Latest Telegrams. Heavy Rain
Sydney, Tuesday—Exceptionally heavy rain his fallen along the northern coast, over six inches being registered at Clarence in 48 hour. It is cloudy again in the extreme…
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Floods & storms, 1897
49 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3
Local News. Queanbeyan Police Court. 'Wednesday, June 16Th, 1897. Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. DeSalis and Gale, Js.P
DAMAGING GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. Frederick Griffith, youth of about 17, was charged with having on the 7th instant broken a window of a railway carriage…
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London, Thursday—A violent gale in the English Channel did great damage to shipping, with considerable loss of life…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Wednesday, June 16. (Before Messrs Maitland, P.M, Wright, Gale, and DeSalis, Js.P.) Throwing at the Train
Frederick Griffiths, a lad of about 17, was charged with that he did, on 7th June, maliciously injure certain property of the Railway Commissioners…
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A FEW nights ago when the ship Star of France anchored from Laurvig, Norway, with a cargo of timber she brought news of bad voyage, though…
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ON Monday afternoon two rabbit trappers, named Nicholls and Snowy, were nearly drowned in crossing the Goulburn River, at Mackenzie's ford,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Courts. Wednesday, August 18Th. Before Messrs. Maitland, P.M., and J. J. Wright, J. Gale and E. C. Campbell, Js.P. Obscene Language--severe Sentences
Stephen Coffey, who had been arrested at Bungendore on a charge of disobeying a summons, and remanded in custody to Queanbeyan to answer the charge preferred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Wednesday, Aug. 18. (Before Messrs. Maitland, P.M., J. J. Wright, J. Gale, and E. C. Campbell, Js. P.) Language
Stephen Coffey was charged with that he did on July 7, Florence-street, Queanbeyan, use obscene language. Accused pleaded guilty…
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ON Wednesday afternoon a sudden squall passed over Queanbeyan, travelling west to east, accompanied by rain which was succeeded by a terrific fall of hail. The squall…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What a Cyclone Is and a Tornado
The Average man has a misconception of the difference between a cyclone and a tornado. A cyclone is a windstorm that covers a vast area of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court. Wednesday, Sept. 15th. (Before Messrs. Gale, E. C. Campbell, and G. Webb, Js.P.)
George Johns v. W. Ingram, claim £1 17s, goods supplied. Mr Downing, for plaintiff proved that service of summons had been effected, and a verdict was returned for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON. Thursday. Terrific Cyclone.--Fifty Persons Killed
A terrific cyclone devastated the towns of Sata Ofio, Mesague, in Italy. Fifty persons were killed and eighty injured…
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London, Thursday—Through a disastrous cyclone in Italy. 50 persons were killed and 80 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] NEWS. Police Court. Wednesday, September 29Th. (Before Messrs. J. J. Wright and J. Gale.) Beach of Hawkers and Pedlars Act
Martha George an Assyrian pedlar, appeared on summons to answer a charge of carrying goods for sale, being a licensed hawker, without having her name and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News. Police Court. Wednesday, October 6Th. (Before Messrs. Wright, Gale, Webb, and Dr. Richardson. Unlawfully Cutting Timber
T. McGiath, a road employee, engaged on a road contract near Hall, appeared to answer a summons charging him with unlawfully cutting timber for removal from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Wednesday, Oct. 6Th. (Before Messrs. Wright, Gale, Richardson, and Webb, Js.P.) Removing Timber
William McGrath was charged with removing timber without a licence from the village reserve at Hall. Defendant pleaded guilty, saying that he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News. Police Court. Wednesday, August 13. (BEFORE Dr. Richardson and Mr. John Gale, J's. P.) Breach of Hawkers Act
Abdur Haman, an Assyriun hawker, pleaded guilty to a breach of the Hawkers and Pedlars Act, by neglecting to have in plain legible letters the Words "Licensed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Wednesday, Oct. 13th. (Before Dr Richardson and Mr Gale, Js.P.) the Words Not There
Abdur Hamen, a Syrian, was charged with being a hawker and not not having the words " licensed hawker" on his pack. When asked how he pleaded the accused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Monday, October 18Th. Before Messrs. J. Gale and W. Bealty, J.P.
A STAGE COACH LICENSE Was granted to Patrick Brennan for a vehicle conveying the Queanbeyan-Tharwa mails, to carry three passengers, the use of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News. Police Court. Wednesday, October 20Th. Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. Gale and Brassey, J.P. Cases Under the Impounding Act
John Ward sued Charles Blewitt for unlawfully detaining two horses his property. A second information was also laid against the some defendant charging him with…
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