Mermaids and Mile Posts at Moruya Batemans Bay Sporting Life
A noisy collage of racing and athletic notes from the Shoalhaven area. Reports of a Batemans Bay meeting after Moruya Annual, a fatality in a Klondyke water event, betting summaries, nominations for Tilda Tilba Handicap, and O Connor's 6 for 50 in a Kelly benefit match. Annette Kellerman dubbed Australian mermaid, while Nigel Barker slated for Athens. Disqualifications for Caesar and Lady Thespian at Asa delo. St Johns Institute and Kameruka cricket plans. Tom Manning and Zola headline Bemboka races with three wins worth £8. Local papers critique Candelo coverage and urge fair reporting.
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Batemans Bay
Alexander McLean
Annette Kellerman
Annette
Ellis
Sowtham
Tilda
O'Connor
Kelly
Ron
H. Corkhill
Carter
Armstrong
Laver
XSW. Amateur Athletic Association
Nigel Barker
Athens
Nsw
Chorge Caesar
S. Clarke
Clarke
Asa Delo
Kameruka
Canon Martin
O. Hichardson
B. Bland
Zola
Beniboka
Southern “Star
Bega
Star
Inter-District Summary of Local Activities
Mr. Austin Chapman and J C Watson plan visits to Dalgety and Braidwood this month. Fishermen near Wollongong net 150 jewfish for Sydney. ALIL corps promotion eyed at Kameruka Candelo. Barraburoo oats yield estimated at 60 bushels per acre. Candelo School of Arts to review rent tariff. Nethercate maker of first cheddar cheese claim noted. Eden show invites agriculture minister for Feb 14 16. Chapman also to attend. A boy impaled on a tree limb at Myall Vale Narrabri. Candelo Bega mail time table petition referred back for signatures. Mullumbirby rainfall over four inches since last week. Farmers across Victoria urged to water stock. springs run dry. Bogey Creek land deposit issue unresolved at Pambula. Landa business shifts to logs after Willis dispute. Manns praised as Candelo A P and H Society secretary promising prizes for 1906. Itata barque burned at Newcastle with saltpetre and coal onboard. no lives lost. Observer editor assaulted over a paragraph. local officials criticized. Springfield Tank bears infestation with rabbits killed by arsenic. 40 000 to 60 000 rabbits destroyed.
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Candela School of Arts
Peter Lindwall
Nethercate
Eden
Mort
Bodalla
Austin Chapman
J. Wyatt
Myall Vale
Narrabri
Candelo Progress Committee
Mullumbirby
N. Coast
Melbourne
Pambula
Landa
Willis
A. O. Manns
Candela A. P
H. Society
Guardian
Newcastle
Itata
Wallsend
Ryde
Osserven
Petty Sessions
CP.8
Wos
Onsraven
Department of Justice
Cobar
Public Works Department
Springfield
Buy only Reliable Goods. McMURTRIE'S Best Bluchers
Advertisement noting McMurtire or McMurturie best bluchers with a call to buy reliable goods. Likely a 19th to early 20th century retail plaster or shoe line. No further context available.
J J Ormiston Dental Surgeon at Bega
J J Ormiston a dental surgeon located on Carp Street Bega offers surgery and services consulting daily with hours from 1 a.m to 6 p.m and 7 p.m to 8 30 p.m. Available AJ S Banks assists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Hood
Church Street
Bega
Wickham’s
J. J. Ormiston
Carp Street
Aj.s. Banks
Odds and Ends in a Fragmented Victorian Column
A collage of brief items including protests over Home Rule in Victoria with 62,000 signatures, a dean’s donation to a Catholic institution, dancing banned in Massachu setts parishes, a mock king Edward VII coronation date, a Biblical anecdote, reflections on wealth and cash registers, studio chatter about Venus Eve and Godiva poses, rabbit extermination experiments near Broughton Island, and gossip exchanges about Mrs Newcomer smoking a clay pipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abyssinia
Victoria
Frank Movement and Odds on Immigration
A fragment from The Bulletin contrasts Canada and Australia as immigration destinations, noting Canada’s land and tariff advantages. It cites Loyd's Weekly on betting fines and mocks Sydney betting, then moves to cricket gossip about Victorian keeper Carbeck, plus a humorous dog anecdote ending with a confession of crime and plans with a dealer.
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England
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Braidwood
J. C. Watson
Dalgety
Port Kembla
Wollongong
Bydney
Captain Jackson
Candelo
D. Lynch
Barr
Rodd
Panama
Next Bank
William Organ Hae
Gipps Street
Hrydon'a
Ormiston & Ormiston
R.J. M. Ormiston
Totel
Pike's
Towasiba
Koy's
Yambelua Hughes
Janosry
Rocky Hall
Grant'y
Januacy Hand
The
ART Foleyes
Frege's
Turbett's
Corlago—Ernstora
Bermagui
Constacre’s
MR. M.kern
Auckland Street
Benqa
Mian
Brooks
Fayhead
Morton
Carp-street
India
Lars Aewartment
Massey
Urris
Fatcory
S. H. Pearce
Auldress
Bea
Metropolitan Hotel
Huas
Bego
Ulet
BRET
C, Wynne
Hume’s Commercial Hotel
Oreratly
F. A. Clark
York House
Royal Hotel
Bhga
R. T. Cavanagh
Odds and
Dean Haran
Massachusett
U.S
Fall River
Edward VII
Abraham
Lot
Ishmale
Hagar
Young Australa
Royal Commission On Old Age Pensions
N.S.W
New South Wales
Venus
Gov
Coor
Broughton Island
Danyer
Prochess OF Corse
Mrs. E
Newcomer
Mra. E
Bulletin
James Miller
Canada
Daily Telegraph
Mfourland
Australis
Qanala
Miller
Jack Wren
Carbeck
NR W
Vic
N.R.W
Carkeek
Australia
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