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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 01, 1910
Page
4
A detailed report covers a large turf meeting at St James with weather suitable for racing. Major horses, riders, and judges are named, with fanfare around the day’s events, entrants, and outcomes across numerous heats and all races.
The text presents a fractured collection of incidents including a mariner on the ship Kynance at Milles Prints, a juror facing trial, a threshing accident at Benches Bridge, and a set of injuries including a wrist amputation and fatalities. It reads like a damaged OCR of local notices and brief crime or accident items with many garbled names and places.
The Benalla Rifle Club committee set the heat shoot dates for the year starting February 1, with events on February 3 and several trophy contests scheduled across April May and June. Proposed prize items include a mug and candlestick, with ranges of 500 and 400 yards and supervision by club officers.
A contentious meeting at Govayndidwe Hall debated the unification of Goombat and Qoumali bee bush brigades. Delegates discussed river boundary division, funding, and protective measures, with broad consensus on a new boundary and joint operations while preserving home safety. Participants included Messrs Th Grapry, BL Bilenese, PL Garay, D Tove Ke, Howell, and Clowey among others.
Fragmented weather snippet describes thermometer readings with Max and Min figures and unclear terms. The readable data includes a Min around 19K and scattered numbers, but the overall sense and locations are obscured and no clear forecast or event emerges.
A Bonalla resident recites lasting relief from backache after using Doan's Backache Kidney Pills from Say's pharmacy. She credits three boxes for cure and notes kidney disorders as roots of many diseases, urging readers to protect kidneys with this remedy. The advertisement claims nationwide availability via Foster-M McClellin Co. Sydney.
An early advertisement touts Pedie Pomade as a healer for infestations and improving hair growth. It claims the product strengthens hair, with claims of vital effects and wide sale through agents Boualla Ry Lighton Devenish.
A cramped amateur missive from FG. Rosell urges support for the St Kilda Swimming Carnival hosted by local councils and Melbournes Lord Mayor. He stresses wholesome exercise, youth involvement, and city backing, while criticizing apathy and urging attendance at meetings to boost the event.
Letters to the editors accuse water commissioners of withholding names and details in a public inquiry. The writer demands publication of all cited witnesses and actions, claiming suppression masks misuse of water and financier parts. The piece cites the Presbytery and Congregational guardians and urges accountability in public affairs.
Commercial Intelligence Melbourne Markets reports wholesale livestock and wool quotations. Primals include fat cattle from several districts and varied weights, with steady to firmer prices in some categories while demand softens in others due to heat. Sheep and lambs show mixed values with prime lots holding or rising, and stores trading lightly. Horse and pony prices remain active for export and sound stock.
An exhibition trial of the New Way A in Cooled Engine will be held at Thomson and Co on Saturday February 6. Your friends and company are earnestly requested to attend.
A lengthy regional editorial urges closer northern Victoria rail connections led by St Arnaud. It advocates linking Bendigo to Murtoa via a cross country route, arguing benefits for northern towns, reduced Adelaide Sydney traffic via Melbourne, and national transport efficiency. It calls local authorities to press Bendigo and Murtoa for a united push.
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