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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 11, 1903
Page
3
A garbled Sydney Day by Day column recounts public morals debates, social scandals, and oddities. It mentions court-like controversy over public figures, visits to boudoir parlors, Japanese affairs, and local races, with scattered references to Oaklands wreck, West Suburbs football, and upcoming Sydney events.
Sporting notes discuss the Melbourne Cup as the wealthiest arena for owners and public interest, with 169 entries to the leading handicap. Reports cover stable moves, racing public sentiment, and the rise of trotting clubs in Victoria and New Zealand, noting management and public perception shaping wagering patterns.
Price ranges for cattle and sheep dominate a busy market with high activity on cattle and a large yarding of nine hundred head including cows. Prime cattle sold between 5 and 6 guineas per hundred weight with best deals around 40 pounds per hundred. Sheep numbers were strong with good and useful trades, lambs scarce and firm in value. Marine workers ship goods noted with varied prices for wethers ewes and rams. Overall demand eased slightly as competition slowed and supply remained ample.
David Brown formerly of Bundabra was charged with grievous assault on George Croberd. Court heard brutal abuse by an employer named Bein, with the boy bound, doused, left in a water trough, and threatened with throat cutting. Dr Lao testified extensive bruising and internal injuries. Avonward found guilty and sentenced.
A fragmented report describes early 19th century rain-making experiments by Solly Jock and others in the Wanderer's Crinket Ground. It notes attempts to create rain via ignited clouds and high-velocity charges, prompting bans and a government resolution to prohibit further experiments within the territory.
An eyewitness aboard a Windward Island voyage recounts a dramatic encounter at sea near Trinidad as a great whale battles a swordfish. The whale lunges, spews foam, and dives, while the swordfish thrashes with electric-like strikes, then the whale rises, bleeds, and sinks after a violent clash amid roaring waves and explosive spray.
A railway official returning to Sydney from the Cobur Wilowania route trip supplies data to Commissioners. He describes 158 miles of arid, barren country with little life, few tracks, and sparse stock. Water along the Darling is monitored, though from White Cliffs to the Queensland border the land remains promising, yet no viable setbacks are seen.
The Brisbane Weather Bureau reports a government dispute over funding Arrangements for water and weather services. NSW paid £160 of the first moiety. second half disputed as not yet allocated. Mr Wraggs declines responsibility for June instalment unless NSW subsidy arrives promptly.
A partial notice to readers requests subscribers to send notes or acknowledgments to the paper. The readable line urges action without specifics, reflecting a printer’s or publisher’s request in a local context.
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