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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1951
Page
3
A fragmented report describes an island gathering amid wartime tension, with obscure references to a war, aviation, and a missing outcome. Names and places are obscured or garbled, leaving unclear who acted or what was concluded.
A damaged plate glass window is described as broken in a street fight. The garbled OCR text references a window scene and mentions potential names and places, but concrete details are unclear. The fragment suggests a public disturbance with damaged property and mentions involved parties in a period newspaper style.
Clumsy elevator accident led to a fatality at a hospice facility as a cannon office report notes a worker died during the attempt to install a new elevator. Authorities investigate possible linkage to a building project and related security concerns.
Braddon shows superiority in A and B grade tennis securing multiple wins. Key results feature Braddon defeating Kingston and Rel Eat Matut, with strong performances from players like Richand Curran and Alen Dunning. The report highlights close margins, joint leadership, and upcoming sectional trials in Canberra.
English women scored 260 for eight wickets in the first test against Australia at Scarborough. Cecilia Robinson, 38 year old school games mistress, made 109 with five fours and eight sixes, while Robinson added 105 in a bold stand with Sanders 38. Australia were kept at bay by tight bowling and steady fielding as England posted 260.
Alabesam Pare wins third game with a 72 hole total of 387 strokes. Wind Boni African Hats Leet At the end of Friday the event fared with details unclear but Ban Ys pun remained the defending champion as others struggled to close the gap.
A scrambled OCR style note mentions a lemon juice recipe and references to health and home remedies. It lists several unclear terms and names, including a potential "AURA team" and references to diet and a person named Reeder, with several garbled phrases that obscure concrete actions or outcomes.
A string of fatal and serious crashes left five people dead and several injured in the Northmead and Nyngart areas. Park Avenue resident Damen Kelly, 29, Ronald Milton Reeves, 20, of Waterdale Street, and Liwin Wiemen, 51, were among the dead. Reeves was the car driver. Liwin was reportedly struck by a vehicle. In another incident, a jeep overturned near Nyngart, leaving one dead and three injured. Police seek the sedan driver who fled the scene.
A deputation of Queenalant Parliament discussed sugar price increases and cabinet plans. The debate highlighted interim moderation aims and broader government actions.
The report notes Sydney light heavyweight Sandi Bridah planning a title defense against Rendolpt Turpin later this year after travel to England by plane. Tom Maguire and Ruggero depart with him as the camp shapes up. A tentative early schedule hints Mandy will have two warm up fights next month before an endgame bout at Beets court.
In Sydney venue Wingywisek defeated Wal Peterns 1160 to 0.0 in a listed bout with captions mentioning Ring events at Wat. NA complex and various evaluative notes about fighters and results in a jumble of names and places.
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