PUNTERS CRASH RACING AT MENANGLE
Report from Menangle Park Racing Club meeting with details on maiden welter handicap and Flying Handicap events. Notable horses, odds, and trainers listed, including Goomalara, Bayami ne, and Carrity Wuapjentyivey.
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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 28, 1927
Page
2
Report from Menangle Park Racing Club meeting with details on maiden welter handicap and Flying Handicap events. Notable horses, odds, and trainers listed, including Goomalara, Bayami ne, and Carrity Wuapjentyivey.
The Japan Rugby Union reports Waseda University will tour Australia, departing July 8 and arriving in Sydney in August. The schedule includes matches against Villers, the University, and other teams, with dates from August 18 to August 24.
The young Thieneville winger Li Hing impressed in the Saturday match against Quernaine, signaling he is certain to be included for the next meet. Coach King plans to test further options with wing pairs Cre and Henertare while Spencer and UW may return but likely remain on the bench.
Fremier Mr Lang decides to help the unemployed by creating paid work in Newoanthe and Randwick. The relief committees expect to place about £1000 in wages and secure further employment opportunities for others.
Workers at Newrasile demand about ten cent per hour more wage for lumpers employed by the navy. They accuse the department of wanting a rate higher than the one Paewe previously set. The department hopes to settle the dispute without paying the extra rate.
A deputation from the White Way block of the City Dock Association urged the Lord Mayor to remedy grievances about lighting in Hick A'ln area. They cited inadequate illumination hindering patrols and safety, noting costs and hours of lighting as major concerns.
Fragmentary text reports someone taking presents and bride’s jewelry during a wedding reception, with unclear timing and details. Names, places, and dates are missing or illegible. Further context is needed to identify individuals or location.
The Industrial Commissioner Mr Pillington heard the appeal on the conciliation commission award with wage scales and conditions for Maw South Wales Fire Brigades. The award sets living wage issues, working hours and allowances including marriage and family benefits, valid until February 1984.
Fundraising dances planned at Chatewood Masonic Hall Chatweed Town Hall and Astor Masonic Hall to aid the Royal Worth Shore. Stetred badges and schedules noted for the charity event with activities tomorrow night.
Lieutenant C D Fergus of the Argyll and Butcherland Highlanders returns to Sydney from New Zealand with furlough to the Governor General Bic Charis Ferguson and will rejoin his regiment at Cairo. Other officers retire, transfer, and appointments include A B Kerr succeeding A Gurdon Weache, J Weecho moving to Justice David son, A C Walesee sailing to England as captain of the W S W Fugh Union team, and a British major delegation led by Archibald Boydie traveling to Sydney before heading to Singapore.
Justice Davidson delivered a chambers ruling on an application by John Fespvest secretary of the Latchhardt breach seeking a prohibition against a prior order. The judge granted the rule nisi with costs, noting involvement by Mr Carey and counsel for the ALP officials amid the Central Ne department proceedings.
After nearly forty three years in the railway department, District Trade Superintendent Afr. J. Fr. Giwith will retire on Thursday. He began in September 1875 and served in roles including district traffic inspector at Sydney and Goulburn, and later as inspector and sewer director. Other staff moves include transfers to metropolitan areas and Canadian and American postings.
The Royal Commission on Insurance chairmen report on a federal wage earner scheme to cover workers and employers with government, sickness and invalid allowances. Senator Millen, based in Sydney, leads the push as Australians note the scheme aims for maternity and child allowances and incapacity provisions. The bill schedules contributions and benefits, aligning with international trends in national insurance.
A petitioner recounts marital betrayal involving his friend Bale and his wife Ethel Johnson in Birisbees. The couple reportedly fled to Port Jude Faller with a Counturing companion and later disappeared after travel with a man named Hansen. The petitioner alleges suspicion, consent requests, and a train journey that led to the wife’s disappearance.
In heavy seas the Miramar Kaur at Newcastle faced huge waves that ripped a steering rod and damaged the rudder. Despite repeated strain the crew replaced the broken part with a steel bow mooring to steady the vessel as it pranged forward.
A British led delegation reports on war time trade shifts within the empire. They note Britain’s car production repurposed to war needs and thousands of skilled workers moving to America as factories there stay active. The group seeks feasibility of altering care types for Australia and New Zealand to boost trade.
Fragment of a weather page shows garbled text with scattered phrases about temperatures wind and precipitation. The readable parts mention forecasts and regional references but no definite conditions or times.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a court in New South Wales with references to individuals and dates but lacks clear names or actions. The readable bits suggest a legal matter or filing, yet specifics are obscured making precise summary impossible.
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