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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 15, 1935
Page
3
Race card style listing from Queanbeyan meeting. Hurdles event priced 14m with horses or birds named Fine Salt Morbeth and Yourteen One Handicap noted. Includes minor notations and odds in a compact program entry.
The Queanbeyan Poultry and Pigeon Club held its annual show at the Showground with many high quality entries. Mayor Ald. J. Kemond praised poultrymen, noting local breeders produced birds competitive with the Royal Sydney Show. Judges from the club and Mrs GA McInnes were acknowledged for service, and awards will be published tomorrow.
A detailed scratch of poultry class results lists winners in various breeds including Black Orpingtons Leghorns and Minorcas with competitors such as Hawkins Beaver and Meinnes noted alongside champions. A Queanbeyan district cricket match concludes Sutton defeats Michelago in a tightly fought Queanbeyan District Cricket Association final with standout scores and player acknowledgments.
An illegible OCR notice advertises a used car for sale in Wyoming. It mentions a vehicle, pricing around £20, and a buyer or seller named Huntin or Ayres, with unspecified terms and registration details. The fragmentary text is difficult to parse but indicates a general car sale listing.
The fragment chronicles a series of Gosford races including maidens and a welter handicap with cryptic betting names and finishing times. It records placings such as Dorrivéen and Caravel Bey, with times around 1.1 to 1.38, and mentions several horses like Vagabond and Brown Bitty amid jumbled betting terms.
Report from W H Wheatley notes a large attendance at Goulburn yarding with buyers from Monaro and Riverina. Prices showed gains for young breeding and quality wethers but limited improvement for aged ewes and poorly conditioned cattle. Demand strong for well bred steers and calves with several lots sold to top competition.
Parliament to day heard that the subsidy to Imperial Airways for the current year totals 478000 pounds with 120000 pounds covered by contributions from Dominion and Colonial Governments. The figure quoted is part of the air estimates and confirms government support for the national airline.
Fragmentary OCR lists various poultry breeds such as Minorcas Anconas and others with unclear punctuation. No coherent event or outcome is readable beyond noting a catalog of egg producing strains.
The readable segments mention Alison and Johanne Harry Powesler with unclear context. The rest is a mix of garbled words and stray phrases suggesting a personal note or poem fragment rather than a coherent news item. No identifiable event, date, or location is established.
Broadbent plans a record breaking attempt to fly round Australia in four days aboard a Puss Moth. He will start in Adelaide at midnight Friday, targeting Rockhampton Darwin Port Hedland or Perth and Adelaide by the fourth day, aiming to cut the 8,000 mile journey from 3 days 11 hours.
Further criticism arose at the Sydney conference on examinations. A motion to abolish the intermediate and waving certificate exams in favor of end of year tests was rejected, while a sub-committee was approved to study the system and report back. Mr McMullen of Sydney Boys High warned against returning to past practices. The conference backed a study group to explore reforms.
A jumble of catalog entries and notices appears from Civic Centre Canberra offerings. It includes a dog for sale a rental advert and a public service and education timetable with subjects and fees. The combination shows scattered names and contact details amid prices and program times.
A Fort Street High School official, Teonday Addresattys the upbgtten in the ste amdary school teachers conference, voiced disbelief in intelligence tests. He claimed no faith in the tests and said results reflected experience rather than genuine intelligence.
Canberra will be represented by backs K Hartington F O'Brien H Speering Z Gribi Riley P Owens B Hughes J O'Brien with one omitted for Bungendore match. Second grade Malanglo fullswing team includes North City Speering Moore Ker idge Le Korrinn Clonee Robina Marta Tura Colquhoun Kelly Ve Bourke Bourke Myers Lt Green. Any player unable to fit the position to notify officials immediately.
Breeding trio entries and winners listed with names such as Harrigan LF Littler Jobhts Lattaejohne and Belling Claman. Team names include Littiewjohns and W. Beaver with Weno champion noted. Substantial OCR errors reduce clarity but indicate class results and participant names in a historical breeding competition.
James John Lonadale, a aged pensioner who lived alone in Peel Lane, Tamworth, was burnt to death when his home burned last night. His charred remains were found among the ruins. he was known to read in bed by a hurricane lamp.
Australian wheat grower relief measures described under federal acts are posted for growers in the Victoria area. The Wheat Growers Mallel Act No 2 and The Wheat Bounty Act of 1994 outline sums per acre sown and payment timing, with growers urged to apply through the Department of Commerce in Canberra for eligible compensation.
Notice announces a meeting or event at Band Hall Hirsh on Friday week with a plan to gather or travel from Act awe mh Ta-Pon location. It references attendees or organizers in a brief, non detailed notice typical of local notices in a newspaper.
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