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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Dec 10, 1936

Page

4

Canberra Court Fines Several on Licences and Truancy

In Canberra the Court of Petty Sessions fined D Arcy five shillings with sixpence costs for driving without a licence and warned of a reformatory if reoffending. Mary Ryan of Hotel Wellington paid three pounds eight shillings in costs for selling liquor after hours. Charles Fitzsimmons was fined one pound eight shillings and costs for carrying liquor from a hotel after hours. Jack Gregory was fined for keeping his son from school to drive a car. Ridgwey was fined two shillings sixpence with fourpence costs for not sending children to school. the court noted the Canberra Relief Society’s clothing aid. A civil claim involving Bakers Distributors Ltd. described a road collision with a lorry. witnesses testified on vehicle positions and road conditions before a verdict was delivered.

Les D'Arcy W. F. Brits Canberra Mary Ryan Wellington Constable Cook Jack Gregory William Wade Department of the Interior A. H. Ridgwey Chidren Rehool Wnh Nidgwey Canberra Relief Society Britz R. VY. McMillan Bakers Distributors Ltd Leonard Morton McMillen Plasterer Duntroon Kingston Civile Bakers Distributors McMillan Dephne Charlotte Wilson Brayden Frederick Gordon Kaye Robert Rosa Kaye Arthur MacLeod Queanbeyan James William Grant Gritz McLeod

Legal contention over workers compensation for Scholes case

McMillan represented by K C Codd and Bakers Distributors by W H F Dickson in a Workers Compensation matter. Opinion urged that the memorandum of agreement be rejected due to insufficient consideration and Scholes ongoing injuries from burns since 1936. Medical evidence noted left hand weakness and burn marks, with specialists deeming Scholes unfit for heavy or manual work and likely progressively worse in the leg.

Scholes Maddeonl Brite F. F. Mitchell L. W. Nott Nott Dickson Schole Beholes Dr. Nott J. A. Mollison Canberra Mitchell Britz W. H. B. Dickson Maddrell

Money-saving cough remedy claim for eight bottles

An advert touts a penny-pinching cough cure by mixing a two shilling bottle of Heenzo concentrate to create eight bottles of remedy. It is pitched as suitable for banishing coughs croup and bronchitis for adults and children, claiming value of about a pound.

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Tragedy at Woodrow Park: Father Kills Family Then Himself

At Woodrow Park station homestead MITTAGONG a 40 year old man John William Woods attacked his wife Ellen Kathleen Woods 30 and three children Antoinette 7 Margaret 5 and Graham 12 months with an axe. He then cut his throat with a razor and was found dead in the bathroom. The mother was severly injured in a separate room while the three children died instantly. A maid Thelma Moen found the scene two hours later. Police say mental collapse and drought worries preceded the tragedy. The family had been in domestic dispute terms and planned to spend Christmas in Sydney.

Mittagong Woodrow Park John William Woods Antoinette Woods Margaret Woods Graham Woods Ellen Kathleen Woods Wooda Sydney

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