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Newspaper
Wagga Wagga Express
Location
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 18, 1908
Page
3
The country arrivals to Sydney reached 5500 people via special trains. Many came from Queensland, while Victoria sent only a small number. The ongoing flow marks a significant influx as Sydney hosts visitors from distant parts.
Eluyenigen were brought before the Police Court today on charges of playing two-up. Beech ow and Lu Theme wert arrested at Woolloo ooloo yesterday while moo. About 60 yee gaging two-up, police arrived and there was no such thing as a hut in the bur uur.
Jide Hodges today refused the Crown's application for a special jury to try three railway culprits under committal in the Coroner's Court on charges of wilful slaughter linked to the Sunslane railway disaster in Melbourne.
In Sydney on Monday at the Metropolitan Quarter Session William Archibald Robertson and Arthur Henry Tilling moot pleaded guilty to embezzlement and forging charges connected to tobacco fraud cases. Each received four years penal servitude on each count, to run concurrently. Augustus William Faerber and Harold Shaw pleaded guilty to stealing and receiving stolen goods and were given two years with an additional three years of good behavior, plus a further 12 months.
A reliable authority states a union member plans to withdraw from the Sydney Labor Council to form a new body. The move would control monemous questions affecting unions in more states, aiming for a more statesmanlike approach than past actions.
A fire at the Travel Jere Meat Hotel in Linse owde destroyed the building and damaged furniture. The owner Mr. Wololo and residents testified about occupancy, liquor, insurance, and damages, with an open verdict returned by Mr. Stevenson after witnesses detailed the loss and policy actions.
E Nogel and P O Dwyer appeared in Wages Police Court charged with breaching the municipal by law by leading and riding horses on a street footpath in Monpan Street. Inspector Palmer stated the offence, with Mr Stevenson PM noting the practice would be halted. Enoch John Qebcroft fined for allowing a bore to stray.
Evidence at the Postal Commission morning session from Arun del chief clerk at Sydney GPO argues that returning to the old system would benefit the service. He states that centralising administration increases staff and costs without achieving greater efficiency than the previous arrangement.
A dubious advertisement touts Sander and Sons Eucalypt Extract as superior yet warns of dangers from inferior products. The copy alludes to legal actions over irritation from a treated ulcer and cites a Supreme Court of Victoria ruling about product merit.
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