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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 02, 1937
Page
2
The Junior Competition invites children under 13 to list as many objects starting with R as possible. Two entries tie for now but total counts unknown. mail entries to Junior Forum C/o The Canberra Times before next Wednesday. Birthday Club adds new members with greetings planned on birthdays.
A reader requests admission to The Canberra Times Birthday Club and asks to be added to the birthday lit with name age and address. They request publication on their birthday and to send letters to The Times Birthday Club c/o The Canberra Times Canberra.
Guides circle notes invite all Guides to a social evening at the YWCA with many commissioners from other centers expected to attend. Deputy Commissioner asks absentees to join the meeting and ride to the YWCA at 7 30 pm. Parents are invited and a church parade is set for St John’s Church at 11 am.
Brownies will not meet at the octal tonight at 146.18 the WCA milling area. Mothers are asked to come along as entries for a fine sugar bag competition will be judged during the evening. Brownies may leave entries at the WCA no later than 5 pm today. Send them to Brown Owl. Birthday greetings to Cecil Paul, No 17 Causeway, Thursday, December.
New members enrolled in The Canberra Women Birthday Club include Deamond Bird aged 1, Har greaves Crescent Ainslie Donugag Ill aged 20 Pine are Fy Teatitcla Honeycett aged 101 All Crescent Ainslie Alan Barnard aged 9 Coranderrie Street Reid.
Among children tested for the Primary Final exam, 112 passed and are ineligible for Telopes Park Intermediate High. Figures show 80 from Telopea Park Primary, 40 from Ainsley, 133 from other schools. The list of names includes Morrie Adamson, Gordon Archer, Harold Archer, Brenda Barrenger, Lealie Bellchambers, William El Georgina Brown, and many others across Telopea Park, Ainslie, and surrounding schools.
Examinations wrap up with Entrance Scholarship tomorrow as students prepare for social events next week. A Christmas party is set for Thursday night and Speech Day Friday afternoon December 10 featuring a cultural display. Alumni attended a dance at the Girl Grammar School last night. The school tennis championship concluded Saturday with finalists entering the FC T tennis tournament at Telspes Pate Monday.
The Chief Scout for Australia and the Governor General will attend the Porteat Clubroom on Friday next. A camp for Wolf Cub packs from St John's and Baptist groups is proposed, with activities likely to run in the late afternoon into the evening.
Cryptogram text describes school events and spelling games with misread letters. Notes boarders at the school participating in dances, literacy puzzles, and planned dates. December activities include a birthday party, a Christmas tree party, and a speech day with prizes provided by Bishop Burgmann.
After exams pupils prepare for year end social events at Telopea Park. Primary and Secondary schools host Speech Day on December 14 with prize giving at 2 04 pm for primary and 4 pm for secondary. A Canberra schools tennis tournament starts yesterday at Telopea Park and runs today. Infants School holds a Christmas Tree party on December 15 with gifts from Father Christmas. The Mothers Club final meeting is next Tuesday at 7 30 p m.
Ainslie Speech Day will begin on Wednesday December 15. In cricket, Telopea Park defeated Ainalle Inet Friday by a large margin. In Ainsville first innings Alexander scored 26 not out and Greville 4. Telopea reply included two for 9.
The Cub troop plans a December camp at Cottermouth camp site with transport organized by friends. Senior Scouts will handle cooking while Wolf Cubs are supervised by elder brothers. A.S.M. Jacke Larnel notes the troop fund holds the event and Beaver group aims to impress with open air focus. Attendance by the Troop has dipped as members prepare for exams. three recruits welcomed: R. Day A. Regella J. Danish. Danish to receive Tenderfoot badge this week.
A Blanca drawing within the maze invites tracing an outline of a single animal. Start at a print unit, follow the edges, and the figure should emerge as you complete the path. The solution will be revealed in next week’s page.
Fragmented Canberra Calendar entry lists historical dates and events from 1504 to 1927 including battles, rulers, openings, deaths, and recognitions. It mentions Mercator, Napoleon I, Eureka Stockade, Foundation of Friendly Society, Nobel Prize first award, and early Sydney railway milestones amid a stream of misread dates and names.
A whimsical children story about four pixies tired from golf, the wind playing a prank by blowing a red cap between hedge and tree. A robin, a cow, and a white mare cross the scene as the pixies try to reclaim the cap, then the wind returns it to the smallest pixie before a final playful twist.
A man gave 20 apples to A, 401 to B, 80 to C, and 80 to D and told each to trade as many as they could at 4d or 7d? Each son could sell apples and return with the same amount of money. Determine the common final sum and each son’s equal amount.
This item presents garbled phrases about a cool movie with air conditioning and a description of a tangerine color or pastel object lacking a handle. It mentions counters and price mentions but the intent remains unclear.
The readable text offers scattered snippets about totals and remarks on a petrol valuation, a reference to a United States War or state context, and fragmented mentions of a symphony orchestra and Adler. It hints at practical details and personal reactions but contains many garbled phrases and missing context.
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