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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 18, 1934
Page
3
Victoria Park hosts a midweek harness event featuring the Handicap race with four heats and a field of competitors. The card includes the Victoria Handicap and related pacing heats, drawing entrants from local stables and regional drivers.
A lengthy, garbled report references the Queanbeyan Rifle Club event with mentions of cash prizes and contestants. Names such as C Storey, James Henry O Connor, and M Storey appear amid tangled notes about racing, betting, and alleged pretenses.
The report notes the death of a horse named Shorse at Mentone Melbourne after a heat this morning involving the gelding Hussar and Jockey Arthur Robert Councety. Several horses and riders are listed with weights and positions, including Implied results and mentions of The Metropolitan and other participants.
Racing entries list contenders for the Welter Handicap and Victoria Park Handicap at 1420, with horses like Price Greenbind and High Degree among the notable runners. Bets include Win at 19 and a range of weights and odds shown for participants such as Mirch, Bastoon, and Maline Hot Shot in a busy card.
Queanbeyan Golf Club hosted the fifth net aggregate round and T W Harman trophy event in clear weather. X. Godfrey carded 71 10 61 to set a new course record, with Wisanson, J. Hornby, and K. Neale close behind as contenders for the lead. The January 6 entry notes the medal round to follow in conjunction with the annual net aggregate, shaping qualification for further play.
In Oslo on Monday J Dunning led New Zealand effort at the Norwegian championships. J Lovelock of New Zealand won the 3600 metres in a brisk time. Lie of Norway took the 100 metres race with Strandberg and Horsfall following.
Mr H B Leemith told the Labour Party Summer School in London that Communists and Buddists share dictatorship aims, oppose freedom, and favor governors who dictate, calling the Communiant insult to English workers.
Daniel Lehane Willie age 40 and William Murphy age 36 faced drunkenness charges after failing to stay within hotel closures on election day. They fulfilled recognisances and appeared before Mr C C Hook in Monaro Street court.
Sydney boxing at Rushcutter Bay tonight features Darkie Blandon weighing 124 pounds beating Englishman Thineas John by technical knockout in the tenth round after a punishing display. Blandon, in his featherweight debut, pressed early and wore down John, landing near the head and body to seal the victory.
Sydney wool sale week opens in fair market as Continental demand strengthens with strong Yorkshire and Japanese competition. 8444 bales offered, 8085 sold at auction, 1048 privately. greasy merino around 6s 12 1/6d per lb. Major consignors include Winchcombe Carson Ltd reporting 6400 bales sold today. Prices broadly unchanged, with varied rates for ewes, hoggets, and wethers among listed lots from Morse, Estate F. B. Body, Reece Jones, W. Turner, Arthur Coppack, and John Marshall.
A Coventry factory test of a 210 hp transmission car aimed to show top gear motion at a crawl. With a 900 rpm idle and a released handbrake the empty car began to move but stalled on the floor’s roughness. On smooth boards the car covered eight feet in sixty seconds, equating to about one mile in eleven hours at a crawl.
At Sydney Quarter Sessions William James Wallace 28 a driver Francis Malcolm Farley 20 a fruiterer and Eric Courtney 34 a salesman faced charges over a 1700 jewel theft from Angus and Coots Georgetown Sydney in June The Crown alleged a brick wrapped in paper was thrown through a window and a missing ring with a cartridge shell later found in an abandoned mole car tied to Farley
On a late June day 20 000 workers counted railway wagons across Britain. Initial estimates suggested 705 000 railway owned wagons and 700 000 privately owned, mostly by colonists. 94 000 miles of lines were to be patrolled as enumerators mapped tarpaulins and misassigned wagons.
The crime sheet shows marked improvement in social behavior with lower totals for drunkenness and other offences. It notes declines in certain categories and cites yearly averages alongside specific counts for offenses against persons and property across periods, indicating improved public safety.
Indentations of ailment and ill health are claimed to be cured by Dr Marsen Indian Root Well. Rich and poor alike in the community reportedly rely on this remedy for indigestion headaches and general malaise.
Secret tunnels used in the Civil War to shelter Cromwell’s forces are being revealed near Billing Gan Midsex as cottages are demolished for an arterial road. Treasures include evidence of ancient earthworks and the 9th century Cedar House linked to Cromwell, with tunnels and a bishop’s hall noted.
At Ipsmington saleyards today 25 000 sheep and lambs faced buyers. Shorn sheep and lambs showed irregular demand with values to 7/8 lower. General quality suited for local trade. cattle section steady with 2300 head forward, market unchanged from last sale day. Prices quoted: bulls £6 to £22, cows £40 with good quality around £25, shorn sheep 4 to 18, bullocks £10 to £22, and other entries noted.
Windhcorbe and Carson Ltd publish Sydney sale figures with prime tallow up 40 and other classes up 10 to 20 per ton. Prime aorta and best woolled merino prices vary, lambs around 40, and hides show firm rates though some categories soften. Dramatic notes touch on mass and stage anecdotes amid industry pricing.
Fragmentary report notes in England about church discipline and punishment. It mentions a Leicestershire church where congregants who misbehaved at the gallery faced penalties until the service ended, reflecting historical crowd control methods.
The article reports discovery of tree like seaweed trunks with branches and leaves resembling iron in the Antarctic Ocean. Explorer William Beebe and colleagues found large seaweed specimens off Chile with heights up to 80 feet, suggesting submerged jungles beneath the waves.
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