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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 26, 1934
Page
2
The Canberra Times announces home delivery service to Canberra and Queanbeyan residents. Subscription rates, local newsagents Fallick & Sons Queanbeyan and E.R. Cottam listed. Contact Canberra 754 for subscriptions and delivery arrangements.
The Canberra weather summary lists a maximum temperature of 66.4 degrees for the 24 hours ending 6:30 am and a minimum of 35 degrees for the 24 hours ending 12:00 am.
In Geneva decisions loom on whether disarmament in Europe can succeed by voluntary agreement and whether armament limits are practical in international politics. The piece argues security pacts cannot prevent war, urging England France and Germany toward rapprochement and arbitration to avert future conflicts.
British officials mark Marconi Day as decisions by 50 countries rename April 25 as Marconi Day in the Marine Wireless services. The note recalls wireless origins on ships at sea when isolation ended 50 years ago, now about 16 000 ships equipped.
Reverend Father Goodman at Mary's Basilica urged that Gallipoli remain a perpetual source of inspiration for Australians. He condemned the decision to place a statue of a naked woman on the war memorial and argued any cross figure must embody the divine Salvator who endured the era.
Thousands attended a dawn service at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne as Governor Sir William Irvine placed a wreath and bugles sounded the Last Post. Later 25,000 marched through the city while 250 cars carried war nurses and disabled soldiers to the Cenotaph and Parliament House steps.
In the House of Commons Captain Reid pressed the government to make representations to Australia for British investors holding 700 million pounds of Commonwealth securities. The issue concerns repudiation of interest on the 4 percent loan issued in New York in 1928 with a gold clause. Mr. Thomas answered the loan appears governed by U S law, making representation unlikely.
The Daily Express argues Britain should maintain and expand trade with China, despite Japan’s growing influence. It notes British annual trade with China at about £100,000,000 and Empire trade at £21,000,000, mostly for Canadian grain and Australian wool, urging continued exploitation of China while imperial territories remain underdeveloped.
An article describes France expanding a massive trench system along the Rhine frontier. It notes 40 million francs spent on center fortifications, a 124 mile defense chain from Metz to the Lauter River, underground rail links, concrete shelters every half mile, and fully underground, sensor wired, gas resistant complexes designed to withstand heavy bombardment. It also mentions Belgian frontier concerns with rapid trench-digging machines ready to span from the Saar Basin to the North Sea.
In the House of Commons Sir Philip Sassoon stated that British commercial air services stand up well to foreign competition due to safety comfort regularity and cost. He noted that in 1933 British airlines carried more passengers to and from the Continent than all foreign rivals combined and that the British are nearer self supporting financially than any European carrier.
In Bombay on Tuesday 18 more textile mills closed leaving 20 000 workers idle. Police ban on demonstrations was defied as crowds attacked loyal workers and pelted mill windows with stones. Thirteen labour leaders were arrested including Maniven Kara amid frequent police clashes and baton charges.
A London demonstration shows a new daylight lamp Bieray W producing white light that renders colours accurately. It improves ordinary gas lamps used for street lighting and promises benefits for shop lighting by matching natural daylight. The device emerged after extensive lab work and represents a significant advance in lighting development.
Nearly 2,000 people joined a memorial service in Queanbeyan with a march from Crawford Street to the Boer War Memorial where Major Lucas laid a wreath. Speakers from Aldermen to Captain Pollard of the Salvation Army urged remembrance of Gallipoli and the long war years, ending with Last Post and Reveille.
Ten thousand ex service men led Adelaide's Anzac parade on Wednesday in a historic procession. Over 30,000 people attended the remembrance service at the Cross of Sacrifice, marking a solemn day of tribute.
Their Excellencies the Governor General and Lady Isaaca attended the Commonwealth Govern ment Anzac Day memorial on Parliament House Steps in Canberra with Military Secretary Captain Bracegirdle and ADC Lieutenant Finlay. They then joined the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League service at Albert Hall. Guests T Cohen and D Marsden dined at Government House Canberra.
A wreath placed by returned soldiers at Melbourne’s cenotaph was pulled down after a card from the Victorian Council Against War criticized imperialist policy. Police erased the controversial lines and the wreath was reset with a new inscription. The Returned Soldiers’ League said police claimed the Council Against War was a Communist group.
Sydney held an appeal drive for the Anzac Memorial with Mr L A Robb as honorary campaign director. He lamented the weak response from New South Wales, noting donors once gave £100 and £1000 but now have fallen short. He urged citizens to remember “Lest we Forget” and to meet the £15,000 target.
A crowd at the Cross of Sacrifice and Shrine of Remembrance service found the coping smeared with red paint and profane inscriptions. Authorities could not remove the paint before the ceremony. Police are investigating.
Congregation of Queanbeyan Presbyterian Church votes a hearty unanimous call to Rev. E Turnbull of Moss Vale. Signatures are being gathered and action will be sent to the Presbytery of Goulburn once completed.
In Dublin Ulster Parliament a bitter debate arose as Nationalist MP Healy moved a resolution condemningCatholic employment by the government. Lord Craigavon argued job blocks harm law and order and urged loyalty from Ulster workers amid accusations of disloyalty and sectarian tension. The session adjourned.
Darwin residents report only four days of supplies left and warn that a May 12 cutoff could collapse normal sugar and flour rations. A single Uasy’s train delivered 20 tons instead of 27, while a fire destroyed flour stocks. Authorities consider survey vessel Moresby to map fault lines and logistics.
The article traces French Canadian population expansion from 60 000 in Quebec and 15 000 in the Maritimes to about 2 300 000 in Quebec and 650 000 elsewhere in Canada. It notes a large birth rate, government land grants to large families, and varying political rights such as Quebec women voting in Deal elections amid evolving suffrage debates.
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