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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 26, 1912
Page
1
Mr M O Rourke announces weights for Beverley racing on Wednesday May 1 in Trial Stakes. Listings include Braeside to Prince Alfred and many other entries with weights ranging from about 3 to 10 stones, reflecting a full card of runners and associated odds.
Belmont Park hosts a club meeting with several events including the Belmont Handicap of one mile and a shorter race. Entries feature horses such as High Society and The Trigger with stakes like the Webbster Purse and Ske fortunes among the program.
Final payments for the Five Hundred Welter Plate event indicate adjustments and entries for the seven furlongs race. The program lists horses including Miss Aussom and Apple Charlotte with associated owners and odds reflecting tomorrow’s testing slate.
Mr C W Cropper former secretary of Kalgoorlie Racing Club told a Sydney royal commission that he has substantial experience with the totalisator and supports its use. He noted the system did not reduce attendances and estimated totalisator costs at big meetings around 3L 1 per cent, higher at small meetings, and said wages are lower in Sydney than WA. He believed hovertremiing and related costs were neglected and predicted a similar rate of adoption within a year.
Jas R. Bolt, secretary of the National Rifle Association of Western Australia, is elected manager of the State team to represent WA at the Commonwealth Mid at the prize meeting in Tasmania around December 23. A council meeting remarks on the Commonwealth rifle team and praises Captain Welch for his work in the rile ghouling movement. The London Morning Post notes Britain’s new rifle is 2 inches longer with a 27 caliber, larger chamber and stronger breach, yielding a 3000 feet per second muzzle velocity.
The date for payment of the Federal Land Tax for the current year is fixed as May 20, 1912 by authority of the Governor General. Taxpayers receive one month's notice of liability and may pay up to June 19 without penalties. An extension is not planned except for certain estates. consider post timing and ensure all payments clear before the last day of payment.
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