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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 10, 1934
Page
6
Rosehill officials released weights for Saturdays Rosehill meeting featuring Maiden Handicap Druids, Dundas Handicap and Parramatta Mile. Notables include Maid en field with Vice Royal and Nekarbo among top weights and Wentworthville Stakes lineup with Canegrase and Strathroyal.
The date for the annual all-schools athletic carnival has been fixed for a weekday in October. The authorities consider inviting teams from other districts and Sydney, with plans to extend competitions beyond this year.
The article notes research over thirty years into cosmic rays starting with air at sea level not conducting electricity. It cites Professor P M Brackett of Eingland claiming discoveries will be of immense significance and that Earth may be bombarded by high energy positrons and electrons from outside our world.
The International Broadcasting Union agreed to cooperate with authors and artists on works used in broadcasts. At a London convention six weeks earlier the union pledged loyal support for literary and artistic creators. The BBC stated the union respects authors’ interests in cultural broadcasting, signaling music as property requiring permission for public performance.
British engineers back a Peru government drive to reopen an ancient Inca gold mine high in the Andes at 12 000 feet. The project will use 2200 lb stamping machinery and 1000 tons of equipment moved by air due to the mountain’s inaccessibility 60 miles from the nearest railhead.
Umpires named for six Canberra league fixtures with venues Manuka Goulburn Kingston Telopea Park and Queanbeyan. Cancellation of two games due to lack of club input. Clubs request further matches from Broken Hill Leeton Ramblers Leeton Sydney and North Shore. Broken Hill favored. Junior competition shows ongoing improvement and a premiership table is appended.
A 63 year old patient who lost breathing power was kept alive by a hydraulic and electric artificial respiration device devised with Sir William Bragg. The system uses a bladder around the chest, driven by pumps to compress and expand, connected to a water supply and later electrified for home use. The patient remains mentally active despite full muscle loss.
In Sydney a coroner committed Otto Challenger Ha Bohrsmann for trial on manslaughter after an inquest into the death of Levingston Beattie Jorden, 42, fatally injured in a motor car crash in Cleveland Street City. Dr Gustav Bohrsmann was a passenger and later named Miss Angela Parcelles as another passenger.
In Warsaw a railway omnibus carrying 21 people, including a wedding party, plunged into the River Bug after the ceremony. The river is described as now shallow due to fleas, with feared loss of life.
The Adelaide Tailsring Co Ltd begins a stocktaking sale offering woollens serges and tweeds suits at discounted prices. Six guinea woollen suits priced 3 pounds 7 shillings 6d, seven guinea suits at 5 pounds 17 shillings 6d, one guinea pattern with self measurement guide available at Manuka branch Cayberra.
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