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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 12, 1904
Page
3
Starting price seven shillings. All Melbourne and Suburban races available with no limit. S.P. Com missions instruct no business without a reply paid Telegram. If unanswered, letters will be sent. no reply means no business and no lists forwarded. Address details provided by MOL and Green.
First Presi dent's trophy shoot with 17 entrants on a favorable Wednesday. Charlesworth led after rounds with 184 yards and top scores as Pitty Bellis and others followed. final tallies show Bellis and Itty among high scorers with multiple birds felled. list of results includes Cameron Kissick and many others.
In a windy day at Swanpool and Strathbogie clubs, seven shots at 500 and 600 yards produced a tight rifle contest won by Swanpool by four points. Scores show Strathbogie led by Mallet and Crosbie among others, while Swanpool’s entries posted solid totals despite rain spoiling some shots.
A 23 day Devenish Coursing Club stake at E Quinn's paddock Deish concluded with Major M Pheron owned by T Egan defeating Young Blenheim owned by Simmonds. First rounds saw Pleasure General M Pherson Clorine Blenheim Dandy Dick Thelma and several byes. Final match secured Major M Pherson over Young Blenheim. Benalla Plumpton Club plans two new dog stakes next meeting with 2 2 and 1 1 prizes for winners.
In a Wednesday Briggs Challenge Cup match the A team defeated the B team by 29 points with goals by Parry Stolz and Maher each scoring twice and Paget grabbing the B side?s lone goal. Jackson served as central umpire and was praised for firm officiating.
Mr GC Prater of Anglo Australian Brewery Co Benalla has donated a gold medal for the top all round footballer in the North Eastern College team Benalla meets Devenish at the local ground tomorrow afternoon full strength sides expected and the result could decide the Moira Association premiership Benalla team picks include Brown Crowther Fisher Gilding Headland Jordan Kearney Kirby Lynch M Namara Sergeant Skelton Smith 3 Soderstrom Stanlake Ware Williams 2
A debating society session in Benalla centers on Mr Gates’s clever analysis of The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table. Members, including Mr Parkes and Mr M Conn, offer strong opinions on public spirit, hobbies, and social ethics as the discussion unfolds with lively exchanges and a hopeful push for a Progress Society.
Russian and Japanese dispatches describe Oyama massing troops along a Shan-hai-kwan Ying-kau railway line near Niu-chwang and a potential advance to Mukden. Reports detail Oyama joining operations at Liaoyang and a deadly Japanese assault at Chobaida Pass west of Motien with heavy Russian casualties and far fewer Japanese losses.
Gallant Lad a handsome 8 year old 17 hands stallion stands at Wattville near Dookie. He is a steady sire with many prize winning progeny and a noted brood mare Blossom features in his lineage including Top Gallant and Princess Alice relatives. Limited to approved mares with early applications. terms 4 4/10 per mare with a two mare discount. payments due Sept 1 1905. For details contact Koch & Fortune Yourpoon via St James.
Black Jock the Clydesdale stallion stands at Broken Creek with a noted pedigree tracing to Glancer and Conqueror among others. Breeding terms set at £3 10s per mare with £1 due at service and balance when proven in foal. Also advertising Typoo a cream pony about stand at Broken Creek with terms £2 16s down and balance on foal proof.
Iroquois a brown four year old colt by Ailsa Craig out of Ada, with noted lineage to Sardus and Whiskers. Dam Minnie, full sister to airfield jumper Anglesey, produced show winners at Manafield and Mansfield. Sale terms: £3, £1 service, balance on foal proof. £4 guarantee. buyers pay as if in foal. inspection August 1905. Pearson Bros., Stockyard Creek near Benalla.
Ettrick Shepherd imported from New Zealand is a compact bay horse foaled 1897 standing about 16 hands 4 inches with fine silky hair and docile movement bred by Walter Blaikie Royal Bush Southland. His sire Shepherd Lad has won prizes in Invercargill and Melbourne while his dam Darling is champion mare of Southland with over 40 first prizes. Ettrick Shepherd won champion at Riverton as a yearling and Invercargill at two. Terms include 4 pounds 4 shillings with half paid at season end and balance when mare foals. limited mares accepted with grass paddocks provided and 2 shillings 6 pence per week stinted. no responsibility. Il. PYE Principal.
Benalla trader C Philips promotes Pauline Reliable Paper Patterns with style and simplicity. The message lists agents and products including pure teas, coffee, cocoa, and various farm and dairy goods from Holdenson and Neilsen, Everard Bros, and others.
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