19 May 1911
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Newspaper
Port Augusta Dispatch Newcastle And Flinders Chronicle
Location
Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia
Date
May 19, 1911
Page
1
A garbled review notes a lecturer questioning if Adelaide's literary circle can yield substance and beauty. It praises Longfellow's simplicity, laments false labels in art, muses on gardening, urban space, and a planned land purchase to support civic culture and a Liedertafel in Adelaide.
The Commonwealth Statist ians urge Melbourne residents to correct ages and other details with the Census Bureau. The moving note explains errors are widespread, assurances of secrecy, and that a special staff will handle information once corrections are received.
An Adelaide advertisement touts a Melbourne linked dentist offering revolutionary dentures and tooth restoration. It promises painless extraction and cement fillings, low fees, and a 2000 pound bank guarantee to back high quality sets.
Irons and sidings are recorded along the wharf totaling 506 501 bags with entries for Lisngibb Daventry Tropes and others. The compiled figures show shipments from March to April with a grand total around 57 823 bags and milling advances noted by Mesers Thomas and Co. The document urges siding at Port Augusta for official accounting and affirms port receipts.
A historical notice details private sales of livestock and cattle through Mocara Rider, Smith & Co, Ltd, Port is ely por, including 600 wethers, 40 ab scouts, 40 fat ewes, 40 fat lambs, and numerous other lots. Buyers include J H Lehmano Wilmington, G Mon joy Clear View, Jno Tapley Wartabe, H B Bilder Kingswood, J A Green Limestone Wal, P H Kelly Boolonds East, and Jno Yountows among others, with varied cattle, wethers, and mixed stock across multiple stations and towns. The document lists numerous account holders and quantities such as 2,236 wethers and ewes, 300 forward store welter cattle, 12 ballooke, and 565 mixed cattle, indicating a comprehensive private sale catalog.
From our correspondent the Hergott Jockey Club held its Annas meeting on Wednesday 10 May. Details list race results with horses Mr Cage The Priest Granade and others, prizes and dividends noted, plus a donation promised to Port Auguste Hospital from the event proceeds.
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