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Newspaper
Tamworth Daily Observer
Location
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 27, 1916
Page
4
Joy Gun wins the main event as the Tamworth J C Holiday Meeting closes. The card features multiple races with Vi Ving, Mir, Pirret, and others contending in the Handicaps and Welter events, while field battles and final sprints determine placings across mile and furlong races.
Sydney report notes Inia claiming the Prince of Wales Stakes in a cool, dull day. Hurdles over 24 miles dominated card with Yellowhee and Laghren among early movers and Eplarherry contesting the leger hurdle before Wraith Thm won the race.
Unreadable OCR details describe horse racing events with multiple races, odds, and named horses. The report notes results and betting, including odds and placements, with likely winners and notable runners across events at a Newcastle J C program.
A dated ad promotes Woods Real Peppermint Cure as a remedy for nighttime chest coughs in children. The copy emphasizes rapid relief and soothing effects, urging caregivers to trust the peppermint formula for quiet nights.
A British correspondent writes from France on April describing Anzac troops in a trench system. He details rain soaked trenches and wooden matting, German gas and artillery, and the contrast with Gallipoli. He notes observers and balloons, field guns, and the peaceful countryside behind lines.
A wartime diary describes life in the trenches near Gallipoli with references to weary soldiers, officers, and civilians. The author recalls sights of refugees, a sense of fatigue, and contrasts of camp life with domestic comforts.
A week of wind sleet and rain worsened conditions on the front, with trenches flooded and field hospitals strained. Messages from soldiers describe harsh weather, bayonets, and fatalities as units from Australia and other allied forces endure grim conditions and heavy shelling near French lines.
A noisy, fragmented review notes Tosmiclit presenting film sketches and vaudeville acts. It mentions The Models Adventype, Damgur Show, and Harry Clays Vaudeville Company in a program spanning several pieces. The piece hints at a pageant of titles including Me Jarre and Love's Young Dream with varied acts and a TV style strip.
The Ladies Benevolent Society acknowledges donations for the week ending 24 instant. Items include clothing vegetables custard powder shin of beef eggs honey leg of beef and clothing from multiple members and contributors in Nemingha Peel Mark Maronie Lodge and the Salvation Army Tarracka Brisbane Street.
A health brief promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a non alcoholic tonic that builds blood and strengthens nerves after debility from influenza or illness. Claims benefit for children, men, and women with exhausted nervous energy and suggests purchase through chemists or mail order from Dr Williams Medical Co Sydney with a free booklet offer.
Patent attorneys Griffith and Wissel list applications at the Commonwealth Patent Office Melbourne. Names include J Bartlett with an improved weed root fox and seed covering attachment, J K Shirley with an improved feeding hopper, N F Willmann with a weeding cane machine, G H Cliffe and B A Tromerry with branding irons, and others such as C Stringer with a portable land clearing machine and British Sulphur Co with ore desulphurizing process. Several filings dated June 12 to June 14.
The Minister for Public Health Mr Black indicates plans to open additional clinics in the city possibly at Miller's Point and in North Swirey Newcastle Broken Will and eight country district centres. He opposes making bed plague a notifiable disease but backs Cabinet consideration of the broader containment scheme.
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