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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 12, 1927
Page
3
Racing notes from Canning Park Ice Club detail a packed Goodwood event with multiple races listed. Odds hurdles feature Brown Stag Arrowspeed Mountain Lion while Swansea Sandlean Bilver Prince contest the Canning Purse. Park Handicap names Leopoa Godesia Trin stakes include War Danner Wyoming Rare Class and Z Walter Handicap names Colalya Trifle More Surprise.
At the Ulster Road ground on Saturday Albany Football Board of Control organizes the second match program of the season with A and B grade games. West and North clubs provide the teams in each grade. North have yet to show form while West boast potential dark horses. First contest B grade starts 1 30, A grade at 3 00 with central umpire Bert Angove and Mr F Brown in charge of the A grade. West McLeod captains the A team. detailed lineups listed for both grades.
Guides for A and 4 grads in Albany premiership football emphasize teamwork, ball over man, simple routes to goal, keep cool, follow the skipper, and fast ball movement. Focus on staying with your man, crowding forwards, and always play to the same team within the match.
Checkers match timed to start at 2 15 with players listed for both sides including Vaughan D Pansot W Clookers D Moss and Masters Koch Potts Hartshorn Corry among others, weathering a vacation period. Officials urge ground readiness for an early start.
Saturday golf match results show first in the bugew series with male Albany Golf Club members. President C. H. Wittencom led the cards to win.
Albany town council meets with discussion on gravel sources for West ward roads, drainage and kerbing in Vancouver Street, and plans to repair Middleton and Beunachel routes. The body also weighs a bylaw related to town hall picture shows and considers upgrading electrical fittings and a municipal act reform.
The Kebra departs Tuesday for Hopetoun and Esperance with passengers and mail, then sails Thursday to Bunbury and Bopsalton before arriving to board a May 24 trip. The Adelaide 8.5 steamer Dun dala leaves Newcastle May 11 for Albany May 19 with coal and goods. Katoomba to hire Adelaide, Albany bound with cargo, passengers, and mails. Port Adelaide’s Port, and the White Star Athenic and Mobilins are listed for arrivals and troop movements toward Albany and Fremantle with cargo and passengers.
The adjourned public inquiry by the Tariff Board into higher duties on butter and cheese will meet at 10 a.m. May 11 in the board room at Commonwealth Bank Buildings Sydney with a further sitting at Parliament House Brisbane on Tuesday May 17 at 2:30 p.m. The report outlines shifts in debt policy and wine export bounty adjustments under the Bruce Page government.
The Times issues a 92 page Australian number issued in London to mark the Duke of York opening the Federal Parliament’s new home in Canberra. It includes articles by public figures on trade, finance, agriculture, industry, education and culture. The supplement aims to educate both Australians and New Country migrants about history and potential opportunities.
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