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Newspaper
Sydney Globe
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 28, 1886
Page
5
Fragmented OCR reads a local item about a confrontation or meeting with names obscured. The readable bits mention a gathering and a match between two groups or teams with contested action at a venue, suggesting a sports or public event presence and a schedule mixup.
Telegraph notes from Sydney report Parkes delaying arrival and missing a Gladstone sympathy meeting. A Melbourne rally at New Masonic Hall features speakers Jennings Burton Copeland Fletcher amid debate on self government for Ireland. Colonial officials plan talks on harbour works at Wollongong as police act on murder report in Richmond Victoria.
The Globe reports a found dead incident with racing club notes from Korolt Racing Club and Australian racing entries, plus details on Hawkesbury Race Club handicaps and Great Metropolitan Stakes weights. Football match results show Ambrose versus Geelong with a home win, and London obituary for Dr Jeanneret, former Winders Island commandant.
Mary Ann Carney, 18, daughter of Adamstown miner and shore keeper WW Carnley, died after an afternoon with a mysterious sequence of events following a Sunday. An empty painkiller bottle was found. post mortem to determine cause, with possible poisoning noted by doctors. Neighbors describe a well regarded, hard working girl, last seen saying goodbye to sisters before her death.
A formal invitation from the South Australia Trade and Labour Council requests two representatives from each branch to attend the fourth Intercolonial Trades Union Congress in Adelaide on September 2 to 7 1881. It outlines openings, credentials, standing orders, and issues to be debated including labour representation, industrial fostering, taxation, arbitration, and immigration reforms. The note urges timely reply with names and proposed delegates.
At a Lambton miners meeting held this morning, it was decided to put in cavila on Tuesday and resume work on Thursday, July 1, under the eight-hour system.
Hotesves and Noon-L1407 sheep are listed but fall short of usual quality. Market observers expect strong demand for pricey sorts as about 700 cattle yarded with more anticipated. Yarded figures include Hill Clark and Co 700 and others across multiple firms, with names such as Pitt Jon and Hadgery and William Inglis and Sam among buyers and consignors.
In Equirt before His Honor the Primary Jade, GTATAM V Katweri and Oticera, John Graham seeks specific performance and an injunction over land at Handwell Mount Extate near Arncliffe, 28 acres contested after partial purchase and payment for 26. Defendants rebut with terms of agreement. Metropolitan District Court, Judge Dowtma Turner.
A court session before Mr. T. E. Abbott dealt with multiple petty offences. Sentences included fines of 30s for spousal support, 10s for drunkenness, and 4 10s or two months for assault with a belt. In Water cases Mr. Marsh presided with fines ranging from 3 to 4 pounds and short terms for assault and profanity.
Fragmentary notice notes wool prices and summer offerings with references to manufacturers and locations in London. Mentions Sydney and Manchester addresses and inquiries for a SUMMER WIELD and COMPANY. Content is unclear but centers on trade terms and supplier contact points.
News by wire reports Parnell addresses a Portsmouth meeting declaring acceptance of Gladstone's scheme for Irish home rule and final settlement. London and Manchester broadcasts note Gladstone's crisis remarks as elections stretch to July 10 with several ministers facing opposition. A Brisbane and Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition drive gains, while trade, colonial, and foreign affairs updates fill the rest of the dispatches.
Sunday notices honor Sir Arthur Blythe and Sir Y dillon Bell for companionship of the Bath and list agents for New South Wales and Hew Sealand. A Peninsular and Oriental plan seeks a trans Atlantic Canada to China service to link America and India by Chinese lines. English papers note tomatoes at two to three shillings per pound and grapes at eight shillings.
At Lords the Australian side resumed play with strong batting as Scott scored 123 before being out. Giffen and Jones contributed 77 and 70, both out caught, while Middlesex trailed 4 for 1 at close. In the second day Whitby led with 68 as Walmer took seven for 3. Australia, chasing 217, fell short by one wicket. Diffen claimed 58 and Australia finally equalized after a late Marylebone club gathering.
News notes from the Australian colonies recount a drowning on the Mariposa voyage from San Francisco and obituaries for Thomas Tlowdernen and Thomas Hendereen. Reports cover mining returns at Sandhurst, irrigation talks in Sandhurst Town Hall, railway site decisions, hospital plans on pig market land, drought-era land policy opinions, and a Kimberley nugget on view in Perth.
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