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Newspaper
Sandringham News
Location
Sandringham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 09, 1918
Page
10
An advertising note from F. N. Gibbs For Homes Land Investments promotes properties and services at Treigate Address in Currawarna Bluff Road Black Rock.
Two gold medals presented by E Markby for top all round players at Sandringham and Hampton junior clubs. Elsternwick is disqualified by the Association, Moorabbin has a bye and will face the semi final winner. Tomorrow Sandringham versus Brighton semi final on Brighton ground.
An evenly contested match ends in a draw amid a heavy grass crop that disrupted play. Brighton Beach players Headon Malsem Swinnerton Renshaw Bateman Cumming Swift and Sandringham players Reeve Grant Walker Garret Phillips with goals listed as Brighton Beach 4 goals 7 behinds 30 points Sandringham 4 goals 7 behinds 30 points.
The Brighton juniors beat Hampton 10 goals 5 behinds to 10 points in a return match after an 8 2 4 halftime lead. Key players included Brighton centre forward, Ray and Mackintosh for Hampton, with goal kickers Thompson and Webber. A disgraceful postgame incident saw Brighton players and rowdy supporters roughing Hampton lads as they left the field.
A caustic 1915 column critiques modern life and wartime duty, railing at stupidity and hypocrisy while urging Australian men to enlist. It skewers Rasputin’s sensational image, praises intelligence, and calls for decisive action in the war effort. Bravado aside, the piece frames courage as essential to manhood and national duty.
Suffering severely from their treatment Hampton should meet Holy Trinity on the Royal Saturday. Rounders teams from Hampton and Sandringham met on Hampton ground. after a keen contest Hampton won 50 points to 33.
A lawyer buys a battered atlas from a second hand bookseller in a brisk exchange. The bookseller doubts demand yet the lawyer pays a shilling and departs, claiming the atlas was the one wanted outside. The scene ends with the proprietor left puzzled and poorer by the unusual purchase.
The great wall of China, built around 200 B C, stretches about 1250 miles with a height of 26 feet and a base thickness of 26 feet, reflecting scale and defensive purpose across ancient northern frontiers.
A merchant posts a bold 7'ga sign promising customers will return if they buy. Readers laugh at the misread sign as a prank by a mor customer. The joke shifts to a misquotation about Portugal, Wit and miscued lines reflect advertising folly and newspaper cadence.
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