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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 09, 1937
Page
4
The program lists classes and special stakes for the Queanbeyan and District Coursing Club meeting. Entries include Madbniva Dah IWhite and various dogs such as Monarch Queen Disalto Rare, Major Giggle, Manuka, and Bonnie Blaze in events like Special Stakes and Presidents Stakes.
Canberra players represented to Pal Canberra Amateur Swimming Club prepare for the NSW Country Carnival. Dutland will swim 220 and 440 yard freestyles while Ingram competes in breaststroke and backstroke. The team travels to Sydney to compete in the big week events.
Fragmentary OCR lists players and forfeit notes with scattered names such as Cavanagh Edlington Parke Mckay O Halloran Drayton Ware Lew Merriman Hourigan Sutherland Elliman and BiGrade No amiable forfeit entries including Ainslie and wolarton Hannah plus rental notes referencing Werner Freiberg Skerry Tray.
Ex-solicitor Stanley Gourlay, 47, faces six charges including theft and misappropriation. Police say £1718 4s 6d involved. He pleads not guilty and appeals his defence as the case advances.
Maiden Stakes results list Madonna and Sonnie Mulga as top two. Divisions at Special Stakes show Society ahead of Emer Roy. Showground Stakes divisions crown Hilda's Boy and Mia with Nick second. Monarch Queen leads Special, Queanbeyan Stakes names Major Giggle and Willow Gien as first and second. President's Stakes divisions note Tang coo and Vogeles as winners in one and Major Giggle in another.
The State selectors announced the New South Wales tennis rankings listing Crawford Mc Grath Bromwich Thompson N Turvey Huxley E Henry J Guchriat H Lewin D Chrystal H Lindo D Ferguson. Other names include H. Lewin and D. Chrystal among the top players.
In Sydney on Friday the owners and trainers held a meeting of the Trainers' Union regarding a developing coursing dispute. They resolved not to intervene in the current issue but to ensure the interests of both owners and trainers are adequately protected. A public box draw will be sought among the conditions.
Patrons at the Queanbeyan Club will vote by ballot on January 16 whether betting boards should be allowed. The meeting split sharply with a chairman cast vote by Mr J Hamond. Ballots will be available at the ticket office and officials, dog owners, and bookmakers will appoint assessors. If approved, by laws will require boards to be used.
A young man Colin McCaulay and Dorothy Barbara Gee faced a charge of attempted murder after McCaulay allegedly made poison accessible to his girlfriend they planned to marry after Christmas but faced family objections They drank from a container in Roseville park and were taken to hospital with the girl saying she might have swallowed some poison The case proceeded at North Sydney Court with details contested and the defendant pleading not guilty.
Advertiser notes two big yardings of quality sheep and cattle at Goulburn on January 12 and 15 offered by W. H. Wheatley. Grazers urged to inspect and bid.
The Postmaster-General Senator McLachlan rejected Premier Butler’s claim that the March 6 referendum would trigger chaos. He argued the vote would sustain the pre- Council marketing system, ensure continuity of policy, and maintain fair prices through contracts and an equalisation company for dairy products.
In a Canberra letter to the editor, FIRST SLIP Hingston urges selectors to favor local Canberra Cricketers FC T C A players for the Southern Districts tour to the English Eleven in Canberra. He cites Hill Leesa McGill Ediligton O’Connor Queanbeyan and others as strong candidates, arguing local form and public interest support Canberra inclusion.
Mr J Fielder chief engineer of the N R M L A advises motorists returning from country trips to drain and refill radiators with dry water. He explains country water often contains lime and impurities that cause deposits on radiator tubes reducing cooling efficiency. City water is relatively free of such matter, he says, and less likely to clog radiators.
A new motor car manufacturing company is proposed in America by the NRMGA. The firm will be headquartered in Maryland and plans a four cylinder four to five passenger vehicle with a 102 inch wheelbase. It will use a popular engine and target export trade.
A literary roundup surveys George Moore and other English figures. It notes Moore’s struggle to London life, his prose innovations, and two major contributions to fiction. It discusses Blanche Williams’s admiration for George Eliot, and SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS as a painter who sought literary fame later in life. It mentions Frank Anstey and Sidney Low, with Butler as a rational realist critic, and Muggeridge’s reevaluation.
Canberra buyers at Winchcombe Carson’s Sydney auction bid on the Facrifern clip from Mr William Avery of Canberra. Wethers sold for 26d to 26d. ewes and hoggets brought 25 4d. ewes yhog get and wethers 2 and. broken 22 4d to 24d. bellles 18 3d.
Robert Fyfe of the Treasury Department won first place at the Federal Public Service clerk examination with second overall among 208 successful candidates nationwide. He studied at Telopea Park High School evening classes and attended Carey Baptist Grammar School in Kew Victoria where he earned an intermediate pass.
The Commonwealth Gazette reports a Perth dentist who signs as Wolf Lion Blitz, avoiding his real name. The note highlights a contrast with Mr. Painless Challinor, a dentist in Canberra, and mentions a second practitioner at Toowoomba Queensland using the traditional approach in naming.
The text discusses improving visibility through moulded plastic glass substitutes for wind screens. Experts expect plastics to replace glass to remove blind spots in contemporary motor vehicles. The Royal Automobile Club of Australia tests a shatterproof plastic with high clarity that can be shaped easily and priced near ordinary glass.
Amid postwar plans, Davis aims to convert an old building into a cinema at the Highgate Pavilion to show Zeebruges and other films. The project, linked to Queen Mary’s visit, follows earlier venues like Croydon’s Arch Pavilion and Shephard’s Theatre as part of a new venture by a British company.
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