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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 07, 1934
Page
4
Field-Marshal Viscount Allenby visiting the Canadian Corp was ordered to rest in hospital days after being stricken by a bout of illness. Local reports say he remains under medical care as crews continue routines and reviews.
Frances Marstlas of Garden City Long Island a renowned U S flyer was killed when her plane crashed during a 50 mile free for all national women's air meet at Dayton Sunday.
A series of sudden fatalities within three weeks draws inquiry into the Naay family. A patient admitted with illness muttered about influenza before dying after an apparent heart event. A post mortem was held but a death certificate refused. Stomach contents were sent to Sydney for government analysis.
The Canberra Male Choir presents a nautically themed musi comedy titled Sailors Don't Care at Capriol Theatre. It features sea songs, humorous dance, lavish scenery, and an interlude hornpipe ensemble by Mian Sutton Murray. A feature film The Witching Hour with Sir Guy Standing and Judith Allen plays first.
A Capitol Theatre program last night featured Conrad Veidt in FP1 and Ponting Platform No.2 along with Bing Crosby in Were Not Dressing. The bill included Carole Lombard and Katharine Hepburn tied to Morning Glory while praise notes Veidt’s performance in I Was a Spy and Crosby’s musical interludes.
The program shows A GRADE Reid II versus Reid, Northbourne 1 with Northbourne 1, Fire Brigade against Forrest, Barton versus Barton, L Grith II insite 1, City versus Braddon, Braddon versus Yarralumla, and Anstie II against Reid with Mrs Stephen and Mr Josco among others.
An unusual local court story centers on Robert Bradley who appeared on a vagrancy charge after a week end search tied to missing property. He had been traced to Mullion and Orange and was found in a shabby state with a long beard. His brother Joseph Bradley spoke of long worry over property, while the court discussed transport back to Sydney and Bradley declined changing clothes or trimming his beard.
Competition prevailed with 17 000 sheep and lambs offered at Fleming caleyarda. Market described as very strong for all descriptions with fair to middling quality. In cattle, buyers had 2 000 to choose from with bullocks priced at 8 to 9 pounds.
A man named William Charles Leach, 38, died by carbon monoxide in his car found in Sorrento. A remarkable letter to Leach’s own life ends before the gas exhausted, while a note reading To the poor beggar whn Andy me was left in the car.
A surge in accordion clubs and orchestras has emerged across Britain with 25 in London alone. A single manufacturer last year posted 25 000 units worth 100 000 pounds. A foolproof learner model promises mastery in a fortnight, with a 300 piece repertoire included. A prominent maker links the boom to a revolt against machine made music.
A year after a severe motor accident causing paralysis and bed rest the subject reports gaining weight. She describes confusion over diet, attempted weight loss, and later resuming weight reduction with medical or chemical aid referenced as Kruschen. The narrative mixes physical decline with mixed success in weight control.
In Queanbeyan the semi finals of the A grade saw K Godfrey defeat N Croker four up while K Neale beat T Harman on the 20th. B grade results had J McGiven overcoming E Jansen four up and W Greenwood defeating R Cannon two up. The final will be played next week. Tarago�s team beat Queanbeyan 5 to 1 to win the Freebody Challenge Cup as H Tapp led the home side. Next Sunday a Tarago team visit Rungemore. transport arranged for 12.15 pm.
A further Abrahama Cup round took place at the 600 yards range on Saturday to decide Moore Bros Trophy standings. The weather favoured shooters and produced good scores, though the full list is partially unreadable in the report.
The motor ship Hauraki was refloated at high tide after grounding at Milford Beach yesterday. Tugs had struggled to refloat it with little success. About 2,000 tons of offshore cargo were discharged today as the vessel was freed.
At Sydney Showground Vislay the All Blacks edged NSM by 16 points in a keen contest. New Zealand struck early, McKenzie’s attempt was saved by Coll, and the visitors led 16 to 0 before NSM rallied. With the whistle near, the home team trailed by three points as New Zealand held firm.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a billiards event in Sydney with names and scores but are largely unreadable. The text references Beorsa and Linwrin T Hochuding with figures like 4,3 and 20, 827, 15, and contains garbled season-related terms.
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