Tantau Cup Cricket Draws Queanbeyan Dominance
Queanbeyan Park hosted the Tantau Cup match as Michelago brought an eleven to challenge. Queanbeyan piled up 16 in their first innings with O Connor scoring 115 while Michelago were bowled out for 44. Ziems and Hinckaman led Queanbeyan bowling with 3/19 and 6/25 as Queanbeyan won by 264 runs.
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Queanbeyan Cricket Club
Michelago
Queanbeyan Park
Queanbeyan
O'Connor
Ziema
Hincksaman
Jani Hehaom
Ziems
Hinckaman
Railway Queenbeyan and Royalla clash for cup title
A keen contest between Queanbeyan Railway and Royalla determined the Macgreer Cup outcome last weekend. Royalla posted a solid total while Railway battled back with strong batting from Power and Hobson, but Royalla secured victory by a good margin of wickets and 73 runs to retain the trophy. W. Ware J. Moore C. Morrin and A. Fivans featured in Royalla's innings as McJannette, Connett and Hobson delivered key spell bowling for Railway.
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Queanbeyan Railway and
Royalla
Uam
Macgreer
Connete
Railway
Power
Hobson
Howe
Burke
Bowen
Clerk's fortune the Houston Millions
Cecil Houston Skinner a poor printer's clerk from Wallasey England says a settlement is reached in the Houston missions dispute and he will receive 50000 pounds plus a similar amount to each of four married aunts, two in London and two in Vancouver. He was principal claimant under Jeracy law but earlier rejected.
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Cecil Houston Skinner
Wallasey
England
Robert Houston
London
Houston Missions
Vancouver
Skinner
Lad Hounton
Mane
Mount Wilson Experiments Show Hottest Flame Yet
Science notes describe Mount Wilson experiments that reached about 20 000 degrees Celsius by discharging 40 000 volts into a fine metal wire. The blazing flame is opaque and visible through a candle flame, but the electric arc flash lasts only one twenty six thousandth part of a second, yet records show it as the hottest thing produced.
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Mount Wilson
Mapping the Sky Forty Years of Astronomical Charting
For four decades astronomers have photographed the sky to build a complete map of bright stars. Nineteen observatories worldwide work on the Astrographic Chart, with Greenwich starting the project, followed by Oxford Perth and Cape Town. Over 20 000 charts are needed, plates are exposed thrice, and brightness and position are measured twice to ensure accuracy.
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Royal Observatory
Greenwich
Oxford
Perth
Western Australia
Cape Town
Competition for tallow and pelts at Sydney sales
Winchcombe Carson Ltd report keen competition for tallow with rates higher across many classes. Pest mixed sold for 32/8 to 33/10 per ton. full wool merinos 139d to WT per test. lambs and pelts fetched varied prices. Rabbit skins total 22 tons. competition eased later with values down about 2d to 3d per lb. Hides and calfeking showed mixed movement. country yearlings and smalls priced from 4d to 12d per head.
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Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Sydney
Rust film and corrosion theory from MIT expert
EK L Chappell of MIT reports after presenting before the American Chemical Society that a very thick rust film is needed to noticeably slow copper steel corrosion while thinner films leave protection minimal. He warns removing rust can boost attack and that cleaning rust in heaters and tanks may worsen corrosion, with implications for condenser and cast iron cases.
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EK. L. Chappell
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
American Chemical Society
Mr. Chappell
Isopropyl Alcohol Used To Cut Perfume Costs In Britain
A British tax on ethyl alcohol pushes use of isopropyl as a cheap solvent in perfumes and flavorings. Isopropyl blends with ethyl to cut costs and reduce odor, while Britain makes it from acetone so evaporation leaves little after smell. In the United States isopropyl made from petroleum is said to have a milder odor than the British product.
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Great Britain
United States
Four Candidates Run in Queanbeyan Aldermanic Election
Nominations close for the extraordinary alderman election in Queanbeyan Municipality following Mr Sproule's resignation. Four eligible candidates contend October 18: Mathias Avery a Queanbeyan plumber Frederick James McCauley a Duncan Queanbeyan bricklayer Samuel John Taylor a Wilder Queanbeyan and Herbert Williams a Queanbeyan farmer.
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W“utanbeyan
Mec
Sproule
Mathias Avery
Queanbeyan
Frederick James McCauley
Ducanbeyan
Samuel John Taylor
Wilder
Herbert Williams
Ill health and hardship cited in elder story of Skinner fate
The article notes a man named Skinner, discharged from the army for health reasons, and his family facing hardship due to incapacity to work. Despite a failed court case, there is talk of possible fortune. Skinner, grandson of Sir Hubert Houston’s sister, has interactions with Lady Houston and Khert, while pursuing business in Liverpool.
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Fami
Bkinner
Daily Chronicle
Skinner
Sir Hubert Houston
Lady Houston
Khert
Liverpoenl
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