Easts Coach Eyes Hard-Driven Semi Final Showdown
Eastern Suburbs and AMC No 2 prepare for a Canberra Cup semi final at Duntroon Oval with fit squads and strong forward packs led by Egan, Turner, and Cumley. The match follows a tight RM.C. No 2 clash and parallels a key North Suburbs versus AMC No 1 encounter, while Canberra Cup action adds anticipation for the weekend program.
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Duntroon Oval
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Mi Bhsehtees
Manuka Oval
Pricotaur
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Egan
Gumiley
Turner
Pau
Cumley
Simma
Tuner
McGrath
Day
Leech
Idan
HMC. No. 2
Fearson
Peurson
Molineux
Gurr
McCaffrey
Tancred
Rama
Ascot Races Mixed Divisions Rally At Windy Card
A race card lists numerous horses and divisions including Movicor BawDrar and Magneto in the 1st division, with weights and entries across Handicaps and Welters. The page features a crowded grid of runners, odds, and trainer notes for Ascot fixtures and trial events.
Northbourne Cricket Club Holds Thirteenth Annual Meeting
The Northbourne Cricket Club will hold its thirteenth annual meeting at the VWC A on Tuesday. Enlistments in the ALF have weakened the club, with several players removed from the district. Secretary Mel Crombie will depart the club this season, and President W Tickner will manage Manuka Oval as remaining officers strive to keep the chair intact amid hard times.
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Northbourne Cricket Club
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W. Tickner
Manuka Oval
Murder trial set for Smillie death inquest in Sydney
Inquest into William Smillie’s death proceeds with murder charges against John Edward Melver aged 34 and George Dempsey aged 36. They face counts of breaking and entering and stealing a revolver from John Valentine McGuiness’s residence, with Melver’s bail set at 600 and Dempsey’s bail adjusted.
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Sydney
William Smillie
John Edward Melver
George Dempsey
Meclver
Dempsey
Central Court
John Valentine McGuineas
War Savings Total for Asaba Ha Reaches £10 Million
The Treasurer Mr Spender announced that war savings certificates sales in Asaba Ha totalled £10,070,384, including £4,574,708 in New South Wales. Interest free loans from NSW residents added £7,929, lifting the total to £2,421,805.
Canberra Bowling Club reports successful year and war strain
The Canberra Bowling Club held its annual meeting at Forrest Pavilion reporting a successful year with pennant and district rink championships and Johnston Cup victory. War and petrol rationing affected pennant arrangements. pavilion renovations were halted, and finances showed a satisfactory position overall. officers and committees were elected, with Sir John Harrison as patron and F I Someryle as president.
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Mesars Vo Gray
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THH
FE. Meyes
Wo Tile
Gi. AL Crease
Wo L. Cottingham
A. D Forbes
Menars
MM. Beattie
Fry
British Sugar output reaches record yield in year
The British Sugar Corporation reported 5K tons of white and raw beet sugar for the year ending March 31 from a single crop, a record for acreage and yield. The crop also produced 60,00 tors of refined goods and 68,000 jona on galeable golasees with a trading count of £722,103, up from previous year.
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London Moiny
British Sugar Corporation
Wool tops market firms as government orders lead
Bradford notes spinners seek new orders after finishing current contracts while civilian demand remains light. Yarn prices hold steady amid strong government purchases and ongoing activity in that sector.
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Bradford
Australian hurdle race final acceptances listed for Flemington
Final acceptances for the Australian Hurdle to be run at Flemington on Saturday were announced today. Entries include Back Garratt Cape Elog Hisett and other competing horses.
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Flemington
National Football Cup Rivalries Heat Up in Canberra League
The Canberra League races for the final tour tighten with Queanbeyan Flannelake and Manuka leading while Acton and Ainslie drop after defeats. Manuka holds slight edge over Eastlake for second, with a patriotic league match weekend forcing suspension and a 26 man services side to be chosen for fundraising.
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Flanlake
Manuka
Acton
Ainslie
Kantiake
Fnall
Mastake
Manuki
Mt Eastlake
Titor
Aimelie
Eastlake
Minuka
RAAF
Pa.a.f
Ainalle
Ainalie
Beyan
Canberra
Fingl
Services
Airforce
Navy
A.lf
Royal Military College
League
Jehovah's Witness Chooses Jail Over Fine in Traffic Case
Herbert Alfred Thistle of Kogarah refused to pay a 10 shilling fine for obstructing traffic in Hurstville on Friday night. At the Kogarah Police Court he said he would take 24 hours in gaol as an alternative, keeping his witness stance.
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ASCOT
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Portanie
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Tia
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Maniere
Iti
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Rho
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Ailesburn
Phil Wirth
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Ff Warbler
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Arongesatls
Myton
Kokariki
West End
Wanderer
Pitgerin Janege
Paredes Cavalle
Rendas Vous Hounington
Hurstville
Finnight
Herbert Alfred Thistle
Aeah
Kogarah
British lands vast areas for rubbish free pasture
A South Australian farmer, Mr. Stant Kelly, told the Daily Express he was astonished by large tracts of land in Britain yielding only heather, bracken or rubbish. He surveyed East Anglia and Suffolk and pressed converting marshes and Meres into pasture to support food production.
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London
Stant Kelly
Daily
Kelly
East Anglia
Terfolle
Suffolk
Forged cheque case heard in Sydney court
The Adelaide police report a Sydney forged cheque case where Walter Fraest Wote pled not guilty. The court will hear evidence over two years imprisonment for the principal offender with additional sentences for related absences and duties.
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Sydney
Walter Fraest
Sid
Bing Pepieet
Parrick Peedy
Jidge Otueeber
Brady
Sentinel Po
Severn
European bread and cattle feed supplies dip in Europe
The Agricultural Department reports European bread and cattle feed supplies are five to ten percent below normal demand and cattle feed supplies are ten percent under requirements.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Active Defence Appeal by Rear-Admiral in Sydney
Rear-Admiral AL RB Leakes urged stronger active defence in Australia at a Sydney luncheon. He said passive defence should be reduced and emphasized Australia’s role in wartime and the need to encourage enlistment in the navy.
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Sydney
AL RB
Leakes
Australia
AMP
Australia Way
Utth
Alien internees for Australia in House of Commons report
London dispatch reports confusion in the House of Commons as a civilian internees issue for Australia is touched on. The account notes debate over interned individuals and possible policy responses amid wartime concerns.
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Australia
London
House of
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