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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 14, 1908
Page
3
A bustling catalog of cut price Manchester items and textiles. Includes embroidered hats, ladies wear, lawn and cotton fabrics, napery, tea serviettes, hemstitched linens, and Tablecloth sets with lace borders. Prices shown in shillings and pence, with numerous “Special Sale Price” notes and manufacturer samples. local shoppers urged to hurry for limited stock.
Early listing details bold sale on Real Torcheu Laces and Ribeondale Lace remnants. Includes reduced per yard prices, special base price items, and next three days HALY-PRICE offers with all-overs, medallions, and galpare remnants highlighted for clearance.
Local shop advertises reduced prices on corsets, garters, suspenders, and white jean ensembles. Includes special sale pricing per pair and per item, highlighting medium and large sizes, with focus on wearable undergarments and related fashion pieces.
A fragmented catalog page offers vague paint and spray pattern details. It mentions color options White Coe Pink Woe Mom Green and Black Specs with sale price notes and assorted merchandise terms, but the exact items and quantities are unclear. The text hints at decorative sprays and wide fittings amid garbled phrases.
Special sale offers on mourning fabrics and staples. Muslins and satin checkout items feature white grounds with black spots and dot patterns. Prints and satin radcom goods highlight white ground cloths with varied detailing. Sale prices given per yard for these fabrics.
Open display of hats featuring a straw hat with metal lining draws shoppers. The ad touts a unique design and declares a special bald price of 171, with locals urged to visit and judge the workmanship.
Final sale bargains in embroidery department feature assorted, wide ribbed corset and embroideries. Special sale prices include multiple items at reduced costs with limited availability.
Bargains feature ready-to-wear items from sea tweed tronners and pastromabty cuts with diverse patterns. Vague references to English fabrics and finish highlight ease of wear and care, as Baystown store promotes wide offerings at discounted prices.
The February Meeting at Newcastle Jockey Club is forecast to be exciting with strong fields and well-made handicaps by Mr Quinton. Trains run from the beach station at 8.16 am to meet at Newcastle and a special tram service will convey racegoers to the course. the seven event programme starts at 2.10 pm with unregistered porterage available.
Entries listed for Goulburn meetings include Open’nz Handicap with Shilok Reform Muteass Wismarck Rosebank Coulah Doriel Schoolboy Combo Evloo Medea and multiple other handicaps and weights for Ascot and related events. Notable names include Schoolboy Rose Wilkes Reform and Doriel, with detailed horses in each handicap and the Tomorrow weights section.
Fragment shows multiple horse names and odds from a one mile Ascot Handicap. Key runners include Bhie THassond Philatel Harber Light Sarfield Boss Croker Reginald Lady Bibette Encoy and Goldstream with various fractional odds. Data appears OCR damaged and not fully readable.
A fifth medics pix to be sailed tomorrow under the avxmices of the Sydney Club over the usual course starting at Clare Ta Vood. Entries include Australian Chr ie Webb Zena W Holmes Blew W J Duncan Concent W Dung and Marjtans C Hayes Scot P Cowie Donnelly G Holmes Arthur J A Smith Hanna Learn Famous Colebrook Moua R MURbie and Peasant WL Parcelly Youog jack Roblanon sen div Widler L Pont Jorelyn Arena Wig The Club steamer Koren will follow the race from wharves after ebiling port Macquarie at 10 past 4. General handicap entries listed for Mallal Cornatalk Dart Dewhildie Gumbat Amanda Balplat Mat mosa Naview Airlie Jh Morwoog Aubrey Ramp Winale Kini C Steward Coo ee W Montgomery and others.
The Byaney District Rugby Club outlines a strong recruitment drive for Monday at St John’s Schoolroom Darius tuest. Key additions include Hare viston, Harrisod twa repon of the Northern District Jenkind Quin ISL Jowels Fol dege Eric Healy and Troughiva Fraser plus others. Mundll n and Warton aided last season, while MN Filves from Sydney District may join City. Sydney University Ruebytr GV Portus also linked to Blackheath. Newtown and South Sydney Rugby will meet in a 188 aside cricket match at Tarra Bay on Sunday with a 930 am drag to save Newtown Bridge.
At Municipal Baths Lavender Bay the North Sydney District Club completed heats for the 4074 general handicap and noted races for the Gnal and Gort events on Tuesday the 18th. Results list swimmers such as A Kerslake J Leam J Reynolds B L Brenn and J Hollingsworth with times and placements. Additional notes mention upcoming events at St Leonards Carnival and Continental afternoon at Rushentinier’s Baths with multiple handicaps and entrants including W Baker A Wickham J Barry and more.
Cycling notes list competitors for the Burwood course race tomorrow led by J Cannan and W Weet with times and initials such as 1.26 1.35 and 1.40 among entrants including A Sutton L Kensie W Smythe and G Hudson.
Anti-Clique TM argues Interstate selectors finalised a ten man NSW crew with four Sydney, two Leichhardt, two University, one Balmain, one North Gurney. Globe reps appear unrepresented though Glebe crews beat rivals and performed strongly at regattas, prompting calls for Glebe seats in the interstate team.
Master George Gray displayed a fine performance but the young Australian triumphed by 3 points after a long break sequence. He extended a 285 clearance, finally reaching 307 before finishing. Gray posted runs of 46 65 119 and averaged 5.6 amid a wobbling finish. The opponent, out of form, managed 46 28 30 and 20 in tally.
Mr R Coombes the sole selector for the New South Wales team for the Australasian championships announces additions ABL Rewit and G C Retford to those already chosen. Retford wins the mile in a recent Sydney event while other names such as Barker Stewart O Reilly Scott Blake Aitken Harvey and Roberson are mentioned in context of representing Victoria and Australia at the Olympic games.
A Dubbo bowls team lists players Mosera Bain Palmer Wheeler Julf Bracket Hawke Cad man Stones Smth Wilkinson Irvine Gar tell Adame and Piusingstes for invitation to Beys tomorrow to face Merriskviil with several games planned next week Randwick and Strathfield agree to play the pencam final at Burwood tomorrow instead of Chatswood per association decision.
A historical notice lists shipping departures and routes including Wellington New Zealand via New South Wales ports, Singapore, Nambucca, Macksville, Richmond River, Clarence River, Tasmania via Melbourne, and Taemazis, with times and vessel names such as Meringue pills and Oona reprinted in a fragmented OCR.
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