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A few items copied from Australian Newspapers
pertaining to Daltons
Researched, complied & edited by Rodney G. Dalton
Source: Historic Australian Newspapers, 1803
to 1954 - The National Library of Australia (http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home)
This is a follow-on from the small article submitted
by Gerry Dalton in last month's issue of "Daltons in Hstory"
The Sydney Morning Herald - NSW: Saturday, 13
February 1892
MURDER IN NEW ZEALAND
AUCKLAND, FRIDAY
A man named John Dalton, a grass-soder,
was found murdered at Ekotuhuia today, his throat being cut. He was drinking
yesterday with two mates and a quarrel took place at midnight. The murderers
have not yet been arrested.
The Argus - Melbourne, Victoria: Monday 24 February
1908
FOUND FLOATING
Brisbane - Sunday Friday
The body of John Dalton was found floating
in the Brisbane River today. Dalton had been in the office of the Commissioner
of Police, and was subsequently employed as a traveler by the National
Mutual Life Assurance Company.
The Argus - Melbourne, Victoria: Wednesday, 10
December 1941
HUNT FOR ESCAPEE
Armed wardens are searching in Castlemaine district for
John Dalton, 17, who escaped from a Reformatory here
on Monday afternoon He has abandoned a horse and dray which he was driving
from the main prison to the prison from when he disappeared. Dalton who
is also known as Boyd Barlow is 5ft. 10in, medium build, fair hair and
complexion, hazel eyes.
The Sydney Morning Herald - NSW: Monday, 3 February
1890
CASE OF DROWNING IN NEWCASTLE HARBOUR
NEWCASTLE, Sunday
This afternoon at half-past 6, the body of James
Dalton, brother of John Dalton, the well known
tug owner of Newcastle, was picked up in the harbor opposite the Customs
House. He was last seen alive on board the tug Energy, belonging to J.
and A. Brown at half-past 2 this afternoon. How he fell overboard is not
yet ascertained. The body was removed to the morgue, and an inquest will
be held tomorrow.
The Argus - Melbourne, Victoria: Tuesday, 27
April 1909
KNOCKED DOWN BY TRAM
John Dalton, 35 years of age, a cartel
for Messrs. Wcrtlieim and Co., was "knocked down" by
a Melbourne tramcar in the street yesterday. Upon removal in a unconscious
state to the Melbourne Hospital, it was found by Dr. Spiers that he was
suffering from a depressed fracture of the frontal bone. He was admitted
for treatment, and his condition is serious.
The Canberra Times - Australian Capital Territory:
Tuesday, 28 December 1954
NO TRACE OF FISHERMEN
NOWRA, Monday
No trace has been found of two men who disappeared from
an 18 ft. launch in shark-infested waters near Nowra on Christmas Day.
The men, George Greenwood, 42, of Yagoona; and Clement
and John Dalton, 50, of Bankstown, left Greenwell Point at the
estuary of the Shoalhaven River to go fishing. Later their launch was
discovered empty, with the motor still running, near the river mouth.
Police think it possible one of the men fell overboard
and that other went to his assistance and also drowned.
The Canberra Times - Australian Capital Territory:
Wednesday, 23 May 1945
FIREARMS SENTENCE TO STAND
SYDNEY, Tuesday
In dismissing an appeal by Mrs. Glory Yvonne
Dalton, of Randwick, against a conviction and a fine of £10
for having an unlicensed pistol, Judge Berne, in the Appeals Court today
said, that in the past two months two policemen had, been murdered by
people illegally carrying firearms.
Police evidence was that Mrs. Dalton had pointed a loaded
revolver at her husband, Corporal John James Dalton,
when he went to serve divorce papers on her.
The Argus - Melbourne, Victoria: Saturday, 18
March 1916
ABSCONDING FROM GAOL
HORSHAM, Friday
At the Horsham Police Court today, William John
Dalton was called upon to show cause why warrants of commitment
should not be issued against him in respect of his having absconded from
gaol while awaiting the hearing of two charges of larceny in March of
last year. He was sentenced to two months imprisonment in the Ballarat
Gaol. On three charges of petty larceny, to which he pleaded guilty. Dalton
was sentenced to 31 days further incarceration.
The West Australian - Perth, Western Australia:
Monday, 15 February 1892
NEW ZEALAND
Auckland, Feb. 13.
A man named John Dalton was found murdered
yesterday at Eketahuna. His throat was cut, and there was a wound in his
back. He bad been quarrelling with his mates on the previous night.
Advertiser - NSW: Wednesday, 18 September 1850
Household Quarrels
Yesterday the time of the bench was occupied for some
length, listening to counter charges of assault, arising from different
families occupying portions of the same house It appears that on Mr. Christian's
farm, Bowthorne, several families of his farm servants live in one of
his houses ; Mrs. Ellen McMahon now charged James Dalton and Edward
Dalton with having assaulted her on the 9th instant; Edward Dalton
charged Mrs. McMahon with having assaulted him on the same day, and Mrs.
