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Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled words and missing context about a street scene and possible events. no clear names, dates, places, or actions can be determined from the readable portion.
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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 25, 1923
Page
16
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled words and missing context about a street scene and possible events. no clear names, dates, places, or actions can be determined from the readable portion.
Corowa notes the Corowa Courting Club revival with 130 members and over £100 spent on enclosing facilities. Reports show up to 70 dogs observed and 100 hare enclosures for food, with district leaders importing valuable dogs, and plans connected to Australasian Cup events of 1921. The piece mentions local figures, meetings, openings, and related racing activities in New Zealand and Australia.
Amateur athletics review of the Tasmanian and South Australian track championships held in Hobart and Adelaide. Notes on weather, attendance near 1000, and performances by competitors including Leitch, Hutton, and others in events like the 100, 220, and 440 yards, with references to school and open competitors and standout moments from the meet.
The Adelaide gathering reports on track championships at Hindmarsh Oval Adelaide with Henry, Leitch, and Scott among top performers. Prolonged notes cover meeting venues, officials, and results across sprints, middle distances, hurdles, and walking events.
The piece notes a rally and political commentary with references to votes, a general note, and proposed reforms. It mentions New Pearl and Empire rallying supporters, with timelines around July 18. It preserves names and places as read, highlighting the political atmosphere and debates described.
Fragmented readable text mentions professional athletics recruitment and trials in May, with scattered names and places. It alludes to reclamation of national or local interests, some specific persons, and track related references, but lacks coherent events or outcomes.
The report details W Harris, famed Hawaiian swimmer, marrying in Sydney before competing in Perth. It notes transfers and travel between Manila and New Zealand as part of the athlete’s movements, with later plans for Hawaii.
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