival Art societies in New South Wales, mocks the idea of importing single teaching figures, and argues art fate hinges on money. A reader then urges the NSW government to create a State fire and marine insurance institution to replace weak private firms and curb reliance on outside bodies.
The City Coroner investigated the death of Alexander Ritchie a 57 year old kitchenman at Beach's Restaurant after he struggled in Circular Quay waters Sunday morning. Ernest Morris a woollen assessor and Robert Stilcoe jumped in to aid him until a boat lowered from the steamship Runk retrieved him. Morris, while in the water, lost a diamond ring valued at 12 pounds. No evidence explained how Ritchie entered the water and an open finding was returned.
The Kensington School of Arts trustees accept a tender of about £600 for erecting the building and commence work. Foundation stone laid on Saturday June 21 at 3 p.m. with the Minister for Public Instruction to attend. A Murwillumbah meeting urged action on cattle tick threats and border controls between New South Wales and Queensland.
Tenders accepted for multiple road projects across New South Wales including Gosford to Cooranbong Wyong Creek Newrybar to Cooper's Shoot and Ballina to Tenterfield. Also listed are ballast supplies sleepers for Grafton Caerno railway and construction of an ammunition store at Spectacle Island. Several tenders opened for bridges tunnels and water works with prices and contractors named.
A Narrabri branch meeting of the North-western Carriers Union discussed unifying the state and appointing a local secretary. News covers NSW observatories funding doubts, sanitation certificates issued in Sydney, and a tribute event for Dr. Armstrong with a smoke concert at Elite Hall. CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY advertised.
The Melbourne Argus reports Australian shipowners plan to raise freight rates by 2s 6d to bs per ton depending on destination. The droughted space demand and higher running costs due to customs impositions drive the change, raising carriage costs for fodder and other goods and harming producers under Commonwealth tariff policy.
A reader letter laments ongoing tram dangers despite warnings to passengers about entering or leaving cars on the off wide. Calls for simple door mechanisms and officer prosecutions for dangerous practices with a second account of near misses at Paul Street showing guards stopping stopovers and mothers risking children during alighting.
A concert and donations raised funds for the family whose home burned at Sutherland, totaling £40 in money and materials. A Water Police Court drunkenness defendant failed to appear after being called, claiming he waited at the Custom House. A letter from a grandfather to Miranda notes five generations. Samuel Dominey, once of Hurstville, dies, leaving a widow, four sons and a daughter. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds advertised at 1s 4d.
Archbishop Carr of Melbourne reports Cardinal Moran will leave Rome in June for Ireland. The Pope asked Moran to prepare Australian matters, with Cardinal Ledochowski to hold Propaganda Prefect duties in the interim. Moran notes the Pope’s strong readiness to engage Australians and may use Dublin palace as headquarters during the visit.
The Parkes and Parkes Borough Bands performed together on Sunday to raise funds for the local hospital, collecting nearly £40. W. F. Parker, police magistrate, has returned to Armidale after an Uralla accident earlier, where his shoulder was dislocated and replaced under chloroform. A Newtown Police Court case fined a man £1 plus 4s 10d costs for posting bills and disfiguring Croydon station approaches.
Thousands of mothers rely on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to ease croup symptoms. The ad claims reliable relief for young children, emphasizing safety and gentle action.
Mails close at the G F O for Auckland and for Port Macquarie and the Bellinger River. other sailings listed to Fiji Noumea West Australia Tasmania and Melbourne. Cronulla residents prepare to greet the Works Minister. Widow clarifies death by self injury of William John King at Surry Hills. Walter William Baker punished in Ballarat for war-era misbehavior with a harsh sentence. University scholarship for girls to memorialize Queen Victoria proposed. Governor to preside. Lady Rawson to patronize. meeting at Town Hall vestibule with speeches from public figures. Woods’s Great Puppeteer Care ad copy appears at end.
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