Australian Studbook Volume 20 to be released mid month
Volume 20 of the Australian Studbook, edited by Australian Registrar A Lodden Yuille, is due mid month with about 1 150 pages an increase of 150 over Volume 19 It covers four years shifting from three and aligns with England and New Zealand It lists hundreds of brood mares added since the previous edition Heroic the notable racehorse and sire features in a long section recounting his record and sale history including the Caulfield Guineas Purser Vic torian Derby and Caulfield Cup disqualifications and sale to Charlie Kellow for 16 000 guineas
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New Zealand
Leslie Wallace
Freckles
Heroic
Valais
Chersonese
C. T. Godby
Jack Corteen
Corteen
Tye
Martin Weincke
V.R.C
Jale
Charlie Kellow
Mr. Kellow
Oly
Bordeaux
Sparc
Tales Of Extraordinary Bets Across The Ages
A writer recalls extreme wagers from history including face-slapping marathons, high stakes card cuts, and bets on eating, drinking, and endurance. Stories feature Russians in a 26 hour slap contest, Champagne Charlie sizing up plays, George Payne betting at a wedding, and bets reaching thousands of pounds for drinks, trips, or feats.
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Psus
Charlie
Australia’s Champion Taxation in the Empire
The Bulletin argues Australia holds the Empire’s heaviest income tax and taxes on private enterprise and thrift. It urges restraint on government waste and social security costs, less partisan taxation, and consideration of incentives and initiative, noting no rebates to shareholders and questioning price controls and profit limits.
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Australia
A Toast Chronicler’s Saucy Riff on the Man
A brash verse mocks a man’s dullness and poor habits, depicting him as smoke prone and prone to misfortune, with a rough joke about his temper and endings. The quip ends with a cheeky poke at a bombed temperament and a night out.
Chivalry and the male instinct to guard others
A provocative reflection defines chivalry as a man’s urge to protect a girl from every suitor except himself, framing a paradox where virtue is tied to selective restraint and self-interest.
Giant radishes feed peasants for weeks in distant lands
In Russia Austria and the Balkans peasants live on oversized black radishes like the one grown by M H Schlesinger of Kensington NSW. A single radish 19 inches long lasts about two weeks for a family. Schlesinger, a Silesian, grew seeds from a seed he received from a Romanian dealer and now has a thriving giant radish garden. The radishes are easy to grow decorative and hotter than ordinary radishes and are used grated with salt and pepper or as a chop suey substitute with bamboo shoots in some dishes.
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Russia
Austria
Balkans
Eastern Avenue
Kensington
Nsw
Mr. Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Behlesinger
Frayed Tempers and War Nerves Hint at Postwar Tension
A.S. notes rising public unease amid wartime nerves and fencing frustration. The piece suggests the unrest could fuel Ku Klux Klanism after victory, referencing Elmo Roper's Fortune poll series and its insights into public opinion dynamics.
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A.S
Sine
Nuffield Australia Pty Ltd Forms In Australia
Casual remarks recount Allied air losses and the formation of Nuffield Australia Pty Ltd with capital of £1,100,000. Lord Nuffield visited Australia, urging motor industry growth. The London notice states the group will start with motor bodies and expand to all motor industry segments under chairman Lord Nuffield and a board including Sir Mikes Thomas and J N Kirby.
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Camimon Fi
Lord Nuffield
Australia
London
Nufield Company
Lord Nufield
Mikes Thomas
Gla. Lloyd Chord
Nuffield
J. N Kirby
Aet
Nuffield Organisation
War and Industry Echoes in Australia and Elsewhere
In a wartime column Sir Sydney Nicholson discussed the fit of crooners to war effort while Plato’s critique of lute tones is noted for shaping youth. Ott o Mueller arrived as GMH procurement consultant for an Australian car project amid broader plans to boost secondary industry post war. Government and industry push for factory labor and fuel transport, with farmers expecting palm oil nickes for tractor fuel and rapid rail truck loading.
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Plato
Sydney Nicholson
School of English Chirch Music
Lasagne
Bydne
Feld
Otto Mueller
Sydney
Uct
General Motors-Holdens, Ltd
General Motors- Holdens, Ltd
Mireh
Paved With Gold Highway Through New Guinea
A two mile long road in New Guinea was built by crews using rock from crushers that contained gold. Foremen later found about 45,000 ounces worth roughly 1,000,000 dollars had been mixed into the roadbed, misinterpreted as ordinary stone by workers. The extraordinary find drew attention from engineers and the Times report.
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New Guinea
Nary Reislett
NY “*Times
Gold Ribbon Awarded to J F P Thorn for Mining Medal
J F P Thorn, general manager of Laky View am Star, receives the medal of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy for 144. The company is noted as the largest contributor to Australia s gold output.
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Laky View Am Star
J. F P. Thorn
Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Australia
Jungle Diseases and Burma Campaign Claims
Fragmentary wartime note asserts British American and Chinese troops recovered 9000 square miles or one eighth of Burma and killed 50,000 Japanese. Mentions the United Nations and medical care needed, with phrases about free world and disease management.
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Aml
Burma
United Nations Rmasan
Drunk Man Tries Escape With a Screwdriver
A piece reports a man in trouble attempting self harm or escape using a corkscrew or screwdriver as a desperate measure, detailing the improvised act and surrounding circumstances in a concise police or court style note.
Rates for newspaper ads and insertions in 25 papers
Advertisements are priced by inch and by number of papers. Rates vary for legal election notices. per insertion charges listed as two and a half, two six, two and more. The small charge encourages frequent listings including auctions and entertainments in the 24 and 25 paper sets.
Readership Market Place Adverts Offer Easy Selling
Advertisers in local papers promote a Readers Market Place to sell poultry plants implements and household goods. Readers are urged to list items with condition and price to reach buyers across 25 papers including The Eastern Recorder The Bridgetown Advocate Mullewa Mail and more.
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Fey Weisse
Eastern Recorder
Xelleherrin
Toodyay Herald
Bridgetown Advocate
Bridgetown
Avon Argus
Mullewa Mail
Magsnet
Morawa
Wongan-Ballida
Perenjor Pioneer
Boyup Brook Bulletin
A Clean Breeze Amidst Political Debates
Fragmented prose notes a broad range of ranks reacting to moral decay in monarchy era rhetoric. It hints at social missions within big business and public life, with scattered questions about national identity and reform.
Captain Cook Cottage Sold After Buyer Doubts Value
A Melbourne visitor tried to buy Captain Cook Cottage on the Fitzroy Gardens for 250 pounds. The buyer questioned the house’s value while noting it was in poor condition. The incident evokes comparisons with a humorous variant of Uncle Sam, reflecting on worth.
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Melbourne
Captain Cook
Fitzroy
Ardens
Drought Cure Plots in U S Cigarette Debate
A 19th century style exposé recounts a failed U S tobacco reform scheme, detailing an Alliance offer to curb smoking with a six step cure. The plan mixed dubious remedies and public promotion to sway readers away from cigarettes.
Fragmented Text about Australian Forces and a BBC Series
A garbled excerpt discusses Australians and a BBC series about British tommy, mentioning attacking troops and a quoterer in Parthia with unclear intent. The passage lacks coherent facts or names but hints at commentary on military topics and media.
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Parthia
Mheeeles Cub
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