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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 03, 1958
Page
3
A Canberra petty sessions defendant Mess McCullagh pleaded guilty to drinking methylated spirits on May 3. He claimed the drink was given as a vaccine-up and said he would never touch ethylated spirits again after officers subdued him. The case was heard yesterday before Mr F C P Keane with Sgt J A Me Speer presenting.
Senior A division saw Canberra defeat Moss Vale 2-1 and Crookwell 1-0 while drawing Goulburn 1-1. Senior A lost to Goulburn 4-1 and Crookwell 2-0 earlier, with Forner scoring for Canberra. Colts division ended in a 0-0 draw with Crookwell and a 4-1 win over Moss Vale, with Brady and Ramsay starring. Canberra defeated Crookwell in the Colts final. Officials praised the Challenge and Colts squads as NSW State championships loom in Brisbane, with McNicol and Usher yielding strong performances in goal and defense as selections loom for NSW and national teams.
Melbourne Grammar School defeated Canberra intermediates 99-63 at Kingston Oval in a high tempo exhibition. Fitzgerald led Grammar with four goals and Barry Kershaw starred for Canberra, as Grammar leveraged its pace and loose-ball work to overturn a late third-quarter deficit and win the national code match.
Royal Canberra defeats Bowral Country Club 4 matches to 3 on Sunday. R J Day fell to B W Donoghue 4 and 3, G Fockes beat J Zimmerer 6 and 3, H Maddigan beat H Wheeler 6 and 4, G English beat P Douglas 3 and 1, S Power lost to Estch 4 and 3, H Day beat B Martin 3 and 2, Ai Crombie lost to Moylan 2 and 1.
Lew Hoad, back on the pro tennis circuit after illness, defeated Gontades 9-7 7-5 in his return. It was Hoad’s 25th win against 48 losses in the series.
Former Middle East fighter Hernieeters, now a wartime pilot, flies a Beaver to spread superphosphate over Fern Hill Southwell property. One ton per flight, with potential to drop about 30 tons in under four hours. Mr Peters invites interest and asserts the work’s importance.
A man with no prior flying experience successfully landed an aircraft during a joy ride over Southern Sweden after the pilot locked out, with Kjoll Banke and three companions including two young women aboard.
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