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Newspaper
Brisbane Courier Mail
Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 01, 1944
Page
5
Ipswich players and teams compete in a bowls final at Auchenflower with Metropolitans pairs and key players aiming for top honors. Limited readable lines reference a 21 Sie LOM and W, with uncertain names and outcomes.
Fragmentary OCR shows a local incident involving a mislaid wager, a woman named Moran, a telephone call, and a police response. The garbled text mentions a Mr Candy and a police visit seeking a number for a well known local bookman, with references to Shum and a montage.
The Harvesters report five horses named for next Saturday's Plate Mandi Cup. Auction is seen as unlikely for the Plate distance, with Blaxing Eve Fell Lord Bylong and Don Duck among probable contenders. The move aims to showcase contenders and align with metropolitan rules, with Mister Hanlon and Ipswich Turf Club figures mentioned in planning.
A disjointed OCR list from the Golden Casket official notices shows prize allocations with amounts like 6000 and 1000 pounds, and a long roster of names associated with positions or ticket numbers. The text also references multiple prize levels and participant identifiers, though many fragments remain unclear.
A highly corrupted OCR extract gathers scattered names places and phrases including references to Eugene Ormandy Manos and various unclear terms. The legible material does not form a coherent event or report and no decisive facts emerge.
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