Wednesday, June 2, 2010

CHARGE OF LARCENY– The Hobart Shell Necklace Robbery

Hobart Mercury,Wednesday 15 January 1908, page 6.

John Ward was charged with the larceny on April 2 last, of a case of shell necklaces, valued, at £84, [reported later @£70+] the property of Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Company. On the application of Inspector Weston,. he was remanded for 7 days. Bail was allowed, on accused's recognisance of £50, and two sureties of £50 each.

COMPARATIVE VALUE REFERENCES: Quotations from the Hobart Mercury and other 1908 Australian newspapers from digitised records made available online by the Australian National Library ... the results of representations made to the British Ministry of Munitions 500 tons of sheet iron will be released for use in New Zealand, and distributed for essential purposes. The price fixed is £70 per ton.

[Property] sold privately … Glenonniston farm of 150 acres at the high price of £70 an acre. Mr. J. W. O'Bryan was the purchaser … one of the best farms in the Glenormiston

The low price of tin ore (£70) [TON] Is causing a considerable depression all over the field … the Cope's Crook dredge has been working on overburden, and obtained 17cwt of tin for a run of 126 hours ... Prices of tin were at $11,900 per ton as of Nov 24, 2008. Prices reached an all-time high of nearly $25,000 per ton in May 2008, largely because of the effect of the decrease of tin production from Indonesia, and have been volatile because of reliance from mining in Congo-Kinshasa.

MINIMUM WAGE IN SYDNEY: SYDNEY. December 17 1908
A bill, which fixes the lowest wage to be paid by an employer at 4s. [shillings] per week, has passed Parliament. An amendment to fix the amount at 5s. was negatived by a majority of five votes. This law has. been passed to reach the large number of employers in Sydney who take on learners without wage.

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