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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 03, 1948
Page
3
Fragmentary text references 1808 Olympic Games at At er and events in the 100 and 100 metre sprints. Mentions Besier tad dating Upton and a British team. Includes a note about a Wallabies tour of Britain but unreadable details and lip.
Tommy Ward outpoints Jack Daniela in a 12 round match at Beachum Yonight. Ward sustains a deep head wound requiring stitches in the final round after a fierce exchange.
A Combined Sydney Rugby Union match saw Sydney High School defeat ACT Schools. Peter Barnard of Canberra High scored four tries while G Crowe from St Patrick's College and KL Salvestrin from St Patrick's featured prominently. The ACT side, including 10 students from Bt. Patrick's College Goulburn, fought back in the second half but fell short.
A woman identified as Mrs. Venta Jean Rally of Reed Burst Liverpool was run down and killed by a train near Liverpool station. Husband Mr Rally reported his wife missing at midnight and later found her body near the railway line. police noted prior similar incidents and memory issues attributed to blackout.
Fragmentary OCR text references a table tennis byday or match with a win to 31 and 18/ sil, plus a mention of Fou Del today. No clear identities, dates, or events beyond incomplete scores.
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