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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 25, 1939
Page
4
Race details list horses, jockeys, and placings across multiple events. Bets and times accompanying events include winners such as Pan Pipe, Haridelle, and Korimako with distances and dividends noted along with venues and organizers.
The page lists multiple races at Williamstown including Two Year Old Handicap, Old Vienna, Fund Handicap, Maiden Plate and Welter Handicap with winners and distances. Notable runners include Fighting Cock Old Vienna and Morvoren with prices and placings noted.
The programme lists races at Fakenham and Coloured venues with start times from 1.88 to 4.95. Notable entries include Shem Pan Pipe Caesar Postman Verdour Early Bird Glorious Jocular and Beaucaire in various handicaps. The schedule covers the Chisholm Handicap Summer Cup Wilton Park Handicap and AJC Handicap with multiple runners and horses across the card.
Caulfield results mention Roc and Green Thorne among finishers with varying margins. Notable horses include Old Styre and Cast Ashore while betting odds show Sir Rommo Mac Rob and Deliberate among contenders. Final placings reflect close finishes with margins a nose or neck separating top rivals.
A dense list of 2FC 3AR programs and specials runs through days and nights with music, news, dramas, choral works and oratorios. Highlights include Christmas carols, Scrooge dramatizations, Milton ode readings, Messiah performances, weather and cricket updates, and a closing hour from 2BL with local sport and weather.
A fragmented listing outlines a long broadcasting day with essential services, news, music, devotions, luncheon music, sports talk, cricket and racing descriptions, and a boxing day matinee. It notes multiple rebroadcasts of Christmas Empire Programme and live readings of sporting results.
Canberra Club bowling matches listed wins by Marshall and Piper versus Bracken rep Brown with Chipman. Yates and Chubb defeat Boward 12 28 1. Bishop and Latt beat Beattie and Cross 2 10. Heller Chalbers and Galbraith defeat Greenwood Keith and Weather mien 2 1. ebers and Whiteford defeat Temper ay and Cook 28 15. In championship pairs Cusack and William 12 on defeat Hobday and Johnston 8 on 28.
Marchant, Cook, Hanley and Brack won 27 to 19 over Harney, Ashton, Stevens and Beaton. Howe, Scott, Peterson and Keene defeated Ridley, Hearn, Groom and Chafe 23 to 18. Love and Martin beat D Arcy and Challen 18 to 17.
Program listings show community features and music blocks from morning to evening. Notable items include film reviews by Jenneth Mackenzgie and Jim Davidson's band set, plus cricket and sports updates mid-day and evening entertainment. Weather from 2BL appears with local sport and recording segments pending.
The Queanbeyan and District Coursing Club plans a meeting at the snowground track tomorrow night Boxing Day with an attractive programme. The December 10 meeting raised £50 11s 1d for the Queanbeyan Patriotic Fund.
South Australia built a mammoth score early in the match with Bradman declaring at 21 for 7 as Beores Ridings and others fell to bowlers including Baker and Ellis. Notable scores include 133 by D Bradman and 236 by Badcock, while bowling figures list Ellis 1/95 and Grimmett 1/50 among others. The report mentions several dismissals and team innings details across the two innings.
NSW closes 41 runs ahead of Victoria on day one at Sydney with Tamblyn and Hassett among top scorers. Beames Beames and Fleetwood-Smith contribute while O Reilly dominates bowling with four wickets as Pepper and Cheetham secure multiple scalps.
The Forestry Bureau moves Canberra weather station from Acton to the Commonwealth Forestry Bureau in Westridge. It outlines micro climate research in a Tower Plot with dual stations, portable sensors, and a pine plantation study near Monterey Pine, detailing measurements of rainfall, temperature, evaporation, and tree girth changes.
Boxing Day results show J Vi and L FB Seton winning the four ball with a one point margin over J Maroney and L B. Seton led in Stableford with pars and a strong showing from Maroney who posted a high gross score across many holes. Other notable pairs included Gilborne Morrison Newman and Woodger Perswou with lower scores in the field.
In Manila on Monday, Garcia defended his world middleweight crown by knocking out Glen Lev in the 13th round, securing the title with a decisive victory.
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