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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 22, 1904
Page
3
The programme lists OPENING HANDICAP of 10 sovs with 6 furlongs distance. 2nd horse receives £1 from the prize. HACE RACE 8 ove with 6 furlongs. 2nd prize £108. GUYRA HANDICAP of 20 sovs, 8 furlongs. 2nd horse £2 10s from prize. CLUB HANDICAP 10 sovs over 6 furlongs. 2nd £1. FORCED HANDICAP 7 sovs over 6 furlongs. 2nd £1 from prize.
Nomination fee 5 percent on all races with acceptance 5s each except Hack Race. Nominations via Secretary on November 30 at noon. weights fixed December 6. acceptances December 12. Penalty 7 lb for any handicap beyond declared weights. two or more 10 lb. Nominations require fee pedigree performances horse room and owner's colours. Jockeys in costume. Bookmakers deposit £1 cash, £5 fee. Bookmaker trust to Secretary by 11 am race day. no betting rights without payment. Stewards' decision final. protests require £1 fee, forfeited if groundless.
T P Ford proprietor announces first class accommodation at the Guyra Hotel with a new billiard room featuring Alcock’s table. Attentive service, private family apartments, moderate terms, and quick meals for travelers. Local agent for Red Bird Bicycle Way. sundries stocked and repairs offered.
A general meeting of the Guyra Show Committee at Tittersall's Hotel discussed delaying ground decisions until Parliament meets. Nine tenders for yard construction were received, with W Simpson’s bid of £735 accepted. The sub committee’s £85 schedule was reviewed and adopted after alterations. Members may gain free entry up to £5, non members pay 25 percent. Thirteen members pledged £10 each to guarantee funds if needed.
Residents face a dull season with scarce water and rainless forecasts. Mr Chapman recovers and returns to Guyra early next month. A hare drive at Bald Blair drew about 40 shooters and 30 drivers, with Langobrhin and other drives reporting hares abundant and crops affected. The community notes a death, Mrs Horner, aged 75, longtime New England resident, interred in Armidale Wesleyan cemetery with Rev F Colwell officiating.
The schedule lists services at multiple locations including 2310 Brockley at 8 p.m. on the 25th and 17th Sunday after Trinity, Aberfoil at 11 a.m., Bald Bair with 8 80 p.m., Guyra at 7 30 p.m. on the 29th Michaelmas Day, Tilbuster Statin at 8 p.m., and Roman Carnette. Mass will be celebrated at Guyra every fourth Sunday. Sunday next the 25th is the next service.
City visitors over the holidays are urged to call the Cyclorama to see a new spectacle. A dramatic battlefield scene with martial music and cannons is joined by a cinematograph and a lifelike bhumin butterfly illusion. The chrysalis transforms into a human butterfly on stage, captivating viewers along with other novelties.
Baldersleigh notes mild days and frosty nights with rain for crops. A dingo was shot by H. Edmonds after four drift participants spotted the animal. Baldersleigh Cricket Club plans a practice match with Boorolong at Boorolong next Saturday. The Guyra Cricket Association meeting is set for next Saturday with a Baldersleigh delegate. Duval station name linked to Exmouth. siding promised a year ago but not yet built.
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