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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 24, 1937
Page
6
The annual Horsham Race Cup meeting is scheduled for Saturday February 13 1988. The prize money has risen to £195 with the Horsham Cup offering £85 and a trophy valued at £15 15s. Additional details close on February 5 and further particulars are advertised.
The Rosebrook and Brimaprings meeting on New Year’s Day lists trot race handicaps for Maple, Young Dalla, Dublin Boy, Shire Son, Smith'snom, scr, Prairie Wonga, Comedy Star, Bird, Derwent Derby, Sam's Wonder and Shire Wealth with varied yard allocations. Other events’ handicaps will appear in Age and Argus on 24/12/37.
Hubert Opperman leads Ons le Nicholson in a 12 month endurance push. Nicholson rides over 200 miles daily and nears 61000 miles by year end. He sits 500 miles ahead of rival Men aeia who also aims for the same annual mark and finish date.
The Natimuk Club announces New Years Day mixed doubles for men and women with entries closing December at 8 pm with secretary E Elmes. Boxing Day features a St Michaels Club tournament on its courts in Horsham with an American mixed doubles event and holiday players invited.
Boxing and wrestling fans will see a varied bill at Horsham Town Hall on Wednesday January 12. The program features town and district champions plus a side wager challenge between Wimmera champ Kid Maitland and Joe Murray, ex lightweight champion of South Australia. Also scheduled are bouts Bates versus Lawins, with Bates holding a points decision over Lawins.
Melbourne report notes the Civil Aviation Board fears intense airline competition could cause extravagance and unsound conditions for the public and industry. It cites a doubling of passenger traffic in the past year with a notable rise in subsidized services.
Witnesses at the High Court testified about a gathering on the steamship Carndate before its collision with the Kalsarfi on January 2. Captain Hansen was said to be not under the influence, having only a small drink to celebrate his wife’s birth, while Nyour allegedly consumed alcohol on board.
Thos Young and Co Pty of Horsham report an off-shears sale at Wombelane on Wednesday. Yarded 1700 local sheep and sold 1600 at auction as buyers from Dimboola Horsham Natimuk Goroke Harrow Douqing Edenhope and others competed. Prices quoted include 4/7 to 14/8 across multiple classes.
Tender invitation for a property listing three acres with a dwelling and outbuildings. The notice from English estate indicates a single house on land described as three acres with improvements and downsizing options. Tenders for part or whole are due Wednesday January 12, 1925 at 8 pm.
Cholve Wheat and Sam Rutsing land between Toowoomba and Dalby offers acres freehold. Estate for sale with water 70 feet. Yeates Bros. Pty. Ltd. Land Salesmen Toowoomba estd 37 years.
Executors David Anderson & Co invite tenders for 48 Darint Street Morpstia a land frontage 72 feet depth 133 feet with six room house wash-house and roll shed, four doors from Gilmra Street offering an excellent business residence site.
To be sold to wind up the estate. Full particulars of title can be obtained from the estate solicitors Messrs J Weldon Power Bennett Horsham Messrs David Anderson Co Agents.
The paper notes Holy Communion hints at St John’s for Christmas Day and a farewell service for Mr and Mrs Pederick at the Methodist Church. Presbyterian events mark Melbourne’s 1000th anniversary of the congregation with a memorial for Herbert Tames Harper and a Christmas program featuring Leslie Petherick.
Wire from Our Correspondent reports in Metiwonine that a bail application was adjourned after an inquest due to sketchy evidence against Hoy McFartine accused of murdering John Thomas Demses. Judge Ditty noted it unusual to keep him in custody without clearer proof. Police presented substantial evidence, leading to the bail being denied after the inquest outline.
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