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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Dec 27, 1933

Page

4

Walter Scott's Caulfield race scare and results at Shoobra

In Melbourne Caulfield race day, Walter Scott showed distress after the Shoobra Hurdle prompting veterinary checks. Jockey Hynes rode the gelding satisfactorily as heavy backing favored NYERIMILANG to win the hurdle.

Melbourne Caulfield Walter Scott Shillabeer Amis Hynes Walter Scotl Nyerimilang

Queanbeyan Dogs Racing Improves at Second Meet

Weather heavy track slowed hare propulsion at Queanbeyan Showground. Actor Boy dominated the Maiden Stakes divisions and Reproof led Open Stakes to a wide win. close finishes saw Actor Boy edge Nola Wilkie in the Copaulation Stakes. Further meet planned for Saturday and New Year’s Day.

Queanbeyan Heproof W. O'Rourke Actor Boy Mr. H. J. Richardson Reproof Nola Wilkie Trimmuy Black Mist

Boy disappears in Hawkesbury River near Windsor

Herbert Vidler aged 17 from Blacktown disappeared while swimming with companions in the Hawkesbury River near Windsor. Searchers and divers failed to locate him at first. the police later recovered a body. A separate note advertises Paling's Player-Planca records as easy to play and good company.

Sydney Hawkesbury River Windsor Herbert Vidler Blacktown

Lengthy Britain tax commission work stalls on simplification

Six years after the British Government formed a commission to simplify income tax rules the panel is still at work. Five years of effort yielded the call for extra experts who proved needed as work had to be redone with no prior meetings. The commission grows deeper into complex law and some journals joke that a new battalion of experts should start over for future generations.

O Commission

Tragic Boat Capsize Leads to Child's Drowning

In West Wyrong on Tuesday, Ralph Barden, three, drowned in a creek as a boat carrying him and other children capsized. Relatives watched from another craft. all other children were rescued.

West Wyrong Ralph Barden Ralph

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