Art Unions and Lottery Prizes Face Legal Scrutiny
The Minister for Justice Mr Hall argued that winners of motor cars or houses via art unions have no legal claim to the prize. He cited English law to show such sales by chance are void and forfeited, noting New South Wales exemptions, while discussing historic treasure tales and a Peru mine expedition raised by Mr Gates.
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Mr. Hall
Hall
Docker
Mimns
His Majesty
Hull
New South Wales
Sturr-Hawkett
Gold of the Incas Find Reported by Mining Investor
On the United Fruit Company steamer Carillo sailing from New York to Cuayquil, Peru, were Mr and Mrs William G Gates of Callao and three mining engineers. Gates described a recent wild Andes find of extraordinarily rich gold ore located between the headwaters of two rivers, urging expert opinion in New York.
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United Fruit Company
Carillo
New York
Cuayquil
Ecuador
Mir. J
William G. Gates
Callao
Peru
Gates
Andes
Jyabli
Mr. Gates
Tha Tneus
Sind Bas
Weather shifts as cyclones pass New South Wales
A week of shifting weather ends with finer conditions after a cyclone disturbance moved off the coast. A cold snap then brought season low temperatures to several towns with Kogelasko 12 degrees, Riandra 15, Carcoar 15, and Braidwood 22. Monsoonal activity in Central Australia boosted rains across the state, with Wollongong highest rainfall at 924 points and several other districts recording heavy totals.
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New South Wales
Worning
Kogelasko
Riandra
Braidwood
Central Australia
Wollongong
Kurrajong Heights
Lawson
Bathurat
Bullahdolah
Mysterious artesian wells near Rocklands Gta Hoo explored
Governor Sir William Macgregor and Captain Foxton witness vast natural wells feeding the Georgiana River in northern Queensland near Camooweal. Reports note bottomless chasms and sudden surges of water, with ropes lowered into depths of unknown caverns never yet examined by geologists.
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Rupert Clarke
Georgiana
Jevela
Geological and Surveys Department
Bishop of Carpentaria Defends Aboriginal Progress
In a Dubsbo Sunday sermon the Bishop argued Aborigines are a child race in need of teaching and opportunity to grow. Mission stations prove they respond when given chances, contrary to claims they are better off in wild life. He noted gendered degradation and ongoing violence, contrasting Christian influence with savage life.
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Carpentaria
Dubsbo
North
News items from the day including Wilde’s naval past
An 83 year old Frederick Wilde of Bathurston died last week. His life spanned service in the navy under Admiral Napier, Crimean War action, and later years in merchant service and goldfield ventures. Other notes cover labour disputes in Lancashire, medical cures, and a fire at Emmaville polling station destroying ballot boxes and records.
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Sorrell
Frederick Wilde
Bathurston
Navy
England
Admiral Napier
Australia
Sofala
Wilde
Q. O
Orkney
Funn
Lancashire
Aumber
Laborera
Down Holland
Whyte
Cora
Watts
George Whyte
Wallington
Emmaville
New England
Popete
House of
Wellington
John
Uvonamble
Brigidine
Sydney
Oonamble
Vallan Park
Lematic Asylum
St. Andrew's Cathedral
Are We Living Longer New South Wales’s Position
A historical study of Australian life expectancy compares birth, infant, and adult mortality across periods from 1841 to 1910. It notes NSW rises above the general average with high infant mortality yet improving survival, projecting longer lifespans and more centenarians in the future based on Commonwealth figures.
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New South Wales
Australia
Biblicw
Commonwealth
Commonwealth Statistician’s Department
Life expectancy figures from 1000 to 1910 show gender gaps
Mortality data for males and females across ages 21 45 and centenarian ranges are given. The record cites survivor counts per thousand and notes larger increases in female longevity, with stated life expectancy using historical period figures and a brief comparison to later eras.
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Tomy
Thuhl
Bots
Tae
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