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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 05, 1944
Page
2
Wellington Bantam Club reports a record turnout with over 400 entries received for the Friday and Saturday show at the show ground. Club president Mr E Willock chaired a meeting noting keen interest in breeding small fowl, with at least ten exhibits per class expected and judges facing a difficult task selecting winners.
The Country Producers Selling Co Md reports 19 695 sheep and 16 752 rded yarded at Homebush on June 1. Demand fell 2 to 4 while prices dropped for plainer grades, with some prime sheep and lambs holding near Monday values. strong dealer demand buffered declines in other lots. Over 1 800 yarded Wellington, Wethers Baker Maryvale and others showed weight and quality variation, amid a strike at Riverstone Meat Works affecting the buyer pool.
Stuart Town defeated Wellington 20 to 5 in a tightly fought match watched by about 200. Stuart Town led early through a try by Priest and a Fardell conversion, added two more tries after the interval from Priest and Poster with Fardell converting both. Wellington replied with a try by B Smith and a late five points, but Stuart Town maintained the advantage to seal the victory.
The theatre that warms a thousand people notes that due to material not arriving the auction of building materials advertised by Messrs. A Wilkins and Co at their Swift Street office for Saturday next is postponed to Saturday 17 June at 8 o'clock.
Wellington club hosted Orange visitors in a keenly contested week end bowls event. Wellington won 137 to 128 with standout performances by Rheinberger Dewe trook Bell and Goodridge among others. Next round of the Austin Cup set for next weekend and absence by three players triggered potential sanctions. members urged to check the club notice board.
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Brilliant French actor Pierre Aumont debuts in an American film as a British spy and French partisan, pursuing a Nazi submarine base in Brittany while assuming a lookalike identity. The production blends romantic threads with a heavy wartime atmosphere and includes a secondary feature, Elmer Comes to Town.
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