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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 29, 1934
Page
3
Specials this week highlight Hedroam Suites from £5 17 8 and Im lution Line Equmres Non 32 6 range Coloured Cane chairs and dozens of hut lines of household furniture at reasonable prices. Eliis Southwell's Monaro Street Queanbeyan offers these items.
A verdict of acute poisoning was returned in the death of Mary Abbott, a well known resident, after witnesses testified that she vomited and died following ingestion of a corrosive substance. Doctors and coroners linked the death to mercury residues. the jury considered whether the substance was ingested intentionally or accidentally.
Major Attilio Balbi and Captain Lovardo Balbi are replaced by Signor Passuleva and Signor Bacule as pilots for the Savoia Marchetti entry. The Melbourne Centenary race occasioned Italian air force teams to participate in the North and South Atlantic armada under General Balbo, who won the Bibesco Cup in 1933.
William Gonge of Queanbeyan was fined £2 with 8s 6d court costs and seven days imprisonment in default for carrying paying passengers in a motor car not licensed for hire. He also faced a second charge of driving without a license, fined 10 pounds with 8s 6d costs and two days in default. The case, heard by Mr A G Tariwick in the Canberra Court of Petty, notes the similar offences among other alleged offenders and that the defendant had ceased the practice after being spoken to.
Two cases heard at the Canberra Court of Petty Sessions concern unlicensed wireless receiving sets. Herbert Kelly admitted using an unlicensed radio for twelve months and was fined £2 10s with 150 coins, plus 14 days in default. Georg Willem Faulkner pleaded not guilty to occupying a house with an unlicensed set and received a £1 10s ban and 14 days imprisonment in default.
Representatives of the Komodo dragon, the largest living reptiles, recently completed a long voyage from Komodo near Flores in the Dutch East Indies to the New York Zoological Park. Three survivors arrived after a journey marked by traps and dramatic captures, with the group previously known only from early 19th century reports.
In Sydney at the Central Criminal Court Vincent Baloup faces a charge of capital offense after allegedly insulting Elizabeth Thoroughgood during a dispute near the Molonglo River. Witnesses Edith Thoroughgood Harry Thoroughgood and Eric Charles Allen testified to belligerent exchanges and the accused denied using the words cited. He previously faced a similar charge at Queanbeyan Court. he was remanded with costs and witnesses listed.
A German physician Dr George Zuelzer claims a cure for heart disease via a pill derived from a liver extract named Butennas and a heart hormone he isolates called tale prepara tion. He warns that vital precautions and diet influence outcomes, and notes his hormone therapy may aid prevention and treatment of circulatory ailments.
Pigeons are a popular sport in Britain with thousands of racing clubs and rising participation. Entry costs, yearly dues, and prize money attract investors, with events like the National Flying Clubs show expanding from 77 entrants in 1921 to over 2000 last year and winners earning prestige and potential resale value far above purchase price.
The note describes Cottingham a chestnut imported sire from Lainsborough trading lines with Derby winner Lemberg and Solario among his progeny. Dam Rosedrop by St Frusquin, grandam by Tren ton. Sold at Doncaster for high value. dam fetched £17,000 as a broodmare. Offers full pedigrees and fees through P M Bourke.
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