This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 12, 1939
Page
3
A garbled report places a person named Forbes in Paris with connections to Scotland and a war context. A detective named A Nye is mentioned, along with fragmented references to London and Sydney. The text suggests an Earl as a possible title for the individual, but details are unclear.
Hurdle race over 2 miles 20 yards saw Flying Drake and Param, Maid machine in a tight finish. Time 3:18. Other notable runners included Wan DRAKE, Pinon, Wat, and Toye Messenger. In the Tonadala Handicap Wellington and Halt Maid challenged, with Fettenham and Mourrey Plate featuring Bow Tie among others. Final placings list Flying Drake ahead of Param and Maid Machine, with betting around 9/4 for the winner.
Fragmented OCR lists many names and items for a racing or horse event with times and bets. Mentions Harford, Polar Start, Windarvel, Love Parade, Kingewond, Stentor, and others. The text references a programme for morning and Wednesday sessions, with a New Zealand government delegation and a reporting session of a conference.
The Victor's Leagues in Australia will hold its annual conference in Canberra from April 19 to 21 with opening remarks by Her Excellency Lady Gowrie. The High Commissioner for the United Kingdom Sir Geoffrey Whinkard will deliver an address as sessions convene at the Albert Hall.
Delegates from about 80 branches attend the 14th annual conference of the South Coast and Southern Yale District of the NSW Agricultural Bureau at Pariuh Hall Queanbeyan. The program includes welcome by Alderman Egmond, opening by State President J Cavanagh, talks by K cram and A Heath, and lectures on markets tuberculosis and scientific farming. Tours of Canberra laboratories and plots follow, with sessions by Gunn Belschner Hindmarsh and others, plus a Bodder Conversation at Mr D W Cargill's Big Gun Dairy. Afternoon addresses cover fat lambs horse breeding and advanced farming methods.
Queanbeyan to host the Fourteenth Annual South Coast and Southern Tablelands Conference on April 20 and 21. The program includes talks by Lane-Poole on raising trees, Arch on planning the bus home, Chambers on National Emergency Measures, Law on health and beauty, and demonstrations on floral art and pottery. Miss Heather Cameron and Miss Lorna Byrne lead leadership training. Mex. HA. Clothier presides, Mrs. M. J. Kain is secretary.
Canberra defeated Camberwell 7 to 4 in a two match display of high standard hockey at Griffith Ground. Camberwell showed speed and skill with Ghenn scoring twice and Mastin adding Canberra goals amid strong goalkeeping and team defence.
Bridge Club trophy afternoon today invites all members and friends. Mrs Barford restarts cake decorating tomorrow at 2 pm, fee 1d per lesson with proceeds to the library. Pottery Club to reassemble next Wednesday. Poker Work Class restarts tomorrow at 7 30. Hockey coaching planned with two teams and a session by Miss Betty Wilson at 8 pm. Tennis Club seeks new members at Canberra House court. Draftmaking class date changed to May 1 at 7 pm. 19 week term fee 15 shillings. Enrolment requires six. Meetings: Finance 9 60 am Executive 11 am Thursday. Board 11 80 am Monday.
In Sydney a bout featuring Tunaday, Jackie Ton, and Joe Velasco ended in controversy after Velasco was penalized for fouls in the seventh round and the referee halted the match in the early eighth. Velasco’s repeated infractions led to the stoppage as the scores favored Ton on points.
Sight seeing tours depart Canberra on Monday Thursday and Sunday including Sunday afternoons. Trips cover Coffer River Stromla route via Goulburn Macquarie Pass and capital Coaches offer daily service with Sunday options and bookable through Canberra Tourism. Telephone 240.
Autumn Hurdle list shows entrants like Ranado, Locksten, Masterpiece, Asolando, LordyBel, Fairrinn. Coogee Handicap features favorites Sedyoum, Panax, Val William, Cherry Bar, Jocular. Breeds for other events include Champagne Stakes, Bronte Handicap, Cumberland Plate and City Handicap with riders like King Constant, Amisble, Maggio and Ripley noted among entries.
New Zealand miler Jack Lovelock, a doctor by profession, denounces famed fetishes around athletic training. He rejects cold showers diet massage exercise coaching and special foods. He suggests a more practical approach and hints he once lived in Canberra.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.