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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 30, 1936
Page
4
The article notes ancient use of iron in stonework and how rust causes expansion that destabilizes structures. It cites St Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey domes at risk and observes the Crystal Palace lengthening by ten inches in summer, affecting storage of artwork.
Winchcombe Careon Ltd reports the English woollen trade at its busiest in a decade with reduced unemployment in the West Riding. Bradford combers dip slightly, raw wool shortages easing after arrivals. Yorkshire leads world manufacturing, prices stable since March 1935, aiding millmen profits and steady demand for merinos and crossbreds as Japan dispute settles. Sydney market opens soon with catalogues for January sales on the 6th 19th and 27th.
The Morley town museum will house a solid oak cradle three feet long that generations of Asquiths slept in. The cradle is linked to Herbert Henry Asquith and is presented as a proud local relic from the Yorkshire wool town.
The Coinage Offences Act imposes severe penalties for counterfeiting and related acts. Penalties range from three years to life in prison for false coin production or handling gold and silver coins, with lesser terms for copper coins and defaced coins. The act targets gilding, washing, or altering coins and restricts uttering counterfeit money with enhanced penalties if other counterfeits are involved.
An ex convict described as a carpenter from Camden Town was sent to prison for six months after posing as a doctor to win a dispenser position in the East and attempting to defraud Miss Elsie Weaver of £6 with a forged health service scheme. He had prior bigamy and other convictions.
A reader laments the loss of Edward as Prince of Wales and eventual king, credits his service and the empire’s diplomacy, and critiques his liaison with Wallis Simpson. The letter praises the Crown’s handling of the crisis, hopes for a stable monarchy under George VI and Elizabeth, and prays for guidance for the imperial state.
A small herd of wild pigs on the Poor Knights Islands off New Zealand was slaughtered by a special expedition to protect endemic flora and fauna. The pigs, descendants of animals landed by Captain Cook, had damaged lizards snails burrowing birds and shrubs. Captain G F Yerex led the campaign under Minister W F Parry with a report noting the extinction threat to native species.
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