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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 30, 1935
Page
5
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Race card style dump shows winners and betting odds across multiple events including Cordova Firecello winning the Bunnerong Welter Mile in 1.43, Annas winning the One Mile event, Miss Juliet winning the Flying Handicap, and Turbulent defeating Lingo in the Kensington Handicap with listed bettors and margins.
Race card details include win prices and placings from Ascot events. Notable results: Macedon Trial Hurdle led by Lanour with War and Barno near. Yarra Maiden Handicap divisions show Dettical in top positions. Essendon Handicap lists Boideal and Allenby with close finishes. Ascot Handicap features Dame Isa, Airkloof, Talkette in a dead heat for third. Timekeeping notes and course records referenced.
The Queanbeyan Coursing Club runs the second annual greyhound meeting to aid Queanbeyan District Hospital, starting at 2 pm on Monday. Nominations close Friday night at 6 o'clock. A ceremony for the Farrer Memorial is set for Friday June 7 with His Excellency Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven in attendance.
A London Circuit closure begins Thursday May 30 1985 and lasts until further notice. The affected section runs between Commonwealth Avenue and Edinburgh Avenue and will be closed to all traffic.
A team from the Queanbeyan Rifle Club Measry E G Lewis A K Johnston and H C Taylor will compete at the Wages prize shoot on June 3.
Madame Delius widow of Frederick Delius dies in London after traveling from France for her husband’s burial. She contracted pneumonia while on the journey and could not attend the ceremony. A gramophone recording of the funeral service with Beecham’s speech salved her passing. She will be buried beside her husband.
Justice Lang Innes ruled in Sydney that transactions in the minute book of People’s Prudential Assurance Co Ltd in liquidation are wholly invalid though the court found the defendant guilty of fraud regarding the sale of gadgets of the Australian Federal Life General Assurance Co in liquidation.
The New South Wales Sheepbreeders Association schedules the fortieth Sydney Sheep Show from June 10 to 22, opening June 19, with His Excellency Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven officiating. A record 730 entries and 971 exhibits span Leicester Romney Down Dorset Ryeland and Pens of Fats classes, with strong growth in several breeds and notable marine section support.
Greyhound racing results show the Fourth Division novice stake featuring Willie Boy Hughies Mate Bim Dick Buchanan and others and the Third Division novice list including Wallunrun Montven Calperon and multiple runners such as Petite Margie Merne's Lady Hope Nicotine Folly Society Usee Madeline's Mackit Hope Jonasso Simpleton Swe Bee Snow's Own Rigataway Lady Tsood Headlock Jim's Double Carolina Pern a Tick B Amiber Jack Besupere with a variety of names and placements.
Coronado started as 6 to 1 favorite and edged Amilia by a head to win the Birthday Cup at Victoria Park. Amilia and Moellien chased in a tight finish as Coronado took charge two furlongs out.
The report notes Melbourne’s Grand National contender Ben David possibly starting despite a trouble that arose yesterday. Officials assess the horse’s condition and potential for Wednesday’s hurdle event.
The Jubilee film rushed to Australia by air was not screened yesterday as planned. It will be shown this morning at 9 30 o'clock and the copy will go into Commonwealth records with the Librarian Mr K Binns in the Prime Minister's Room.
Villagers of Warfield Berkshire link a gypsy curse to the deaths of two elderly relatives, Barah Fletcher and others, after a cottage fire. The innkeeper J J Moss once expelled a gypsy, who allegedly cursed him and his kin. an inquest returned an accidental death verdict for a man and a series of tragic events followed.
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