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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 31, 1939
Page
3
The piece promotes Dr Moraes Indian Root Pills as a household remedy for bilious attacks headaches indigestion and constipation. It stresses everyday complaints can worsen if neglected and urges keeping a bottle at home to feel brighter and ward off more serious troubles.
At Burntisland Shipbuilding Co Ltd annual meeting chairman Wilfred Ayre announced the yard had completed 32 ships totaling 137000 tons in 32 months, a production rate of 4300 tons per month, a record unmatched globally. During the year the firm delivered seven ships with a combined capacity of 000 tons to owners in Britain Australia Norway Greece and Poland.
Scouters have not submitted White Census forms due August 7. The 3rd Canberra Cub Pack delays meeting due to holidays and absence. 2nd Canberra Pack faces recruitment limits as Lady Cubmaster Miss M Houston cannot take new recruits. The 2nd Canberra Group plans a September 8 Bridge evening at Forrest Bowling Club to raise funds. A weekend camp will be on the Queanbeyan River seven miles from Queanbeyan with Scoutmaster T. Warren in charge and signalling tests using fags and swamps. Rover and Discussion Group meetings proceed with Mt Franklin snow interest. The Pack shifts to Monday sessions from 7 to 8:30 pm. Training begins for an October carnival. The troop’s wireless linked to the Prime Minister’s speech, and the library remains popular. The seconds’ dance is set for the bowling pavilion Thursday.
A combined ACT Secondary School rugby team selected to play Christian Brothers College Waverley at Northbourne Oval on Saturday at 145 pm. Captain J Wilson will lead with R G Sheaffe as vice-captain and key forwards. T Baker and F Bullet notable backs. CB arrives Friday night, stay at Hotel Canberra, with CBC’s XV boasting a strong season.
A compact history of surname formation from Norman introduction after 1060 to modern times. It notes how many names derive from fathers trades or places, with examples like Johnson York Minster and Smith, and explains later corruption and playful nicknames that persist in today’s names. The piece invites readers to explore their own surname origins.
Sheffield firms receive a £40,000 War Office order for knives forks and spoons to feed the new army. The big order boosts local output as demand rises with the British Industries Fair and growing military provisioning.
Militia notes reveal year end awards for most efficient batta lion in the sixth Infantry Brigade and the 46th Battalion in the 2nd Division. EY Coy to hold first rifle parade. special bus from Gilles Street at 6.30 pm to the Drill Hall, dress in drill order, packs excluded. Serjeants’ rank class canceled due to F Coy musketry parade. Trembles ceremony postponed, now expected September 12. Militia Rugby Union team expected to dominate despite recent changes.
The report details steady progress toward oil production from olivan shale deposits. Construction of the power plant and exhaust system advances, with Belliss engines and GSU reciprocating units being installed. Tradesmen across carpentry, mining, ironwork, and welding are engaged, focusing on machinery assembly and site readiness as the industry gears up for operation.
In Sydney on Wednesday the Legislative Assembly heard a proposal to limit company profits. The motion cited BHP with a 64 per cent declared dividend. Mr W Davis urged Premier Mr Myer Muir to introduce legislation limiting profits. Muir said he'd consider the request.
The Bathurst event marked the launch of a decentralisation drive in the state to promote industry expansion in country districts. Minister G C Gollan announced government support for existing and new projects and a motion backed creation of District Advancement Committees to survey district resources and push development. The conference, with State Development Committee members present, discussed freight issues, coal costs, and mechanisms to attract new industries.
Three men died and several injured in a head on collision near Nagumbar about 75 miles north of Perth. Names of the dead are believed to be Hoigkin Murrey and Slipcroft, as details remain scarce and the area is sparsely populated. Police report a passenger train hit Lunger's Rally near Nagumbar.
Sydney the vice premier announced in the Legislative Assembly that precautionary measures in the present crisis cost the state about ten thousand pounds weekly. He said the program employs thousands who would otherwise be unemployed and promised to investigate allegations that government contractors hire their own workers as night watchmen.
A strong westerly wind halted operations at the Aberdaire Extended Colliery on Wednesday after the mine had completed 100 days of work without a stoppage for 50 years. Miners complained that dust, stirred by horses, hampered progress and that the recent watering did not help. Work is hoped to resume tomorrow.
Australia remains a leading dairying nation yet drinks per person per week average 34 pints, with butter making up 80.4 percent of milk use and cheese 3.8 percent. Butter production reached 4,000,233 cwt in 1939, Queensland and Victoria show shifts in output, and exports to the United Kingdom and other empires dominate while 3 percent go to foreign markets.
The New Zealand centennial exhibition, costing about £3,000,000, faces financial ruin due to war scare turmoil. Manufacturers report difficulties and uncertainty in presenting their goods amid the unsettled climate.
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