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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 31, 1947
Page
6
A race card shows a welter and mixed stakes event with runners such as Mendewer Die Bar, Furious, Murray, Ringel, Xigerin, Night Tide, and Landve Lad. Entries include Ferienst and Merahal Tike Stange in a crowded program headlined by the Imperioso style handicap.
Sydney reports an RAAF inquiry into the Beaufighter crash that killed W/O Stevens. Stevens served in Canada and was one of the airmen aboard when the fighter went down yesterday.
Wednesday Sydney prize draw results list multiple winners and ticket numbers. Nuisance Byndigate, c/o N 4 Lottey Railway Hotel Cooms, claimed two fiveries in the stake lottery with ticket No 71422. Other prizes included Duc Ow Syndicate, Am, No 775st. Our Hope Syndicate, Wella Wire. L W Fir No. Bix Ties Fern Prize. Mo 2804 near Street Bt Peters. No 1839 to be drawn.
A man was killed this morning at a Rosebery workshop in Croydon Park while using oxy acetylene gear. Police and emergency services attended. investigation ongoing into the blast and safety protocols at the taotery where the incident occurred.
A terse note indicates awakening financial records from Wreding banks directed to the Commonwealth authorities. No further context on parties, dates, or outcomes is provided in the fragment.
Ree Darwin reports a dramatic rescue bid by a Northern Territory Aerial Service plane to save a child at Bathurst Island mission. The craft picked up the child and flew toward Darwin, but the child died en route. Improvised lighting on the island used kerosene buckets and peaked sand. Minutes after the call, Pilot Jack Blade and Sister Mary Coleman arrived on the island with the Catholic Father to assist.
In the Coroner's Court the Deputy Coroner found Percy Weston, a Supreme Court tipstaff, had murdered his wife and committed him for trial at the Criminal Court on August 25. Frank Lonnie testified his mother complained about Weston's treatment. Police say Weston admitted quarrel and returning with a gun but could not recall the incident.
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