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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 10, 1908
Page
14
Fragmentary births marriages and deaths section with grieving messages and memorial lines. Names like families and friends are interwoven with partial dates and locations, including Campbeltown and London style reminiscences and affectionate remembrances for departed relatives.
The third day at Parramatta osbal and Alterary Competitions featured adjudicator Mr Arundel Or bart awarding prizes for piano solos and duets among competitors from Marrickville Balmain Annandale Glebe Fairfield and Cumbbells. Prizes ranged from first to second places with names such as Gladys Newell Irene Booth Miss Fisher and Fortis M Mahon and Ella Green among others listed.
A damaged relic text announces a weekly prize poem contest for the best original short verse about Kola Nip wine. Entrants mail a quarter to a Sydney address and receive a prize for top lines, with instructions about the capsule and contents.
An advertisement by Saunders announces posters and catalogs for eye care and optical goods. It mentions Wednesday at 3 pm and invites readers to request a mailed catalog by postcard if calling is unavailable. The notice cites Saunders as an optician in New Streetler, Liverweaish.
The article surveys lighthouse and lightship keepers faced with isolation and peril. It details brutal weather, medical delays, and the grim duties aboard offshore stations from English shores to the Gulf Stream, highlighting dangers, routine, and rewards like pension and steady pay.
The text sketches uneasy views on aging officials and death rates, noting fear of imperial oversight and possible harassment from examiners. It hints at government action to deploy “magic drivers” around a country town, with the aim of addressing a public notice or duty.
A century old report describes a vast Turkish funded railway built to Mecca for pilgrims. It claims three million pounds raised from global Muslim donors and hints at strategic aims beyond faith, including severing tribes and moving troops across Arabia while serving religious and imperial goals.
Warnings from Vienna and London report Serbians vow to join the colors amid mounting tensions. Serbian troops guard borders against incursions into Bosnia while Austria-Hungary gains ground, and Belgrade faces growing ferment as public protests echo calls for war. King Peter pledges duty though opposition remains, and economic elites fear wartime strains.
British ships Glory and Prince of Wales depart for Atlantic, to monitor events. Glory, a 19,000-ton twin screw armored battlecruiser, mounts four 12 inch guns and four torpedo tubes with 19,000 indicated horsepower. Prince of Wales, 15,000 ton battleship, carries four 12 inch guns and four torpedo tubes, 15,000 indicated horsepower. The Dita, a protected cruiser, displaces 8,000 tons with 2 torpedo tubes and 47,000 horsepower. The fleet includes 700 men under Captain J Grant and Captain H W Savory.
At the Bathurst Pas umna Protection Board monthly meeting reports show rabbits breeding rapidly in several districts including Orange. Poisoning measures were urged to halt a coming surge. Fetes remain troublesome. under 281 acalpa were sent in. Crows worry sheepowners. A dispute over a rabbit-proof wire netting fence was discussed and a certificate refused for a 14 inch mesh near Blayney for nonconformity. The board seeks expert opinion on mesh width. The stock inspector warns about transferring starving stock to dry food without preparation, advising rock and bran mesh before hay or chaff.
London reports leading suffragists urging unemployed to aid their cause, a Socialist manifesto aims to defy the parliament. The Women’s Social and Political Union calls the public to support a House of Commons raid in October with Lancashire participation and warnings of police involvement.
London Friday trade showed brisk continental bidding as wool sales declined modestly. Prices listed include Cyprus 7 1/2d, 9d for merino wools, with Australian mortgage and finance firm names cited. overall average up to around five percent higher on certain grades. finer wools and merino prices fluctuated, while crossbred and coarse wool prices remained near unchanged.
The fragment mentions Bulgaria and Turkey with a payment figure around 14 000 and a prior stated amount approximately 9 200 000 dollars or 2108.00, plus a location London and an avenue. Details are incomplete and unclear.
English Sporting reports a Kempton program with principal events including a 106 event offering prizes for each place, listing horses such as VIVID and Leshis among entries. It covers the Coventry Plate, Richmond Plate, and related stakes, naming owners, sires, and riders with notes on recent results and dead heats from the prior year.
Melbourne observers doubt the federal capital will become a vast city. They note Beijing like dam rises for water may constrain growth. If the site depends on a single reservoir, political activity will drive early vitality, but sustained expansion hinges on surrounding country development.
The State Military Band will perform in Hyde Park tomorrow at 3 o'clock. The program includes Hecker march, The Bohemian Girl overture, Little Blue Flower ballad, Trotere selection, Roberto di Diavolo, Meyerbeer Japanese romance, Poppies Nell Morat, The Smithy to the Wood descriptive fan tagia, The Butterfly Thes Ren aix, Miss Hook of Holland.
Friday evening the Frneh schooner Juantta wrecked near New fopméland roast. Captain Ybart, sole surviving crew member of 26, drifted on wreckage with two dogs. The dogs attacked him. he killed one dog and drowned the other.
Snow around Bathurst brings exceptionally cold conditions with a drop in temperature. Reports from Newbridge, Rockley, Tathorne and Obera note falls of snow and frosty air. Alerts warn of unsafe eucalyptus extract products by Sander and Sons as counterfeit and unsafe, urging caution and signaling health risks.
Bar silver in London was active with a price of 1s 31 11-164 per ounce quoted. The market reported stable demand as buyers appeared cautious in the late trading session.
Bathurst figures sharply criticize the Canberra-Tass proposal for the Federal Capital. Dr Machatile, former president of Bathurst's Federal Convention, says the capital choice is a politicians' job driven by convenience and neglects Commonwealth interests. He favors Lyndhurst or nearby, claiming no other site compares.
Fragmentary OCR note notes a scarcity and speculation about a fence and related prices or provisions. The readable words suggest limited supplies and potential impacts on value or cost, but the fragment lacks clear subjects or events to form a complete report.
In a Friday evening speech Winston Churchill described the Liberal Party as the Home Rule party and argued it should not pledge itself to policies at the next election aimed at pacifying Irish claims, urging restraint in binding commitments.
Fragmented court record describes a robbery led by Willa and Heron with two associates. Victims faced threats during alleged shoplifting of corn and chat bags. A sequence of confrontations, the accused named, and testimony indicate a violent incident culminating in a plea for leniency andPunishment. A key witness described a cart pursuit and a confrontation ending with a claim of assault leading to potential imprisonment and fines.
A confused report from Neutral Bay describes a robbery at Mr Lamis’s premises involving a redipin 9 dynamond rings and other jewellery. Police inquiry notes suggest a recurring pattern and possible suspect links, with a claim of a man’s involvement and an ensuing arrest or charge.
Chaos at EarGAT crossing near Carcarane when gates failed to open for an approaching train. Cattle and bullock broke through to the rails, causing a nightlong disruption as workers and authorities sought to secure the line and prevent further accidents. Local linesmen reported repeated incidents of gate malfunctions and the dangers posed to railway traffic.
A garbled local item mentions Him Chong, a resident at 47 Pitteatregtrity, with plans tied to a foaming cremation society and a forthcoming meeting on Tuesday at 4 pm. It notes railway and works ministry actions, mine manager updates, water-sharing proposals, South African wine imports, and dates in December involving inspectors and a bank of allocations.
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