Golden Wedding Celebration for Mr and Mrs Franks
The 50th wedding anniversary of William Franks and Eliza beth Wilmen was celebrated on May 9 and 10 1887 at Copeiana. Family hosted a surprise gathering at Mr and Mrs Albert Blanch home with about one hundred guests, dancing and a grand supper. The Franks expressed gratitude as sons daughters and grandchildren attended. they noted 83 grandchildren in total. William Franks born in Devonshire now in Gloucester District for decades. Sydney Pig Values note firm backfatters and easier porker rates at Winchcombe Carson Ltd sale with varied prices for different weights.
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Copeiana
Wiliam Franks
Elizabeth Wilmen
Dad
Mum
Albert Blanch
Billy
Blanch
Pranks
William
Austin
Bulliac
Ernie
Curricabark
Leslie
Edwin
Gloucester
Walter
Dungog
W. Lovett
Craven Creek
Berry
Douglas
Cessnock
Franks
Devonshire
England
Sydney
Cur Ieanark
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Porkers
Fragmented headlines weave humor and scandal scraps
The builder who was always coming home drunk appears in a quirky mosaic of phrases about marriages drifting apart. A London news-bill mocks a nudist slander suit while a psychologist praises the modern girl as a good mother, alongside a weary mention of a poor father.
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London News
Cattle market at Homebush in 1936 weaker than 1935
The Homebush Yards Sydney cattle market showed generally lower values in 1936 than 1935 with prices slipping in later months though October to December remained strong. Supplies totaled 287351 head, up 12000 from 1935, while exports to Britain remained limited and drought affected shipments.
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Homebush Yards
Sydney
Homebush
New South Wales
Great Britain
Victorian
Melbourne
Queensland
Bae
North Queensland Works
London
Commonwealth
United Kingdom
Australia
N.S.W
Royal Show to mark Australia’s 150th anniversary in 1938
Sir Samuel Hordern announces the Royal Agricultural Society and New South Wales Government will stage Australia’s largest exhibition in the British Empire. The Royal Show runs April 2 to 20 with overseas and Australian goods to be showcased. Preparations include improved stock housing and public comfort plus extended ring features. An optimistic motto closes the report.
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Samuel Hordern
Royal Agricultural Society
Australia
New South Wales
Samuel
Sir Samuel
Dominions
Fatal road race ends with manslaughter verdict
Arthur Brooke, 32, motor engineer of Huddersfield, and Jack Broughton Green, 22, of Sheffield, raced by night from Huddersfield to Sheffield for a £5 wager. Green died a week after skidding into a traffic island. Brooke was found guilty of manslaughter at Leeds Assizes and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment and seven years disqualification. The judge urged drivers not to turn roads into raceways, noting highways are for public use.
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Arthur Brooke
Huddersfild
Jack Broughton Green
Sheffield
Leeds
Brooke
Irving Leence
Mer
Justice Singleton
Britain
Manslaughter case over dangerous car race on highway
A judge rules a car race on a public highway could amount to manslaughter if it endangers others. Prosecution cites that two drivers agreed to race with danger and a death resulted. Evidence and testimony describe terrific speed from Ritz Cinema Huddersfield to Wakefield Road. Brooke defends that they planned to drive with due care and not risk their lives.
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Green
Brooke
W. A. Macfarlane
Ritz
Huddersfield
Green Cross Corner
Wakefield Road
Bruce
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Grime & Small “the Specialty Store
Dan's
Price
A. Dan
Gloucester & Taree
Winchcombbe, Carson’s Ltd
INDEA
G H. Griffin
School of Arts Corner
Air Force
Coats
Tyrol
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