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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 31, 1937
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR record notes a one year duration for an individual named Bryant, mentions marriage and a policy valued at £500. Additional text references palsy growth to EFOR4 and a taotr than doubled, but exact meaning is unclear. The readable items focus on personal status and a financial policy amid unclear medical terms.
Race card data for ALEMINGTON New Year meeting includes two mile hurdle, Stradbroke Stakes for two-year-olds, Standish Handicap, January Steeplechase, Bagut Handicap, Welter Handicap and various weights and entries. Names such as Picador Sea Scout Fulham King Drake Strobus Wallace King and others appear with weights and positions.
Acceptances show Toy Time and 13 others in the 1 mile Maiden Handicap at Warwick, with horses including Alice Watchman Springs Parthenon Ripley Glenora and Viking contenders. The Nursery and other events are listed with fillies and young horses set for afternoon starts at 2.35 and 2.5, featuring Senora Venice Lillena Irene Dunne and Tacky among the entries.
The report details penalties totaling over £4 100 for sales tax cases and broader tax fines exceeding £32 000 for the year to June 1926. Prosecutions for evasion rested on £500 penalties, with high punishments for understatement and related charges across income, land, and estate taxes.
The draw for the meeting of the Quesdeyan and District Coursing Club to be held on Saturday night January 1 lists entries for Showground Stakes races at 473 yards across four divisions with dog names such as Gold Cross Red Roy Queen Hinzaway Sonnig Mulgan and others. Trinks will be held on Saturday from 6 am to 10 am.
Races at Randwick show TLISSUS beating Goliath by about a length in the First Division with Alemap third and a dense field including The Preachman Native use Speed King and others. Time around 1:29 for the race.
A listing of race entries and weights for a Farm novice handicap over 1 mile, with horses such as Concrete Wallamba Dome Caleroth Polaraig O Calweera Artsman Joy’ Cullen anest Braidwood Lege Magsman Unafraid Picture Head Check Faun Tan Silver Wave Land of Captain Hope Lord Gala Bachelor Mayland Strathbogie and Drouthy, plus entries for the Warwick January Handicap and participants Prittle Kinsfolk Prattle Tuckerbox Rily Boy Tickle Jovint Son Imbiber Country Werberry Party Bones Sideup Maurie.
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