Randwic Races Reported in Local Event Summary
Randwic hosts a regional race meet featuring multiple heats. Officials report steady turnout and fair competition across categories with notable performances by local runners and visiting entrants.
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 06, 1944
Page
4
Randwic hosts a regional race meet featuring multiple heats. Officials report steady turnout and fair competition across categories with notable performances by local runners and visiting entrants.
The obituary notes W. Michael Dogan, a member of a noted Korwen family, who lived in Camsyway area for decades. He helped amid gold mining’s peak in 1008, married into a large family, and fathered ten children. Funeral was held at the Cam Farm cemetery Catholic portion on Tuesday.
The Basketball Association held a Canberra carnival with four metropolitan teams visiting the A grade finals set for Telopea Park School on Saturday at 2.4 pm. Teams include The Archate and A reserve nomours, with Miss F Martin from Sydney officiating. Rott ball coaching starts first Saturday in November. interested members to leave at the YWCA.
A special parade by 42 Squadron will be held at Inchnien college on Sunday at 10. A final check up on the new reorganization will take place with compulsory attendance. Final instruction on ship recognition precedes the end of course examination next Sunday. A new class for link trainer will be inaugurated. Over the weekend seven from headquarters and No. 28 will tour Cooma, Bombala and Fine for equipment inspection.
Prime winners listed for Latte lottery drawn today with names such as J. Hardie and J. Walsh among syndicate participants. Multiple prize tiers noted including fourth prize to Mrs Scott of Awakenview Road. Lottery No. 1168 to be drawn Monday morning.
Scratched entries include Civic Pride and Good Tara with Derby hopes. Other scratches noted are Cateary and Grand Prodige as reported from Glmerweke Beaker.
The St Pauls festival featured a corporate communion of guilds and groups, with a Marmd music service led by MF Rose and Mrs Coming on violin. Attendees included Notables such as Baroness Van Aornnen Boyeren, Archdeacon Robertson thanked the Baroness, and a lively program continued with youth activities, performances, a puppet play, and community songs concluding with Rivensong on Sunday night.
Fragmentary report describes a sports event with distorted names and scores. References Bavaria and McRar, mentioning a trophy for best net and a player with various unclear figures. The legible parts do not yield a coherent result.
A messy OCR fragment notes smoke rising from ranges near Canberra over two days. It references fires caused by protective burning or fallen timber. A note mentions operations in Taiwan and areas where timber is felled for plantation design, with burning planned after a year or two.
Over 100 entries have been received for the hobbies display organized by FILGA and Rotary Club to be held at the Civic Centre. School attendees may enter exhibits using entry forms from Kingston and from the Civic Centre. Demonstrations by the VACCA and Boy Scouts will accompany the event with prizes including certificates and a special admission prize.
In Sydney on Thursday before Registrar in Bankrumc Mr Keaney John Wolcott Forbes serving five years for forgery and uttering said about 30 bookmakers raised about 12000 for his defence He named Wallace Mitchell Art King of Victoria contributing 500 each and Matthews Bill McDonna Jack Bhew and Tom Powell of Sydney contributing 200 each The examination was adjourned.
Heavy sheep and lamb forward at the Homerush stock sale in Sydney with 02,94 head penned. Prices varied, with wether and ewe rates around 35s to 40s and Hoggets near 30s, while cattle quotations showed prime bullocks about £24 10s and prime cows near £17.10s amid increased supplies and a fall of 4s to 8d in some descriptions.
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