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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 06, 1940
Page
5
A digest of worship times across Church of England Roman Catholic Presbyterian Methodist Baptist Congregational Christian Science and other denominations. Listings include Holy Communion Evensong Sunday School confessions and special anniversaries with multiple locations and service hours.
A Braddon church notices upcoming events for Toyland Tee Young Anglicans at 4 30 p m and Evensong at St Johns with an admission service for new members All members are urged to attend The Braddon Sunday School anniversary tomorrow features special services and a prize giving concert at 7 30 pm The morning service at 11 am will be led by Rev H R Grasaick The 3 pm afternoon service by Canon W J Ed mania and the 1 pm evening service by Rev J Hy Allen Children will sing hymns at the Moh service Parents and children are invited All are welcome to the church services and events
The eleventh anniversary of the Cero will be observed with evening services at 7 and 11 p.m. Rev D L Riley of the Congregational Church and Dr Waldock will preach. Special music provided by choirs. Attendance invited. An anniversary musical program will follow reflections on the year’s work.
Notice items include disposal of a Canberra abattoir business at Queanbeyan with thanks to customers and recommendations to successors, piano sales by Suttons Pty Ltd and E L Luppi, housing listings in Griffith and Forrest, used goods and vehicle ads, vacancy and lodging requests, public tender notices for housing and construction, and probate proceedings for George Cumberland Reid with Davies and Woods, Canberra.
Percy Relaki Stevenson publisher and Rhodes Scholar sought 5000 pounds for libel against Fran cia Harold Devaney and Forward Press Pty Ltd over a Workers Weekly article. The jury awarded damages of a half penny, with Stevenson denying pro Nazi reputation claims.
An amended Canberra timetable starts Monday with Route 1 buses from Giles Street at 6 52 am to Hotel Canberra at 7 08 am and evening trips via Causeway. A Sunday afternoon Canberra Cemetery service runs for two weeks from Melbourne Avenue for 1 shilling each way. Interior Department notes current review of Turner subdivision extension.
Melbourne wholesale prices slipped 0.2 percent in February from January while the index shows a 3.9 percent drop since February 1988. Officials cite price fixing as effective amid declines mainly in cotton and agricultural goods. Meat prices rose by 5 percent, the month's largest jump.
In Paris on Thursday Second Lieutenant Jean Babelot receives the Croix de Guerre posthumously for his role with 20 soldiers killed on a Western Front lorry ambush. Initial reports blamed a turning error but now the ferry attack behind French outposts is noted. A Waddington parish offering for Dr Waldock’s gift reception is scheduled Wednesday afternoon for the vestry.
The Congregational Church holds Sunday services at the YWCA Civic Centre. Morning service is conducted by Rev. Dr. A. J. Waldock. The evening service is led by the Minister, with the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper observed at close.
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