A record postwar crowd saw lightly-weighted Gurkha stall off top-weight Black Law at Headquarters today in one of the most thrilling Perth Cup finishes ever. Gurkha hit the front a furlong from home and was hailed the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 39 wordsPlunderer and Happy Man are in most demand for tonight's £3150 WA Trotting Cup at ...
Article : 145 wordsMELBOURNE, Sat: Married today was Miss Shirley Skinner for whom the public subscribed £2000 two years ago so that she could go to America to have a nail removed from her lung. ...
Article : 63 wordsThe West Australian-manned 42-ft. steel cutter Corsair struck rough weather yesterday during its voyage to Sydney, had its mainsail torn in half and Had to put into Bunker Bay, ...
Article : 147 wordsSHANGHAI, Sat (AAP-Reuter): The Castel Bianca, which left Shanghai yesterday, is carrying ...
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Advertising : 66 wordsLONDON, Sat (AAP): The King and Queen, Princess Elizabeth, the Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Margaret saw the New Year in at Buckingham Palace. ...
Article : 123 wordsKALGOORLIE, Sat: Miner James Boase (50), of Campbell-st., Kalgoorlie, was killed instantly ...
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The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1955), Sat 1 Jan 1949, Page 1
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