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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 29, 1949
Page
4
Direct from England the item lists high quality materials and guaranteed warmth for snow and cold. Describes brown suede uppers with leather trim, fur lining, turnable cuffs, zipper windproof tongue, thick ribbed wool fabric, and reinforced heels and arches for durability.
SYDNEY Wednesday Snowstream will not start in Tattermanl's Cup but expected for autumn races. Trainer F. T. Cash denied Dark Mame pulled up badly after the Summer Cup and will race next Monday. Silver Buss and Steady, minor placers in the Summer Cup, start in the Tattta Cup. Chitral may run again Monday after losing an iron early in the Summer Cup. N. Sellwood to ride Carus over Phalame in the Carrington Stakes with Caruso in strong form. Thompson may ride San Domenico with G. Moore aboard Aheba.
A Wagga teacher named Howe dominated in the Manly seaside tennis singles today beating Ry Pawsey without losing a game. Final scores show Howe 6 0 6 0. G Worthing Lim defeated W Gulley 6 1 6 0. J Bromwich won against R Lucas 8 2 6 1.
Victoria chasing 181 for victory chased down New South Wales score of 123 in the second innings. Victoria totalled 353 in their first innings. Notable contributions included Meulsman run out, McDonald and Kerr not out, and standout bowling figures for Johnston and Davidson.
The fragment details a Beomeld Shield cricket match with batters named including Braney Carrigan Brown Jack Michael Draney Ridings Tatton Raymer and Johnson. Bowling figures show O Neill Bowley King and Klose among the bowlers. South Australia second innings includes Craig and Duldig with Hammenee not out. The text is partial and garbled but centers on ongoing innings and players' scores.
The N.R.W. Sheffield specification team to play Queensland at the Burney Cricket Ground on Friday is announced. Captain R. Jamon leads a squad including R. Benaud T. Brooks J. Burke B. Carroll J. de Courcy A. Davidson C. Johnston 8. Siamey E. Toshack W. Yeates and F Madden 12th man.
Canberra reports end hopes that world class foot runners Barney Ewell of the United States and Spence of England would race at the Canberra Gift early in March. Ewell and Spence are in Australia for world championships in Melbourne next month. Canberra prize money reaches £300 for the winner as Australian athletes compete in Victoria meetings.
Melbourne papers report the lead cloth tied to the Mono meith Handicap at Moonee Valley yesterday remains unfound after Prince of Fairien was disqualified for finishing first. The horse weighed in 2lb winterweight and racecourse officials searched the Belala racecourse for the cloth but found nothing.
The article lists several syndicates and their organizers for State Lottery draw No. 41948 with names and addresses in Sydney areas such as Leichhardt Randwick Five Dock Bondi Glebe Campberdawn and Chatswood. A Christmas special draw is announced for tomorrow.
In Tamworth a racing inquiry was set to open into the bona fides of Petall, winner of a maiden event at Inverell last Saturday. North and North-West District Racing Association cited B Kenny and R B McIntyre to appear Friday, amid questions over Perall’s brands. Lady Gimp was seized by diary steward Norman McFarlane and placed in Inverell Police care as the inquiry expands to include Lady Gimp, bookmaker Joseph Smith of Bundarra, and trainers Arthur McCauley and E Kenny with others cited for the Perall case. Individual dates and exact roles are being probed in the evolving investigation.
Melbourne report states Rupert Francis Amguith aged 42 escaped from an orth mental hospital on Boxing Day. He was recaptured by police near Idorago about 15 miles from Wangaratta. A resident of Fidor ado observed him last night and again at about 4 am near his home.
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