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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 21, 1929
Page
3
Fragmented OCR reads like an old radio schedule with mentions of cooking, weather, sports, concerts, and luncheon music. It lists broadcast segments, venues, and times, including references to Melbourne and Victorian railway contexts, with scattered names and program notes.
Queanbeyan band played for a Thursday evening function at Gregory Hall drawing many couples and younger attendees. The event featured wattle and stam style decorations and a dressup contest with prizes for fancy costumes and dance performances led by band committees.
Fragmented OCR text from a capital street scene note shows partial phrases about a realist image and street names. Readable items mention Capitol Street, near roads, and a photo caption lacking clear dates or events.
A rugby league drawn game at York Park featured Canberra Grammar School and the Boney new team amid 260 spectators. Players from CGS and West City listed include Hassan, Curk, Marrindort, McKenai, and others as both sides showed blended knowledge and teamwork in a tense contest. The report notes long passes, strong defense, and a final score that kept the result level, with future matches planned against Sydney Hs pen is Maevstiaks later in the season.
Report outlines a midweek basketball event at Tumut with Kingston's team, listing players including Sutherland, Carpenter, Keely, Marringtung, Johnson and Welch. It notes a series of on court performances and lineup changes as teams vie for position.
Nightmarch Rodney and other favorites were tipped for the Metropolitan event with high expectations. The field includes Hin giles, Reane Ta, and Huppert, while late word hints at strong support for Gy Rodnes and Dat Gants who showed readiness in workouts.
The readable fragment recounts an unusual case involving an ape, a jury, and a violent event on a riverbank. It hints at a dramatic courtroom moment, a woman’s fatal shooting, and a photographer capturing a studio-like scene, all within a fragmented historical newspaper page.
A London wool sale catalogue lists 12 508 bales offered with varied regional origins. Prices and demand appear subdued as withdrawals and supply concerns temper the market, while notable entries from Western Antentia and New Hauland show limited activity amid general slackness.
A garbled report describes an eel exhibit with unusual electrical activity. Authorities note unclear measurements and potential safety concerns as observers seek to verify the incident and its context. Further details were not readable in the fragment.
The fragment outlines a golf association championship with names like Mine FH Tavistxon and Mrs Tapani in consolation rounds. It mentions drawn matchups for Monday, with several players and sponsors or officials referenced in a period newspaper style.
Fragmentary report outlines a cricket meeting and player selections with several unreadable names. It mentions a payment day, a secretary, and a September date, plus a plan for a two per member fee.
Ainslie Cricket Club seeks full attendance for a forthcoming match with a large squad listed for selection. Names include Tin McCormac Malone, W Maloney, A Fullwaul, Greville, Hurley, Bowl, Ma guire, Hy Read, Hagill, Kewl, Southwell and others.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses a motor car cylinder and a mysterious instrument measuring efficiency or timing. It references a caliper, a rate, and a high figure around ten thousand, with unclear names and places, presenting a puzzling, erasable scientific snippet.
Fragmented OCR note hints at a new wood and metal bonding method called mode nite. Mentions individuals such as Bev bat a, Maclin, Weir, Martine, Maver, and a discussion of a kinetic process at a Mond site with unclear spelling and ordering.
A scrambled report describes a costly tunnel incident involving various places and names. The text mentions Wain potently and Kokd Voder with several areas around, noting a valuation and a past mineral or alloy finding. The overall details are fragmented and unclear.
Fragmentary text appears to reference wines, herbs, a peppermint cure, and a hacking cough remedy. Names and places are garbled, offering no clear event or person to identify.
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