Cup Racing Notes From Cooktown Club Meeting
Reported results from Cooktown RC meeting held in June weather with large attendance. Winners included Memoirist in the Mooney Memorial Handicap a short head, and Velmarcre taking the Plating Handicap over Secpola and Ben Selva. Novice and Welter races saw Tucker and Watlase among top finishers.
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Asool
Resmita— Tati
Handic Tay Misict Warkor
Ite
Oneill Manleys
Hdicra
Saevale, i
Northover
Downeast
Flying Leaf
Isette
Manless
Lis Night
Alsite
Jemeidah
Paymal It
Soulight
Iarrus
Manning
Aaron
Beithag
Parley Carrs
Rameses
Tale
Blue Leaf
Yetruan
Stine
Teeeona Manning
Tucker
Sis Dorrie
Keli
Receent
Scarimrough
Wen
A Leneth
Raat Welter Handica
Roo Sova
Ferforys
Canterbury Park Races Sydney August 24
Canterbury Park hosted races in fair weather with Parliament attendance hindered by train disruptions. Sanguine won the two mile Hordes handicap by two lengths at 2 to 1, time 3 54. Dividends 2 07/ and £13/ none. Anpie won the Flying Handicap over six furlongs by a neck at 7.3, time not clear. Other races saw Blueberry win the Canterbury Handicap and Greg the Three-Year-Old First Division, with various placings and dividends noted.
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Penita
O'Connor
Maher
McCabe
Siely
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Williamstown
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Robertson
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Tome
Key
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Nunn
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Riten
Lord Laarice
Hobbs
Pat
Amateleh Se
Urilda
Riley
Capulet
Superina
Owres
J. & Charters
Rocky A. E
FE. J. Rae
Grand National meeting concludes in Adelaide
The Adelaide Grand National Steeplechase dominated the day with Yantarra and Chataway among winners. Other events at the meeting included hurdle races, maiden plate and seaside and welter handicaps, with betting noted and track conditions described as ideal.
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Adelaide
Boxing Week End Fights Across Australian Cities
In Brisbane on August 26 Eugene Valaire aged 96 stopped Matty Smith aged 991 in the seventh round. Sydney on August 2 saw Harry Holmes aged 874 defeat Jem Taylor in 18. Melbourne on August 26 Sid Godfrey won a verdict over George Taylor after a drawn rounds contest.
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Brisbane
Eugene Valaire
Matty Smith
Sydney
Harry Holmes
Jem 'Taylor
Melbourne
Sid Godfrey
George Taylor
Potatoes Shortage Averted by Victorian Supplies
Owing to Irish blight and floods in South Australia hundreds of tons of potatoes will not reach markets. Adelaide merchants secured a plentiful supply from Victoria, ensuring consumers won’t face shortages. A Sydney traveller lamented a loss of bets but consoled himself with Dewar’s Whisky.
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South Australia
Adelaide
Victoria
Sydney
Dewar
Australian Strike Widening Amid Transport Disputes
Report from Sydney and Brisbane outlines tensions in the strike movement as transport workers vow reinstatement for all who left, while government and union leaders clash over strategy. Pagden and Braddely commentaries reflect systemic pressure and potential shifts in miner and rail action, with arrests of strike leaders and police involvement noted.
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Govd
Oes
Pagden
Amalgamated Society of Enginerra
Eveleigh
Braddely
Federation
Newcastle
Arthur Berkley
Larry Hes
Legislative Assembly
Entertaining Austral Pictures Programme At Palace
A varied evening programme at the Palace features the four shows including the Red Feather romantic comedy drama Pally Pat the Kettle On and a Blue Ribbon feature A Money Mill. Miss Cahill provides musical accompaniment for the screenings. Reserve seats at Whittick's for the second show tonight.
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Austral Pictures
Australis
Philip
Phillip
Juan
Julia
Ramon
Europe
Kemp & Ie Ag
Whittick’s
Coastwise War Becomes Visible From The Watch Tower
In Rome London Daily Chronicle correspondent Perceval Gibbon describes a coastwise war scene. A tower looms above Adriatic shores with a cabin below its platform and a base for instruments, set against hills warming to dayshine from black to purple and olive-green.
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Ier
Ns Cial
Rome
London
Daily Chronicle
Nonsense Fragment Sketch of Nighttime Naval Scene
A garbled excerpt describes a naval setting with a lieutenant issuing orders via a telescope. Ships, crews, and gear move through a damp dawn at high speed as great guns are managed and shells are handled, amid chaotic action and improvised phrasing.
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