Coronation Flats reveal a London hunger tale
In a cramped Coronation week flat, the Starcher-Oats family endures famine while chasing a royal moment. Mr Starcher-Oats starves, feasts on sparrow eggs, and contends with mocked dignity as they blend hardship with distant glow of fame. Two Sydney friends drift through Hyde Park, trading pride for bread as their stay at the Cecil or city lunches tests value and friendship amid coronation fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandobrian
Mr. Starcher- Oats
Migses Starcher
Mrs. Oats
John
London
Dover
Starcher-Oats
Sam
Mra. Starcher-Oata
Mr. Oats
Sparta
Maria
Mr. Starcher-Oats
Marla
Holborm
Mary
Hyde Park
South Kensington
Cecil Hotel
Thames Embankment
Starcher Oats
Sydney
Mr. Cartem-Sadler
Sadler
Starcher-Data
Cartem-Sadler
Cecil
Materate
Geell
Mr. Sadler
Data
Cable
Brompton Road
Secarcely
William Brown
Blank Street
Buckingham Palace
Mr. Brown
Chelsea Way
Brown
Bey
Mr. Starcher-Oate
Sparrows, lunch, and a Coronation toast in London
In South Kensington and De Vere Gardens three friends discuss sparrows and a possible aviary while planning lunch in the City. A toast follows praising the King and Australian subjects as the Coronation era notes echo in their banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Kensington
de Vere Gardens
London
Mr. Sadler
Oats
City
Kensington
Jolly William Brown
Brown
The King’s Shilling Mystery Circles London Banks
A curious Edward VII shilling allegedly arrives from abroad though no Mint issue exists. Banks in London report impressions from Belgium and the Continent circulating overseas. Martins Bank and Lombard Street handle consignments amid suspicions of German made silver forgeries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Mint
Belgium
Martin's Bank
Lombard-street
Continent
Bank of England
Germany
The Kings Shilling and New Silver Coin Circulation
The King s Shilling article notes new silver coinage worth less than metal value and high mint profit. Bank of England chief cashier avoids firm statement, hints new reign silver may have reached Europe from Australia. Bathurst West Africa reports circulation. Sydney Mint deputy says no English or local shillings yet, other denominations arrive. a new silver coin brought by a recent arrival was sent to the Mint for ID.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of England
Europe
Australia
Bathurst
West Africa
Sydney
England
Question on Coronation procession invitation in London
From readable text, it notes a royal or high society figure inviting Australian cricketers to witness the Coronation procession from her Piccadilly house in London. The source identifies who hosted the invitation and the set location for viewing.
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Piccadilly
London
Recruits and Cigarette Ettes in Manchester District
A Manchester district report says only 3076 of 11,800 men who offered as Army recruits were fit for service, blaming cigarette smoking for degeneracy. It cites youths with chest measurements around 28 or 29 inches, urges compulsory school physical training and restricting smoking. Sir John Hibbert warns at County Councils' Association on 18,317,000 people under county councils. United States Steel Trust reports 9,035,000 tons of ingots produced in year, near 75 percent of US output, with business totaling 459,000,000 dollars. Sir William Harcourt is tipped for a peerage, possibly Viscount Harcourt. Nuneham Park now owned by Sir William's nephew, Aubrey Harcourt.
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Manchester
John T. Hibbert
County Councils’ Association
Great Britain
United States Steel Trust
United States
William Harcourt
Viscount Harcourt
Eart Harcourt
Sir William
Archbishop Vernon
Harcourt
Nuneham Park
Harcourts
Thames
Oxford
Aubrey Harcourt
Westminster Abbey
Clementa Tonle
Clements
Old Times items reveal Sydney civic notes and port events
June entries report police office changes, shipping matters, a missing schooner search, court actions over a nugget theft, public notices on governance and finances, a decreed lottery bill, a lighthouse appeal for Gabo Island, and local social notices including a birth and a whale sighting in Hobart Town.