Bridget Looney charged Michael Dalton with having threatened
her life on the 5th instant. Mr. Nicholl Appeared, for the defense.
The two young Daltons, James and Edward, had a dispute
with Mrs. McMahon on the 9th about a cask of rain water, which she maintained
to be hers, and to be appropriated solely to her washing, while the young
men maintained their right to fill their kettle from it. The young men
it appears at last upset Mrs. McMahon’s cask of water, and she revenged
herself by first smashing their kettle, and then seizing her own kettle
from the fire and pouring boiling water on Edward Dalton. Mrs. McMahon
swore that both Daltons pushed her about and struck her, and both Daltons
deposed positively that McMahon scalded Edward. The bench, who had in
vain tried to get the parties to arrange their quarrels out of court,
convicted all three of assaults, and fined James and Edward Dalton 1s.
each, and Mrs. McMahon 5s. Mrs. Looney's charge was that she having refused
to get up from bed, and let the two young men into the house through her
room, through which lay their only door entrance into their own, they
got in through the window, and the next evening Michael Dalton, their
father, threatened he'd have her life if she did not let his sons in at
any hour. This was denied by Dalton, and it appeared the two young men
had been since removed by him from the house. The bench dismissed the
case, telling the complainant to come again if the threats were repeated.
The Sydney Morning Herald - NSW: Saturday, 7
September 1878
BATHURST
FRIDAY
Patrick Power and Charles Bell were indicted at the Quarter
Sessions yesterday for stealing four cattle, the property of James Samuel,
jun.; one cow, the property of James Dalton and a cow,
the property of Thomas Dalton, of Orange, The trial lasted
all day. The jury gave their verdict at a late hour at night, finding
the prisoners guilty of receiving. They were sentenced to three years'
imprisonment in Darlinghurst gaol with hard labor.
The Advertiser - Adelaide, South Australia:
Wednesday, 14 October 1903
ENTERPRISING CLAIMANTS DEMAND TOO MUCH
Sydney, October 13
Judgment was delivered yesterday in the Dalton Wharf
Resumption Case, in which the claimants, Mary and Josephine Dalton,
Thomas Joseph Dalton, and Mark Sheldon (executors of the will
of the late Thomas Dalton) proceeded against the Minister
for Works to recover £105,138, as compensation for the resumption
by the defendant Government of wharfage property, situate at Miller's
Point. The Government offered the claimants £75,500 as adequate
Compensation.
The court arrived at the conclusion that the amount of
compensation offered by the Government was not only liberal, but even
generous, and a verdict was returned for that amount.
The West Australian - Perth, Western Australia:
Tuesday, 13 June 1899
PECULIAR DEATH OF A LUNATIC
STRANGE POST-MORTEM RESULTS
During the month of May last a death took place at the
Lunatic Asylum; Fremantle, of a man named Thomas Dalton.
Owing to the peculiar appearance of the stomach of the deceased, it was
thought advisable to hold a post-mortem examination, when it was found
that his stomach contained 12oz. of quartz and slate, which caused failure
of the heart.
The Argus - Melbourne, Victoria: Saturday, 27
May 1944
HIGH COMMISSIONER SUED
HOBART, Friday
Judgment for £400, with costs, was awarded against
Thomas D'Alton, former Tasmanian Minister for Agriculture
and now Commonwealth High Commissioner in New Zealand, in an action for
damages by Harold Claude Little, former fruit agent, in the Supreme Court
today. Little alleged that D'Alton wrongfully procured his dismissal as
manager of Southern Tasmanian Co-operative Society Ltd.
The Mercury - Hobart, Tasmania: Thursday, 14
July 1892
An official document has been received from Rome by Cardinal
Moran, which confers on Mr. Thomas Dalton, M.LC, formerly
representative of Orange, the Papal distinction of Knight, Commander of
the Order of St, Gregory the Great. It is understood that the title is
given in recognition of his munificence in support of religious and charitable
works.
The Sydney Morning Herald - NSW: Saturday, 6
October 1900
Cardinal Moran will visit the Convent of the Sitters
of Mercy at North Sydney to-day, where there will be a profession Tomorrow
Cardinal Moran will assist at the procession of the Blessed Baciunient,
which will take place immediately after Vespers in St Mary’s Cathedral
tomorrow. On Monday he will conduct a confirmation in the parish of Burwood,
and on Tuesday he will assist in the celebrations of the marriage of Mr.
Thomas Dalton with Miss Annie Nugent. The ceremony will take
place in St Mary's Church, Sydney.
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