Sporting Sparklers in Western Racing Notes and War Horse Trade
The column covers Western Australian racing updates with Goodwood and local horses Muidart and Portlock, plus Hemlock’s shoulder injury and training claims. It also notes Bisley’s Calcutta win, Portlock’s fall history, and a Melbourne writer’s shipping claim of 17 000 horses to India since the war, alongside concerns over Australian breeding losses and wartime horseflesh expenditure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Garcia
Porth
Portlock
Helena
Portland Bill
Hemlock
Perth
Garcia
Adelaide
Kalgoorlie
Melbourne
India
Australia
Racine
Stirling
Commonwealth
W. A. T. C. Meeting Anxious for Acceptances
At the W. A. T. C. meeting time for acceptances remained unsettled though a tentative list of proposed entrants is noted. The column lists various handicaps and potential runners such as Hurdles and Flying events with several named horses and handlers including Barbour Redatring and Rent Roll among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomor Row
Celloist
Bombardier
Ravel
Roebourne Liberal League nominates Teasodale for Assembly
Mr. W F Teasodale of Katandlog has been asked by the Roebourne Liberal League to nominate for the next Legislative Assembly constituency. The notice calls for a formal candidacy and party support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.F. Teasodale
Katandlog
Roebourne
Liberal League
Legislative Assembly
Billiards Exhibition by State Champion Teague at Railway Institute
A large Railway Institute gathering witnessed Bert Teague, state champion billiard player, give an exhibition on the institute table. He defeated Smillie 600 up by five in an unfinished break of 4, with Teague’s best break 65 and Smellie’s top 22. Also notes the death in America of Australian boxer Northam Les Darcy, deemed by judges the world’s best middleweight, who disappeared from Australia during military call ups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railway Institute
Berty Teague
Institute
Smillie
Smellie
Teague
Northam
Les Darcy
America
Darcy
Australia
Cruel Practical Joke Over V C Ribbon At York
An English reader reports that Dr Campbell, a casualty of a cruel ruse, wore a V C ribbon and faced a court martial before being cleared. The prank left soldiers and the public outraged, with calls for the joker to be punished.
Forged L5 notes said to circulate as excellent imitations
Reports indicate forged L5 banknotes are in circulation, described as excellent imitations, raising concerns among financial authorities and the public about authentication and detection.
Sheep Fly Pest Threatens NSW Sheep Industry
At a Royal Society of New South Wales meeting, Government Entomologist Ww. Frogatt said the sheep fly pest killed about 2,000,000 sheep last year and caused wool and lamb losses. He urged national action, noting the pest thrives in thick wool and that eradication requires arsenical baits and carrion prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Society of New South Wales
Ww. . Frogatt
New South Wales
Yarrowee
Public Works Seeks Works Manager for North Fremantle post
The Under Secretary for Public Works invites applications for the works manager role at the State Implement and Engineering Works in North Fremantle with a salary of five pounds per annum. The notice also mentions Chromic Chest Complaints and a patent medicine called Woods Great Peppermint Cure priced at 15 pence sixpence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Fremantle
War Savings Committees Form Across Australia
The Win the War League and Recruiting Committees mobilize nationwide to promote War Savings Certificates and Stamps. Each League branch will establish a War Savings Committee and recruit subscribers using distributed books and forms, leaflets, and active canvassing to ensure growing war fund contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Win the War League
Australia
League
Shortage Hinted as Export Ban Affects Bottles and Fuel
An export ban on bottles from the Commonwealth raises supply concerns amid new price gazettes for kerosene and benzine. Retail kerosene is listed at 4 7s 6d per tin or 6d per quart, with transport charges added to regional centers. Benzine retails at 2 8s 8d per eight gallon case or 2s per gallon, with smaller quantities priced accordingly. A rush of 000 breseding owes was recently sold to Messrs Elliot and Cornish of Talerang Station, Murchison, from vendor Mr James Munro of Doorawarra Station, Gascoyne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Newcastle
Melbourne
Brisbane
Port Adelaide
Fremantle
Commonwealth
Messrs Elliot and Cornish
Talerang Station
Murchison
James Munro
Doorawarra Station
Gascoyne
Also Mentioned on This Page
Man-o-War
J. Miller
Goodwood
Bob Barns
Muidart
Mr Hocking
Molebourne
Barrackpore
Calcutta
Bisley
J.C. Galstuun
Indian Plinters Gazette
W.at.c. Meeting
Balle Bee
Lord Flavus
Acclivity
Dudley
Barbour
Minaver
Trial
Rent Roll
Littox
Irwin Park
Mandurah
Houseboy
Analysi Surburban
Ove
Ayrton
Cap and Bells
Emporium
BOANS
BROS
Universal
Wellington
Murray Streets
Victor Riseley and Co
Courier
Fitzgerald Street
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