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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 13, 1936
Page
6
Rosehill features a full card including the Dundas Handicap Turbine race and the June Handicap with Stonebrook Braeburn and Akuna among entrants. Also listed are the Windarra Hurdle, Travancore Steeple Chase, Kitty O Shea, Deep Creek Handicap and the Zaqmoreenvale Welter Handicap with a mix of horses such as Master Mot, Prince Concell to Cape Rare and Beaudekin.
A jumble of horse names and handicaps across multiple events. Entries include Golden Goting Young Buck Crusader Zuluander Golden Winswin and Windarra Hardie with Bayntun King 818, plus Masters Motley Lancaster Phenomenon Somerad and many more in Hurdles and Welter races. The fragment lists runners, weights, and track contexts without full results.
Hurdle events feature Spider King Napwere Fickle Wallace in juvenile stakes with Bull Ant Minne rote Diana and Waterman Zulu Mala Omaere in third division Prendergast Mog-Lita Drouthy in a separate division Three Year Old Handicap includes Brings Ted Ranebul Shackieton Dundas Haridicap Turbine Bom bur Golden Chance Tosehill dune Akuna Hyweburn Monogram Parmmatta Miles Young Cellander Love Bony Kugat in final placements
Race card snippets mention Rosehill Nursery Bengal Lancet and The Parramatta ile night Cor n with Moonee Valley Travancore Steeple and Pactolus. The brief items list horses and locations, suggesting a racing roundup with unfamiliar abbreviations and partial names.
Monks of St Bernard use teetotal dogs on rescue runs in the Swiss Alps to carry hot tea in flasks around their necks. Previously whisky or brandy was used, but tea replaces alcohol as the restorative for exhausted hikers and travelers after exposure in the mountains.
Silver L G U medal awarded to Mrs Downes for 284 nett aggregate. Bronze LGU Medal and 2irs Dixon with 225 nett. LGU A Grade Monthly Medal won by Mrs Wor non for the period ending 16-25-81. Royal B Grade Monthly Medal completed by Ming M ulty. Styles noted.
Fragmentary OCR mentions the Port of London and tea exports. It references weather conditions, bonded ware, and percentages related to exports and stakes, with garbled names and phrases about a player with a handicap and a match context. The readable content centers on trade and weather touches affecting tea shipments.
Maiden Stake over 470 yards tops the card with Lady Wilga Gallant Linda and Starlight among finalists. Novice events include 411 and 473 divisions with entries such as Betty Shade Speerdon Annie Laurie and Johnny's Pal, plus Canberra Stakes and Showground Brakes events listing numerous contenders and placements.
Canberra Stakes winner My Cin leads a list of placings across Maiden Stakes Novice Stakes and Showground events. Lady Wilga Monarch Queen Milblue appear among winners and placings in divisions and specials at the Showground show.
A Cornish clergyman, John Rudall, and a young man encounter a spectral woman near a meadow. The parish priest, seeking official permission, obtained a bishop license to cast out the spirit amid prayers and ritual symbolism. The haunting ends with the ghost vanishing at sunrise and not returning.
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