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Newspaper
Menzies Miner
Location
Menzies, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 30, 1900
Page
12
In Metaovewx on June 25 a handicap sweepstake set weights at 24 sovs per entry, with 3000 sovs plus a trophy at 100 sovs added. Second place pays 509 sovs and third 250 sovs from the stake. race runs two miles.
Kalgoorlis races held today after two postponements with a large crowd and fine weather aside from brief showers. Ottoman withdrawn from all events. Results show Wowly by a length in the main race with Dividend £1180 and total invested £539. Other winners include Nero and Yale Lock with substantial dividends and outlays.
A raid on tote shops occurred this morning led by officials targeting Squreh Morris and Littlejohn. Authorities seized only a few books with no other items taken, and the incident remains under investigation.
A gathering at Brophy’s Victoria Hotel Mulline on a Wednesday evening discussed upgrading the public battery. Members including Greenaway, Hodges, and Kilison supported demanding 16 additional stamps and a cyanide plant to treat tailings, with a Melbourne minister urged to act. Delegates may press for a mining registrar, telegraph station, and weekly rail service.
Mr Strickland returns from the northern district with tangible evidence of Mt Malcolm division’s agricultural potential. He visits Mr David Ball at Bell's Soak to view a five acre garden thriving with rocotablon fruit trees and abundant vegetables including cabbages cauliflowers peas radishes tamipa carrots and potatoes. Mr Bell’s fruit trees show strong growth and promise a fruitful orchard harvest soon, suggesting gardening may soon be his best occupation.
Lawnxes June 20 report a small Minors' Institute ball with ten couples, a thank you to Mr Finch who is leaving to lead a public battery, and a purse of sovereigns presented at the Rose Hotel. Erection works stall for lack of material from Beale and Co, with uncertain weather delaying shipments. several parcels of ore projects show mixed progress and prospects. Weather and transport woes worsen food scarcity as coach services, lake mail, and road conditions hamper Lawler and district activity.
George Smithlima writes to the Premier announcing retirement from the Governor post effective June. Penty notes June 23 as the relevant date for the resignation plan.
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