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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 16, 1920
Page
5
A restless note on betting tips and penny stock tips referencing oil, bookies, and racing, with mentions of figures like Ted Emeades and Bolhie Burns. The piece blends slang, gossip, and speculative jargon about how tipsters claim to find the dinkum oil to beat the market and win bets.
The Meckatharian Telegraph reports bountiful rains across the North Murchison and Pilbarra areas. The Fitzroy River floods while the Ashburton and Gascoyne become impassable. Ethel Creek shows three inches of rain, with Peaks Hill and Belele recording heavy totals. Further rainfalls on Friday reach Peak Hill points Cue Mont Ingse Meckatharra, and minor washaways delay the Meckatharra line at 290 miles.
A London correspondent notes that modern women pursue diverse new callings for independence. Women dominate some trades such as second hand goods dealings and shopping services while experimenting with roles like broom chauffeur and cultured escort for colonials and tours.
The Toodyay Race Club held a successful meeting on Wednesday with flawless arrangements by secretary H M Wroth and superintendent Mer McDougall. Tote takings neared £100. twenty one bookies paid two guineas each for betting rights. Results featured several close finishes in First and Third Class Plates, with dead heats and narrow margins, and earnings distributed across tote divisions.
The Northam Race Club reports strong entry lists for the April meeting on Wednesday next. Nearly twenty entrants for the Rockliffe Handicap and seventeen for the Country Stakes. forty for the Divided Handicap and twelve for the Teil Stakes. Forecasts of fine weather suggest a successful day with many horses named across the events.
Bev erley Race Club reports results from the meeting with multiple stakes and sprint events. Winners include Errida at 6 furlongs with J Whelan aboard and Moari Boy in distances listed with MacMersl at 38 to 1. A late sprint shows Maune and Cracenell near the top, Kazan takes distance plots, and Cantilever places in the seventh furlongs event.
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