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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 26, 1930
Page
3
Unclear text records a race at Randwick Sydney dated 27 December 1930 with ticket pricing 5/6 and mentions government duty. The remaining lines direct postage payments to a Tattersall address and request continuing remittance via Postal Notes with member records kept until reply.
The program lists Derby Day events with major races the Metropolitan Hurdles and the Perth Cup. Included are prize funds of £300 and £600 for various distance races and entries such as FREEZEOQUT KOMBROOK PRINCE ALFRED and THE DIMMER among a roster of horses with weights and contenders. The Perth Cup offers £2,900 plus £10 sweepstakes with horses like Red Javelin Redench and Koning among numerous entries and weights.
The December 26 event features a series of trotting handicaps led by the Christmas Handicaps. Notable entries include Desert Belly, Royal, Canton, Willow Cliff, Tommy Dillon, Sir Marvin, Willowcreek, and MacCormack. Final heats and a New Year Handicap promise dense racing action with purses and multiple heats.
Sidney Myer of Myer Emporians Ltd Melbourne plans a Christmas dinner for 10 000 from poorer families at Exhibition Building. Guests travel by Tramways Board arrangement funded by Myer. Food provisions include significant quantities of meat, dairy, fruit, ice cream, and beer. A moral appeal ends the piece with a rural fable.
The Australian Broadcasting Company outlines elaborate Christmas Cup Carnival plans with a comprehensive radio service during the festive season. A special New Year Eve Get Together program is arranged at WE with top radio personalities to entertain listeners nationwide.
Owing to Christmas holidays the paper has been reduced by two pages and will return to its normal larger size as soon as possible. The change is temporary and the larger issue is expected with the January edition.
A lengthy review outlines proposed taxes on betting entertainment and salaries, plus wage reviews and an 8 hour week. It notes ministerial plans for land revaluations to ease farmer costs, and impending Public Works and Workers Comp reforms aimed at cutting costs and easing industrial strain.
The piece records the Labour Party and economists debating wage levels and unemployment in Australia. It cites Norbert Keenan and L G Libho in Melbourne, arguing wage cuts hurt demand and that production costs set by real value determine prices. It notes state arbitration acts and the impact on workers and farmers, warning wage reductions worsen purchasing power and employment.
The Midnight Frolics at the Theatre Royal promise a festive Christmas night show with Clem Dawe and a large cast including Kitty Stewart Cyril James Vera Watson and others. The revue blends song dance and comedy with the Hn Пр о f major appeal across Australia and New Zealand for five years. Box plan opens Monday at the Theatre Royal.
The Robinson Crusoe pantomime is presented by the Australian Broadcasting Company on December 27 and January 1 with a strong cast after last year’s Aladdin success. Basil Kirke will review the Crusoe story beforehand describing the mysterious island, pirates, and whales in the lonely Pacific setting.
Arrangements are under way to present a series of potted musical comedies over the air. The productions will be musical farces with a running plot and are written by Paul Daly. The show aims to provide a complete musical attraction on television, unlike typical revues.
A London boy with no country knowledge is invited for tea by a farmer’s wife. Honey sits on the table and the reader notes the scene as a quiet rural encounter.
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