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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
2
An advertisement touts Aulsebrook wafers as extremely light and guaranteed to number 13 to the ounce or 208 to the pound. It credits various brands and chemists and promotes medicines for brain and nerve issues. It also calls agents for the Town and Country Journal and Evening News to submit quarterly statements without delay.
Sporting brief item with unclear OCR text mentions December and Bemmmnsl BM. No clear entities or event details readable.
The Ascot Racing Club announces a December meeting program featuring multiple handicaps including 30, 44 furlongs and short sprints. The schedule lists Maiden Handicap Flying Handicap Handicap and Stays events with prize values, plus a 50k stake and a 5 race card to close. Secretary Mitchcock invites participants to a December 17th close of entries at Saint Street, Sydney.
Horses Victoria and others contested races at Kensington with Native Cat and Silver Rose securing wins in the day’s handicaps. Jockeys faced steward actions including a 12 month disqualification for J. Cartwright and a caution for Hemerman. Rosebery Park events and a large owner trainer picnic at Botany were announced, with entries closing tomorrow for the Kensington December 28 meeting.
Members held a private day at the New South Wales Gun Club Ground on Wednesday for a skeet style pigeon shoot contest. Winners and divisions included Jan 29 taking top outright in the early bird, with George 125 and C F Anderson 21 sharing the 4th bird sweep.
At a Wednesday night meeting of the Anniversary Regatta committee held at Hotel Australia, Ramsay was named Judge of the rowme races. The service estate paso became a service whalers handicap open to all comers with rules restricting the race to imperial and foreign men of war and local naval forces. Event entry price was fixed at £6. Officials appointed include starters B de Groen and RF Jones, judge P W Creigh, umpire G Daw, record keeper Vincent Brown, and timekeepers F W Donovan, T Mulhall, and J B Harris.
A Tuesday night match between the Metropolitan Miniature Rifle Club and the Rushcutter's Bay Tramway Miniature Rifle Club ended with the Metropolis team winning by several points. Individual scores list W. Poole 31 and W. Major Crane 29 for Metropolitan, while C. Kennedy 29 and J. Campbell 26 led the Tramway side. A separate note mentions a forthcoming range practice for Indies and Junior branches and a visit by Zetland police shooters, with Mayor Stivens endorsing range use and volunteers.
An Australian cricket match opens tomorrow at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with New South Wales representatives facing Joeal. Anthony Horderh's World’s Cricket Record, compiled by Mr. Tromaide, is published and available by personal or written application at the sports department. The edition includes English and Australian records with Mr. Ironside noted for his contributions.
A tarawellomoke concert at the National Amphitheatre Castlereagh Street Sydney tonight honors R L Baker the Australasian amateur middleweight champion. Proceeds fund his London English championships expenses with a capital programme of boxing contests and songs from the Tivoll Theatre.
At Randwick Rifle Range cadets fired in the Public School Challenge Shield event with terms of ten and eight targets. Bathurst won first with 484 points, Orange second with 419, while individual scoring led by Tennant of Mayersfield and others amid medals and trophies awarded by the Department of Public Instruction.
The report lists wooden mus and medals awarded across events. Winners include Corporal J. Beavis Bathurn with 7 points, Lance-Corporal Cooper Crown-street second, Corporal C. Alles Temora third. Runner Lloyd WakEal first with 38 points, Sharland St Leonaria second, Mason Burwood third. Shelley Aggregate prizes include 19 gold-centred medals and silver medals with Tennant Baliuts top, Atkins Bathurst second, Beavis third. Officers match results Captain Martin Paddington 36, Barrece Orange second, Longmuine Orange third. TADIS match Winchester rifle details and shooters noted.
The Sobraan Club held its annual carnival at Clifton Garden Bathes on a Wednesday evening with fair attendance. The Sobrann Band performed, and the See Gull Club showcased a variety of fancy and trick diving.
The Port Tapkson Sam Clute decides the championship split and prize, with Aubrey earning first place in the final standings. The next regatta is planned round Wetson's Bay and features a fleet including Snalls' Bay competitors and noted boats such as Osprey and Queenie.
A testimonial from Mrs Rose Drury of 194 Crown Street praising Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills for constipation liver and kidney issues. She reports relief after weeks of suffering, improved sleep energy and work, and recommends the remedy to others suffering similar ailments.
A London area retail page highlights B Mehartald and Co Ltd as shoppers flock to Christmas displays. Stores brim with furniture, upholstery, and fine wines while shops like Collins and Waters offer jewelry watches and gift items. Country visitors tour showroom windows as retailers push low margins and special New Year offerings to draw customers.
An advertisement extols a summer tonic claiming to invigorate the body, aid digestion, and bolster liver and stomach function. It asserts effectiveness for debility, poor appetite, and weakness, with testimonials and generic claims of natural origin and universal benefit.
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