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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 15, 1947
Page
4
Close contest likely in Royal Canberra title race as top golfers battle in the ohd championship at Rewil Canberra. Shepherd, Vin, and others navigate tough greens with key scores, while Pearhey tops the Victory Cup with a net 68 and records nine hundred entrants in a packed field.
Chief Industrial Magistrate in Sydney dies at Seaforth home at 70 after illness. Born in Williamson he served in the Boer War and was a barrister, police magistrate, and stipendiary magistrate. Appointed chief industrial magistrate in 1924.
Fragmentary report from yesterday's meeting highlights a new hurdle record by a female athlete in London with unclear names and details. The text is damaged but implies a notable performance and ongoing excitement in British track events.
Readable parts mention horses and drivers like Merry John and Many Whee, with scattered figures and a Canberra Funeral Directors line. The text blends race entries, times, and places in a chaotic OCR fragment, preserving strong named entities but lacking a clear single outcome.
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