Open Tennis entries surge for 1854 ACT championship
Canberra prepares for a record 540 entries in the 1854 ACT Open Tennis Championship from October 9, with 148 Canberra players the largest turnout in years. The tournament aims to be completed in three days amid illness to the secretary and transport logistics to move players between courts. Canberra defeats Goulburn to win the Citizens Cup, with new pairing Reg Bennett and Les Lonergan among the players, while several veterans struggle in early rounds.
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A.C
Ken Wills
Association
Goulburn
Roberts Beather
Reg
Bennett
Les Lonergan
Goulburn Bist Pit
Beaultan P
C. Roberts
D. Grant
McLachlan
D. Brown
Blackett
D. McCauley
Words
Lonargitn
Ad Bennett
Cusack
Osmond
Minister Seeks Guidance on Additional Taxi Licences
A Canberra council meeting, prompted by Interior Secretary W A McLaren, weighs issuing more taxi licences as ACT population grows from about 32 000 to 35 630 by 1950, with 4983 privately owned hire cars. The draft Motor Trade Bill considers hard caps and transfer rules while noting service volumes and pricing.
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Advisory Council
Council
Department of the Interior
W. A. McLaren
Ew Motor Traide Grilinan Cr ‘Ines
Canberra
Barrenger
Queanbeyan
Fragments Describe Unclear Text From Historical Page
Readable fragments mention names and dates in a garbled form. No coherent event or clear participants emerge. The text lacks complete sentences or identifiable locations or organizations.
Cossemynds Outboxes Bobby Sinn in Sydney Bout
Belgian bantamweight champion Cosseymns outpoints Australian rival Bobby Sinn over 42 rounds in a non-title bout at Sydney Stadium. Sinn boxed well early before Cosseymns used clever movement and precise counters to pull ahead, though Sinn never yielded and showed improved form in the later rounds.
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Ere Cossemyns
Hobby Sian
Sydney Stadium
Bian
Beluna
Ana
Gene
Oseetuyna
Sinn
Pinuse
Everty
Drive To Replace Tennis Gear In Canberra Club Sheds
In Canberra a female club leader called for funds to replace lost tennis gear after a fire damaged the shed and tables. The club, with about 100 members, plans cake stalls and social events as the ACT LTA offers assistance, while the Department of Internal Affairs arranges a new shed replacement.
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Canberra
Sts. Als Huildy
Barton
Sir Taylor
Tras
LTA
Kha
Department of the Intertop
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