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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 12, 1937
Page
2
A fragment announces a junior competition with a prize for a combined entry using specified words. It references a future judging date, submitting to the “Jantor Rapa” in Canberra and notes August 11 1907 as a near deadline. The readable text is garbled but indicates an eligibility and entry process for a local contest.
The last winter sports programme ended Friday as Queanbeyan teams visited Alfie. In football basketball hockey and tennis the teams showed mixed results with basketball and tennis victorious while football fell 41 to 6 and hockey lost to Bel. A season hailed as highly successful ends as plans proceed for an Albert Hall concert next Monday week and transport support for a school visit to Wagga remains uncertain.
Students from Telopia Park visited Canberra with teachers to attend assemblies and engage in sports. Afternoon events featured senior pupils and visitors from St Christopher’s, The Girls Grammar, and Queanbeyan School. Rugby league 12-5, hockey and basketball results favored Goulburn. Telopia Park showed strong performances in football and other matches. Dorothy Brodie cited as outstanding.
The district Scout notes cover training for boys aged eleven to seventeen, emphasizing self reliance, first aid, and emergency readiness. It notes a new patrol formation led by Patron Lawler, recruits joining Canberra, and a patrol competition won by Magpie Miner P L Cassidy. The article mentions upcoming meetings, a parade, and plans for Tender Teens badges and second class awards.
Unearthed notes describe a rural belief in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire that a hive dying or a misdeed will bring death within a year. The superstition ties bee fate to misfortune, with Yorkshire customs also linked to omens. Community actions include harming neighbors or stealing bees to avert or incur curses as a result.
The judges named Lonenine Biggin and Kilt Nulla Street Reid as top entries in this week’s junior contest. M Iree Banks of Mugga Heights received praise but did not win. Several participants were faulted for poor composition or spelling, though encouragement was given to try again next time.
Lorrie Siggin recalls a winter day spent at Mt Franklin with family. They helped push a car back onto the road and enjoyed snow covered scenery as they sledded and left a note on a man's hat to protect his pipe.
The heartmaster of the School Rev Canon wawarus and staff prepare for a ceremony next Thursday unveiling stones set in the quadrangle. Students practice a hymn from the new prayer book as part of preparations and fruit trees are to be planted in the school grounds.
A family movie night turns toward danger when a fire breaks out at Lhamank-terrace. Bobby, eight, wakes to smoke and fear as firefighters arrive, and the scene unfolds with his parents guiding him through danger while a child’s imagination battles with reality.
Fragmented text describes the Cheshire Cat origin on John Catherall’s coat of arms and a Liverpool area history. It shifts to a World War I era scene with Robby, Tad, and others dreaming, peering from windows, as tension and danger mingle with memories of Chester and distant fires.
A fragmented puzzle invites exploration of place names by rearranging clue letters. Clues reference Ragland and a 1881 lease, a buffalo elephant colony under a British crown, a small country visited by Columbus in 1602, and an island famed for a crop and Arab trade.
A chaotic Canberra Calendar entry lists dates, names, and events from 1781 to 1921 including Great Britain declaring war, Napoleon birth, canal openings, and notable deaths. It notes early Canberra figures, ships wrecks, and archival dates, blending global and local milestones in a single fragment.
The Canberra Times announces a student competition titled The Junior Mail with questions on Hyperion, Everlasting Mercy, Crichthon, Friar Tuck and other entities. Prizes for best all round explanations, 30 words max per entry, closing August 17, 1931.
A fragmentary text discusses male family traits and violence, referencing a Mercury figure and a historical cat fiddle motif. It mentions a Gatherall Quatre and a wheel, and hints at a Cheaniea Cat famed for playing violin. The passage is unclear and reads like a garbled historical note.
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