Wellington Fails to Chase as Maryvale Edges Out by 27
A Wellington side faced Maryvale in a weekend cricket match on Maryvale’s wicket, with a tight contest ending in a 27 run Maryvale victory. Both innings featured modest scoring. Wellington used ten bowlers in Maryvale’s second innings as Maryvale posted totals led by Campbell and Wessell while Wellington’s bowlers Kelly and Wessel shone at times.
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Wellington
Maryvale
Sonings
Libran
Haw
T. Kelly
Murning
Campbell
I. Davis
Wessell
Potta
Kennedy
Kelly
L. Ashby
Buchanan
Thomas
Wessel
Byrnes
Wessall
Moore
Helly
I. Emelhaing
Collina
Town win by five wickets at Farnham in uphill match
In a Farnham encounter Stuart Town achieved a five wicket victory after a testing chase of 34 Juns. Star players included Manning Davia and Byrnes with notable scores and a detailed bowling effort from Trudgett and Blunden for Farnham.
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Farnham
Stuart Town
Farmers and Graziers Outlook Amid Drought and Price Declines
The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative notes global wool markets clouded by drought. Prices for wool and crossbred lines fall, with improvements seen only in sheep at Plemington and fat cattle, while fodder and overseas markets stay weak. They anticipate lighter supplies and a partial price rebound, while crop hail and fire insurance shift growth finance. The firm aims to better service stockowners and expand fat stock clientele.
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Grasiers
Co-operative Co
Plemington
Smu
Durne
Fine J. G. Carveth Wins Sulky Prize at Show
J. G. Carveth takes first prize in sulky racing at the Wellington Show beating all competitors. Address provided: Opp. Post.
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J. G. Carveth
All Romers
Happiness and its elusive chase through quirky lives
A reflective essay on happiness argues it defies a single definition as people chase joy in varied, sometimes contradictory ways. It surveys marriages, urban pleasures, travel misadventures, satire of cannibal fantasies, and a tale of Dirty Dick’s tavern to suggest happiness often lies in personal pursuit and imagination rather than external riches or routines.
London Pubs Through Time From Dirty Dicks to Guilded Doors
An Arbstralian soldiers visit London and observe a blend of ancient charm and modern progress in its pubs. The piece highlights famous venues like The Red Bull The Stags Horn The Swan Paddy’s Goose and Dirty Dick’s with its century-long reputation. It describes Dirty Dick’s basement stairs and smoky cellar in Bishopsgate.
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Arbstralia
London
Shipton
Bishopsgate
Christmas in Fictional Times and Age of Wit
A reflective column on how Christmas is portrayed in classic novels and stories. The author cites Dickens and Trollope, recalling scenes from Mr. and Mrs. Pezziwig and Bob Cratchit, and contrasts with Thackeray and Queen Victoria era depictions, noting varying warmth and festivity in holiday scenes.
Christmases in fiction from Trollope to Dickens
A compact critique of how Christmas scenes in Trollope Austen George Eliot Thackeray differ from Dickens. It notes dullness in Allington and Eliot, the gaiety lacking in some writers, and the lively festive atmosphere Dickens delivers with vivid imagery such as plum pudding and blue flames.
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Trollope
Allington
Jane Austen
Tommett
Meryton
Silas Marner
Tom
Maggie
Ali
Aunt Kimble
Min
Red House
George Eliot
Thackeray
Death of Patrick Kirby at Mudgee Residence
Patrick Kirby died on Monday morning at his Mortimer Street residence in Mudgee after living in the state for many years. He was a native of Ireland and reached his 14th year the preceding Sunday. He and his late wife ran a boarding house for many years before his death. An associated report mentions Arthur Jones being escorted on a western mail train when he escaped at Parramatta station, slipping away through a window as a prisoner was allowed to visit the lavatory. The escapee is described as medium height and build.
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Jones
George
Hodge
Dartmoor
London
Nathaniel Bentley
Bentley
Dirty Dick
West
Dirty Dick's
Charles Dickens
Ulurist
Oberles
Gemal Company
Queen 'Y Crawley
Becky Sharp
Sir Pitt
Prince de Montecontour
Co! Newcome
Mme de Florae
Ethel Newcome
Thackeray
Patrick Kirby
Mortimer-Street
Mudgee
Ireland
Arthur Jones
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Weasell
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Doloul
E.cececucus Davis
Collins
Smelbainy
How
Farkete Weesell
C. Campbell
Kennedy Collins
Lyons
Manning
Stephens
V. McHugh
A. Lovett
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B.o.w
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Davis
Pate
Schofield
W. Campbell
Marnning
Collings
Wi. Lyons
Marning
Kennedy Ithe
Davin
Mene Wart Lovett
Byrnes Oaty
Sundries Ok
Ecaee
Potts
Emelhainz
Ash
Wade
A. Deveen
General Produce
Joe Dash
Percy ST
Lindley Walker Co- Operative Wheat CO
Lid
Mark Lane
Sydney
King Street
Egrams
Linwalker
New South Wales
Registrar of Stock
the Treasury
Government Savings Bank
Bank of New South Wales
Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Limited
John T. Lang
Enderby
T. S. Enderby
Davia
E. Starr
Geo, Trudgett
W. Priest
C. Trudgett
J. Trad
Geo. Armiel
J. Trudgett
Aber
H. Hansford
Geo
Trudgett
H. E. Connell O. J. Trudgett
R. Bubbard
A. Duttfield
George Trudgett
T. Clyne
Gett
T. Blunden
J. Gleeson
F. Sinderberry
Lawson
E. Connell
Geo. Arniel
Lawson R. Stibbard
E. Mitchell
V. Fitzmaurice
Starr
Blunden
B. Mitchell
G. Trudgett Ce
Connell
Jim
Dutfield
Fitzsimons
Fitzsimmons
TAVOW
Priest
Bianden
Hansford
M. Pries
H. Fitzsimmons
B. Starr
Wees
E, Starr
Dirty Dick’'S
Anthony Trollope
Golden Casket Aart Unions
Q'sland
A. E
Rotton
Archer
Eston House
E Onder
Tae
C. J. Shakespeare
Hailan
D. A. Rich
Wool Growers
Save Commissia
Harmann and Wormald
Bathurst
Rankin Street
Erie
Nes
GSL
Lama Rouse Tt
Nock & Kirby Li
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