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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 29, 1933
Page
4
Auction results show mixed demand with 200 head traded and varied prices for sheep and cattle. Buyers faced a cautious market as rung offerings and quality grades influenced bids, while several lots moved with moderate support amid a fluctuating trading day.
The well known cyclist Hubert Opperman is seriously ill at his home in Melbourne. All engagements planned for Thursday are canceled as doctors diagnose his condition and he remains under medical care.
The city faces a crab invasion along the Hooughtriver banks causing nuisance and water supply concerns. Officials and experts discuss management methods while residents fear ongoing disturbances for several days.
A body was found in a canal near Lorton in Sydney on Thursday morning. The remains have been transported to Nar renders for examination.
Reported in St. Louis during a summer epidemic, doctors test mosquitoes that bit patients to prove or disprove their role in sleeping sickness. Washington officials caution the experiments. further trials are planned in Missouri, Virginia, and Maryland with aim to trace origin and transmission.
In Yankton South Dakota a divorce court ruling addressed a twin born to a wife by different men. The husband presented evidence that one child might be the neighbor's, while a physician testified such a condition could occur. the judge granted the husband the child he claimed and left the other with its presumed mother.
In Sutton, Surrey, a century and a half old rite revived at St Nicholas Church. After service, the Lamb family tomb was opened to perform a nocturnal vigil with Ave chants as moral panic rose about body-snatching for medical use. Mat Gibson vowed to guard the tomb and fund regular rain rites, while the ritual continued despite fears of theft by the living.
Dr Hugh M Smith, collecting for the Smithsonian, notes bizarre Siamese wildlife on a northern Siam mountain expedition. The river bank hosts a living carpet of daddy longlegs, the hillside erupts in motion at dusk, and a haunted summit bears orchids gibbons and diverse forest fauna including monkeys, deer, squirrels and bears.
A distorted report cites a pattern of Monday work hazards and rising accident rates across factories. Aimed at temperance groups, the text suggests a study by the National Safety Fast Association to probe Monday related risks and potential reforms.
A party of 200 bush children accompanied by 30 adults arrived in Sydney today. Most have never seen a city or ridden a train. The children belong to the Woolongong branch of the Returned Soldiers League and were described as eager and curious about urban life.
The Alfwtmatian Kangaroos travel to face Wales this Saturday with a squad including McMillan, Why, Drown, Citi Pearce, Gardner, and Pri. The fragmentary list suggests a midweek note on lineups and venue.
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