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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 14, 1949
Page
6
A notice announces the takeover of the monumental business on the estate. It states intent to offer enquiry into all classes of monumental and monumental repairs, including lettering, erecting in marble and granite, and cleaning. Prompt repair and maintenance services requested.
Newcastle wins the Y carnival in a final meet with Canberra and Sydney. Final point scores show Newcastle 2721, Canberra 2458, Sydney 2438, with Newcastle leading early from Sydney and Canberra scoring 500 points in a dominant basketball victory. Events include indoor athletics table tennis draughts billiards and more, with notable speeches and a luncheon presentation.
Lottery No 1847 drawn Friday with First Prize No 47006 Jolly Lucky Syndicate Mrs J Her min 24 Fairmount Street Dulwich Hill Second Prize No 90487 The gg Syndicate M Minnikin 2 Shipham Birect Concord Pitth Prize No 61848 Dears Whip Syndicate Mrs Mt Sharp 7 Lanesaster Crescent Kingnford Special Draw to be held Monday
National football Amala prepares for a key match against Eastlake as Acton forfeits, with Acton’s senior squad listed for today’s game. Players include Vernon Lamperit planning a second premier slip and Drayton leading the lineup amid uncertain conditions and crowd expectations.
North Canberra remains undefeated after a tight loss for Queanbeyan at Northbourne Oval. Goulburn beat Queanbeyan and now eyes the premiership as Canberra fixtures loom with North Canberra, Goulburn, and Captain Cook linked by weekend matches.
A dense catalog of race entries and handicaps listing horses such as Kiln Place, Warwick, and Regal Hostage alongside venues, types like Maiden, Novice, and Steeple, and multiple handicaps including Futurity and Long distance events.
P Wilson Expert Furniture Removals overseas interest appears in local records. The notice references address 81 Ebden 81 in Ainslie and mentions related arrangements under country local supervision.
A fragmented note lists greyhound names and races with mixed details. Mentions TANBENMA STAKE and NOVICE sections, with several dog titles and handlers obscured by OCR errors. The readable items include Beindy's Last and Tony Atte with terse references to taking positions in the event.
The May schedule lists several men s basketball games with times and venues at Drill Hall and Forestry Yo RAL MT. Several matches remain unplayed, including a planned bout between thetarce s Balta HW and KOLC HT at Drill Hall on May 4 and a College game between ROLC 01 and EMC If scheduled for May 11 or May 18.
A-T competition results show A Grade Y.M.C.A. 11 defeated Queanbeyan 4 1 4, MLC 11 forfeited to Census. B Grade Brassey beat University 75, Commonwealth Bank beat Public Service Board 01 11 1, Census beat St Patrick's 11 1. Mixed Grade Barton beat Anonymoum 9 3, Meteors beat Ainalle 7 3, Mulwala beat Parliament 8 4.
Northern Suburbs teams for Lo fay include Firels Brill Hunt Wilaco Jones Mitchell Blenner Luke Madden Pettit Frime Gilbert Hudson Axelson Ryan. McAlié nt Becanda players Browning Scully Thor.
An unidentified air unit parachuted 60 to 70 chutes into rebel held Kakenn States in eastern Burma at dawn yesterday, as dawn raid targeted rebel positions near Rangoon.
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