Portable rodeo yards chosen for Wellington Showground
Delegates at the Wellington Show yesterday selected a training track site with portable yards to be erected away from cricket and polo areas. Yards will be removable during trotting events and placed to avoid ground damage. a special committee will finalize the final position.
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Tewes
Wellingeton
J. J. Warren Price
Mh Society
A. Fuller
W. Sheridan
Sheridan
G. Weston
Permiss
Standaland
Careful Brigade Planning Prevents Major Fire Disaster
A vigilance by Mumbi and Burrendong brigades averted a large grass fire threatening thousands of acres. Firefighters, aided by Water Conservation and Trigation Commission plant, halted the blaze near farms owned by Mr. George Goninan and Mr. Terring. No wheat crops were harmed and about 200 sheep were moved safely as crews battled the flames on Pashton s Mount. The effort earned praise for Captain S. Hansford and workers including Mr Smailes for bulldozer work and extinguishers used on posts and stumps.
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George Goninan
Buttendons
Mumbil
Hansford
Mumbi
Fotter
Burrendong Ram Road
Poxhion
Mr. Hansford
Mmr
Smailes
Houving
Ron
Man Critically Injured En Route to Bush Fire
A man struck by a car while walking to fight a bush fire near Fashion's Mount hill in Wellington district was left in critical condition at Wellington District Hospital. Hector William Phillip Mastling, 50, suffered a fractured skull after losing balance when a horn prompted him to turn. Massing remains in danger as doctors in Sydney were consulted for possible specialists.
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Wellington District
Hector William Phillip Mastling
Moon
Massling
Pashion
Premerick David Dutfield
Stockyard Creek
Mumbil
Masling
Losf Balance
Fire destroys well boring plant owned by returned soldier
A Wellington returned soldier, Mr. K. A. Crockett of Gisborne, saw his timber framed well boring plant valued at £1,000 burn after a Saturday fire. Lance Dean, employed by Crockett, reported he stopped when he noticed the blaze on Gobbara road and could not extinguish it. the Wellingborough bush fire brigade arrived too late to save the plant, which served as Crockett’s livelihood.
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Wellington
K.A. Crockett
Gisborne
Lance Dean
Molong
Mr. Crockets
Oma
Tevck
Toy Gearle
Dean
Gobbora Road
Tre Rontway
Womestead
Wellingtoa
Volant
Three Men in Blazing Wheat Paddock Save Bags From Fire
Three men near exhaustion saved 158 bags of wheat in a bush fire in a wheat paddock this morning. Mr Geol Lane and Messrs Max Thornberry and Albert Stein, employed by Lane, fought the blaze as Railway employees burned off. The fire jumped to the northern side and spread to the Dubbo road, destroying about 10 acres of standing wheat and fencing. The trio, aided by Maryvale Brigade, kept flames from 150 bags of wheat. Lane values the saved crop at £235, while losses include the best standing wheat.
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Geol Lane
Gobolion
Max Thornberry
Alber
Stein
Baldwys
Lane
Mr. Lane
Thornberry
Metobe
Mr. Stein
Maryvale
Lottery Prize to Wellington Winner Recovers Fourth Prize
A Wellington district farmer, Mr W Bell of West Toupt Parkes Road, Wellington, won the fourth prize of E860 in the NSW State Lottery on Saturday. He bought the ticket at Booklovers Library in Percy Steel Flew. He previously won £50 two months ago and had a Melbourne Cup win in 1917.
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Wellington
Nsw
W. Bell
Westtoupt
Parkes Road
Bell
Booklovers
Percy Steel
Broette
Wellington players L Spratt and G Hawker named in country team
Wellington cricketers Lloyd Spratt and George Hawker earned selection for the Western Districts side to face the South Africans after strong performances in a Bathurst trial match. Hawker scored a century in allotted time while Spratt impressed as an all rounder and left hand bowler in a 13 man lineup including Papayanni as vice captain and Kearney as captain.
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Wellington
Ply
Sre Lloyd Spratt
George Hawker
Norm Wess
Norm Spratt
Bathurst
Batymat
Hawker
Spratt
Bowker
Norman Smart
Norman Ross
Oss
Papayanni
Raid
Lithgow
J. Manuel
Orange
O- Pried
South Africans
I Kearney
C. Papayanni
Swige-Caph
Bowell
A. Toohey
Blayney
G. Hawke
W. Kennedy
Dubbo
Kirkland
Bith Gow
J. Glenn
J. Spratt
F. Jones
Parkes
D. Lester
Murigee
J. Gavin
Blue Mountains
Anglican Colts Triumph In Low-Scoring Weekend Match
Severe harvest constraints reduce sides to short of men as Anglican Colts chase Baptist score. Cure. Gk. Anglicans post 121 in first innings with standout B. Beaton and Foley. Baptist for 156, then Anglicans claimed fielding tightness, Johnson and Priest sharing key wickets. Final overs show Anglicans 121 on first innings and Curry Currack details incomplete. bowling by Foley and Priest shapes the tense contest.
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Baptist
E. Johnson
Anglican
W.D.C.A
Cure
An- Steins
Colts
Johnson
R. Austin
Toy Baptists
W.priest
E. Vernon
Cuma Creek
F. Vernon
Dora Fust
M. Vernion
S. Foley
Williams
W. Priest
T. Dodd
T. Lay
Anglican Colts
Be Beaton
Foley
Biel
Bundvies .Y
Times to suspend publication over Christmas and New Year
The Times will skip holiday issues this year, publishing last before Christmas on Monday and resuming Thursday January 8. Two Thursdays and two Mondays will be missed. The office remains open for business on all non holiday days during the period.
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Times
Hnsess
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Vevegere
Schwarzer
Price
W. H Potts
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Trust
PA. and
H. Society
Weston
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Rodeol
H .Society
Fashion's Mount
Dyspetune Eis
Diipstone
Dalnge
Mr. Masting
Sydney
Masting
Dinyd Spratt
R Austin
L. Pope
D. Masterson
Hinton
C Dodd
E, Walsham
C. Toynnton
B. Johnson
B. Masterton
Anglicans
Currack
Ron al Saja
J. Favor
Hb.wilson
Dovelus
B.fang
Player
Fletcher
Faber
Payne
Bi R
Dodd
Lingae Bapail
Lpame Oo FV
Fletcner
Paks
Vernon
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