Fashionable Handbags, Gloves, and Beach Hats and Bags—Material by the yard
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SPALDING'S SPORTS GEAR — RIFLES AND ALL TYPES AMMO.
Pyrene Fire Equipment — Anodised Ware — Gifts, Trophies, Toys
it takes about four days to get over the effects of the Meeting. Something like Soo whites and 800 aboriginals attend the Meeting and visitors come from all over Australia to attend it. Usually the Anthony's Lagoon, Lake Nash and Avon Downs Police Constables attend the Race Meeting for duty, with Inspector Greg Ryall of Alice Springs in attendance to watch over the three Constables. Actually, the Police in attendance at the A.B.C. Races have very little work to perform as the crowds are usually very well behaved, and the Club's Committee Members are always on hand when trouble arises. During the course of the Meeting about 1,1oo dozen cans and bottles of beer are consumed, plus dozens of cases of spirits. Every Station on the Barkly Tablelands sets up its own camp on the outskirts of the Racecourse.
Although they are mostly vast, open areas, with an odd growth of trees here and there, and the climate is too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter, the Barkly Tablelands captivate everybody who comes into contact with them, and after a spell away from the vast plains, a longing to get back to the Tablelands again soon becomes irresistible in most old residents. To be on the Tablelands at sunset brings a sight never to be equalled in any city.
