Parcel and Telegraph Line Goods Reach Town
Advert describes parcels and goods delivered to a town box at Hedrese intervals. Orders promptly landed. Propelled to customers with express service and adult items available.
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Newspaper
Hamilton Spectator
Location
Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 25, 1913
Page
8
Advert describes parcels and goods delivered to a town box at Hedrese intervals. Orders promptly landed. Propelled to customers with express service and adult items available.
Fragmentary notice records a coach run from Hamilton to Macarthur with timing details and hotel stop references. The text is garbled but indicates a scheduled arrival times and a returning service, dated in a colonial timetable style.
Fragmented racing notes list a horse named Loomitmls with five entries through 1904 to 1906 and various stakes including the Melbourne Cup and Australian Cup. Mentions Viceroy's Cup and England racing, with references to Great Scott and Great Britain spectacles.
Alan’s Clydesdale Atalalon, imported from New Zealand, dominated show rings with multiple prizes including best year-old, first prime, and top champion awards at Highland and Agricultural shows in Aberdeen and Dum tie. The lineage traces to Durnisy and Meg, with grand sires and dames noted, and a payment noted on removal of mare.
Alaa the Arab Stallion, a quality Arab stud listed with multiple imports and lineages. The notice notes breeding by Wilfred Blunt, with references to ponies and mares, payments on removal, and a late return charge for mares kept beyond ten days after arrival.
Booth notes Aristocrat a celebrated trotting stallion standing at tameah Wallacedale with 110 foal record and notable speed. Describes bloodline dam Myrtle Gily and performance figures across numerous trotting and pacing times. Mentioned breeder Taylor Kay and the stud’s reputation and limited opportunities.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions unclear names and terms including what looks like place or person identifiers. The readable content is insufficient to identify a definite event, date, or clear subject for a newspaper card.
A detailed breeding and performance description of Norval and its progeny outlines the stallion’s lineage, conformation, track records, and breeding value. It highlights Norval’s New Zealand roots, tall listings of bloodlines, performance times, and successful offspring, with terms for mares and availability.
Breeder notes describe Inroy's Trotting Stallions awaiting stud duties at Hamilton with details on stallion lineage, heights, and breeding notes. Mentioned horses include G T F By General Traeny and King Tigray with performance times around 2.2 to 4.2. Text cites pedigree, mare fees, and cautions about faulty-bred lines and limited breeding value.
Notice offers bid for mares and stallions to produce trotting stock. Junt Palm imports include Amiline and Mount Palm line with pace and breeding, listing fees, time and conditions to be arranged. Owners promise care, paddocks, and government-approved scales for coppered stock. contact for details.
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