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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 01, 1954
Page
7
The fragmentary text lists names, venues, and scheduling notes for a women's basketball draw. It mentions teams such as Canberra, University, and various individuals, but lacks a coherent event summary or outcomes.
Petrov recounts a long, perilous career spanning the Communist Youth Organisation, the GPU, and the NKVD. He describes name changes, wartime service, and espionage roles from Moscow to Sweden and Australia, noting purges, marriages, and shifts in internal security leadership.
Extract describes Petrov as a cypher clerk to the NACV D and later a director in the Soviet intelligence network. It outlines his Stockholm operation, escape, and potential betrayers, naming ministries and agents, plus the structure of the NKVD equivalent agencies and directorates handling foreign intelligence and liaison with Sweden.
The testimony describes Soviet river patrols with agents posing as crew on barges. Agents reported back on foreigners, political reliability, and any anti-Soviet remarks, with transfers arranged for compromised sailors.
The article reports O'Sullivan set to ride Crown Signal in a ten thousand pound race. Crown Signal carries heavy weight with 72a on ratings as Elie and Lancantyr feature in the field. Trainer Jack Green unmoved by the draw, with Daomben Cuts market showing the £14,000 wager.
Jockey J Thomasor Miter Mauiry was cleared by stewards after a two hour inquiry into Humid falling at Warwick last Saturday. Humid ridden by K Davis wore the home turn in the L J Frazer Handicap. Priory, Thompson's mount, was found to have caused the fall. Thompson is given the benefit of the doubt and a reconsideration may come later.
Yorkshire bowled پاکستان out for 431 declared as Pakistan chased 128 with seven wickets in hand. Kardar struck a first tour century with 139 and led Pakistan’s resistance before heavy dismissal. Yardley and Lawson contributed for Yorkshire, while Mohamme Anjan and Wardin bowled well for the visitors.
Samuel Hordern was elected president of the Royal Agricultural Society on Wednesday, succeeding Sir Colin Sin Mir who had led the society since 1944, following his resignation.
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