Racehorses stopped at the border
Friday 7 February 1902, The Brisbane Courier
Four racehorses from Queensland intended to compete at the Armidale race meeting have been detained at the border, on account of the tick regulations.
Local news from newspaper archives
Friday 7 February 1902, The Brisbane Courier
Four racehorses from Queensland intended to compete at the Armidale race meeting have been detained at the border, on account of the tick regulations.
Written by macalba
June 30, 2010 at 6:06 am
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This blog presents local news taken from newspaper archives, recording the minutiae of everyday life in a bygone age.
Newspapers were the main, if not the only, source of news and information for much of that time. For this reason we can get a deeper glimpse into everyday life a century ago, than we might gleen from today's newspapers.
[... and in the process of doing this, I'll learn more about the history of the area in which I live. I'll concentrate on northern New England, at least initially, rather than the entire New England area, as that's the part I'm more familiar with.]
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