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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 15, 1929
Page
2
The geropline carrier Albatross with the Governor-General and Lady Stonehaven on board returned to Sydney to voy a cruise to Mapua. The Governor-General proved an expert shipman during the voyage. all the fish caught were given to the pack to prepare for meals, including three pike weighing 19 tongue.
Sydney report notes Sehute Hell and Co. managing director EL Ro Maser returns from a tour of America and the East predicting increased wool orders at the forthcoming salon. He cites rising wool use in the East and demand from northern regions for military blankets. He criticizes Avetratian publicity in the Foust.
Large crowd at Ascot pony meeting as Artamus wins the Pourteen Handicap at 4 to 1 after a long neck margin. Other winners include Lady Wolarot at 4 to 1 by a neck in Flying Handicap and New Song at 5 to 1 by a head, with times listed for each division.
Brisbane race results show Brown Apple's victory in the Exhibition Handicap over 1 mile with Royal Favor close behind, time 2.84 setting a Queensland record. Denham Plate winner Valn Bachelor took the race by two lengths in 1.54, amid odds of 7 to 1.
Police will guard the Darling Point residence of Edmond Resch for weeks following last night’s dynamiting attempt. Authorities regard the attack as the work of a lunatic or a person with a grudge against the owner. Resch declined to comment today.
Rydney reports William Moore aged 25 a timber worker convicted at the Darlinghurst sessions yesterday of having occasioned bodily harm to Joseph Latham 65 a timber worker in the employ of Hudsons Ltd. Today Judge Curlewin sentenced him to 12 months imprisonment remarking that a serious injury would have prompted a harsher sentence and reflecting the opinion of decent people.
Sydney report states Patrick Fitzpatrick a Croydon merchant was fined £100 by Burwood Court for selling liquor without a license. He had earlier been fined and was disqualified from holding a license for three months.
Delegates of the Canberra National Football League insist there is no discord over the schoolboys captaincy election for the prevent Valentine Melbourne squad. Misunderstandings about attendance and notices sparked questions, but delegates say the captaincy was unanimously chosen and no casting vote influenced the outcome.
Paris on Tuesday M Tloriot announced plans for a regular trans Atlantic air service and described a new machine designed to discard findings and act if the craft is forced down into the water, aiming to preserve life.
The semi finals of the Late women’s golf championship were played at Fine Bay today. Mrs. Ements defeated Miss J. Sydney Jones by five and three while Mrs. Morgan defeated Miss Wray by nineteen holes.
The coroner Mr May adjourned the inquest into the death of Leonard Maver, a waiter at Sydney College, who died on May 18 from suspected arsenic poisoning. Evidence showed several medicines in Macgregor's room but not enough arsenic to explain the death. further inquiries were ordered.
Commander Eckener announced the Graf Zeppelin will depart tomorrow on a world tour via the Baltic to Len ingrad and Northern Russia and Siberia. The sole passenger, Von Huenmefeld, a trans Atlantic flyer, will present to the emperor of Japan with no wreath to be laid for fallen German soldiers in Russia.
The coroner jury at Windsor returned a verdict of death by own action while temporarily insane in the inquest into the death of Hugh Herbert Machaughton, vice-provost of Eton, whose body was found floating in a Thames backwater.
The report notes Mr WK Vanderbilt refused 18 shillings in change due to microbe fears as notes circulate abroad in filthy conditions. It cites a British doctor linking skin disease to books handled by an auditor, arguing notes are cleaner and may possess disinfectant qualities.
News notes a school of about 500 English pilot whales entering Lerwick Harbour on holiday. Locals viewed from motor launches as the dense pod moved along both harbor banks and into deep water. A curious observer described their squeals and playful dives. one large whale led the group like a monitor.
A patient from Welting Tiparta South Austral describes a two year martyrdom from a severe irritation and piles. After failed medicines, Zam-Buk is hailed for overcoming pain inflammation and complete cure, with Zam-Hul also noted as effective.
Gee's Music Shop Kingston sells the Hix Value All Electric Radio at 43 shillings 10 pence with new terms 24 pounds 6 shillings 11 pence monthly as indicated by the catalogue style OCR item.
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