2020: DAY 66
SMH, p5
180 Elizabeth St, Sydney, 1900 - Source: State Library of NSW
(p4) – Editorial on new bill to amend Water Board's rating powers (a factor in whether it could get revenue) Question of licensing of plumbers – *Royal Commission on Board in 1897
(p5 ) – LATE EDITION. HERALD OFFICE, 7.30 a.m. THE WAR. / THE BOERS TO MAKE A LAST STAND. / LONDON, May 28.
THE DECEASED WIFE'S SISTERS BILL, LONDON, May 28. (bill introduced to allow a man to marry his dead wife’s sister, something previously considered illicit)
THE WAR / INVASION OF THE TRANSVAAL. / BRITISH ARMY IN THE REPUBLIC. / ENVELOPING MOVEMENT IRRESISTIBLE. / LORD ROBERTS'S BRILLIANT STRATEGY. / ENEMY OUTMANOEUVRED. / COMMANDANTS DISCUSS SURRENDER. / PEACE DELEGATES DIS-HEARTENED. / CAMPAIGN ON THE NATAL BORDER. / BOERS' EXTENDED FRONT. LONDON, May 28.
(p6) – BUBONIC PLAGUE / POSSIBILITIES OF RECRUDESCENCE - carcasses found in harbour - 640 rats, 168 dogs, 93 cats, 87 fowls, 9 pigs, 1 monkey
DARLING HARBOUR RESUMPTIONS
REDUCTION OF INSPECTORS AT PADDINGTON - to save £10/18/- per week