Cobargo and district sports notes and fixtures
Cobargo hosts a woods handicap renewal within a month as rainfall improves going. Emmaville foal race results, Mesera Charb and Duross torch light handicap nominations for Narooma tonight. Ballalaha 11.2 leads V.A.T.C. Kiews Hurdles. Cobargo Spring Brakes set for Bredbatoura enclosure Wednesday. Flyback dies after poisoned bait. Atlantean 11.7 hurdler at Warwick Farm. Go Soon top weight in Warwick Handicap. Inter-district Candelo v Cobargo match postponed due to referee absence. Cobargo field revisting and club judge appointed. Central Tilda Rifle Club eyes south Berry Monaro association for half yearly trophies. Webb backs £100 in New Zealand match. Mitchell or Stanbury unlikely to travel unless £200 plus expenses. Richard Tresidder seeks similar.
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V.at.c
Ballalaha
Elayer
Bredbatoura
Entrica Cloas
H. McGrade
Atlantean
Warwick Farm
Bega
Go Soon
Warwick
Stanbury
New Zealand
Webb
Wanganui
Mitchell
New
Footracing at Cobargo Btorman’s torchlight handicap
Cobargo hosts Btorman’s first torchlight handicap on Saturday night behind Twyford’s Hotel. Thirty four competitors raced in heats with notable moments. Hall and A Welsh led in sixth heat but Hall faltered after a dog ran onto the track. Welah finished first. Evans won a run-off in a dead heat with Picalla, and Evans later claimed victory by a blush. E Storman supervised the handicap. M Welsh started. T Henry ran the track. judges included Messia, W Henry, and J Welsh. Final favored Geddes Chambers but Ramsey caused a boil over. Heat winners listed.
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Btorman
Twyford
Hall
A. Welsh
Welah
A.J. Evans
Ramsey
Inter District Summary From Peak Hill to Moruya News
A varied set of notes reports Peak Hill show profits of £224 and 750 tons of cabbages moving from Moga Vale to Sydney. Hazeldean Cooma saw a hare hunt with 300 killed. A famous Clarence pony Tamwharoora dies at 40. Moruya gains £200 of a £50,000 grant. Frank Stubbington to Gladesville asylum. Grose family fund totals £550. shipboard plague fatigue noted. Central Tilda Court fines licensee £5 costs for licensing violation. Ball and banquet rooms at Narrabri sprayed to mask sheep dip odor before the season. Mullumbimby praised as prosperous by the Brisbane Courier. Fire destroys W. Denhan’s home. family absent. Moruya river land sold for £40/acre, once £75-£100. G H Taylor earns 30-year presidency at Dubbo Mechanic Institute. Moruya reception anecdote and three a.m. revelry noted. David Keir and Butler secure Queensland land. 320-acre blocks eyed. butter factory nearby. Tilba settlers include H Livingstone. Cooma Police Court: Christina Lambert charged with bigamy, committed to October Sessions. past husbands listed, defense cites belief deceased, marriage ages and maintenance disputes.
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Frank Stubbington
Moruya
Sydney
Lawrence
Gladesville Asylum
Grose
A.s. Bega
Tilda
Simmons
Palace Hotel
Costa
Narrabri
Brisbane “Courier
Mullumbimby
W. Denhan
Fred Jeffery
J. McKeon
Moruya River
G. Ht. Taylor
Dubbo
H. Livingstone
June
Livingstone
Tilba
Cooma
Galbraith
Christina Lambert
Amarried
James Lambert
Frederick Mathews
Marina
Quips and curios from a bygone era in lighthearted notes
A collage of witty lines, unlikely forecasts, and curiosities from a past era. Jests about politics and pubs mix with medical oddities, royal trivia, and scientific feats, including a diamond inside steel and a leper charity medal in Tokyo.
Poisoning Rabbits Adopted By Board To Destroy Pests
In a meeting of the Eden Pastures Protection Board the proposal to enforce compulsory poisoning of rabbits was adopted as a destruction measure. Officers were instructed to issue summons where cases can occur, and to publish notices detailing the new policy and related bonuses for seals and pups. The board also set a 12 month term for the compulsory poisoning and advised against distributing poison by traveling stock holders.
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Archve 4 Werits
Olune
Peay
Tescombe
I Keye
Uydumues
Tudeon
Inspecor
Jno
Underbill
Wyndham Progress Association
Bosra
Kelly
Candela
Welumla
Wyndham
Rocky Hall
G. Keys
Remarkable Olive-Embed Egg At Burnaide Duck Egg Break fast
A local resident at Burnaide reports a freak occurrence when a duck egg cracked open to reveal a whole olive lodged between the white and yolk. The incident is noted amid broader reflections on a search for a father and a Federal Capital site under discussion for years.
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Japhet
Burnaide
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Sporting
E. Storman
Woods
Cobargo
Emmaville
le Blot
Mack
Duross
Narooma
Harry Rogers
Candee
Geo. Robertson
Central
Tilda Rifle Club
Berry
Monaro
Yoda
A. Picall
W. Chambers
F. Roberta
T. Wentwood
W. Thelan
A. J. Evanea
R. Graham
Geddes Chambers
A. Romeey
A. Rameey
I A. Rameey
Rey Syds
Moga Vale
Hazeldean
Clarence
Odds and Ends
Thador
Mata
Fie
Tve
Morocco
Wchild
Newark
New Jerey
U.S.A
Rockefeller
Lehe
Kix
Hever
Dorothy
Weill
Saya
Bunny
William Crookes
Royal Society
London
Joseph Ward
Mra. Beddon
Joseph
Gowing
Meh Abd Boys
Gowing Bros. Sui
Isit
Morton
Carp-street
India
Carp Street
Bes
H. C. Blaxland
B.A. Amisted
P. V. Colcheser
Arundel Behool
Fitzwilliam Hall
Cambridge
Bankers' Institute
Federal Service
Ow. Henderson
Church OF England
Deaconess High School
Rea. Inat
Deaconese
Hardaker
Btationer
Gippe Street
R. F.h.gillard
Beas
Cobarge
Boot and
Arco! Pro
South C
Mirs. R. Ganley
Gailey
Bowedera
Addrew
Gipps Street
Balway
Hera
J. Jd. Ormiston
BEOA
Ormiston
Ormiston Dentists
Boge
R.J. M. Ormiston
fHehafer
Mal Ath
Pamaula
Betdanan's
Ente
Towamba
MR. M.kern
Auckland Street
James Norris
Lave Beate & Co
Bega Coach Factory
S. H. Pearce
A. J. Hood
Church Street
Wickham’s
Bennett Ell'y Uycles
The
Hmilawarra and South Coast Steam Navigation Company, Limited
Bermagut
Tathra
Merimbula
Eden
Tatitea
Bermagui
T. J. Jackson
Metropolitan Hotel
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Spimit
C. Wynne
Carp-St
Royal Hotel
Rt.cavanagh
the Bank Hotel
Henry Underhill
the Newspaper
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