Proprietor and contact lines from Canberra press
An archival listing shows The Federal Capital Press of Australia Ltd at Mort Street Canberra with a telephone, advertising rates per annum, and prepayment terms. It mentions Queanbeyan district and individuals including J. Duane A. M. Fallick Mrs. P. Murphy and others as receivers or parties related to road and transport notices.
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The
Federal Capital Press of Australia, Ltd
Mort Street
City
Canberra
Phones
Weather Summary for Canberra Monday Report
Canberra weather bulletin shows a barometer of 20.90 inches at dawn, 20.83 at 3 pm, and 20.87 at 9 pm. Temperatures ranged from 51 degrees at 9 am to 89.2 degrees at 3 pm and 66.8 degrees at 9 pm. Maximum 55.3, minimum 42.6 on screen and 30.8 on grass. Wind was variable in the afternoon. Rainfall records are noted for Canberra with a March date placeholder.
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Canberra
Engagement of Sheila Lyons to William Lacey Planned Next Year
Miss Sheila Lyons of Devonport announces engagement to William Lacey. She expects the wedding to be held late next year. Lyons has known her fiancé for a few months and hopes to visit his parents in Sydney soon.
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Devonport
Sheila Lyons
William Lacey
Sydney
Halford Oration to be Delivered at Institute of Anatomy
The seventh Halford Oration will be held Monday December 12 at 8 15 p m in the Institute of Anatomy. Professor P MacCallum will speak on Population Growth with special study of trends and factors affecting medical science and services. Senator Fell will chair. Admission is free.
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Institute of Anatomy
Professor Halford
Iegapenenta
Met
P. MacCallum
MacCallum
Commonwealth
Senator Fell
Man Dies by Self-Inflicted Explosion in Cronulla
A man whose identity is not yet confirmed was decapitated when gelignite exploded early Monday in Cronulla bush. Police believe the man placed an explosive in his mouth with a fuse, causing the fatal blast.
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Bydney
Cronulla
Girl Guides meet at YWCA Canberra
Her Excellency Lady Gowrie attended the Annual Meeting of the Girl Guides Association at the YWCA Build Canberra. Miss Margaret Allen and Miss Bell left Government Canberra. MP F M Forde departed for Adelaide to continue the Wakefield By election campaign.
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Lady Gowrie
Girl Guides’ ‘Association
Y.W.C.A. Build
Canberra
Margaret Allen
Mins N Bell
F. M. Forde
M.P
Federal
Labour Party
Adelaide
Wakefield
MoHugh
Future of Australian Aborigines Must Be Secured Secular Sanctuaries
A. P. Pink argues the Commonwealth should move away from mission control toward secular sanctuaries that allow Aboriginal tribes to shape their own destinies. He criticizes missions for hastening extinction, calls for rights and freedom, and warns against selective citizenship for full-bloods, urging political action to protect religious and cultural autonomy.
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Victoria
New South
Tasmania
New South Wales
McEwen
Northern Territory
Anborigin
Meat Strike Sparks Judge Warning On Award Review
Justice Cantor of the Industrial Commission warned that stoppages align with sheep slaughter periods and may force a review of the Meat Industry Employees' Union award. A conference at Homebush led to resumed work and a deputation to Mr Merritt, with a report due next Friday.
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Meat Industry Commissioner
Meat Industry Employees’ Union
Justice Cantor
Meat Industry Employees Union
Homebush
Meat Commissioner
Mr. Merritt
Cancer operation gives cancer tongue patient hope
Dr G A Stephens and Mr W Williams of Swansea used subcutaneous injections of heavy Traber to enable a patient with in operable tongue cancer to eat and speak after two months of impossibility An American scientist found heavy water in 1934 produced by passing electricity through water and obtainable in Norway due to extensive plants and waterfalls there
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London
G. A. Stephens
W. Williama
Swansea
Norway
Wheat Scandal Sparks Bread Price Anger in Australia
The article denounces Commonwealth wheat legislation as a massive error that raises bread prices and harms the poor. It accuses Prime Minister Lyons of reversals, calls for an orderly marketing system, export subsidies, and a national marketing body to stabilise prices and support farmers.
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Ime
Canberra
Lyons
Commonwealth
Theommonwealth
Commonwealth Bank
Australia
Valencia Air Battle Over Madrid Frontal Air Battle
Thousands watched a half hour air battle over Valencia as twenty nine Italian Savoia bombers and German Messerschmitt planes attacked the city. Ten government planes repelled them after 250 bombs were dropped on the port area and surrounding villages. Nineteen civilians were killed and 22 houses destroyed.
