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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 24, 1929
Page
4
Legal notice lists locations St Gregory s Hall Monaro Street Queanbeyan and 76 Pitt Street Sydney. Mentions trust moneys and current rates. Local courts attended.
Proprietor The Federal Capital Presa of Australia Ltd publishes The Times Building East How City Canberra. Prepaid subscriptions available within the Commonwealth One year half year quarter prices listed with agents in Kingston Munuka Duntroon Brill Molonglo City and surrounding areas. Obtainable at bookstalls in Sydney Moss Vale Goulburn Albury and railway stations for early morning delivery of The Canberra wine.
The list shows mail departures from Genera Post Office Canberra with times for Sydney Melbourne Goulburn Queanbeyan Adelaide Hobart Launceston Canberra area and Queensland. It notes parcels registered mail and correspondence routing to Eorth West Victoria and other districts along main southern lines and branches to Albury and Majura.
At a Northern bury branch meeting of the National Association, hearing Mr News and Mr A regarding evidence in the bus case, a motion was carried expressing full confidence in his honour and integrity.
A brief line states the printer and publisher as C. J. Bhake Capital Press of Australia. It notes Lad at the rex of the company, indicating a printing office or masthead phrasing from the era.
Miss Macdonell from the studio of Mr. Gordon Lavers will start lessons in Canberra early in March in Planeforte Oral Theory and Harmony. She prepares students for the Associated Heard and the Australian Heard Examination and for all Eisteddfods including choral conducting. Known as a conductor and teacher, she is well regarded on Eisteddfod committees.
Cantarella weather notes show a Titrometer reading at 2 pm of 30.00 with Thorney forecast and a high around 6.7 degrees. Winds recorded at 9 am and 3 pm, with noon wind details and a low around 0.0 degrees.
Monthly rainfall totals are listed up to February and March with figures such as 2.00 and 2.5 inches, followed by an incomplete April entry. The document notes the total rainfall so far, and compares it to the corresponding period in 1928 which recorded 1003 points.
The record shows temperature readings from January to April with daily notes. It lists max and min temperatures and rainfall for April and mentions total rainfall or measurements alongside notes of incomplete entries.
Canberra shows fine but cold frosty mornings with west to south winds. New South Wales mainly fine, coastal cloud and isolated showers, frigid nights with southerly winds. Victoria cool and cloudy south with scattered showers, cold nights and westerly winds. Tasmania cool and cloudy with showers, northwest to southwest winds. Bass Strait coast rough with northwesterly to southwesterly winds. seas moderate to rough. Western Australia mainly fair to south east winds in tropics, variable elsewhere. South Australia coastal cloud with scattered showers inland fine, cool with northwest to southwest winds. North Australia fine. Queensland fine with mainly light to moderate winds.
Noon yesterday weather summary reports cloudy coast with rain in Victoria and cool air fronts. New South Wales mostly fine with frosts on southern tablelands and some thunderstorm activity on the north west slopes. South Australia cloudy with showers and widespread overcast in western districts. Tasmania cloudy with variable winds and light rain in places. incomplete North Australia section.
The south-western coast and parts of the east show a moderate fall or two in the near tropic zone with mainly fine and clear conditions elsewhere. South to south-east winds prevail with isolated light showers on the coast south from the tropic and the southern Downe. West Australia reports three quarters clouded on the south-west coast and in the southern agricultural districts but fine and clear elsewhere with light variable winds and no rain recorded.
The report lists rainfall tallies from towns across Victoria including Ararat 27, Ballan 14, Dimboola 10, Portlandarea readings like Warragul 55 and Hastings 47, with broader statewide coverage extending to New South Wales Tasmania and South Australia. Other notable figures include Melbourne 5 and Geelong 18, plus numerous smaller centers such as Daylesford 10 and Traralgon 27.
The Commonwealth Government in Canberra submits views on the proposed readjustment of United States customs duties. It notes Australia runs a trade surplus with the US in gold and wool and warns further restrictions could shift Australian trade toward Britain and other nations, harming Australian producers and broader ties. Australia urges mutually profitable, amicable trade relations and warns of potential shifts in markets if US protectionism rises.
In Geneva the Trebaratory Commission discussed U S policy on naval tonnage categories and disarmament methods. America supports elastic French proposals while seeking a practical multilateral approach amid Soviet concerns and ongoing preparatory talks.
The successful inauguration of the London to India air mail speeds a three week journey to a third of the time, with Basle to Genoa the only rail gap. Plans extend the route via Bombay, Calcutta, Singapore to Australia, linking Cairo to Capetown and Khartoum in six days. This aerial network promises rapid correspondence and trade among Britain’s imperial partners.
Captain G G Dyett announces Anzac Day April 25 marks the fourteenth anniversary of the Australian Expeditionary Force landings. The message laments unemployment and loss, urges revived effort to secure comrades’ jobs, and calls for widening membership in the Returned Pioneers League to support ex-soldiers and their families.
H Hopman defeated Jack Crawford in a five set final to win the men's singles title at Sydney. Crawford led early but Hopman rallied to claim the championship. doubles and women's events also reported with Akhurst defeating Cook in singles and Conway pairing with Minnox winning the women's doubles.
The passage reflects wartime rhetoric praising unity, comradeship, and postwar cooperation among ex-ALM members. It stresses loyalty to the Empire and the League, hoping Anzac Day would cement prestige and sustain fellowship formed in the Great War, amid Civilized world history.
A Manuka resident details a two year effort to secure a local post office. The letter traces petitions and meetings with officials from the Commonwealth Government and PMG, recounting attempts to gain a post office near the river and the impact of the Russell Hill plan. The writer notes the 137 signatures and efforts by Manuka shopkeepers and local advocates, ending with news that a post office would be opened at Russell Hill while Manuka remains without.
Mrs A E D Arcy and family arrived in Canberra to reside with her husband Major general secretary of the Social vice Association. Jean and Hope accompanied them. Jean recently returned from New Zealand after four months with her sister, Henri. H F Norrie, former member of Sydney Hairhour Trust, remains active in public bodies in the area. Chiron Miller and HO O Wilson travel to the capital. Mrs J T Mower and Mrs N left for Mell for a week’s holiday. Mrs T B Simmons has returned from holidays in Sydney.
The engagement of Mina Sabin Morrison of Federal Avenue Queanbeyan and Portela to Mr Taylor of Kerra Carlton Sydney is announced. The note expresses hope that authorities will support reciprocal trade and address difficulties in placing Australian products, urging no restrictions on the commodity exchange with the United States.
The readable fragment hints at a place and names but lacks clear action date or event. no definite person or organization can be identified to form a coherent news item.
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