Punter Loses After Pickpocket Steals Ring Winnings
A Wyong punter who pocketed £800 after a recent win found the cash vanished minutes later when a pickpocket lifted his winnings as he prepared to back another bet.
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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 15, 1954
Page
4
A Wyong punter who pocketed £800 after a recent win found the cash vanished minutes later when a pickpocket lifted his winnings as he prepared to back another bet.
The Indian Government will allow bicycle tyres and tubes to be exported without restrictions to all permissible destinations during the current year, licensing both manufacturers and non manufacturers to export. The move plans to simplify trade and boost shipments of tyres and tubes abroad.
Australian Radio schedule lists daily programs from Sunday April 18 to Saturday April 24. Includes The Bopkins Manuscript, Guest of Honour, Richard Farrell piano, Weather and Sports reports, Variety Fanfare, Country Hour, News Review, Starlight Variety and orchestral concerts across multiple times. Ends with weekday and weekend repetition of morning to night slots.
A NSW Teachers Federation conference warns of dire strain on schools due to overcrowded classes and rising enrolments. In 1945 there were 339000 pupils. today 455000. To avert crisis, estimates call for 8000 teachers and 4500 classrooms in four years, with federal support and increased state funding. The May 8 gathering at the Assembly Hall in Sydney invites delegates and public bodies to respond.
On the ORSOVA voyage in the Indian Ocean three first class passengers connected to Britain’s midget submarine project met by chance. Ted Farmer, Lt. Comm. H. M. Irwin RNVR, and naval architect Charles Morris all shared wartime roles with x craft. Morris designed midget charges and sub drawings. Irwin and Farmer served aboard x craft crews.
Menzies reviews an 1885 Sunshine Harvester built by his father Hugh Victor McKay after the exhibition opened before 1,000 company guests at Sun shine Victoria on Friday March 12.
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