100,000 WOMEN.
AT AUSTRALION RACES. A MILLION ON FROCKS. At a conservative estimate, tht J.(JU,UOO or more women who attend the spring meetings at J; iemington and ixaiiuwick spenu more man £I,UUU,UUU on frocks, trills, furbelows, anu taslnons accessories tor the carnival occasion. To a less extent, this expenditure is repeated in the autumn, when the Sydney and Australian Cups are run. In Brisbane, Adelaide and other suburban and country centres, considerable additions are made to the aggregate expenditure on ciothes for racing occasions. The whole of this huge amount of money is distributed, year after year, among the stores of cities, suburbs and country towns. In the first place, it all comes from, or becauso of, the bloodstock breeding industry and the national institution of tho turf.
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Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20197, 23 December 1937, Page 4
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128100,000 WOMEN. Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20197, 23 December 1937, Page 4
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