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Newspaper
Brisbane Courier Mail
Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 08, 1939
Page
5
A fragmented OCR shows references to Brisbane, August events, and a carnival in a northern area with mentions of Beale Marne Mahoney and Vir States. The text is garbled but hints at a local festival schedule, delays, and community notices surrounding a sports or cultural event.
A readable fragment reports a racing outcome at Kembla Grange with bets and figures. It mentions Agra Nek a 100 oe POU 9 ev ame and references a mare or horse named Sassi Pur ket in a hurried, garbled OCR snippet.
A garbled report from Melbourne notes Tetreen's win at Flemington last Saturday and references to Connolly and Wettonston. The text is fragmentary with unclear names and events but centers on the horse Tetreen, a race result, and ensuing chatter among handlers and observers.
London report states a man named Lyne was found not guilty of selecting a Brisbane area item but convicted of assaulting relatives at a meeting. He received a fine and a 60 day sentence suspended, with further court dates set for the next week.
A dated advertisement lists clothing and fabric items with prices in pence, including 1/6 men’s fancy socks 1/3 elastic top socks 2/11 boys shirts, British hat cords, plain slub neckties, guaranteed fancy skirts, beach fabrics, cottage weave materials, and frilled marquisette priced per yard.
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