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Kery
Sydney
Bridgestreet
H. L. Millar
Castlereagh Street
Great Britain
France
Hamburg
San Francisco
London
W. B. Campbell
Herald
Melbourne
Sys
Lamb
Legislative Council
Holroyd
Douglass
Lmited
Dickson
Mudgee
Supreme Court
Hastings Elwin
Bio
Charlotte Place
Mr. Elwin
Elwin
Australian Trust Company
Spain
Dawes Point
Empire
Royal Humane Society
Darky
Hunter
Spring Streets
W. Cornwall
Bedlam Street
Parramatta
Entwistle
Masonic Hall
York Street
Wentworth
Flood
Donaldson
Cowper
James Macarthur
Murray
Martin
Nicholls
Gabo Island
W. 8. Macleay
Elizabeth Bay
G. E. Turner
Messia
Beaumont and Waller
Botany
Morris
Prince Albert
Messrs. Bogue and Company
Ban
John Milton
Wollombi
Macdonald River
J. Wilcox
Inui
Hunter-street
Hobart Town
Watson
Cox
Maitland and Maitland area marriages and births notice
On the 10th instant, at Gundabal, Mrs Henry M Turnbull had a son. On the 15th at 494 George Street Mrs Hough Dixon had a son. On the 15th at Lyons Terrace Mrs M Farlane had a son. At St Peter's Maitland Charles John Brackeny of West Maitland married Mary Ann Bully of East Maitland. On the 12th at St Andrew's William Wyatt of Moreton Bay wed Charlotte Gordon Wilmot. On the 16th Richard Ward Neville wed Janet Henderson of Bridge Street. Deaths: At Macquarie Plains on the 12th, Thomas West aged 85. Frances Loulea Plunkett widow of Captain Plunkett, Dowling Street, died recently.
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Gundagal
Henry M. Turnbull
George Street
Hough Dixon
Lyons’ Terrace
M'Farlane
St. Peter’s Church
Maitland
G. EK. Rusden
Charles John Brackeny
West Maitland
Mary Ann
Samuel Bully
East Maitland
St. Andrew's
George King
William Wyatt
Moreton Bay
Charlotte
Joseph Gordon Wilmot
Sydney
M.garvie
Richard Ward Neville
Janet Henderson
Johone
Dolphin Hotel
Bridgeaet
Macquarie Plains
Thomas West
Weat
Muff
County Derry
Dowling-street
Frances Loulea
Plunkett
H.M. S
Mrs Chamberlain First Lady in Kensington Pavilion Tradition
The Kensington Cricket Over authorities still deny ladies access to the pavilion, except Mrs Joseph Chamberlain who remains the only woman to have enjoyed the enclosure. During the 1899 match between Australia and Burrey the Colonial Secretary was invited to lunch with the cricketers in the pavilion, and Mrs Chamberlain accompanied her husband.
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Kensington Cricket
Joseph Chamberlain
Burrey
Mrs. Chamberlain
Carnegie grants and a college chemistry joke recalled
Mr. Andrew Carnegie has disbursed nearly 14 million pounds to the public across the United States United Kingdom Canada in specified amounts. In a Philadelphia college a chemistry professor quizzed a student on oxalic acid poisoning and the student replied I would administer the sacrament highlighting a humor touching student training for the ministry.
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Andrew Carnegie
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Philadelphia
A Princess Hobby of Stones and Pearls
Princess Margaret of Connaught and her sisters collect stones and gems with pearls valued as a hobby. The Tatler notes they receive additions on birthdays and festivals, with Princess of Wales sending specimens from her tours. Queen Alexandra inspired their passion, and her pearl collection is famed worldwide.
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Margaret of Conaught
Queen Alexandra
Her
Odds and ends from the era of railways and rulers
A miscellany notes cultural quirks and recipes. It mentions a railway carriage etiquette on smoking, Alma Academy’s exacting painter, Kaiser's modesty renaming him William the Great, a Broadway car seat courtesy to Edward Everett Hale, and Lord Kitchener’s near Stock Exchange enlistment with a financier’s cautionary advice about leaving the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Alma-acema
William J
William the Great
William
Edward Everett Hale
New York
Nervous Prostration Traced to Clement's Tonic Salvation
A Redfern woman Elizabeth Weeden recounts years of nervous prostration with tremors dizziness and sleepless nights. She credits Clement's Tonic with restoring health after doctors and other medicines failed, noting improved appetite sleep and energy and a complete recovery after taking the remedy.
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Coronation Flats
Baroness Burdett-Coutts
Spo
F. Campbell
South Africa
London Stock Exchange
Omdurman
Kitchener
Lord Kitchener
Egypt
Clement
E. Weeden
Elizabeth Weeden
Cleveland-street
Redfern
Elizabeth Wheden
New South Wales
Commonwealth of Australia
Clements Tonic
Fuscters
Patrick Stanley, J.P
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