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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 31, 1934
Page
4
Bowling club members attended at the radeon last week with few changes. The practice featured handicap events and a tournament with Field, Darcy, Jeffreys, Keene, Lamb, Lott, and others competing in singles and pairs. Matches were tight with several upsets and rain delays affecting two afternoons of play.
In a desert mood of longing and fear, Pattison confesses love to a woman as Thrayer watches, brooding over a reef and a deadly rattlesnake near a shack. Thrayer plots to protect his rival by cornering Pattison with a staged threat and a calculated ruse involving a sack and elderly powder.
A tense scene follows Thrayer as he confronts a sleeping cobra in a cupboard on a desert shack mission. A dangerous escape triggers a chase across a sunlit wasteland while Pattison battles fear and reveals an approaching, unseen army of blue ants entering through a back cupboard crevice.
Canberra Club faced a light afternoon of bowling and ad hoc contests. The event featured pong and pool style competitions with members competing for the Hooton Cup and similar accolades.
The Manchester Guardian reports on recent astronomy showing that spiral nebulae are external galaxies, not true nebulae. With Hubble’s 100-inch telescope and Harvard Shapley Bok studies, distribution within the universe appears non uniform, suggesting a super system where galaxies revolve around a distant dynamical centre.
A United States Bureau of Standards report notes newspapers from 1368 onward deteriorate on rag-fibre stock unless preserved. Older papers use straw or mixed fibres. post-1804 papers show disintegration. Protective wrapping, Japanese test paper, and high-grade stock offer permanence. photographic methods show promise for stable records.
A text urged adherence to safe fuel handling near pumps urging motorists to avoid smoking while refueling. It emphasized attendants must prevent cigarette use near tanks and maintain safe distances before fuel is dispensed, citing risks observed at service stations.
The article outlines Germany's plans for the 1988 Olympic Games in Berlin, including a 280 acre park transformation, an Olympic Village for thousands of competitors, and a torch relay covering 1897 miles from Olympia to Berlin. Three thousand youths from seven nations would run the relay via Greece, the Balkans, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia, each covering about five furlongs, with flames burning 15 minutes. The event would end in Berlin with a ceremonial torch entry at 4 PM on August 1.
Members of the Royal Canberra Golf Club staged a stroke handicap event at the links on Batuday. The Wake north side will reopen for play next Baturday. Fos fourth and Attic holes will not be used as prepared for grass sowing. Players proceed to the sixth and practice holes, which were the old Th and Lith.
The Blue Triangle Cricket Association named its squad to face Togian women at Northvares Oval this Saturday, with trials showing strong batting and bowling form. Additional practice matches are planned at Hold Park on New Year’s weekend.
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