Picnic Day at Cup Polo Debuts Canberra Club Championship
Sunny autumn Sunday features the Canberra Polo Club's first annual championship with the Red team winning the cup donated by Argentine Ambassador Manuel Busquet Serra. Captains John Garry Major David Rouse Colonel Bernard de Rousiers and John Nicholas lead the champions. Runners up were led by John Gorman and Hamilton Barber. Notable spectators include Mrs Gorman and several others from Taliesin Uriarra Yarralumla Porrest and Bnornomba. The club plans its next tournament May 27 28 29 with teams from NSW and Queensland expected.
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Canberra
Manuel Busquet Serra
John Garry
David Rouse
Bernard de Rousiers
John Nicholas
John Gorman
Hamilton Barber
Gorman
Taliesin
Queanbeyan
Dick Hyles
Uriarra
Noel Thomas
Yarralumla
Gerald Harding
Porrest
John Hyles
Bnornomba
Nsw
Queensland
Popular envoy farewelled at Canberra cocktail reception
A Canberra cocktail party hosted by Portuguese Charge d'Affaires Dr J E de Mello Gouveia bid farewell to Brazil’s ambassador and his family. About 200 guests attended at Canterbury Crescent, with wax candles lighting the garden path and a reception at the Canberra Rex Hotel afterward. Attendees included ministers, MPs, and diplomats such as Mgr Hasluck, Senator and Mrs Gorton, Mr and Mrs Leslie Bury, Senator and Mrs Turnbull, and Mr and Mrs Adrian Gibson. The event followed a marriage between Maria Carmen Martin and Jose Marie Diez, with the couple planning to settle in Lyons after a Brisbane honeymoon.
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Deakin
Canterbury Crescent
J. E. de Mello Gouveia
Brazil
Poodboe
Leno de Moura
Mgr Paul Hasluck
Gorton
Leslie Bury
Turnbull
Adrian Gibson
Canberra Rex Hotel
Maria Carmen Martin
A. Martin
Manuks
Jose Marie Diez
D. Diez
Spain
Brisbane
Diez
Lyons
C. Lt. A. Plig
Lean de Mowra
Dr de Mella Gonveia
de Moura
Silvia
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Pala Ar Gungiderra
Urguay
Perez del Castillo
Lowith
Mes T. Fla. Sclanimunn
Sovie
Sylvia Elink Schturmen
Roberta Gallagher
Bobo
The
Pola
Roberta
Porn
J. P. Gallagher
Hilton Sig
Millers OF
Manuka
Capitol Theatre
Sia
Royal Military College
Dintrooma
Jeremy Pickett- Heaps
Forrest
Canberra Polo Club
Tony Prosten
Walgrove, Yass
South Africa
J. Cc. Maree
Sydney
Church of England Girls Grammar Schools
A. Crawford
Campbell
J. W. Harrison
W. Mullens
J. H. E. Mackay
Major Griffith
Jennifer Somer
Enera Fison
Sheville
Red Hill
Prudence Ae
Merrifield
Jennifer Andrews
East Malvern
Victoria
Lynette Scott
R. D. Scott
Alstonville
Raymond Mullens
Raymond
Brian
T. K. Morrison
East Australia
Morrison
Peter
Gillian Mackay
St John the Baptist Church
Reid
Seling
Canberra Community Hospital
Sister S. Curley
Our Lady of Mercy
Old Scholars’ Association
Nuit d'Or
Jois de Vivre Extrait Parfum
Australia
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