HISTORY ON THIS DAY The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), Australia Oct 17, 2014 104 1917 1346 At the Battle of Neville’s Cross, the English defeat the Scots who, as French allies, invaded England in an attempt to distract Edward III from the siege of Calais, France. 1604 King James I of England (James VI of Scotland), who despises the increasingly popular habit of smoking, imposes a tax on imports of tobacco. The action adds to his haughty reputation. 1707 German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach marries his cousin Maria Barbara Bach at Dornheim. 1824 Hamilton Hume and William Hovell leave Hume’s property near Lake George, NSW, to explore the land on the way to the southern coast. 1854 After a court dismisses murder charges against hotelier James Bentley for kicking a gold miner to death, miners burn down the Eureka Hotel in Ballarat. 1861 Horatio Wills and 18 other settlers are massacred by Aborigines at Cullin-laringo station in central Queensland. Horatio’s son Tom, founder of Australian rules football and cricket pioneer, is away and unhurt. 1898 Wealthy scholar David Scott Mitchell offers to bequeath his collection of Australiana to Sydney Public Library, provided it is found suitable accommodation. It was the basis of the treasure trove at the State Library of NSW. 1917 The 1690km Port Augusta to Perth section of the Trans-Australia Railway is completed (pictured), linking Perth to Sydney. Federal treasurer John Forrest says: “From today, east and west are indissolubly joined together by bands of steel.” 1973 Arab oil producers increase oil prices and cut production in response to US support of Israel in the Yom Kippur War. 1987 A concrete structure duplicates Tom Ugly’s Bridge over
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