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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
6
A dense, era-laden listing details pricing and availability of maize, dairy, poultry and fruit items at Sydney markets. Prices are shown for various grades and lots, with references to towns, suppliers, and import origins. The itemized notes reflect a busy wholesale scene featuring wheat, corn, and produce moving through multiple districts and distributors.
A morning market at Sydney Railway Goods Yard shows varied prices for prime chad and hay, with coast cuts and meadow hay selling at different rates. Dealers include Mille end Company, Sattar and Company, Dent and Perry, and others. multiple consignments from regions like Glen Innes and Nemingha are listed with exact prices and lot numbers.
Mr Kelly of the Intelligence Department gave a lantern lecture titled Country Life to senior pupils at Newtown Superior Boxy School. He outlined opportunities in agricultural and pastoral industries and warned of urban crowding as 20 009,000 acres of good land remain. He highlighted growth in pastoral farming forestry and timber industries and noted Hawkesbury College facilities for further instruction.
The Mullany estate from Katoomba, late Patrick Mullany store keeper, appears before Justice Street to seek leave to sell real estate privately under terms approved by the Registrar. The case discusses selling cottages on terms with rent and 8 percent interest as an inducement, and whether sale by auction or private contract best serves infant beneficiary Patrick Valentine Mullany.
The Minister for Public Works Mr A Lee will depart Sydney by buggy for an interior tour to study linking Broken Hill with the existing system at Condobolin and Cobar. He travels with private secretary T Cooper and railway construction engineer Hurlehison, with Condobolin as the start and several towns to be visited. The journey aims to learn merits of each route and likely takes about three weeks.
In Narrabri and Toarstay areas a stall of Pilliga blocks becomes available for original conditional purchase or lease tenure on May 7 and closed yesterday. Applicants from Cedar Cootamundra Parkes Was 4 Wysinde aut Cause will compete as the lands are reengaged, with more than 100 applicants for settlement. The Land Board will process applications on May 18 with 2028 words noted.
Work advances on the Great Western Zig Zag deviation with about twenty drays engaged in driving the tunnel beyond the Bottom Points dead end. Aiming to open Whik portion for trams by Sunday, with preparations at Top Points and intensified blasting and earth removal ongoing.
A public meeting was held at the waristy’s office on Tuesday evening to discuss appropriations for the New twa ag¢ Enmore Starr Bowkett Building Society No 2. Members No 329 earned an advance of £100 free of interest and No 340 was entitled to £350.
Mrs T Coom of Woodville writes that Dr Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment gives instant relief for rheumatism lumbago lame back cuts bruises or burns and with continued use promises a remarkable cure. Also promotes winter drink Calille described as invigorating and exhilarating.
A Shipping Exchange captain describes a plan to rig a wire stow across Sydney Heads for a May Day event. The scheme involves balloons and a suspended word to beacon a passing American boat, proposing buoy markers a quarter mile apart and a wire rope held aloft by balloons to allow vessels to pass beneath. The captain says the idea could work if wind conditions are suitable.
The Fisheries Board discusses possible interstate talks on a hatchery for the Murray area with representatives from Victoria South Australia and New South Wales to set terms for protection. Measures include license enforcement at Wallace Lake oyster leases and restrictions on nets in Hunter and Port Stephens rivers during winter. The board reviews pollution issues at George's RiverLiverpool and calls for immediate action.
An Evening News reporter noted tensions at the Sydney Trades Hall as unions prepare for a Thursday meeting on the Industrial Disputes Act. Labor leaders favor seeking union opinions before a formal council vote, with most members expected to defer a definite stance until after digesting the bill.
The Governor General with the Prime Minister's Council approval forms an Australian Volunteer Automobile Corps to prepare for future expeditions. A board will appoint the first officers, including the Military Commandant, principal medical officer, and senior service arm officer as aides to the candidate applicants.
A fret fox from the Glen Patrick area near Werris Creek was shot by Mr W Purcell five miles from Werris Creek. The animal measured about EX Ain from tip to tip, with vizen noted in the description.
A judge and court officers endure a recurring cough epidemic heard across the gallery and bench during proceedings at Warlinghurst. A choir member’s throat clearing and a Young man’s two-note cough trigger synchronized fits, drowning voices briefly before resuming. The report notes the contagion extends into the Crown Prosecutor’s or lawyer’s speech and ends with a nod to Woods’ Great Peppermin Cure for Coughs and Colds.
A Brittle bread and butter case unfolds at Braidwood where Annie Calo Ware faces a conjectured poisoning charge linked to malice. The proceedings reference a March 19 event at SoreMe Girowé near Araudeond with assertions of butter and bread being tampered, allegations surrounding W. Ho Le Ahapsias and others, and a May 35 court appearance with bail set at sums of £100 and £50 for co-accused.
A youth, Gerald Mays, says he was robbed in North Sydney Park on May 6. He described a man named George Manet and a woman, with the thief taking a gold chain valued at £16 and other items. The witness walked from the tram, and the suspect fled toward the park’s end after a confrontation. No arrests reported.
Fragmented report shows a board hearing on charges against fish agents. Details are garbled with names and figures, but mentions a male suspect, tracking, weights, and monetary amounts in pounds and shillings. The text references examinations by the observers and clerks, with some figures seemingly tied to payments and penalties.
A boy named Alfred Parsons, 12, of Newcastle, was struck by a runaway butter-cart in the early morning near Willamery-count and died from the injuries. The incident occurred as the cart veered onto a lane, witnesses reported. Police say no other persons were injured in the accident.
A garbled OCR style catalog describes passengers by the Runic and other names, mentioning London and Graven, with a long list of individuals and bands. The fragment references song titles and a verse about a one perfect way for the skin, in a noisy, unreadable stream.
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