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Fragmentary OCR text mentions names and places in a garbled form. Lacks clear event or outcome but hints at a public notices style with people and ranks. No verifiable dates or locations beyond scattered proper nouns.
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 29, 1935
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text mentions names and places in a garbled form. Lacks clear event or outcome but hints at a public notices style with people and ranks. No verifiable dates or locations beyond scattered proper nouns.
At Randwick on a breezy day the feature events produced tight finishes. Orient Sands and Nolens Volens headed a crowded card with multiple horses contesting each race. Golden Gate and Myra Tip posted strong showings, while Poudroyant and Miss Nottawa highlighted the standings with narrow margins.
North journey secured a win on the flat innings after Bell and Buckmaster combined for 106 runs in the first wicket partnership. North journe declared at 174 for two, with Marthbourne 168 declared for five by Northbourne. The match ended as a draw with Botton, Manuka, and others contributing modest scores.
The report lists first innings bowling by Kappler Blewitt and others with figures for Read Reardon Kershaw and more. Second innings shows Reardon Read Kershaw and Hardy among key scorers. The fragment ends with team totals and location hints at Manuka.
Broken jockey injury mars Randwick meeting and hospitalisation after Lovely Balloon falls in hurdle race. Corese wins Unvitah Fa Sieap as beaten favourites stretch to a long run, while Gosford races loom with tentative schedules and lingering doubts about favourite favourites.
Crombie W Bell and Collins lead early batting as Crombie clean bowled McClung Hall and Buckmaster. Cameron Crombie and Hall J Webb contribute, several players recorded with catches and balls. Prowns not out, tally and bumfies noted in terse score prose.
Fragmentary sports notes describe Cameron Yoron running out and Buckmaster delivering notable at bats. References to Bell, Contos, Buckmaster and Cameron appear in jumbled form with scattered scores. The passage seems to recount an innings with limited legible detail and unclear outcomes.
Queanbeyan won by four runs at Queanbeyan Park after a strong 63 run partnership and a tight bowling display. Croker led Canberra with 72 and Took four wickets in Queanbeyan's innings, while Begley and Ramage shared the bowling duties. Canberra slumped to 10 for 1 in the second innings as wickets fell steadily.
Poor attendance amid a nine-race programme at Queanbeyan with several close finishes. Winners included Dainty’s Image and Dainty Boy in various stakes, Over Speed nosed out Maluke to win Queanbeyan Stakes, Glory’s Chance triumphed in the Novice Marathon, and Moan won the Anniversary Stake with a strong field lowering odds.
Announcement due soon of the engagement between the Crown Prince of Denmark and Princess Ingrid of Sweden. The news desk notes Copenhagen sources indicate royal plans are near completion and will be officially confirmed shortly.
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