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Newspaper
Wagga Wagga Express
Location
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 21, 1935
Page
6
The three year old Handicap segments feature Juvenile Handicap divisions with standout runs. Gay Brunette and Remttent headline the hurdle race at Seymour where CGwell captures the Welter Plate in Smallfield.
The page reports a Welterweight open race at Moupag Valley, highlighting odds and finishing order. Ogwell wins the Welter Plate ahead of Mulimtu with a strong late surge, while other named participants include Cardinid, Shadow King, and Noel Soldat in various divisions. Additional races list Cardinal and Gue highlights among juveniles and highweights with multiple placings.
Dividends show win at 47 shillings 6d and place at 1 shilling 6d. Basmane led from start to finish, winning by 14 lengths with a time of 2.6. Other runners listed include Kirreway Enateour Liebe Wind Larrabee Cirevec Beaurgam Bhare Khan Port Coquor and Venetian Betting.
A large blaze at a Sydney area factory destroyed a front building and damaged the street. Four youths, including a 18 year old, were inside when the fire started. Flames and explosions followed as bricks and iron shed fell, with the interior containing a vast stock of slippers awaiting Christmas orders.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a clash on the Manchukuo Russia frontier near Dvir. Reported casualties or losses are unclear amid garbled names and terms, mentioning Japanese forces and outer Mongolian troops in a tense border occurrence.
A farmer Mr Haney Purd of Sandy Creek witnessed two cormorants rising from the water with a three pound trout. The birds then signaled each other and tore the fish apart, while other birds caused further disturbance.
A drifting fire in a southern orchard drove Dr. R. Cuuteh from his home in Ames. He fled through an open window as his father Lome and others tried to prevent the blaze from spreading the cherry crop.
An OCR excerpt discusses color testing for a table cloth used in a Jamapolia event and a world cushion. It quotes Mr. Faker Birrom, a linen expert, arguing the color choice relieves eye strain. mentions new varieties and products without clear specifics.
The special Christmas Meeting of the Wagra Greyhound Racing Club promises the biggest Riverina coursing event yet. A sport programme totals £78 for eight races with the Penalin Shakes as the feature dog. Distant entrants from Sydney and Melbourne expected. nominations to close soon.
The Narandera coursing meet last night yielded winner notes for numerous stakes. Winners include Mr. C Stevenson’s Muomer in the Narandiera Brake and Gwensra's Chloe leading the Misnomer stake. Norwood and Streldon's Step also placed in respective events.
Water at Tennant Creek gold fields now abundant with a granite basin nearby. Three wells sunk and estimated to yield about 60 000 gallons daily. Consumption runs 20 000 to 30 000 gallons per week. Wells 160 feet deep. Government plans to bore near mines in search of battery water to secure drinking supply.
A representative of Chaseling Air Service Pty. Ltd. said an update would be made soon for a new air service in Wagga. Directors EB F Chaseling and V. Lawrence would fly to Wagga in January with an Aviation Department inspector. The airstrip lies about three miles from Wasapoe off the Albury Road. A meeting of interested parties to discuss Melbourne to Sydney and Melbourne token Hill-Hyd highway services via Wagga will be held that night. A local director of the company would be appointed.
A wild bloom of St Johns Wort threatens the Tumbarumba area near Mamuus Valley. The yellow swath covers miles, affecting grazing, dairying, and horticultural prospects as farmers consider control measures and environmental impact.
Victor Pomfret, 29, found guilty at Sydney Quarter Sessions of killing his wife after an argument. Judge Sheridan called the act brutal and beyond belief and sentenced him to 12 years imprisonment.
Suzanne Lenglen, famed tennis star, expressed a desire to tour Australia but officials of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia, led by President Norman Brookes, did not disclose the outcome. It is unlikely Lenglen will visit during the present season with any possible arrangement deferred to later dates.
The Grimm Rabe CMB at Dnoe County has faced long standing turmoil with most members expressing discontent. Despite other racing clubs succeeding, the Grimmy Golf Club plans to pursue a sale to ease overdraft and stabilize finances, aided by guardians' oversight.
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