Bert’s first feature story and series of sketches in a US newspaper appeared in the San Francisco Sunday Call on June 5, 1904. Bert’s stroke of good luck on the voyage happened at the halfway mark at Honolulu.

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Frank Coffee was an American writer and publishers living in Sydney. He was a formidable traveller for the period. Click on his name below to read more on Frank.

Difficult to find any references to the above jockey.


Click here to read short bio and see photo. https://www.google.com/search?q=peter+hughes+australian+theatre+manager+in+1900&rlz=1C5CHFA_enAU920AU928&sxsrf=ALiCzsYkwBLzO8kRDj97Ble4Db7Chn_lSQ%3A1659243864339&ei=WA3mYrWoFPGKz7sP4aWDyAE&ved=0ahUKEwi1tISJraL5AhVxxXMBHeHSABkQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=peter+hughes+australian+theatre+manager+in+1900&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBQghEKABSgQIQRgBSgQIRhgAUJEGWMQSYLsWaAFwAHgAgAHLAYgB-gqSAQUwLjcuMZgBAKABAcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz

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