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Fragmentary OCR notes reference a company tied to Marey and a half century milestone at the site of Sere. Details are unclear but imply a historical business anniversary or property matter.
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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a company tied to Marey and a half century milestone at the site of Sere. Details are unclear but imply a historical business anniversary or property matter.
Report on the third day at the Women's Commonwealth Conference in Casthercach Hall. Debates cover immigration and land settlement, need for accurate Australia knowledge, and training for migrant women. calls for a white Australia policy and better information for intending settlers.
An article discusses wage laws, real wages, and state vs. union power in Australia and New Zealand. It cites Ramsey MacDonald critiquing industrial legislation, notes nominal wage trends, and argues unions push for coercive wage controls while claiming freedom of contract harms workers. It laments Parliament's limited power to raise wages and urges careful reading of MacDonald’s Contemporary Review piece.
The administrative and instructional staff are instructed to attend the war course in November. They report at military headquarters on Tuesday, November 10, at 7 p.m. Major G. H. Irving and Lieutenant C. H. Brand will lead the instructional staff. An Australian Army Medical Corps promotion plan allows qualified officers with long service to be considered for major, with substantiveness pending budget provisions. District commandants will periodically recommend AAASC officers for promotion. Select officers and non commissioned officers across New South Wales Victoria Queensland and West Australia are listed as attending the South Head instructional course, including lieutenants, sergeants, corporals, bombadier and gunners with a mix of medical and combat roles.
A house at Cullengora Station near Gulgong burned Monday night. D R Dette and her children were in bed. she woke, saved herself and a boy, then called J Smith who arrived and saved the beds and Mrs Dette’s clothes. Loss included glassware, piano, and other valuables. The building was pine and weatherboard, insured for 1600. The fire started in the kitchen likely from a lamp or coal fire.
Mrs Parker of 34 Palmer Street Darting nurse Lyanez recounts years of illness for herself and daughter. She credits Dr Moone’s Indian Root Pills with relief, claiming they corrected indigestion and long congestion where other medicines failed. The testimonial notes improved health and urges others to try the pills based on her experience.
Readers in Christchurch and wider New South Wales weigh in on prohibition and local commerce. Mina Gracie Walsos argues against liquor bans, noting easy access in Christchurch and comparing Ashburton as the nearest dry district. Letters discuss dental degrees, education policy, the Country Storekeepers, and Free Trade, highlighting public concern over regulation, licensing, and economic impact.
A reader narrative questions official taxation plans and party loyalties while denouncing a looming policy shift. The text references a predicted budget near £6,000,000 and warns the public against perceived tyranny and restrictive production rules. A complaint about high coach fares from Campbelltown to Cataract concludes the report.
A discussion before Apnandsic Council clarifies the legal framework for joint boundary work between neighboring municipalities. It covers Section 108 of the Local Government Act, the need for inter council agreements, and potential orders by the Governor to direct who pays and how work is performed along shared roads and rivers.
Members of Parliament will visit Manly and district next week under the mayor and aldermen. A drive to Quarantine Ground will precede a 1 o clock dinner at North Head. Curt Lagoon and Freshwater will be visited. Narrabeen Bayview and Newport will not attend. Over four millions have been occupied and notable activity surrounds the event. The procession will include 20 motor trars.
A sudden Friday and Saturday freeze damaged vegetation in Carcoar. Fruit trees, tomatoes, grapes and vines were damaged. many chinte covers failed to protect them. Willow trees suffered severe frost burn and some old plantings show yellowing leaves. Local residents attribute color change to the severe cold at night.
A sponsored excursion departs from Newcastle and Munster River 5.8 Company’s Wharf at 3 pm on Saturday for the Hawkesbury River. Passengers will enjoy a two mile ocean trip and river scenery praised as unsurpassed. The voyage includes views of a coastal plain and river vistas. Local officials plan to support the district through this civic event.
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