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Newspaper
Tamworth Daily Observer
Location
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
3
Unsettled conditions with showers in the Alverina and on the south west slopes. Otherwise fine weather with north west winds. Boisterous conditions expected over the southern half.
A Tamworth Daily Observer critique decries the state railway system. It decries centralisation, argues Sydney monopoly harms country districts, and calls for opening other ports to reduce congestion and fund regional development.
Mr Cama the State Treasurer announced a deficit of £1,608,181 for the year ended June. Revenue stood at £16,055,800 with expenditure at £17,600,087. He noted that funds advanced to the railways loan account will be refunded once stock is sold, and the Public Works Fund obligation affected the balance.
In Sydney at a building site on Naymarket a large sheet of plate glass being removed from a lorry collapsed. Frank Eastments suffered a severe forearm wound with bone exposed and Edward Todd sustained a deep leg gash. Eastments required nearly 50 stitches and aided the doctor during treatment.
The Land Hoard at Walcha recorded many applications for four suburban blocks. The ballot list named J Gregory, W T Green, A V Schrader, and H Buckland. For a lease of U4 shares the ballot approved H Nash and d df Meunies 2.
Public Works Department postponed a test meeting on council borrowing of funds after Ald Melced’s suggestion. Stanley Arthur Sims pleaded guilty to stealing a stock whip and nagger valued at 25 pounds. fined 40 pounds with costs. Stray stock report to council noted few sightings and ongoing impounding efforts. George Egan and another man faced burglary charges. Egan remanded for seven days bail set at 50 pounds with two safety
First line Constable renia of Tian far Springe is promoted to Senior Constable and reassigned to Burren dunmellon departure via Tambue Sprogs. Lewton moves to Nacruhkin while Bell and Sivelair return to duty after brief leaves. A baker’s shop in Attunga owned by Mr Doolin burned with loss estimated at £200. investigation to Coroner and insurance review note accidental cause. Mayor defends Page’s contract work on the Oval linking it to Church of England grounds. committee discussions confirm conditional continuation without interfering with Oval duties.
Property sales from Tamworth include the 1900 acre Heiligmann estate Bt Hillears Curratu bula transferred to J H Mackay with stock plant and machinery. Cottage properties on Marius street and Pederick Street sold from Mrs F M McKenzie and BE A Barnes to J G Grayston and Laidlaw Hoth.
In Sydney on Wednesday an application sought to set aside a ruling restraining Northern miners and others from restraining Wollery employees. The case charged instigators and highlighted tensions over strikes, with officials arguing for restraint while miners defended their actions amid alleged grievances.
Sydney V. Woodnesday and J. B. Thallon faced police court action on eight informations alleging city by law breaches. Twelve yards' sanitary improvements were required after evidence showed crassly insanitary conditions. Dr. Purty deemed 18 houses unfit for human habitation. fines and costs totaled £138.
Sydney Wednesday Treasurer Conn said the Government intends to nominate a magistrate as chairman of the Railway Appeals Board. The choice aims to ensure impartial handling of evidence and satisfactory proceedings for the board at present.
A railway fettler named Mansfeld was struck by a train near Erskinville station and died from injuries sustained at the scene. Police and railway officials reported the incident and initiated an investigation into the circumstances of the fatal accident.
Writ served on the Minister for Works by Smith Timms and Co. contractors for the North Coast railway seeks 90000 pounds in damages arising after the government took over the railways from the firm.
London report says Tuesday Fielder bowled for Kent against Sussex and was no-balled 17 times for front-foot faults yet dismissed seven batsmen for 41 runs.
A censure motion in the Legislative Assembly passed by five votes, with divisions showing 36 Ayes and 40 Noes. The roll lists numerous members and pairs, noting absentees and remarks on abstentions, amid calls for inquiry and a free vaccination question.
Reported today in Sydney shows four new smallpox cases and over 1549 vaccinations at public depots. Parliament debated vaccination policy and the death penalty for Myrtle Caldwell’s murder, with diversions and interruptions before adjournment.
Officials report Tamworth vaccination depot as smallpox precautions expand, with 49 persons treated Monday mainly children. By Tuesday afternoon a government health party drew about 30 near Count Chambers, plus one more patient later, as locals await any outbreak response and urge earlier use of vaccination before disease arrives.
The Mayor presented a minute reporting a smallpox outbreak response. A conference with physicians led to public vaccination under government medical oversight. A free public vaccination depot was opened on Monday Wednesday and Friday mornings for the community.
