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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 24, 1932
Page
4
A scattered excerpt lists party games and challenges, including back counting to an hour, bouncing a cork, ten draughts in a semi circle, and forfeits like kissing the book outside, tying prisoners, finding a chosen card, and poetry puzzles. It describes setup, rules, and playful outcomes, with faint notes of a competitive social gathering.
Notes from the AJC Randwick summer meeting list weights for hurdle races nursery handicaps and the Bowman Cup style events. Highlights include Tatyeen Future Toby's Choice Mist Mish and Prestige among contenders, with Berlesque disappointing at Warwick Farm and Tatyeen expected to place well.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions races and horses with unclear spellings and mixed capitalization. Likely about a harness or horse racing event at Moonee Valley with several horse names and weights, but many words are garbled and unreadable.
A newly printed tour book by Shad Gommany of Australia TAmMad offers maps and route descriptions for the Sydney to Melbourne and related high way travel. It details trade regulations, plans for Sydney, and includes a short historical section with illustrations. Applications for the task should be sent to the registration number.
Only a few overs were bowled in the Hobart match today before a heavy downpour sent players to the pavilion. Play was abandoned for the day. Tasmanian first innings details scarce as weather ends play early.
Friday report from Melbourne notes heavy rain leaving the shield match between New South Wales and Victoria unable to play. Dense conditions soaked the field and disrupted the round, with officials delaying decisions as rain persisted.
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