Turf Notes Reflect Race Controversy and Bookmaker Debate
A turbulent turf report discusses Australian offers, French racing clubs, and notable horses including Flying For and Red Prince U. It covers stipendiary stewards calls, legal actions in France, and George Clifford’s critique of bookmakers. The piece notes the Trentham meeting, Singapore, and London racing concerns, stressing integrity amid licensing tensions.
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Motenctia
Soult
France
Longchampe
Fischale
Adam
Birmingham
Eng
Finshale Inn
Christchurch
New Zealand
Wellington BC
Trentham
Portland
Sperd
St. Simon
England
Yelling Ellis
T. G. Lauder
Jockry
Tromnweth
Euprema
Tunthe Burnside Wal
Lawler
Australia
Lochiel
Gealton
Red Prince U
Red Lad
Ascetic
Liverpool
Germany
V.R.C
Legati
Tio
Thenson Prolen
S Ch
George Clifford
Melbourne Telegrams Highlight Postal Discipline and Local Incidents
Reports from Yesterday's Telegrams detail a Postal Commission session where Brent and others discuss discipline, medical examinations, and living costs in Melbourne. It notes savings from stamp printer John Cooke if stamps were printed in Adelaide, an inquest into Alfred Atkins’s death at the Showgrounds, a sexual assault case involving a 12 year old girl near Windsor, and external affairs inviting Papua clerkship applicants at £1000 yearly.
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Melbourne
Postal Commission
Brent
Mail
John Cooke
Adelaide
Alfred Atkins
International Harvester Company
Atkins
Port Wirie
Windsor
Ps Nation
Department For External
al Tatra
Papua
Britain’s trade stance debated at Empire Congress
Delegates from Vancouver join British and other Empire members in Brisbane for the Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire. They say Britain’s trade is steady but older methods need reform while a stronger navy is urged and Australia and New Zealand support naval aid. The recent fight at the Congress is expected to center on preferential trade.
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Brisbane
Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire
Vancouver
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Inquest Hears Daughter's Confession in Major's Creek Shooting
The inquest at Braidwood examined Daniel Lun die's death after a shooting at Major's Creek. Maggie Lundie, 17, described threats by her father and her attempt to shoot him, claiming she loaded a cartridge and fired before he died. She admitted fear to tell Constable Marsh.
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Sydney
Braidwood
Daniel Lundie
Major's Creek
Istimgt
Maggie Lundie
Constable Marsh
Pather
Marsh
Verdict Links Daughter to Sister’s Death at Lidice
A verdict found Margaret Lumlie responsible for the gunshot death of Lidice by her daughter. The girl was committed for trial amid reports that the father threatened severe violence. In a separate note, labor unrest at Commonwealth Portland Cement Company neared settlement with a wage board plan and trust account. NSW Legislature heads to Canberra for talks on Federal capital site. Prime Minister Deakin attended the conference as ministers discussed water, railways, and jurisdiction over the Canberra area.
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Father
Maggie
Mother
Wather
Lidice
Margaret Lumlie
Commonwealth Portland Cement Company
New South Wales
Yass- Canberra
Uealte
Mc. Wade
Sr. Wood
New Sth Wales
Messrs
Glynn
Sailne
Canberra
Deakin
Wardrobe Clerk Barker faces forgery and theft charges
Perth inquest into a child’s death after a chloroform operation reveals complications from a splinter injury. Barker, a Postal Department clerk, confessed to stealing 100 coils of galvanised wire then details show losses over £1500 through forged orders and certificates. He used aliases and forged deputy postmaster general signatures to siphon funds. A telegraph dispatch error caused losses to a Kalgoorlie racecourse. The Kalgoorlie inquest into the boy’s death proceeds, with doctors named.
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Perth
James Barker
Postal Department
Barker
Kalgoorlie
George Stevenson
Barber
Moule
A Trip to Lawiers by B WL Cochrane
The author recounts the Sandstone magnets and Mt Magnet trade shift as rail links near completion. He notes a lively ball, rabbit fences and pasture, soil quality between Magnet and Sandstone, and predicts cereal and pastoral potential while praising Sandstone’s development and architecture.
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B. WL. Cochrane
Magnet
Murchison
Sandstone
Koldfields
Mt. Magnet
Lim
St. Or Ott
Gabyon
Mullewa
Mullews
Maninga Marley
Milling
Vonah
Australia
Sandstone Rail Plans Reach Toward Wiluna Connection
A Saturday report notes cash receipts of £37 at the barelone pub excluding dining and lodging areas, while readers discuss a proposed railway from Sandstone to Wiluna. The plan envisions a shorter route cutting 20 miles from Nennine to Wiluna, saving freight costs and enabling two-day round trips. Earthworks reach Sandstone, rails wait 20 miles east of Mt Magnet, with completion aimed before Cheisimay holidays. Geraldton hopes to join Sandstone by rail by next Christmas.
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Cash Register
Lawiers
Sandstone
Wilma
Lawler
Leonura
J. W. Spence
Sandatone
Wiluna
Nennine
Sandtalons
Nannine
Mt. Magnet
Geraldton
Tie tT UP and paper thermomine applied by Constantine
The passage notes a tie string of twenty items and mentions a paper thermomine applied by Constantine ami Garde with Gamnidten. It references a forth pris mot objected and records a procedural detail in the text.
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Wiet
Wang Goed Peper
Constantine Ami Garde
Gamnidten
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Munket
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Laweat Stavea
Thomas
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Marine Tarrack
Tel. M
Kemp and Sheehan
Frank Green
Nox
West
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Glendale
Beverley
Mesure R. Purser & Co
Walker Brog
Green Hilla
Rikon Purse
A. W. Rigkey
Purser & Co
James Morrie
Messrs. R. Parner & Co
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Myron
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King Street
IE Practical
Morey
W. B. Armitage
Gerald Lon
C. Kennedy
Angue MacIntoal
Clarke
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