Kilara’s 52-Mile Day At Grafton Races Highlights
Kil lara completed a 26 mile ride to the racecourse and then won a wetter race before returning the same 26 miles home at the last Grafton races in New South Wales. Orus, Foseidon’s yearling brother, is not yet nominated for any events. Trainers show caution with young stock and Broken Hill officials crack down on misconduct at meetings. A saddle horse sold in New York brought 5,000 dollars, while 17 Jolonies owned by Mr. G. Penanth averaged 503 dollars. A chestnut filly by Meet from Sunflower, half-sister to May Hower, was noted near the WA Derby nominating. Quambi started favorite in the Novelty Stakes at Helena Vale but faded to sixth. Jockey J O’Brien, riding Ababa at Port Pirie, was disqualified for three months after a protest.
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Killara
New South Wales
Grafton
Orus
Foseidon
Earnshaw
Broken Hill
Inginae
New York
J. O’brien
Port Pirie
South Australia
Ababa
Helena Vale Races Report From Saturday Meeting
Excellent weather greeted attendees at the Helena Vale Race Club event with multiple hurdle and flat races. Winners and odds listed include Pin 95.2 in a 5 furlongs dash, Guardian 11.2 and Pupil 10.12 in a 1 mile event, Man-o-War 9.5 with Albion 8.12 in another sprint, and Chambary 9.6 plus The Real Headicap 7 in a 6 furlongs trial.
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Bernie
Helena Vale
Parr
Pin
Sample
Sary
Jack
Taz
Guardian
Pupil
Leonatus
Albion
Chambary
Startling Vienna Semaphore System for Horse Starts
An Eastern clipping argues Australasian race clubs should adopt Vienna style semaphores linked by electric wires across the course. The starter presses a button to show 1, then 2 to signal a pro start. if jockeys bolt early, semaphores turn to 1 to halt the field, preventing misstarts and resignations like Mr T Wigley’s.
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Adelaide
T. Wigley
Vienna
Rovers Triumph In Regional Football Showdown
In a Saturday match the Rovers defeated Country Districts 66 to 33 after leading 14 points early. Key contributors for the Reds included Sullivan, Hall, Stokes, and Kidd, while Hinchliffe, Gilmore, and Healy stood out for the losers. Tennis provided further action with Mills defeating Campbell in three sets in a long, brightened tournament.
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Rovers
Country
Hinchcliff
O'Connor
Raynor
Moore
Gilmore
Criddie
Clarkson
F. Criddle
Bone
Molloy
Healy
Crocus
S. Criddle
Williams
Waldeck
At- Rovers
Kidd
Shaninahan
Howell
Eaton
Sheppard
Sullivan
Lester
Urch
Gibbings
Ingleton
Hale
Ward
Campbell
Bell
O’malley
Hall
Stokes
Country Districts
Len
Reds
K Rovers
Red
Rayner
Reg. Moore
Rovera
Shanahan
Hinchliffe
Country Districts footballers host smoke social
The City Band room hosted a country districts football team smoke social hosted by the Geraldton Association. Attendees included Mayor F Armstrong and M L C J M Drew among others. Toasts, songs, and a Liedertafel performance marked a merry evening with gifts presented to former secretary Paul Hepburn.
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Country Districts
Geraldton Association
D. Pascoe
Messrs. F. Armstrong
W. A. G. Walter
J. M. Drew
M.L.C
T. J. Brown
Rovers Football Club
Paul Hepburn
Eatcom
Auld Lang Syne
Tournament Matches Occupy Courts Amid Busy Schedule
The tournament games dominated the courts last week with Sounders posting a 30 to 0 score and Campbell equalizing 30 to 0 in a Wednesday match.
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Sounders
Campbell
British Empire News in Briefs from the Era
Steel Trust forms to control British output. French schooner foundered near Iceland with nineteen lives lost. Wheat panic and price rises in America. Cossacks cross Austrian border, two captured. Kaiser and Kaiserin visit Eneuind in November. South African cricketers beat Kent by two runs. British Consols rise. Imperial government enforces compulsory reinstatement for evicted Irish tenants. £6,000,000 for land purchases. King Edward lays foundation at British Museum wing. Botha blocks compulsory arbitration bill. Great Britain spends £10,000 to emancipate Zanzibar slaves. Victorian milking machine shown at Lincoln Show. Jamestown fire destroys several wooden hotels. 300th anniversary visitors flood to historic British colony. Holman Hunt’s Light of the World given to St Paul’s Cathedral. War Office adopts new bayonet and cavalry sword. Government to appoint commercial agents for colonies. Peers’ committee aims for Lord Newton bill amendments. Trade push organises British South African commerce. Merchants pledge £500 yearly. ...
