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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 09, 1928
Page
5
A partial OCR fragment mentions names and notes in a stray notebook. The readable text hints at a private message or list with unidentified individuals and coded references. No clear event or date is discernible from the fragment.
The High Court upheld Brisbane Magistrate decisions on two men involved in a boycott against seamen and waterfront workers on the lighthouse steamer Cape York. Higgins and Biarke warned solidarity must not undermine lawful action by employers or the law.
Harold Ui of New South Wales leads plans for a school swimming program in the Federal Territory during the Christmas holidays. More than two hundred children reportedly cannot swim. two longhouses and equipment are being arranged. Classes will be held at Bastlake with a fee of six shillings. Rugby League invites Cooma participation. Monuwre Grammar School extends the invitation via Telopea Park.
A timber structure collapsed under an arch on Filaruy Street injuring five men including Eamond Shirley 27 and Eiegbert Mernen 18 with suspected fractures and concussions. Rescue teams freed Shirley who lost consciousness en route to hospital. At the Queanbeyan Tennis Club annual meeting, reports showed healthy finances and plans for new courts and shadow reduction at Queanbeyan Park.
American fears rise over a Anglo French naval agreement seen as a step toward broader disarmament conferences and possible Washington treaty extensions. Press reports in London and Canberra note details are pending and other powers have yet to respond.
Dr Page addresses farmers and the county conference today warning that rural issues face higher scrutiny than ever. He stresses government and leadership must focus on farm problems amid rising complaints and public concern.
The Page notes that despite limited forms for individual duties, budget planning offers relief opportunities. It cites examples from government marketing schemes and yearly export values including butter cheese fruit and canned goods, highlighting quantities and worth in pounds.
Reported to be Bellin winning an Austrian trowset with a takeoff from Wider near the Rhone Meritaios. The craft reportedly remained airborne for three consecutive hours at reduced altitude Lito tout.
Damaged OCR notes lingering cold weather with mentions of Australian made wool blankets for sale. References to Mary natty, blankets, and a sale in Canberra and Kingston with notes on snow clearing and a men’s shed program.
The Boys' Club at Ainslie Public School hosts a visitors evening with Bir John and Lady Duttera in attendance. Gymnastics and boys welfare are invited interests. A school championship sports meeting is planned before Christmas with champions from Territory schools.
The girls at St Christopher's school form a basketball team and plan matches with other schools. Mr Hadieh donates a hat for the team as afternoon events include a romp at 2 o'clock with dancing and children’s entertainments.
At a Teachers Federation meeting a plan for a German Library to serve all Federal Territory schools was approved. Funding from Mia Gorman and the federation tops sixty pounds each, with books to be supplied from Telopea Park Public School and a dedicated library committee formed to arrange purchases and distribution. The library honors the late Mr. Gorman and aims to expand to other districts, especially New South Wales.
Canberra forfeit cancels engagement after meeting of the group president and selectors cited no players available for the Cooma trip next June. The committee reversed a prior decision and will visit Cooma with a reduced squad.
The New South Wales team to represent at the Commonwealth House Match in Perth in early September was announced. Lead by Lieut Col I A Beardmore, the squad includes BL Taylor of Queanbeyan and 14 other shooters from across New South Wales with departure by rail from Sydney on August 22 and return September 4.
Information from the rail department states that excursion single fare tickets for the Sydney Eucharistic Congress will be advertised from late August to early September. Return validity within one month for journeys up to 2 miles and 42 days beyond that distance, issued at Conberm and all N A W stations to Sydney and Milsen's Point.
A Southern Cross train leaves today for Melbourne with Sydney as the origin and Melbourne as the destination. The Southern Uresk will depart for Melbourne tomorrow. Arrangements for the coat wear tight have only just been concluded.
Captain Courtney and crew arrived in New York by the steamer Minnewaska after a perilous flight. He described the crash near 500 feet altitude when engine flame and water impact forced a forced landing, with the plane later picked up and recovered by wireless messages.
Report indicates the fate of the government hinges on four Progressive defections in a no confidence motion. The Progressives may back the government if assurances are offered on rehabilitation seats and several rural development projects.
George Howen aged 28 was charged at Queanbeyan Police Court with possessing a kapok mattress and pillow reasonably suspected of being stolen. The goods were found in his Muggy Quarry hut in Canberra. He did not reply. Remand until August 11 was granted with £10 bail or one surety of £16.
The Canberra Times provides free employment advertisements until month’s end for unemployed residents of Canberra and Queanbeyan. Unemployed readers may submit a short notice in person at offices, no written ad, to run three insertions, with name address and last job, no obligation to pay.
A provisional committee of the Inborra Housewives Association met Tuesday with Mrs. J. Bjarkenreg presiding. They agreed to hold a free general meeting in three weeks to discuss the constitution and elect officers and to defer a name change to the general meeting. The group favored forming a choir for women and discussed broader local issues.
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