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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Nov 07, 1949
Page
3
A jumbled auction report notes Wspring Valley sold for 16750 with bidding from Interstate buyers and local bidders. Details mention a Macon owner and Beldoanen connections, with pass and openlife bids followed by further actions at the sale.
Race summaries list Pavince Blake winning with 47 yard mark followed by Silent Dream and others. Times and lengths appear per race with multiple 4 length and 3 length margins. Names include Levens Terry, Navier Blake, Kent, Brepnick, and Dough Dent with varying odds and placements across events.
Canberra riding club members consider a memorial headstone for Gunner the chestnut gelding famed in local shows and racing circles. Mrs Llewellyn owner manager notes riders were shocked by the death and urges caution against vehicle hazards on the road to Aviano and Canberra events.
Competition matches began on Saturday in Canberra City with multiple events. Palit Championship teams led by Makin Blewitt Pointer Dunner 1 15 Joyce Amith Alder Chalte 0 23 Law Cuthbertson Hall Cowan 2 15. Other groups saw Cooper Horgan Bradshaw Lotto Cook Withers Style Martin 25 4 Ridley McClonkey Roberts Howe v Taykin Ayrton Barnard Groome 36 14 Lancaster Frim ley Marchant Lamb v Medland Keliah Marshall Brack 21 10 Robiton Walker Jones Chailen Bregon McEwan Tickner Andrews 25 15 Baymont Peate Cartledge v Lawrence O Keefe Johnson 26 8 Harrison Shakespeare v C Smith Cogga 26 14 Callender Caimeron 26 17.
Fragmentary report says no foul play suspected aboard a British ship associated with Byrd et al. A crew inspection found a person did not return with a pass. Inquiries at a Punchbowl address failed to locate Boyle. Police could not trace the vin or the adea provided by Boyle.
Large crowds gathered at Maroubra Bondi Manly and nearby shores as the holiday crowd swelled. Officials reported about 30 000 visitors at Maroubra and Bondi and roughly 1 000 at Manly, with holding measures in place to limit time in the water.
In Sydney Bungay Deas Dutton with a 230 tonne bout at Lal Ghnattt Stadium last night Rainow secured the great fall in uneath reuail with once threeier, Detlod tquallaed 1A round saves. In Newcastle Keith Crow and Johnny Brown fought to a 13 round draw at Newcastle Stadium last night.
The Federal Club hosted a monthly medal event at Red Hall on Saturday. Players included J Deans, K Brith, J Baber, Rold, Murphy, Bennett, Coombe, Neville, Gey, Jo Burley, and J Goodwin with final scores noted for several competitors. The play-off for October monthly medal was won by Le Burg.
Manuka faces potential loss of leadership as Ainslie dominates first innings in ACT cricket. Kingston Oval at Kingston sees Ainslie’s strong bowling and Manuka’s mid order struggles. Notable performances include Neat, Laction, and Wark, with Manuka posting 287 and Ainslie replying retally. Police note arrests of three youths for theft as city crime adds to the day’s headlines.
Fragmented list of pennant tennis results from Kingston and surrounding clubs. Matches include Braddon, Barton, Northbourne, Flinders and Kingston with mixed results and player scores such as Reid, Ainalle, Grim, and Meld, showing 9/43 to 16 games in tables with scattered figures.
Robbers struck two golf clubs on Saturday night. Royal Canberra, where about £6 was taken, saw three doors forced and a window broken to access the secretary’s drawers. Other goods were stolen. At Federal Golf Club House front doors were forced but no valuables were taken.
A jumbled OCR page shows tender invites from the Department of Supply and Development for fruit and vegetables, butter and cheese, and groceries to be opened across November and mid November dates at Canberra GPO and Guntroon Military College. Also notices seeking accommodation, used goods, and a cricket obituary fragment accompany a stray motor cycle and furniture ads amid garbled contact details.
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