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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 15, 1957
Page
3
Pete Brotherton of England and Leo Leonard of New South Wales won the half hour Madison teams event, the last race ever held at Melbourne’s Essendon board track cycling venue.
Blues dominated the Junior Rugby Union 6st and 7th grade clash at Manuka Oval on Saturday morning, beating Ainslie by a wide margin. Ainslie performed respectably with Victor McKenzie and Pat Keenan guiding a youthful side, while Yarralumla and Queanbeyan also opened their campaigns with decisive wins.
In a New Delhi address to manufacturers Nehru urged Indian women to sell their jewellery and gold to the government to relieve foreign exchange problems. He also appealed to avoid waste and lavish feasts saying the country simply cannot afford them.
The Dutch Olympic Committee proposes to the International Olympic Committee to remove nationalism from future Games. They suggest all competitors wear the same dress at openings and closings, march by sport, skip national flags, play the Olympic hymn, and hoist the Olympic flag over victors.
Dawes and McKinley defeated Hawes in the semi final. In the minor singles final, Cogan beat Apps 31 18. Malone defeated Pitt 153 102 and Crockett defeated H O'Brien 158 122.
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