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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 30, 1908
Page
3
The fragmentary text lists Sydney area produce sales and a meeting notice with scattered names and references to prices, trade, and local participants. It mentions Daly line, Laverne, Friday free events, and various figures, but the legible facts are sparse and jumbled.
Fragmentary OCR details a local sale and agent notices with references to Dalton bids Landart Wagriga and Co. and a railway goods sale near Sussex street. Names and dates are obscured, but the fragment mentions market sales, agents, and bids across various regions and entities.
A packed Cronulla Progress Association meeting debated tram routes with strong turnout backing Kogarah route. Speakers cited costs and speed, while opponents warned of misrepresentation and urged careful public works scrutiny. The chair declared the vote favoring the Kogarah plan by about a hundred votes.
Richardson and Weeneh sold ground parcels in Daw son Estate Drummoyne with prices from 2d to £7 per foot for water frontages and interior plots from £8 6s to £4 4d per foot. Hurstville lots fronting M Mahon front also sold at £2 per foot. Kailie and Horie sold multiple lots at Wytmaton Bark Tata and Dock. Arthur Rickard and Co sold 20 plots in Troy's Estate Camyriv with prices from 7s 6d to £1 1s per foot, plus a galvanised iron cottage for £140, total £1504 15s. Large turnout with brisk bidding on many plots.
Week after week metropolitan police courts see men and women arraigned for Sunday drunks. Police explain lack of drink leads to methylated spirits and disguised misuses. Ten men at the Crown Police Court face severe penalties, while a ship capsized between Lismore and Tonkfield with one passenger injured. The report touches on the International Telegraphic Conference and a Rosette T resident’s illness, followed by an advertisement for LASO-TONTC PILLS and a claim of Naturae medicines.
A sensational claim extols a device called the Koroscope by Dr CM Jordan as a chemical free ear remedy using electricity. The ad promises dramatic hearing improvements for deafness tinnitus and discharge, urging readers to write for details at St Pitesteers Unepe rt Sydney NSW and stating information will be mailed free upon mention of the paper.
A weather synopsis reports light to moderate showers across southern New South Wales with cooler southerly winds and limited rain along the coast. Isolated showers persist in eastern zones with generally fine conditions elsewhere, while Western areas show variable winds and occasional showers. Lambing forecasts remain cautious, with cooler unsettled conditions expected inland and at higher elevations.
John Marrs, alias Thomas and Jones, charged at Central Police Court with stealing a watch and chain from Samuel Mercer during a Sunday incident in Hyde Park. Witnesses recount early morning actions as Harrie and others confront alleged theft amid park skirmishes and a sleep on a park seat. Harris claims no guilty memory, later remanded after details of the watch and theft are discussed.
The Governor-General approved a series of changes and promotions within the New South Wales Military. Appointments span the Australian Army, Light Horse, Infantry, and Support regiments, detailing ranks from lieutenant to major and noting provisional promotions, resignations, and formation of detachments.
In a divorce case before Judge Simpeum at Sydney Hirsres Court Hau Venue Ayiéa Permetiy aiding the hearing dealt with a petition for divorce from Willie Tents Allen. The court noted a prior decree in 189% and the parties lived at Marricksville where the estranged spouse remained. The incident centered on a drive away and a subsequent inquiry by the court into answers given.
A fragmented report details a prisoner case involving a husband and wife named Mary Cogan. The text mentions a murder claim and a court proceeding expected on May 18 with various procedural notes and references to exiles and endorsements, all presented in a battered historical newspaper style.
A wife recounts a troubled marriage marked by desertion and adultery with Kenest Charlie Willy Colised. Mr Nicholas and Mr Pratt oppose, with testimony from The Magical ies Fhicy and a misused proposal leading to a court case heard in September in WA Wyasinine. The narrative includes threats, a demand for personal sacrifice, and family inquiries as the case unfolds.
Jane Elizabethy Purtett seeks a divorce from Gatward alleging separation since January 1901 after a brief marriage at Brecknevitin. She was 17 at marriage, lived in New Town, and notes his departure to the South African War. A decree nisi was granted six months later.
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