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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 13, 1934
Page
5
A fragmented OCR item shows garbled text about a political or editorial dispute. Readable names or places are absent, offering only hints of a debate or dispute in a strained transcription. The piece lacks clear facts, dates, or entities to anchor a fuller summary.
The list outlines today's racing card listing divisions and horses in the Novice Handicap and other events. Entries include division headings with horse names such as Cinema Hurlstone Pride W Slinger and Dark Stage Ratelod, plus multiple handicaps and stakes for two year olds and others. Names and odds appear jumbled, reflecting OCR formatting.
The card lists multiple races including First Division Lyne Foam, Mar ule Slinger, and Second Division Globe in Mreway 2. Three and four year old handicaps feature Alyatie Apoll Hite and Flying Handicap Mar Hota ous Tavebhw City. Also scheduled are Tattersall's Club Welter, Yon Telba Moibalist California, and other stakes with entrants such as Chnatterette Filosella White Lilac Betkins Bhirrobac Joy at Marina and Lancaster UWI Cup Bancaster King.
At Mentone racecourse a horse named Red Rufus somersaulted after a stride, causing C O'Brien to be badly hurt and taken to hospital. The horse reportedly was uninjured.
Twenty Sunday after Trinity services listed for Canberra parishes including Holy Communion Morning Prayer and Sermon led by Rev Ridner Canon Robertson and Rev i. Lantern View addresses, with afternoon and evening services at various churches such as St Francis and Ainslie Public School events. Public notices touch on arbitration, government positions and community events at Mulga, Parkes and Queanbeyan areas. Science Society and YWCA testimony meetings noted with Sunday lectures at Albert Hall and City venue.
The Reverend H. Kidner of Au Australia will preach at St Johns Church Sunday morning at 11 am. He will speak at Kingston at 7 am and 7:20 pm in the evening to begin lantern lectures on Tangénylika evenings. Canon Roberts will preach Sunday evening and Mr E W Parkes will conduct Mingaton service. Fete on October 37 features include a prize crude competition and a return trip to Brisbane. The Churches and Men's Society back the fete, Rev Jax Hardman and family plan to return to Canberra after four weeks in Brisbane.
The Canberra mMing Pool opens on Saturday October 20 1934 with hours listed for weekdays Saturdays and Sundays. Notices also advertise Department of the Interior tenders for additions to residences and a range of local classifieds and services.
Manchester residents take to the Ship Canal for daily sailings aboard the Kiw Boat, touring docks, warehouses, and bridges. The annual canal voyage offers views of Woodlands and nearby towns, highlighting the waterway’s importance to Manchester and its sister city of Manchester.
Morning service features Rev CE Karnbutt with a sermon titled The Average Man. Evening sermon by Rev H Marshall Sailing The Living God. Baptism of Jesus referenced. Westcott to sing It Will All Your Heart.
This afternoon at nine o'clock a gifts auction will be held in Reid Behoo Hall to aid Reid TH Funds. Proceeds will provide suitable presents for Christmas. Admission is three pence. Refreshments will be available.
Fragmentary report notes that church figures will visit Canberra this week and conduct morning services at Central and an evening service at Reid. Names and places are garbled, making specifics uncertain.
Fetal services will be held tomorrow in the Baptist Church to mark the anniversary of the Monday school under the conductorship of a local leader.
Reindeer are being transferred from Swelen to the Pyrenees under a crew of two Swedes and a Lapp. The caravan travels by motor trucks with stops to acclimate the animals, aiming to acclimate them for summer nights in the valley. A similar trial years ago used boat and rain travel with sleds. Mrs H. Ransom will contribute a singing program, while M. Barnes presides at the piano with an orchestra. Dr Waldeck will conduct the morning service, Mr A C Joyce the afternoon service, and the evening address will be given by J J Chariton. A mobile meeting on Tuesday will feature an instructional program for children.
Saant-Colonel 2 M Rixon Field Secretary and Major Iyan Divisional Commander will visit Canberra for a weekend inspection tour. Rixon will conduct testing in Queanbeyan on Saturday and Sunday as part of his world service with the Salvation Army Journal providing broad insights.
An agency notes a special arrangement of information sourcing for a world service publication. Rights to the content are claimed and regulated as part of the intelligence output.
Air Kingsley Wool, Tontimaater General in Britain, addressed Parliament and the public in a Phoenix Theatre programme. A one reel epic presented his plan to unify defence and foreign policy while radiating goodwill to the supreme audience as he spoke of destiny and national purpose.
A damaged OCR notes a decline in shipwrecks for the year with many vessels affected. It cites totals of wrecks, collisions, and dangerous incidents among sailing ships and other craft, highlighting national variation and overall peril at sea.
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