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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 17, 1938
Page
3
The program lists races at Brisbane including the Two Year Old Stakes across straight tracks with multiple contenders such as Tottbar Dainty Land Earl Rivoli Golden Silver and Silent Soldier. The Christmas Handicap features a mile and a furlong with Brownfelt Teriton Sculptor Real Head and First Buzzard among entrants, followed by divisions of six and seven furlongs and several stakes totals.
In Melbourne the Friday trial offers choices for each race. Hurdle options include Spear or Erua. Handicaps present Erato or Manjo, Roundabout or Prince Sar, Finch or Master Motley, Hautboy or Princess Pam, and Dazzling Star or Hoo Taal in the Welter.
On Saturday in Brisbane two year olds contest the Tollbar Earl Rivoli trial with Pantheon Prince Geraldh Gravel in the first division. Christmas Handicap features Felt Rearhead while the second division lists Polente High Monash with St Aubin Hastate. Welter includes Florida Sans Pariel. Third division Graceful Mover Coming Light leads the novice Tears Milluna.
Rosehill outlines a packed program with hurdle races and multiple divisions. Notable runners include Euphorbus Captain Rose Greelan Art Asolando and Big Thrill in the 14 mile event, along with Nursery and Corinthian Cup contests featuring Gemble Hole In One and Milantheon among others.
Sydney Saturday hurdles feature Captain Rose and Big Se. First Division includes Reading Saeed and Dion Brave Bird. Cup Milantheon of Blinds, Fakenham of Segacaba, Panrose of Ge Handicap include Aladdin and Troy.
Melbourne Saturday entries include Normanby Trial Hurdle for two miles with runners Eros Flying Drake Jack Frisco Musica David Steel Bow Bees Boongarry Dingaans celprocal Spanish Isle Martial.
The article notes a sharp rise in youth crime in Britain, with 37 percent of burglaries and 66 percent of housebreaks by those over 17 in 1936. Juvenile offenders per 100000 youth rose from 267 in 1921 to 568 in 1936, while adult rates declined. Under 14-year-olds entering indictable cases doubled from 6,300 in 1929 to 14,459 in 1938, and girls’ crime remains minimal.
A British era feature notes a brilliant barrister Portia Merriman in a dramatic trial. The play centers on a mother who faced loss of her son and a courtroom battle sparked by Portia's past and her fight to defend a murdered lover’s accused killer.
A monthly column on baby welfare offers guidance for Mothers facing travel and feeding issues. It notes breast fed babies require no special feeding problems, while bottle fed infants struggle with milk on trains or ships. It warns against unsafe milk storage in carriages and cautions about tea packed milk and thermos flasks.
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