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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 23, 1936
Page
6
Moorefield Race Club releases a dense programme listing divisions and handicaps. Notable entries include Goowall, Lavage Eueabas, Golden View, and Harefoot in the main divisions, with juveniles like Warrawing and Teddy Boy in the juvenile handicap. The document details weights, runners, and riding penalties across multiple stakes and divisions, reflecting a busy race day lineup.
Meeting features multiple steeplechases and handicaps with a long list of horses and numbers. Race results are unclear due to OCR corruption, but appears to describe the Ordit Hurdle and related events at Williamstown racing club with entries like Prince, Peepo, Priamatic and others.
Unclear racing card items include Kororolt Hardie and Prismatic horses with odds and placements. Juvenile Handicap lists Patra a fale ae Mesenge nay fe similarly. Beach Welter features Quiamong and Pala tinate Dornford with advised weights and results.
In the Kogarah Stakes first division Copmac wins with Pacarol second and Panhandle third. Second division results list Hir Mart first Glab ro third Rogarma third. Third division sees Caliban first Absolute fourth Olle Tor eighth. Juvenile Handicap Teddy Boy first Wee Joy second Warrawing third. Rockdale Mile Mafoota first Cid second Buonarott! third. Moorefield Handicap Bombus fourth Pusha second Tapestry third. Flying Weller Handicap Love Song first Rembrandt second Bulldozer third. Second division Etrathisia third Dasale second Mala Mot! third.
Friday hearing at the betting commission focused on Sergeant Gallivan and the diary kept at the Mawids shop raid. Witnesses disputed how the search warrant was issued, and questioned whether information from a telephone exchange source influenced the warrant and testimony.
Maiden Blakes Tayda Why Quis Day Idea Texan BM Black Liz ard Rleam Roller Lang Gat Aan Linda Canberra Lad Wagilan Cleniil Novien Blakes fourth division Yambira King Snow's Own Whist Little Star Kathbeon Sweet Mayute listed as contenders for the day with a mix of dogs vying for the prize.
National football games listed for Canberra divisions with second division entries including Burndoo and Petite Maid, first division lineups for Manuka and Gay Betty, plus novice stakes divisions and historic notes on Amhalle y Eastlake matchups. The text details teams, players, and emergency rosters, with crowd notes and scheduling remarks for a Telopen Buver venue.
In a tattered report, Maiden Blakes and Western Doll lead multiple divisions with names such as Petite Maid Pale Hands and Mavioe Blakes noted across events. A speaker claimed Mil var could not provide evidence as he was absent when the bodies were taken, while Milnead pressed for Aldmotes.
In Canberra debates Senator Sir George Pearce condemns state jealousy and lack of cooperation blamed for the Australian Forestry School Canberra failure. He warns that neglect of forests will carry a higher price as headwaters erosion increases. Senators back Pearce as housing issues surface with rural questions and calls for improved Kurrajang accommodation.
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