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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 06, 1947
Page
3
Fragmented OCR text hints at a 1940s contest over a 40 hour work week. Mentions Sydney, a premier figure, heavy industry, and calls for fewer hours in the machine age. Details are unclear and some names or places are jumbled.
Fragmented OCR summary shows greyhound notes with entries like Louise Vaiden Stake and Peony Bright, listing times, distances, and seeming bets. Readable names include Louise Vaiden Stake and Peony Bright with distances such as 6.1 and 4/1, alongside odds chatter and partial race terms amid garbled data.
In a crowded Randwick race card, RIPTIDE won with two lengths margin, followed by a strong show from Conductor and The Groom among field of 20 plus horses. Betting trends show tight odds for Valiant Grown and Silver Link as others trailed, time figures around 1:83 for the main heat.
A garbled race card from Randwick lists Moeira, Peters Fain and others in a set of stakes events including Gimcrick Stakes with Allverte and Wattle among entrants. Key races named include George Main Stakes and The Metropolitan with multiple horses such as Avalanche and Bliver Lank noted amid a messy field.
Sydney report describes bouts featuring Sandor Szabo drawing with Dutch Aetner and Frank Flannery knocking out Dave Lendere. The card highlights 14 rounds with action packed more than post war boxing, noting fighters Sands Burns and Burns in a crowding arena.
Notices of weddings and church rites include members of the Church of England and Greek Orthodox rites. Plus public notices on a Canberra meeting, athletic program demonstrations, and military warning. The items cover social, civic and military matters with dates in October 1947 and related details.
A garbled wartime style notice invites applications for positions with the Commonwealth Conciliation Commission and Attorney General Department Canberra. It outlines salary scales, eligibility for ex-service and organizational members, location in Sydney or Melbourne, and requests full personal details and war service history by early October.
Wana Crown is set to run in the Victoria Derby at Caulfield Cup meeting. Trainer says the horse will travel by boat to Melbourne on Thursday and show strong form. Jockey Growdia will ride, owner notes a plan not to target Melbourne Cup despite yesterday’s win. two miles against champions pose a challenge for the young horse.
A long listing notes wool from North West and Western regions with varying quality and little vegetable matter. The document records leading sales and buyers including Foster Rylstone Mobolin Buttenahaw Parkes Hughes Merrygoen Townsend Tongy Pitman and others, with prices in pence per pound and farm names such as Dunedon Jindubyna and Parkes.
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