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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 29, 1936
Page
5
In Melbourne, Friday, Defence Minister Sir Archdale Asai announced a Commonwealth grant to cover costs for medical and civil defense services across states. It funds emergency preparedness and potential corps training under state committees, following a premier conference defence sub committee decision.
Wauchope reports that after coronial inquiry into the Wallere Rest Hotel fire at Long Blat Gallagher was committed for trial. Evidence cited by the witness indicates Gallagher threatened arson, linking him to the blaze and establishing intent to burn the hotel.
A large crowd gathered with slogans opposing the governments unemployment relief plan. Protesters demanded that unemployment taxation profits be redirected to relief measures and called for broader support for those out of work.
Heavy rainfall blankets southern New South Wales with five inches at Pambutstu turning countryside into a floodplain. Prince's Highway may be blocked as snow and swollen creeks cripple Alpine roads. Mr Mares predicts further heavy falls on the Macquarie and Murrumbidgee upper reaches within 24 hours, risking weekend floods.
Salvatore Calabro, 8, an Italian, was yesterday convicted of wounding Allan Hewitt with intent to do bodily harm. Today Judge White sentenced him to 28 months in prison after counsel argued provocation and the jury’s mercy recommendation. The judge warned that weapons are not tolerated in the community.
A report from Mudgee notes 20 single men refused relief tickets while Alderman Cox says recruits are being sought for the militia. The council faces moral protest as officials debate handling of relief work and local defence matters amid mounting tension.
Tender notices inviting bids for enclosing verandah to Residence Lot 17 Section 37 Reid with details at Works and Services Branch Acton. Tenders to Secretary Department of the Interior Canberra in envelopes marked. No tender necessarily accepted. Lost and Found note plus classified WANTED ads for board with family.
State Lottery No 202 was drawn today. Major prizes awarded to Frat nea aput Patience Byindicate Bra Linda Jordan Ral sigh Breet Newtown. Second 4525 Aitting Pretty Ayn jisste Campbell Willem Bt Homaby. Third 72 425 C Napier Curlowin treet Bondi. Fourth 99 670 What Will We Keep It syndicate Mrs Daveson Narcome. Lottery No 363 will be drews next Friday.
An California amateur prepares a 30 inch metal casting for a telescope mirror at an eastern observatory. He argues metal mirrors offer higher reflection and stability, challenging traditional glass mirrors. Coatings, transported from Pittsburgh, face damage risks during shipment due to hard metals.
Melbourne announces phase for night flying beacons on intercapital air mail service. Teniers have been accepted to supply and deliver twelve rotating devices and twelve bar delays. Beacons to be installed at capital and immediate groups for aerial mail routes.
Fragmentary OCR reveals a tale of a man known as a miser who left a fortune a century ago. References to the Adler Head and Quaker brewer Robert Arthur hint at a vanished estate. Other readable lines mention a Messenger Boy, a rejected proposal, and a search by a married couple for a room amid unrelated ads.
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