At yesterday’s Shire Council session Dr Copplesen urged vaccination depots across the shire with a duty to provide vaccine supplies. The discussion centered on funding and staffing while the two shillings per head levy was noted.
The session covers proposed federal funding for railway links to the capital, a 5 percent commission on total line costs, and the Fitzroy Dock valuation of £867,716 with only £66,085 received. Plans for land reserves total 1,590,000 acres, including 1,000,000 for settlement prep. Loans last year reached £10,802,708 with £164,033 location costs.
Sydney minutes report a ministerial caucus adopting the Minimum Wage Bill after hours of debate. Other measures including an Eight Hour Bill and Compulsory Vaccination Bill were disclosed but no final decisions were reached.
The Cabinet has apparently chosen Mr Brennan for the Director of Labor post and will ignore Mr Eldridge who had been put forward as the applicant for the position in Sydney this week.
London's Evening Standard reports tense exchanges at the Peace Conference in Bucharest where a Bulgarian delegate retorts to a Romanian premier, urging propositions. The Romanian leader mocks defeat and warns Bulgarians to go home as reports of ex premier Daneff arrest are denied. Great Powers, excluding Germany, back treaty revision with Greece resisting surrender of Kavala.
The chaff market shows enormous supplies of 64 trucks, mostly intermediate quality with dull demand. Prices largely unchanged though lower for lower grades. Northern sales list wheaten chaff from Cork and Tanworth with various bag quantities and prices. lucerne hay from Guy Fong and Now fh maize noted.
Sussex street markets report a substantial rise in dairy trade as wholesalers buy large quantities of cheese bacon and grain while butter and eggs remain slow. Despite improved activity overall the market says the dull period is temporary as supplies tighten and prices edge higher.
Singleton store sale featured keen competition across classes with steer prices around £7 and high cows near £9, heifers and bulls in the £3 to £8 range, paddies and springers also listed. At Farmers' Central Markets yesterday 405 pigs sold to 82 buyers, average 3s 8d per head.
London reports the Secretary of State for the Colonies promised to urge Commonwealth Government to provide information on alleged American trusts plans to monopolize local industries in Australia and the United Kingdom.
Lord Emmett, Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, on a Parliament trip to Australia, told Vancouver that Britain has fewer unemployed than ever before due to emigration. He called the labor market flooding easing with signs of improvement.
Snowy Baker to referee the Wells Mehegan contest on Saturday night. Mehegan’s belt, a subject of much discussion, was stolen from Baker’s car this morning. Mohegan offers a reward of 90 pounds for its recovery. A council meeting heard a report on bore feeding and Alderman Gress called the reply satisfactory.
Sir Edward Grey told the Commons that the government would not justify spending £250,000 to repress tit ting at the San Francisco Exhibition marking the Panama Canal opening. He argued the expense would be out of proportion to any commercial gain and there was no evident desire among merchants to participate.
Berlin reports the Reichstag criticized Germany’s refusal to participate in the Panama Exhibition as overblown. Socialist deputies said the protest mirrors a rival nation’s strategy to humiliate Germany and provoke a reaction.
A seven member family including four women died in a blaze that trapped them in a pilot’s cottage on the Isle of Orla. Residents offered prayers as fire consumed the building and rescue attempts proved futile.
Parliament debate in London includes critic condemning government naval policy. Lord Selbourne cites Churchill and Asquith, arguing policy mirrors Germany. He warns against abandoning duty toward the empire and replacing it with imperial worship of distant colonies.
In London a suffragette campaign is blamed for damage to Sir George Newnes’ former home at Lynton worth £12,000, with bombs found but no placards. A separate attempted bombing at Heathcote’s Surrey mansion caused significant, though not fatal, destruction.
A major fire in a London town on Tuesday devastated the community. Inferno started in a chute and swept through the town, destroying all buildings. Officials fear a high death toll as hundreds remain homeless and displaced.
News from New York reports Japanese nationals in California forming auto load companies to circumvent anti alien legislation. The strategy aims to acquire land while staying outside the measure's scope.
Seven German military officers were charged with betraying state secrets to Krupps. They faced imprisonment from one month to six years and were dismissed from the service.
Mr. Asquith told a deputation that the Committee of Imperial Defence is studying a Channel tunnel project. Reported French government favoring the scheme to cement cordial ties. Estimated cost about 218,000,000 pounds.
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