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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 22, 1945
Page
2
The document outlines a race program for Gloucester Park with a three month performance chart for pacers on metropolitan courses. It lists many horses and drivers with finishing positions and statuses such as 0 for beyond ninth, D for distanced, Pu pulled up, F fell, Dq disqualified, and others, across several handicaps and races including Brisbane Sydney Melbourne and Bart Handicaps.
A historic bulletin notes a Japanese oil tanker explosion off Borneo amid postwar headlines. It discusses Allied aims for a Vienna meeting of the Big Three in July after Swiss elections and calls for German re education to reveal the truth and curb Hitlerism.
Applications for licences and registrations as reinsmen trainers bookmakers and clerks for the Trotting Season starting August 1 1945 must be lodged at Gloucester Park by 5 pm Monday July 2 1945. Letters authorising nomination and racing must also be lodged or renewed. Training permits and authority to attend training operations require lodging. Fee 5 shillings. R N Percival secretary.
New South Wales Queensland and Victoria look set to be represented in interstate cricket this year while South Australia hesitates. The VCA will invite SA NSW and Qld to a conference to decide venue and terms. If SA accepts the meeting moves to Melbourne otherwise Sydney. The NSW association favours a return to interstate games but not under Shield conditions.
The list of items found on President Roosevelts desk as he left it includes political symbols such as a dozen donkeys for the Democrats and four elephants for the Republicans, plus animals like six pigs six dogs three bears and a rabbit. Also present are a magnifying glass a clock a barometer a thermometer a lamp a wooden tray with a desk lamp two blank penholders a manila folder state papers a rack of blank cards and a carafe with two water glasses bearing FDR and the inscription The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.
A London report says postwar cars may cost double the prewar price, with Australian assembly limiting some taxes. An Austin 10 hp that cost £360 in 1934 could rise by about £140. Washington reports mention plans for a Big Three meeting between Truman Churchill and Stalin, the first since Roosevelt at Yalta.
The page lists selections and top contenders for Gloucester Park WA breeders handicap and Melbourne Kensington? Perth Hobart and Adelaide meetings. Notable runners include Wilfreds Son Pegaway Arm Gold Vantage Bay Beauty Direct Sheik Santa Flora Lady Kwobrup Belle Freddie Gunplay Chico Lee Dixie Lawn Gay Lily Pearlord Merciless Broad Again Kato Forest Dixie.
A 36 greyhounds import from Australia provoked a Johannesburg uproar and a Parliamentary Select Committee was formed. The panel found the dogs did not displace essential cargo as they were shipped on deck only because no other deck cargo was available.
Fragmentary OCR shows rate scales by column width for 25 papers with per insertion charges and exemptions for legal government and election notices. The text outlines prices for one third to three inches and notes ads, auctions, entertainments, and casual notices as typical content.
Have something to sell or want to buy use the Readers Market Place adverts. Write a brief description of size condition and price for quick results. Notices appear in twenty five newspapers including The Eastern Recorder The Toodyay Herald The Bridgetown Advocate and others. Rates apply when an advert is inserted in all 25 papers.
A prominent Sydney owner says the racing public believes most runners are not trying. He recalls friends asking for tips on Friday nights, and recounts a caller asking bluntly if his horse will be dead tomorrow.
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