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Newspaper
Kyneton Guardian
Location
Kyneton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 15, 1917
Page
1
A vintage classified style notice lists several Clydesdale and pony stallions for standing this season. Arrott Grapmand, PRESTON, and other sires including Sir RODERICK Musket Bells and Robert Alto are advertised with brief show histories, government soundness certificates, terms, and mare booking details.
Postal information lists Victorian rates for letters post cards registration fees and delivery acknowledgments for registered articles parcels and printed papers. It details weight limits dimensions newspapers and magazines postage to Commonwealth New Zealand and other colonies with varying per ounce or per word charges and special forms such as postal notes and telegrams.
Prince of Albyn is a fine upstanding dark bay Colt foaled in 1903. He is by Prince of Wales out of Slageie Clyde IV with a long pedigree of imported sires and champions. The article notes his potential as a top Clydesdale, referencing show successes in Ballarat, Geelong, and Victoria, and mentions stud terms for mares and ownership by P O Donnell at Spring Hill Farm, Kyneton.
Fragmented listings give mare names and sire lines from New Zealand and Europe, including Caliver and Silvers, with references to St Leger mares and various breeders. The text cites owners like Godden of Woodend Nor and mentions sale conditions, foal in utero status, and payment terms amid unclear OCR.
A WWI era appeal urges Australians and Britain to keep fighting for international justice. Lloyd George stress that end depends on citizens’ enlistment and contribution, warning against inaction while friends are abroad. The speech cites 315,000 Australians who have left for service and calls for national sacrifice to hasten victory.
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