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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 09, 1916
Page
4
The fragment outlines a racing event with entries and results including names, distances, and penalties. It references prize money and trophy details, plus officials and schedule notes for a meeting featuring hurdles and trot events.
A dense entry listing for a Victorian Trotting event on Tuesday February 2 notes patriotic funds, handicap trials, and various pony and horse races. It outlines stakes, distances from four furlongs to two miles, acceptance fees, and rider requirements with officials and entry rules.
Entries close February 9 for a racing event featuring hurdles and steeplechases. Weights announced in Argus around February 17. late telegram entries not handicapped without written confirmation. Multiple patrons and officials listed including Watson Bendall and Measre, with prizes and entry terms for handicap events.
G6 F Sydenham, welder and auditor, works in brick kilns between the Union Bank and the Victoria Hotel opposite the Shire hall. Land tax schedules prepared. every detail of the business carefully attended to.
A vintage ad touts K and Maxfield offering an extensive selection of new wall papers. It promises up to date designs, beauty, luxury, broad range, and low prices with a call to visit and view samples.
Dalgety and Os reported a fortnightly pig sale with 317 head penned, 180 baconers and 137 stores, and broad buyer attendance. Prices rose across heavy pigs and baconers, with stores and feeders also attracting higher bids, while a February 7 store sale was announced.
Mra Fleming, 3 ladies to 35/3, W. E. Gren, I ram at $2/¢, Dawson Bros, 3 comeback owes 21/8. Our next sale will be held on Friday, February with, We aree soli, on account of the estate of the late Mrs Baum, 7-roomed howe, and three-quarters of an acre of lami, and the whole of the house, bold furniture, of very satisfactory prices.
Colac Agricultural High School held a Monday council meeting led by Mr Lh with good attendance. Discussions covered routine matters and a communication from the education department about new work for the year. The head master Mr McCully announced cookery certificates and invited girls and panel members to a Friday session.
Colac H A C B Society hosts annual St Patrick's Day sports with handicaps for races including Highland Fling and Wall races. Events feature cash prizes, trophies, and a field within Colac district, with entries, rules, and arrangements for transport and attendance.
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