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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 17, 1939
Page
5
Dundas Handicap begins at 128 Merry Amite era with race details missing due to OCR damage. The fragment indicates a handicap event tied to a location or sponsor named Dundas, but authoritative specifics are unavailable in readable text.
Kingston and Barton teams scheduled matches at York Park University with Barton facing Queanbeyan and Kingston meeting Orifith. referees and reserve lists announced. Primary schools results show Christopher's beating Queanbeyan 15 to nil, with goal scorers named and other local park draws noted.
The program lists races at Caulfield including the Toolambool Hurdle Juvenile Handicaps and Dundas and Richmond Handicaps. Notable entries include Irish Blend Le Bea Hectic Deanna Polk Song Rival Spear Bronge Chief Royal Nasign Snow Queen Giant Killer The Trump Panax Rosny Plate Namakie Kanuri Aurie's Star and Kanart. Start times range from 2:40 pm to 3:20 pm with multiple handicap events and two year old and three year old divisions.
Wool clarification from London conference confirms pure wool standard. International Wool Conference announces tightening of purity rules with a staged plan over eight days. Garbled text references Elwood and Bor, unclear details.
Public information notice states the Hospital Board will convene a meeting on Tuesday 20 June in Braddon Hall and Thursday 22 June in Manuka Pavilion. The Chairman will permit questions on matters relevant to hospital operations and the Witt foundation garments is mentioned in relation to expert fitter duties.
The Minister has set annual rates for 1939 including general land tax 4d per pound value, unseated land 24d per pound, lighting 3 4d per pound, sewerage 7d per pound, water 3 1d per pound, and a special water charge 8 4d per pound for land within 280 yards of a water main. Taxable owners and tenants in Canberra Area to pay under sewerage and water regulations.
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