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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
2
A garbled report outlines discussions and planning from Melbourne racing circles. It notes club meetings at Kensington, Radbery Park, and Tasmanian connections, with entries, handicaps, and proposed events for upcoming seasons.
Fragmentary notes cover a racing program with events titled Christning Handicap and various minor races. Mentions Zab win, election references, and multiple horse names including Plowre and Pride with unclear outcomes.
A two day cricket match at Albion Ground features the Metropolitan team facing a Northern District side. Notable contributions include Hickwon of North Sydney Grammar School scoring in the opening innings and several Metropolitan players like Bourke, Waddy, and Moore contributing runs and wickets in the early play.
Sydney cricket ground witnessed a Registrar General department cricket luncheon with remarks from AV Th. Wf. Gallu and H.R. Colborne among guests. The event featured quarter and half mile races with Ledgard and Smyth noted for record attempts and a Sydney versus Brisbane Young Men’s Christian Association match reported alongside county cricket discussions and potential team changes for Australia.
A fowl mishap at Clie and Olberto set a six mile Hillmilton course in motion with Deserta and Alathes among starters. Newcastle failed to compete, Iduna and Planet showed well with Walay finishing third. A general meeting at Waterview Club finalized regatta plans and program details for upcoming sailing events.
The Brintano event featured seven entrants in the 4 footes race and a capsize near the start. Competitors included Clip and Trex Wal er, Valat, ivy, Ip, Povert-Medot, Sander, and Othello with Othello from Queensland. timing and details were immediately reported.
The handicap for the £10 60d trophy open pigeon shooting event set at the S.SW Guy Club ground Lord grand Bowany. Competitors include Larksiey Ferbert Poniteral Gyrrates WVHN Rosehisko Blake Campbett and others. Final results show M Caffrey winning outright after a windy day with 30 yard Wail Won. attendance fair and several competitors retired or failed to place.
The Sydney Bathurst Amateur Swimming Club held a 4BOyd race with heats and finals won by Gouing who was later disqualified. Officials included Memre V. Late and Haley, with prizes presented by Mr. Boy Cox. The Bathurst carnival was postponed indefinitely and the Australasian championships shift to Auckland NZ starting February 0. Five teams entered for the metropolitan water polo contest.
London reports confirm rats transmitted the plague with four infected tal s at the Caledonian Railway Hotel. Health officials impose sanitary burials, insist disease not contagious but spread by inoculation or bite. Since April, 140 cases by Oct 12 with 87 recoveries, 34 deaths among natives, and precautionary quarantines issued for arrivals from Egypt Austria France Italy Greece and Turkey.
In Mr Lown Beckes new book Yorke the Adventurer a story notes Ten Black Semin of Australia. Thirty years Seothoes Mah abound beat the ghevee of Sydney Harbor and a great slossom the sreedy and Girt Healian wee Greek fahers infest the harbor with nuts. Becks asks how as a boy he dreamed at Mormen’s Bey Aden one of the Avepest and most picturesque Mal talets of Erdney Harbor now equalid as Twickenham lane in summer where greasy news paper bits lie strewn. The method of Mashing is described as peculiary original.
A long rebuttal letter argues government works should employ competent men at fair daily rates. It notes most public labor is manual and temporary, lists current year costs for relief, conveyance, and industrial farms, and cites November and December employment figures in metropolitan areas plus issues of working hours and job allocation. The piece critiques the Labor Bureau's practices and calls for consistent pay and genuine employment for the unemployed.
Fragmentary account from May describes a traveler in Victoria praising a new remedy named Heajol. He reports his wife helped a child recover after illness and a lively recovery noted, with mention of a seller at 37 George Street. The text is garbled and partially unreadable.
Reports from Corowa and districts describe new washings at the Deep Lead Gold Mining Company and ongoing prospecting at Kunbering Mine. Prospects include yields of gold and copper, leases applied for, and preparations for post holiday operations, with plans for increased extraction and smelter dealings.
From Our Correspondent Norfolk Island reports a busy December with ships leaving New Zealand bound for Vowotuan and Noumea carrying coal and cargoes. A maritime accident is noted near Olusgew with a worker severely injured. Local weather is described as very dry with strong winds, foreshadowing a shift in conditions.
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