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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
6
In a tense scene, the narrator seeks to protect Mrs Elliott and learns more about Leroy Elliott’s letter and a hidden packet. The group debates trust and secrecy, weighing a potential plot, and the narrator pledges to probe the house while seeking the truth behind a forged letter, a hidden packet, and Agnes’s fate.
A scene unfolds with a tense exchange about submitting a letter and scheduling a talk for tomorrow. Mrs North's nerve is highlighted as needing repose, not more questions, as a man leads her toward an alcove. The narrator recalls a tender moment and the curtain falls, the chapter to be continued.
Cattle roam around Ryde and near the railway, with a health inspector urging registered paddocks. At Ryde Police Court James Malvinisii and Walter Hippie faced charges for allowing three and one cows to stray onto the railway line near Ryde Station. A milked train passed, cattle returned to the pound, and later again strayed onto the line. Magistrate deemed the practice dangerous. fines and costs were set, one defendant given a month to settle.
A boy flies a kite and estimates its height above the ground from the string angle. The page also includes an advertisement for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, urging households to keep a bottle for sudden illness and promising relief.
The City Improvement Commission heard further evidence on Wednesday about filling Darling Harbor from Bathurst Street and building a high level roadway from Kent Street to Hart Street Pyrmont. A tunnel between Gaz Works and Delgety and Company replacements would be about 50 feet long and 30 feet wide with a double railway line. Estimated cost of filling would reach around £120,000 plus removal of Pyrmont Bridge at £40,000, with bridge material value uncertain. The plan would affect nearby wharves and land use, with total project costs potentially near £713,000 plus contingency provisions. The commission will reconvene on Monday.
The RAA Band will perform in Hyde Park tomorrow afternoon at 4 o clock with a program including The New Colonial Overture, The King's Lieutenant, Sobre las olas, The Merry Widow, Sliding Jim, A Motor Ride, Nell Gwyn and other pieces. The Bellable Family Cough Remedy and Dr Shelon's New Discovery are also advertised.
In Balmain, Mr J Storey questioned the Minister for Works about unemployment at the local coal mine closure. He asked if the department knew of unemployed workers and if the Waray Deck project and railway truck orders could secure secondaries. The Chief Railway Commissioner was contacted, with orders reportedly already placed for needed work.
Report on the Shop Assistants' Union in New South Wales with presiding officers and new enrollments. Secretary Young notes locations including Pusher 9 and remarks on a visit by MLA Mr J Robertson Barnir district. Attendees at a Coogee gypsy event numbered sixteen. other names cited include Markyor and Sam Cuourll and Company with small sums recorded.
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