Margaret Stroud, a drunken little trollop, was charged with taking up her residence in the Government Domain, for which she was sent six weeks to the third class of the factory. Police matters   ..read more

  Mrs. Elizabeth James, a widow, aged 52 of Greenfleld-road, Tottenham, London, was a guest recently at a wedding in Braemar-road, Tottenham. The bride's mother found her resting nor head on the table. She said she was unwell. After being taken into the garden she died. The festivities were then abandoned. At the inquest the doctor ascribed death to heart disease, and the jury returned a verdict to that effect.  DEATH AT A MARRIAGE FEAST. (1909, November 21). The Sunday Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1903 - 1910), p. 9. TROVE   ..read more

  UNCLAIMED MONEY. NEXT OF KIN AND HEIRS WANTED. Special for "The Chronicle." Toowoomba   The following beneficiaries arebeing sought for to claim money orproperty or for something to their advantage. Readers thinking themselves interested can obtain furtherparticulars by communicating with Lloyd's Unclaimed Money Offices, Melbourne, but beyond a stamped addressed envelope for reply, no fee should be remitted with inquiries respecting any of the subjoined names: — Baxter, Alexander and David Graham Baxter. Bell, John George, formerly of Yeadon, Yorks (next of kin of). Bevin, H ..read more

  LIST of Remittance Certificate Immigrants who embarked in the Flying Cloud, which vessel arrived at Moreton Bay on the 30th April, 1869.   Walsh, William  28          Michael  l8 Devitt, Agnes  23         Infant  - M'Ewan Jesse   22         Margaret 3 Kenney, John   22             Elizabeth   24   Drumgoole, Jane  28   Skelly, Thomas   20   Muller, William  22   Wilson ..read more

  Jane died 10th September, 1897 in Cairns Queensland and her parents were recorded as James COLWILD and Jane McCASLIN.      All that is left to remind us that Jane was here.   Debetor's petition for adjudication in insolvency by Jane Quan Tim, of Kuranda, near Cairns, widow. Messrs Daly and Beaumont, agents for insolvent. Order-Adjudication accordingly. Statement, 30th October; 1st meeting, 31st October. Official Trustee to be trustee.   IN CHAMBERS. (1893, October 18). The North Queensland Register (Townsville, Qld. : 1892 - 1905), p. 11. TROVE   ..read more

  It would seem to be cheap by today's standards, but in 1859 2 pounds would have been a fair price to pay for locating your wife and child.  £2 REWARD.-I hereby offer Two Pounds reward to any person who will give such information as to the whereabouts of my wife MARY BAXTER; complexion fair to sandy, half tooth out in front, height fivefeet three inches; she has with her a male child twelvemonths old. Please direct THOMAS BAXTER, Picton. Advertising (1859, March 26). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 1. TROVE ..read more

  MISSING FRIENDS Would anyone knowing the where- abouts of Robert Wann, laborer, 65 years of age, last heard of from Fogarty's Gang, 75 Miles, via Ingham, please communicate with the Branch Secretary, Brisbane. Sister Emily is enquiring.   Will John Welch or anyone knowing his present whereabouts please communicate with the Branch Secretary, A.W.U., Brisbane? Last heard of from Canberra East, F.C.T., then on his way to Queensland. Sister, Cam Side, Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand, enquiring.   James Arthur Burton, who was born at Lidcombe, N.S.W., about 40 years of age ..read more

  Sentence of penal servitude for lifewas passed at Manchester Assizes onJohn Whalley, 32 years, fitter, of Accrington, Lancashire, for cutting off his step-daughter's hands. Whalley married Mrs. Wildman, a widow, two yearsago. Their married life was unhappy. After a violent quarrel on September17 his wife left, taking her little daughter. He took the child from school next day, cut off her hands in his room, and was found in the back kitchen with a rubber gas tube in his mouth. He told the doctor he wanted to get at the mother through the child. Mr. Justice Branson described the crime a ..read more

  233 years ago today, Mary PILES arrived in Australia. Things have changed a little since then.   ..read more

  The Lobelia.-We have been favored with the following list of the names of the persons who died during tho passage of the above-named ship, by Dr. Purdie, the health officer :- Miles Spelman, aged 20, of continued fever, on March 31 ; John Lax, infant, of bronchitis, on April 2; Henry Lambert, aged 23, of ship fever, on April 7; Sarah Jack, aged 26, of ship fever, on April 12 ; Lizzie Lax, aged 2, of ship fever, on May 5 ; James Murray, aged 28, of ship fever, on May 21 ; Sarah Moles, aged 24, of ship fever, on May 25 ; Eliza M'Kay, aged 21, of ship fever, on June 14; Mary Trather, aged ..read more