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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 31, 1929
Page
3
The Canberra Golf Club announces the A grade championship semi finals and Fo grade matches tomorrow with starting times including 1 pm for A grade Smith versus Mildentall and 1 pm for Fo grade Dickens versus Sundral among others.
A group from Can bermlle will travel to Cronlburn for the South Coast and Tatlelands Championships at Goullairt links. The events run Saturday and Monday, June 8, with several players aiming for top results.
National Football League selectors announce teams for tomorrow's Northbourne Oval charity match supporting the Tasmanian Moon Relief Fund. Northern captain George Henley leads with Turnbull and Mike's leader in command. Preliminary senior match at 8 pm. proceeds go to charity with ground admission free.
The note lists disappointing entries for the A steeplechase tomorrow with only seven runners and a larger field of 15 for the AJ Hurdle Hace led by Murray King at 11.1. It recaps season highlights from the South Australian Guineas to Victoria and New Zealand Derby winners, notes Crown Area’s absence from Ellesmere Handicap acceptances, and mentions trainer transitions, fee reductions in Victoria, and top selections for the AJ meeting in Canberra. It also reports racing developments in England, recent jockey moves, and New South Wales police activity related to street and tackmakers, with 281 prosecutions in three months ending April 30.
Two football matches will be played at Northbourne Oval on Saturday to raise funds for the Tasmanian Flood Relief Fund. The program features a Rugby Teague game and a National Rules match, marking the first combined-code meeting on the same ground. North side of the river lists Cooney as fullback and De Smet as five-eighth with a strong forward lineup, plus reserves, aiming for a 1.45 pm kickoff. Souths meet Wests at Acton on Monday, with schoolboy and junior matches preceding the main event.
The page lists Canterbury races with hurdles and flat events, including names like Taal T, Lara Prince, Silent Bir, and Dark Isle, plus handicaps at six furlongs and one mile three furlongs. It notes Cam Championships contenders such as Chaumont, once fancied for the Grand National, and remarks on past Grand National fall incidents.
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