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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 03, 1934
Page
3
The program lists events including the Brush Hurdle Race and GIMCRACK STAKES for two year old fillies, plus a Senior and Autopay, and the Sydney Handicap. It names multiple competing horses, owners, and weights, with a detailed field across races and sections of the day.
Fragmented OCR style list of names and numbers with scattered phrases. References to Peter Pan Rogille Chatham Diana Mendicap Senior and others appear as a jumble of likely race or event results with placements and handicaps.
Scratched entries listed from Sydney tracks include Melbourne Cup contenders Callente VATC Caulfield Cup Ramillies Duke Caledon and other racegate notes. Limited readable data shows a Members Handicap and Custod y VRC as references.
Fred Miller, who beat Nel Tarleton for the featherweight crown, fought J Crowley at the Albert Hall in London. Miller delayed offense until round six and edged ahead after Crowley absorbed punishment and landed three sharp rights in round eight. Crowley earned cheers despite the verdict, while Miller drew ire over claims Crowley's shorts were too high.
Jockey G. Viney was thrown from the steeplechaser Character on a Caulfield road ride when the horse bolted after a car backfired. Dragged 20 yards, he sustained a head wound treated at hospital with stitches.
City Coroner returns accidental death verdict in case of Alfred Henry Knowles 25 jockey killed at Randwick racecourse on September 24 while schooling Ruthgen over hurdles. Railway worker Robert Ferguson blamed for failing mount. horse dragged jockey until bridle broke.
Australia reports a record total of pensions in force at end of September with 155 333 old age pensions and 78 158 invalid pensions. The year saw 3 761 new pensions in five weeks and 35 681 for the year, up from prior periods across states.
At the Canberra Amateur Swimming Club meeting last night President A Blakeley was re elected for a second year and Dr R J Tillyard gained life membership. Andrew Charlton was elected captain as the Learn to Swim drive enrolled 430 pupils with 397 learning to swim. Two new water polo teams formed and the International Carnival hosted 23 events with records tumbling. Charlton plans to settle in Canberra and contribute to the club. merger talks with NAW were urged to gain state status.
The News of the World reports twenty years after the war began Britain still sees new cases of mustard gas blindness. St Dunstan’s cares for about 2,000 war blinded men and 5,000 dependants as shells and bullets account for most injuries. By 1945 an estimated 1,300 survivors remain with about 400 more expected by 1974. the Crimean War pensioner note underscores longevity of wartime effects.
Jockey J Pike lodged an appeal today against the two month suspension handed down by the A J C stewards on Saturday.
Hungarian police expose forgeries by silversmith Joachim Schreiber of Neupest Hungary who is reported insane. He copied works by Josef Szentpetery Benvenuto Cellini and other Italian artists. Victims avoid prosecution to protect reputation of art connoisseurship.
A Split Yugoslavia diadem stolen from the Black Virgin statue resurfaced after a farmhouse near Split was struck by lightning. The Peloj family, found unconscious in a hole in thewall, confessed to stealing the diadem to sell abroad, sparking religious fervor among locals.
Lord Strabolgi once Commander J M Kenworthy asserts he is the rightful heir to a long vanished estate valued around £60,000. He says the Brooke Estate in Ease with house and grounds passed through Sir Thomas Brooke who died circa 1418 and Francis Capper Brooke who died in 1886. He notes his father was the original claimant and has now died.
Alan Lomax, 30, of Woollahra, was shot at a Sydney shooting gallery. He paid for several shots, fired again, and collapsed before dying in hospital.
For twenty years Australians have saved by making a family cough and influenza remedy with HEENZO. A two shilling bottle of concentrate dilutes to a larger supply, claiming quality equal to costly ready-made chest and throat remedies. Purity is pitched as safe for babies and adults.
Tenders returnable to the undersigned by noon on October 6 for repainting the Capitol Theatre Manuka. Architect M J Moir B Arch directs works at the Capitol Theatre Manuka.
Geologists note a 45 000 ton rockfall adds to Niagara Falls erosion, marking a third collapse in three years. Over 161 years the falls have receded about 820 feet, at five feet yearly, and may retreat to Lake Erie in about 20 000 years if trends persist. Undercutting from the rushing water weakens the brink, causing periodic collapses.
Three brothers Typ koff Vasell and Ang hel near Stanimaka Bulgaria fought off a pack of wolves after a wood cutting trip. Gheorghi was pulled to the ground but the brothers repulsed the attack with axes. One wolf was killed and the trio, though wounded, returned home exhausted.
Francisco Antonio ds Lima, a Black guitarist once in service to King Carlos I of Portugal, wandered from fair to fair playing his guitar. He was born in Boavista Inland in 1902, Cape Verde, but he refuses to reveal his age, stating that death has forgotten him.
Robert Bingham a 65 year old estate agent and Sutherland Shire president was charged at Central Police Court with assaulting Zoe Reid on September 12 with intent to commit a capital offence. Reid, a cleaner at Sutherland School of Arts, testified Bingham attacked her at the billiards gallery then threatened her. The hearing was adjourned to Thursday.
The article notes Telopea Park High School headmaster h J Filahle praising the club for school swimming cooperation and secretary L Loveless outlining negotiations with swimming bodies to secure a Canberra visit by English swimmers for Melbourne Centenary celebrations. It records a club vote recognizing L Munce for interstate carnival performance at Manly last Christmas and lists elected officers and committee members.
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