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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 29, 1936
Page
6
A garbled OCR style brief mentions cricket and a person named Mather, with references to a bath before supper and a Johnsons Baby Powder product. The fragmentary text lacks a clear event, outcome, or identifiable entities to report a coherent item.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions names like Andemann and Mary Pewter and includes unclear phrases about cream and a treat. The readable content is minimal and lacks a coherent event or clear facts suitable for a full news item.
The Queanbeyan Linky club opened with a sunny Sunday tournament attended by Royal Canberra and Bungendore players. K Godfrey and J Senior posted top scores in singles. Mrs Senior won the women’s event with 44 off the stick as club officials, led by President J McGiven, presented the trophy.
Queanbeyan Rugby League Football Club votes to send a team to Burrows on Sunday for a trial match with planned replacements. Players listed include Norton, Day, Grit McIntyre replacing O'Neill, Nve-eight, forwards L. Swan McCauley E. Phillips A Brandon J. Main R. Martin E. Horth, among others.
Halifax reports new medical treatment for Alfred Beadding, a Moose River mine survivor, with improved condition but risk of foot amputation. Ginax vacuum boots are rushed from Toronto by plane to induce circulation. A rescue fund of 40,000 dollars is to be shared among about 300 miners, including one fatality.
The Kalakala, the world’s first streamlined diesel ferry of the Puget Sound Navigation Co, began operation between Seattle and Bremerton. Powered by a Busch-Belaer six cylinder diesel delivering about 3,000 hp, it uses exclusive lubricants.
The piece notes rising road deaths from slick surfaces and praises UK progress led by the Asphalt Roads Association. It describes safer pavements using natural asphalt rock mastics and granite chippings, claiming treated surfaces become non skid and maintain grip for rubber tires under varied conditions.
District Coroner Me. H. Flett opened an inquiry into the death of four people in a road accident at Tinonee near the river. Victims were Laura Clementa 63 James Edward Jackson 68 Elisabeth Jackson 32 and William Michael Jackson 32 all of Berigan. A storekeeper Cecil Chapman spoke of cries for help and witnesses noted the car submerged 30 feet offshore.
Visitors are invited to see a grand display of Chrysanthemums and early spring blooms by F Warren at the nursery 72 Coma Street. The event features a Chrysanthemum exhibit and a formal opening with Steve Kingston of BoC, Gea Manee, and others in attendance at 8 pm on the specified date in April following a march of flowers.
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