Autumn Woollens Adopts 54-inch Tartan Colors
The advertisement touts 54 inch wool fabrics with fancy and rough textures in many colours and new popular shades, including Clan Tartans, highlighting broad surfacing and variety for fall wardrobes.
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Mar 24, 1939
Page
8
The advertisement touts 54 inch wool fabrics with fancy and rough textures in many colours and new popular shades, including Clan Tartans, highlighting broad surfacing and variety for fall wardrobes.
An advertisement notes exceptional value items including bonds and a new season range of VITA BLOOM HOSE products. It promotes floral soaps in lavender violet white rose and carnation, and mentions four cake perfumes at a promotional price.
Race list from Rosehill shows acceptances for Saturday events including the Three Year Old Handicap with entries such as Adios and Rathiin Kouba, Murbery Handicap divisions, Rawson Stakes, Railway Handicap, and Parramatta Mile, with starters like Avan and King Country among others. The page lists a long slate of runners with weights and starting times across divisions and events, reflecting a busy winter card and multiple prize structures.
Canberra programme lists weights for the Canberra Centre Races at Arion Hansen on Friday May 2 with Maiden Plate four furlongs and Cup trials. Entries include Gold Dage Georgina Pendorus and claret colors for Hunts, Picnic Cup, Murpyong Handicap and Cuppacumbalong Trial Stakes with multiple trainers and horse names in a dense,(eventful) entries page.
Racing logs from London report a Lincoln meeting where the Lincolnaire Handieay led a tight finish. Unclear text records a time near 40.1 for SQUADRON (C.81) and mentions Unleyon Gilt and other entries with partial results and scattered figures.
The page lists acceptances for Saturday racing at Moonee Valley and nearby tracks including Woodland Handicap for three year olds with horses such as French Gem and Rockman. Hollymount Handicap for two year olds featuring Harvan and Sunshine Anne. Wothwell Steeple for about two miles with Deckard and Wildwood. Moonee Ponds Handicap heading at Ras with Desert Barometric and Chiat. Sherwood Highweight Handicap and Knoll Handicap listing multiple runners like Lynch Law, Parodier, and Galvano.
Defaulter is accepted for the Rawson Stakes on Saturday but may not run if Ajax is present. Ajax is the New Zealand champion and is in withdrawal plans. trainer F Roberta says Defaulter will still gallop and may race at Warwick Arm regardless of Ajax.
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