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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 04, 1935
Page
2
The Canberra Times proprietor Yee Peters announces subscription rates and contact details for readers. Residents near Canberra, Queanbeyan and Corberts areas are asked to send names and addresses or call the published phone number to arrange mail and delivery under the new terms.
Weather data from Canberra includes barometer and temperature readings with multiple garbled figures. Rainfall totals for January February and March are listed with partial dates and units, reflecting a damaged OCR weather record segment.
Retirement in politics is announced for Behatot Reid, a longtime public figure and Senate leader. Colleagues extend best wishes as he steps away from service after a long career marked by public works and national leadership.
Fragmentary OCR text lists various names and terms with unclear meaning. It references individuals or groups such as Ramunibet and Donlgns, places like Wood and Cass, and items including Beveling tilerore and Bram ragming. The overall context and event are not discernible from the readable fragments.
Canberra forecast calls for cloudy unsettled conditions with showers and morning fog across the tablelands. Expect mist in places and freshening winds from the south to southeast.
The Lord Privy Seal Anthony Eden’s European tour outlines a broad web of security pacts across the continent. Berlin and other capitals discuss treaties that would entwine France Britain Germany Italy Belgium and others, with many arrangements creating more armaments and fewer disarmament prospects.
In Ballarat the United Country Party conference urged the Federal Government to institute an inquiry into overseas butter marketing. MLA Mr Hyland urged Australia to recondition butter on arrival in Britain so it could spread more easily.
Wednesday in Sydney the Lord Mayor Alderman Parker stated that reports the Crown owns land beneath the Town Mall are correct and that the council holds an unassailable title. He asserted the Town Hall site remains secure property of the City of Sydney and that the Guild Hall area is likewise under municipal ownership.
The New F C T Company registered yesterday in Canberra to manufacture animated theatre slides. Capital set at £5,000 in 5,000 shares of £1. Signatories include Herbert Leon Tri, Dudley Mulbink Fegan, Michael Sheedy, Edward Henry Bheedy, Alice Dubis Trout, Margaret Allo Trout, and others across Brisbane Sydney and Shorncliffe.
The Governor General and accompanying Personal Staff members attended a screening of The Tour of His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester throughout Australia at Capitol House Canberra yesterday morning. The Governor General presided at the meeting.
An unusually large number of new flags is noted in the quarter. Vital statistics show 21 marriages and 28 births for Inuit quarter of 198. The quarter's births included 28 males and 10 females, with 4 remaining in the previous period. Two infants under one year are listed.
Ministers push for refund of sales tax on second hand goods after High Court ruling. Opposition criticizes amendments as punitive and warns of unfair tax burden on retailers. Scullin calls for broader refund approach while critics urge restraint and moral footing in fiscal policy.
The first quarter of 1935 sees unemployment fall 0.2 percent from late 1934, with January-March 1935 at 18.8 percent indicating a sharp drop from 30 percent at the 1982 peak. Data cover Western Australia leading improvements, New South Wales near bottom, and a 21 percent factory employment rise over two years amid rising building permits in capital cities and suburbs.
The House debated a proposed tax bill touching collections and retroactive measures. Opposition members argued the plan is illegal and unfair, while government supporters defended revenue needs and noted potential evasion. Lawyers and critics warned that many would face hardship and disputed the bill’s equity and legality.
The article reports Mr Harrison of Wentworth launching a strong challenge to government actions on taxation and justice. Ministers, including Cameron and Groom, defend the policy while opposition figures press for a stand for taxpayers. The debate touches on revenue protection and the Wheat Growers' Bill amid a Jubilee observance note.
A Canberra style report notes a proposal to shift unemployment policy to the Commonwealth. Acting Premier Mc Gray and Premier Stevens discuss convening a conference to press the federal government to act. NSW plans focus on addressing unemployment while urging constitutional changes.
A film of the Duke of Gloucester's Commonwealth tour was shown to the acting Prime Minister Dr. Page by Fox Film Corporation officials at Capitol Theatre Canberra. The documentary covers Fremantle to Brisbane with a Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance ceremony, praised for its photographic quality and historical significance.
An unclear, partial OCR item mentions fawn in refunds and a personal government payment. Details are unreadable, entities undetermined, and no verifiable events or people can be identified from the fragment.
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