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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 02, 1934
Page
3
Fragmented OCR detailing multiple handicap events with names and numbers. Mentions include four year old handicap, flying handicap, Kensington Handicap, and various participant labels and odds, but specifics are heavily garbled.
The clipping lists horse race handicaps and stakes across divisions with names like Cordove, Love Bong, Staccate, Pansy and Fancy Li Bungquest. It also reports a Canberra debate where MP Blakeley accuses the government of starving unemployment relief, detailing pay, clothing, and work shortages for 700 unemployed in the Capital Territory, and criticizes policy shifts and private-sector impact.
Summary of a Moornee Valley race meeting featuring trial hurdle events with multiple divisions and results. Includes horses PUR VEYOR TRADER LAN CEL and others with times, distances, and betting odds. Mentions second division, welter purse, and three year old handicap with NEUVE CHAPELLE and LORD CHIVALROUN among entries.
A partially garbled report discusses a hurdle favourite in Australia, with notes on possible form and fitness. It mentions preparations at Pleutipetol and hints at a plan to run in a race named Batu gay, but the text is incomplete and uncertain about outcomes or participants.
An old advert claims Dr Morse's Indian Root Pillacme relieves various ailments by aiding digestion and liver function. It asserts natural balance is supported without destroying air or disturbing nature, promising benefits for stomach and bowels. Printed for a Melbourne company and dated March.
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