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Newspaper
Edinburgh Courant
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 29, 1884
Page
16
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Tenant Colonel Irotter of Morton Hall petitions the Court to sell Blackford Hill lands to the Edinburgh council for £500. The provisional agreement includes grazing rights, water use, fences and gates, and a 40 foot wide access strip for a railway, with costs to be borne by the parties regardless of sale. Agents for the petitioner are Romanes & Simson.
Philp Parr of Killhechronan in Salen Mull lodged a petition to interdict use of school and playground space for political meetings or lectures. The lord ordinary granted two weeks for answers. no response was received, and the petition proceeded.
The Edinburgh Total Abstinence Society held its 48th annual meeting at Taperance Hall Nicoleon Street with President Cameron and local dignitaries. Officials reported 1055 pledges signed in the past year, a financial summary showed a surplus of funds, and gratitude was expressed to supporters, ladies, music contributors, and the press for ongoing public efforts against alcohol.
A cottage at Lockhart Place Hawick owned by stockingmaker Robert B M Nee was found ablaze yesterday afternoon. Firefighters fought the blaze but the building was gutted and furnishings destroyed. The fire is believed caused by clothes drying left unattended while inmates were out.
A three appeal ruling upheld. one appeal dismissed and two partially sustained. A separate fatal accident report notes flaxspinner Alan Stuart of Balgonie Fireshire died after a vehicle overturn. A two year old boy Ford drowned near Grangemouth after heavy rains raised Grange Burn. A public Liberal meeting at Coupar-Angus drew derision for its poor attendance. A bishop and retinue traveled through Aberdeen for Luther Memorial events. Stonehaven reports a fisherman Alexander Brodie, 21, drowned when swept overboard setting sail.
The north faces ongoing grain glut with low prices after early harvests. Prices at Forres Huntly Nairn Banff Macduff Fraserburgh Peterhead Aberdeen Elgin Orkney Ellen Newburgh Turriff show oats barley and oatmeal varying by grade with recent ties to poor demand. The Barffshire Journal notes a large show but fewer superior animals among farm stock entries.
The autumn fair in the south of Scotland stretched two days with Monday starting slow and wet weather. Trade was weak with Johnston Dumfries selling 105 animals at prices lower than last year. a splendid draught horse brought £110 and other draughts £55 to £80. Yesterday's White sands horse fair saw 500 to 600 animals, dealers dominant, prices for ordinary horses £35 to £50, and top lots like a five year old mare at £120. Deals by Robb Glasgow and Malcolm Edinburgh noted, but much stock remained unsold as the market closed dull.
Messrs Macdonald Fraser & Co held their tenth annual show and sale of Clydesdale horses including colts fillies foals work and harness horses cobs and ponies with 254 on show. The event reflects a major regional display of equine stock and sale activity.
Sells to 1 against Archiduc and Quicklime in Cesarewitch exchanges with mixed odds across events. Latest London betting shows Archiduc as a strong favourite in Cesarewitch while Quicklime and Crim Tartar draw varied support. regional Cambridgeshire odds list Sailor Prince and Sandiway among longshots.
A Kelso race day at Berry Moss Racecourse featured seven races with near finishes and a void Bowmont Hunters Plate. Notables in attendance included Sir George Waldie Griffith and Earl of Haddington, among others. Euphrosyne won the Trial Plate after a photo finish over Sunlight and President, with Bonny Lass securing the Mellerstain Husters Plate and Fairminster winning the Roxburgh Handicap.
In a Queen Anne race J Osborne rode Pun to narrowly beat Lowlander colt with Parsley fading then repassed by Pun and Lowlander colt. Pun was sold to Mr Sadler for 70 euros. The Bownont Huxtons Plate void. In the Welter of 100 Sovs Cirrus won by a head over Picador with Tuscany third after a straight duel finishing close behind.
The Nottingham meeting features several plate races and handicaps. Winners include Mr H F Boyd's Sceptic in a two-mile plate, Mr R O Crompton's Humpty Dumpty in a five-year-old race, and Mrs Elvaston Casts with Fabiola winning a five furlong plate. The Norticnaa Hime Handicap sees Antler triumph by two lengths with Nautilus and Hauteur placing. A 200 Sovs maprerctey plate awards Bonnie Lassie and Scotch Pearl wins the five furlong maprerctey.
The racing odds list shows Archiduc and Stockholm at even money, Quicklime and St Gallen at 100 to 9, Lambkin 16 to 1, Gonfalon 50 to 35, Sir Reuben 300 to 50, Crim Tartar 1000 to 20, Brocken 90 to 1, and Robert son at ? There are Cambridgeshire odds of Prince 25 to 1. An advert lists races at Renxxrse meeting with Annesley Stakes at 1.40 and several nursery plate welter and hurdle entries with Candahar IT and Hedgehog among scratchings and new arrivals Candahar II Zeotrope Hedgehog Samaritan Duke of Albany Thebais Louis d Or Mate and Gehenna.
A Cork Park meeting report lists race results including Railway Plate won by War Cry and Grand Staxe Plate won by Meadow Sweet. It also discusses St Leger 1886 entries with Duke of Westminster and Lord Rosebery among top nominators and acknowledges Mr Manton and Leopold Rothschild as notable entrants.
Shipping intelligence lists arrivals in Granton and Leith on Sept 30 with vessels such as Woodstock and Talisman bringing general cargoes to Antwerp, London, and Ghent. exports include John bound for Christiania with coal. Grants on Sept 30 show Fylla ballast to load coal and Cameo with oak staves. later entries note Vesper and Niord arriving at Burntisland and Crnamond Dunkirk with ballast and fishing gear.
The fragment records vessels and cargoes with captains and ports. Listings include Wendall from Newcastle ballast Esbern Snare, Fescher from Newcastle ballast Gottorp, LatLeD Savona coal Thorvalisen, Brown Pillau coal James Shaw, Olsen Copenhagen coal Ninord, Rasmussen Randers coal Wikengen, Jensen Christiania coal Natatiay and more.
Arniorep reports general cargo arrivals from Cumberland Leith and Skalda with ships Tayt Miller Hatmbury and Pole. Windsor Bear Elizabeth and Amsterdam Urania bring coal iron and general cargo to Grangemouth Middlesbrough Bremerhaven Leith and Fos. Avon Avon dates show multiple light and general cargo movements by various crews.
The Royal Exchange List records arrivals and sailings on Sept 29 to 30 across ships including Mary Ann Barmore Ivanhoe Lochryne-Bute Millport Norman Arran Belmore Hulbao and Bute Norman Arran Erret Antwerp Strathlyon Drban with multiple passages from Clyde to Demerara and routes via Rotterdam Calcutta and Singapore noting vessels like Mount Stuart Clan Maclean Clan Grant and Clan Macintosh sailing or docked at various ports and dates.
Shipping news from Lloyds lists arrivals and departures worldwide with vessels such as the Anchor st Hesperia and the Mars from Hamburg, the Mirzapore for Australia, Tamar for Southampton, and Cunard Catalonia. Other entries note arrivals at Liverpool Queenstown and Calcutta with several transports and cargoes moving to London, New York, and Sydney.
The total length of railways now open in Japan reaches 240 miles. This milestone adds to the country's growing transportation network and supports increased passenger and freight movement across major regions.
Mrs Langtry writes she greatly prefers Pears Soap for toilet and nursery use. The advertisement promotes Pears Soap as suitable for delicate skin and weather sensitivity, claiming it prevents redness and roughness. Sold widely in tablet form with Larzer sizes and prices listed.
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