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Newspaper
Benalla Ensign
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 26, 1940
Page
1
Key figures at the Benalla Coursing Club are profiled as organizers and officials. Host Mr Hagen guides events with Mowers, Tom Hea, and Dick ax among trusted organizers while Percy Boerka and A tew feted A secretary strengthen club operations. Chartive Mist and Tub’s Lock face Cup absence. Charties Beatle shows strong form. the piece notes ongoing preparations for a July event and praised service to greyhound racing.
Five dogs remain in the 1940 Waterloo Cup at Benalla with Marangan needing a win over Foursteps to gain a bye into the final. Odds on Snappy Dango Lad and Foursteps set betting, while the stake structure makes the final bye depend on top-program outcomes. The event fills a four day, forty plus course program, praised for high caliber sport and strong local support.
Fragmented OCR text discusses petrol rationing and the impact on garages and overhead costs. Mentions a president and industry figures debating policies and the effect on operations. Details are unclear due to garbled source text.
A garbled NSW newspaper item asserts cars are deadlier than bombs, with figures suggesting road crashes outpace other hazards. It references Sydney and a secretary or association and notes rising deaths, though the text is severely damaged and partially unreadable.
An OCR heavy, scrambled passage lists scattered names, events, and terms such as Water, Me, Simethie, Hervey, Preeti, Hendin, and Me O, with references to Watt, WaM e, and various local sounds. The text reads as a collage of what seems like person names, places, and fragments of events without coherent narrative or clear dates.
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