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Newspaper
Portland Guardian
Location
Portland, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 19, 1952
Page
1
Portland and Heywood notice lists MR. C. W. ATWELL and Mrs. Ray Prech Condah Rail Station. Trucks at Portland North on Y Next, 1 March. They’re on time all the time. Phone number for day or night service.
Noel F. Learmonth recounts bird observations from Victoria including Mrs. Temple Watts' discovery of a Scot Shearwater, a rare White-headed Petrel bone find, and frequent road fatalities of magpies. Alan Bingham adds notes from Lake Condah, listing sightings such as Freckled Duck, Speckled Warbler, Eastern Whiteface, Brown Treecreeper resident status, Dotterel flocks at Mission Station and coast, with brief notes on cocoon identification and a forthcoming period of storm-related seabird mortality across the region.
The first stroke round of the enial handicap cup event was played Saturday under boisterous conditions. Another round will be held next week before the eight in each section decide the match play. Hollamby and J. McEachern won the stroke rounds with McEachern posting 80 in tough conditions. Leading scores include J H McEachern 70, R Tonkin 74, A Pitts 75, and several others across men and ladies as the event progresses. Weather permitting, club house extensions will be worked on next Sunday with member attendance urged.
Portland High School hosted Hamilton High School for hockey in the morning football in the afternoon and junior and senior basketball games. Hockey favored Hamilton 4 0 as Portland’s attack struggled against a solid defense. Senior basketball saw Hamilton win by 10 goals while Portland’s Robb and Whelan starred. Football ended Portland 3 1 Hamilton though Portland pressed late recovering some play in the second half. After the matches Portland hosted a farewell meal before the Hamilton party departed.
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