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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 01, 1919
Page
3
Fragmentary report notes disputes among saloon keepers in Warwick with references to government actions and newspaper coverage across Queensland Brisbane Courier and Sydney Haferes ne B73. Named individuals include W. J. Wilkes and Cammianione amid a volatile local scene and mass official notices from multiple colonies.
Racing notes report weight declarations for the opening day events of the 9.7.0 Summer Meeting and the principal event of the second day. Pull King rallied to win the Canterbury Handicap despite a late barrier delay caused by Jennie B. Other items include updates on Bigaroon Capella resuming training, Outlook arriving in Perth, and Perth Cup weights with Mew Tipperary leading on 9.7. Also Bendigo Cup details feature Bullengarook’s local win and Lazarus toasting the owner.
The report covers local bowling matches with Ladder Games results including Maxwell versus Evans and Wolff versus Huxley, Evans (50) over Tweedie (26), and crowd notes on Vairs championship rounds. It also mentions Rick Gamex, Evans, Lamb, Sturau, Maxwell beating Tlimit, Wand, Leeper, Warner 26-22, and Toowoomba Club’s visit postponement to Warwick next Saturday with reschedule in late January.
The local relief board for Tenterfield Shire has been appointed to consider drought relief applications. It lists members W A Humphrey Albart Sommerlad and A D Donnelly with J M Buxton as deputy. The central board plans advances for seed wheat fodder water haulage and other aid to farmers in financial distress. Fuller particulars will follow and a Farmers Moratorium Bill may be presented soon.
Footrunning note shows Carrington sprint postponed from last Saturday due to rain and rescheduled for this evening. Handicaps by Mr C Broughton published in Friday Daily News. Track benefited by rain. acceptances close on ground at 6 p.m. First heat to run at 15 shillings.
High prices for all skins as Fenwick and Co. report 6000 hides offered this week in Brisbane. Catalogs show imports from Queensland with rising values for US butchers hides. Kangaroo skins and other pelts sold strongly while some items like opossum skins held firm. market authorities note robust demand and invite inquiries to Fenwick and Co., Edward Street, Brisbane.
The Board of Agriculture in England arranged with the Sugar Controller to supply hive food with 10 percent agar per hive as early as possible.
A translated account describes Malays and Batnko in Sumatra exploiting monkeys for coconut harvest. Monkeys, trained to pick coconuts, are treated as slaves and sold for up to twenty dollars based on skill. The piece notes cruelty and abusive conditions in the labor system.
State Fish Office officials reportedly sent a consignment of fish caught by the trawler Bar onmus to Sydney to study reciprocal trade. The trip aims to explore intergovernmental exchange of overabundant fish types between Queensland and New South Wales, though officials later denied knowledge of any dispatched shipment.
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