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Madrid
Valencia
Ix Tralian
Rebels intensify attacks on loyalist Spain report
London dispatch cites Daily Telegraph correspondent saying rebels, after warning to bomb 100 loyalist towns, step up serial assaults on loyalist Spain. The actions reportedly stiffen loyalist resistance across the region.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Spain
German Rabbis Immigration Permits Granted in Jerusalem
Jerusalem reports the Government granted the Chief Rabbi of Palestine's request for immigration permits for 30 German rabbis. In Tel Aviv a woman, Mrs Rosenbaum, took her own life after learning of her 26 relatives in Austria faced desperate conditions.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Turkish Purchases in Britain
Istanbul, Sunday. A sum of £1,819,000 of the British £10,000,000 sterling credit will be devoted to buying 11 mercantile steamers from Tyneside, while £1,500,000 will be used for purchasing 41 English locomotives and 200 freight cars.
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Istanbul
Tyneside
Young Woman Dies on Interstate liner Manunda
Sydney reports Margaret Trohertson Park aged 22 collapsed and died aboard the Manunda while en route to Sydney. The Brisbane resident had been seriously ill and was returning with gratitude to her mother for support in health efforts before the fatal incident.
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Sydney
Margaret Trohertson Park
Manunda
Brisbane
New Guinea Vital to Australia
The Administrator of New Guinea Sir Walter McNicoll, arriving in Sydney from the East, urged that regaining means could unite Papua and New Guinea under one administration. He warned Australia should never give up New Guinea, saying it is adjacent to Papua and crucial as the dangerous influences spread. He stressed maintaining control of the island chain from Papua to Sumatra.
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Sydney
New Guinea
Sir Walter McNicoll
Papua
Australia
Judge declines to adjudicate Rolfe admission case
Justice Barrett refused to adjudicate the application by Thomas Ernest Rolfe to remove his solicitors name and seek admission as a barrister. He said prior advice disqualified him. After argument the matter was stood over. Chief Justice Sir Frederick Jordan refused to have just two judges hear it without a third.
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Sydney
Duke of Kent to Attend Queen Maud of Norway Funeral
London reports that Duke of Kent will attend Queen Maud of Norway's funeral on Sunday. Duke of Gloucester was slated to speak but suffered a broken collarbone in a hunting accident Saturday.
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London
Duke of Kent
Queen Maud
Norway
Duke of Gloucester
Why Von Luckner Ran for Home
Sydney Monday Colin Moore a New Zealand radio announcer who sailed with Count Von Luckner aboard the Sea Devil from Sydney returned on the Niew Holland liner He said that during the cruise in September the German commander then in Dutch East Indies obeyed Hitler that all German ships should return home He cut the tour short and headed for Germany.
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Sydney
Colin Moore
New Zealand
Count von Luckner
Criss
Dutch East Indies
Hitler
Germany
Ring in Allegation Echoes in Melbourne Racing
In Melbourne police inquiries are underway into a ring in claim regarding the racehorse Foxmore. Ken Ney, secretary of the club, said Foxmore raced under that name at Chiltern and was seen at Albury. Chiltern Racing Club secretary J Brown stated Foxmore was entered by an outsider not known locally and appeared rough in condition.
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Melbourne
V.B.C
Foxmore
Kenney
Albury
Chiltern
The
Chiltern Racing Club
J. Brown
Government mulls subsidised shipbuilding plan in Australia
A Commonwealth Government scheme to subsidise Australian shipbuilding may be announced by year end. Cabinet delays stem from defence priorities but reports from the Tang Board and Customs official Marcusson support the plan. The initiative aims to build coastal vessels of about 8 000 to 10 000 tons, boosting independence from British ship supply.
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Achems
Tang Board
Customs Department
Gate Vital
Wy i F. G. Marcusson
Sydney
Bourne
Newcastle
Maryborough
Australia
Bondholders urged to state conversion plans soon
Mr Casey the Federal Treasurer sent personal letters to about 130000 holders of maturing stocks and bonds. He notes less than half have indicated their intentions and asks recipients to inform the Commonwealth Bank promptly. The notice emphasizes the conversion option and urges action on impending maturities.
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Mr. Casey
Commonwealth Bank
Casey
Joan
Australian gold production rises in ten months to 1.29 million ounces
For ten months ended October Australian gold output reached 1,291,164 fine ounces valued at £11,274,088, up more than 170,000 ounces from the previous year. October production was zero fine ounces, valued at £1,223,389, marking a 21,444 ounce increase or 19 percent from October 1937, with figures released yesterday.
Sir Claude Reading Reappointment Likely to Board
The Federal Cabinet contemplates Sir Claude Reading may be reappointed as chairman of the Commonwealth Bank Board when his term ends at year end. Reading has served on the board since 1977 and chaired it for four years, but no decision has been made on vacancy or a possible second term.
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Commonwealth
Done! Thomson
Australia
Claude Reading
Commonwealth Bank Board
Sailors' Brawl In Blood Alley Sparks Arrests In Shanghai
A clash between French and Italian marines erupted in Blood Alley Shanghai. One Italian marine and three French police were jailed along with seven Italian marines after the street fight.
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Shanghal
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