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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 19, 1935
Page
2
The listing highlights a wide range of designs in wood glass aluminium enamel and metal bowls mirrors and related items with prices from 7/4 and up. It notes design options and emphasizes metal and glass products without detailing any nameplate descriptions.
A publishing notice appears under the title The Canberra Timmes with names Gane BYDNET and Dymock Mewanganey listed in the notice text. The fragmentary OCR read is partial and requires confirmation of the complete names and publication purpose.
Fragmentary report references Reece Kemes, Betty Ersen Arras and a prior date from a distant source. Mentions Greenhornes and Cemmarre wad with unclear context. Limited readable names and time markers suggest a brief municipal or court notice but specifics are obscured.
The readable lines reference year records in farming and a race, but content is garbled. No clear entities or events emerge to identify people, places, or organizations. The fragment seems to be OCR noise about year records and race data, lacking coherent structure.
Forecast for southern and eastern areas includes dense fog and frosts, harsher frost in some regions, followed by mostly fine spells with moderate temperatures. Later clouding spreads to northern border and far south-west districts with variable winds. Inland shifts to north to northeast as coastal winds trend southwest to southeast. General outlook shows moderate day temperatures and cold frost nights with cool, frosty air.
A Sydney University appeal to New South Wales Government urges higher annual subsidies to boost staff, scientific maintenance, scholarships, and library funds. The vice chancellor notes current grants of £55,000 versus £75,000 in 1929, argues for doubling, and cites the Sydney Technical College as Cinderella of NSW education with 18,500 state students and costs exceeding £139,460 for technical education in 1934. A commission recommends £650,000 to modernize facilities across Sydney and regional centers, with finance options including a small land tax levy and continued state responsibility.
The article surveys Australia’s Commonwealth pension program for the aged and invalids, detailing eligibility criteria, residence and ownership rules, and income limits. It notes rising costs and beneficiary numbers, outlines payment rates and purchasing power over time, and highlights demographic trends and administration costs.
A bizarre case unfolds as Bovuke Kakubari a year into imprisonment proclaims a vow to be convicted twenty times before committing a novel homicide. The odd pledge follows eviction orders in Southend amid ongoing legal turmoil and a brewing theft, with authorities monitoring repeat offenses.
At St John’s Church the Rev Burgman preached on national burden and renewal. He urged grave concern over economic insecurity and youth unemployment, saying lasting change requires leaders with vision, citing Samuel’s call to Gilgal as a model of sacrifice and duty. The service honored Avery and Stephen with prayers and memorials.
A sermon recounts ancient Israel’s demand for a king and a promised messianic kingdom. It reflects on Jesus as the peaceful, just king and links a modern church gathering at Gilgal to renewal and national memory amid societal turmoil.
More than 100 applications were received from all parts of the Commonwealth for the clerk position at Australia Office in New York. The Prime Minister's Department is expected to announce the appointment shortly and the chosen candidate must sail for America on the 3rd of this month.
The five member Goa Council set up for Laliog over the ty Council failed to include a representative from the City Council. Aldermen McEiliows and O'Cramer were elected, while North Sydney’s Mayor Guehiner and Alderman Lieyd from Enfield missed the post.
Balcutta Saturday reports that R. Be Chapman of the TAT arrived with the plane after a failed attempt to break the India Australia record. His future plans remain undecided as conditions and opportunities are assessed.
The Canberra Amateur Opera Society will hold a social and dance at Ainslie Hall on August 22. AU members and Tala Yup members are invited. Arrangements will be finalized in another production. The note hints at prior success in a separate undertaking and expresses optimism for this event.
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