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Iceland
America
Kaiser
Kaiserin
Eneuind
Kent
Imperial
King Edward
British Museum
Botha
Great Britain
Zanzibar
Lincoln Show
Jamestown
Irginia
Holman Hunt
St Paul's Cathedral
War Office
Lord Newton
House of Lords
Cyclist Travels Far Easier Than Walking
A cyclist can ride 15 miles on a good road with less exertion than walking three miles on foot, illustrating the efficiency of cycling over simple walking for longer distances.
J G s Big Boot Boom at Riz Store
J G s Riz Store advertises a large stock of boots in all sizes and makes for gents and ladies plus chikken toots.
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J. G
J.g’s
Riz
Parliament resumes with Labour leadership and open Federal session
Parliament meets Thursday next at Parliament House with Mr Bath re-elected Labour leader and Mr M F Troy as party whip at a caucus meeting. The Federal Parliament opens tomorrow with expectations for the Governor General's speech, seen as of great interest.
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Fridz
Parliament House
Bath
Labour Party
M. F. Troy
Local Court Proceedings and Judgments at Dongarra
Before Mr Walter RM 8 F Moore vs J Doulan judgment for £5 12s 8d plus costs. Sojen Sing vs J Purcel judgment for £3 13s 4d plus costs. G Koewler vs G Maxwell judgment to show cause for noncompliance. Imprisonment for 14 days with stay on payment of £1 weekly.
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F. Moore
J. Doulan
Coats
Sojen Sing
J. Purcel
G. Koewler
G. Maxwell
Market Reports on Saturday Sale of Fruit and Vegetables
Mr H S Mackenzie reports a large consignment of fruit and vegetables sold on Saturday with good buyer turnout. Prices edged slightly above Thursday's sale. Apples 3s to 7s 6d for dessert, navels oranges 1d to 11s, lemons 4s 9d to 3s, cabbages 10d to 8s 6d, swede turnips 2s to 1s 4d, carrots 1s 6d to 9d, parrots etc. Fowls 4s to 3s pair, roosters 6d pair, turkeys 15s to 13s 6d per pair.
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H. S. Mackenzie
Day Dawn Auctioneers Report Strong Week of Supplies
Day Dawn reports good supplies across lines in the past week. Vegetables arriving freely and prices easing, fruit scarce for three to four months. Chingin oranges in good supply. Prime table fowls scarce. weedy poultry hard to quit. Prices: apples 10s to 16s, oranges 1s 6d per dozen, quinces 5s to 6s 9d, pears up to Us, lemons 0s 6d, tomatoes 4s 6d to 6d. Vegetables include cabbage 5s 6d to 7s 6d per bag, carrots 1s 6d, turnips 6s 1d per cwt, marrows 1s to 1s 3d, cauliflowers 12s 6d per dozen, fowls 1s 6d to 6s, turkeys 25s per pair for heavy gobblers, eggs 1s 10d.
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W. Prior
The Devil's Bible in Sweden's Royal Library
A vast vellum Bible bound in 300 skins rests in the Royal Palace of Sweden. Traditions claim it took 500 years or a single night to complete with Satanic aid, yielding a frontispiece portrait of the devil. Swedes reportedly seized it from a Prague convent during the Thirty Years' War.
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Royal Palace
Sweden
King of Darkness
Prague
Food Price Fluctuations in Cold Weather Impacts India Schools
The passage notes bread prices rise about twenty percent in cold weather compared to mild. It states sixty years earlier India had 150,000 schoolchildren, and today the number exceeds 4,000,000, highlighting growth in schooling alongside price variation.
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India
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Carson
Taylor
Fiatay
Millis
Mills
Halligan
Moustaka
Faulkner
Reymond
Dongarra
R.M
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Geraldton
Devil's Bible
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