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Newspaper
Benalla Ensign
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 02, 1940
Page
6
Snappy backed by owners wins the 1640 Victorian Waterloo Cup at Benalla in a strong field. Brappy, Zenner, and Trythall’s Melbourne contingent claim major prize money and praise. The event attracts officials praise for organization and the National Coursing Association notes the Benalla staging as exceptional.
The secretary of the National Coursing Club of Victoria forwarded a letter praising Benalla Coursing Club. At the meeting on the 30th, stipendiary steward P. A. Sparkes reported Cup men provided the best coursing ever seen and his report commends all members of the club. The Executive wishes to compliment the club accordingly.
In a Henatla court session yesterday Mesera TJ Berry and 0 Robinson heard multiple fines. TeP Douglas Wo Langlands was fined 10 for having no rear light on his bicycle. James Squires Wie was fined 10 for not having lights on his bicycle. Kevin Wagner faced a 10 fine for negligently riding his bicycle and for hands on the handles of the machine. Dougie Donald Angove was fined 1 for defective brakes on his car and similarly charged for lacking a rear light on the car. He pleaded guilty to both charges noting the car should not have been in use.
A Melbourne Board investigation examined teaching qualifications and granted Benalla High School staff the Leaving Certificate and the Intermediate Certificate, expanding privileges once limited to longer serving public teachers. The move follows approval by the Soho Board and reflects new qualification standards for teachers.
A fragmented text appears to blend names and phrases across places and people, resembling a garbled parliamentary and regional notice. It references Beers, committees, a meteor jelly, babies, and various personal names, but the overall sense is unclear due to OCR corruption.
EMSIGN’S publicity praised at the Waterjuw Otap meeting as the committee directed its praise toward the publicity efforts. The note credits the paper for coverage of the event and expresses gratitude for support and cooperation from attendees.
The Benalla branch of the Australian Comforts Fund thanks donors including Mr TV Cowan Mrs Bennion and Mrs Burton among others. A list of contributors is provided along with items despatched up to May 36 140 including scarves neck muff neck warmers socks handkerchiefs tooth brushes and other goods totaling 853 articles.
The card lists umpire assignments for the day’s basketball games. Mr S Martin is the umpire for Bed play starting at 2:30. Other names appear garbled. the note confirms officials for the event and venues.
The court heard evidence from Detective Mike Uhot and Berian Collier about a repeat offender with prior convictions. The Rev Bernt noted previous court appearances and a failure to reform, while the bench and jury, including Mrs To Betry and Robineog, presided as Collier prosecuted.
At a Matwbiy nightl y meeting of the Fenatin 0ing Club the secretary stated the club had received about £20 in third fee for this season.
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