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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Feb 07, 1935
Page
4
Amid chaos at MASCOM Wednesday, Joyce urged action on a mascot name issue. Sir Charien Kings ford faced questions as residents pressed for safer, clearer guidelines and timely decisions referencing the mascot project amid space and crowd concerns.
A severe influenza epidemic hits French garrisons with multiple deaths. Thirty-two soldiers die within a week as attacks and unrest ripple through Verdun Bourges and other posts. The cabinet discusses the matter as the situation escalates.
In a Canberra Times article dated Thursday February 7, 194%, the piece argues the Commonwealth bears limited blame for state deficits and warns of looming deficits for the Commonwealth itself. It critiques wheat bounty accounting, forecasts revenue declines, and urges tighter expenditure and reform of federal grants to states amid shifting tariff duties and wool price declines.
A Canberra F C T Division meeting of the British Ex-Service Legion of Australia resolved to wind up the division and seek permission to form an Imperial Ex-Servicemen Sub-branch within the Returned Soldiers League. Attendees praised ex-imperial service work, and a sub-committee was formed to handle winding up and establishing the RSL sub-branch while inviting a special speaker to address the assembly.
The AWU convention in Sydney decided 10 to 7 to refer the question of Labour unity to the Union's Executive Council. Two options were debated: NSW branch allying with the State Labour Party or unity via the State Labour Party joining the Federal ALP. The convention adjourned to Friday for interstate and state discussions to pursue unity.
London sales closed at firm rates as buyers from Germany and Habsburgs bought freely while Home competition softened. Approximately 42 28 dates of Australian wool offered with 89 500 bales to home buyers and 96 000 to the continent. Total Australian wool offered 72 000 bales. New South Wales 99 000 bales.
Britain's lead in shipbuilding is noted with a near doubling of vessels launched in 1934 over 1933. The world total tonnage reached 967,419 tons with Britain and Ireland producing 152,420, Germany 73,783, and Denmark 11,729. British output rose by 526,762 tons, accounting for 47.5 percent of the world total.
At the Swimming Club weekly carnival last night Tiyan continued a string of records, trimming the ladies 100 yards freestyle by a fraction. Jourd won the 100 yards, while junior events saw Mim Jorn. Bontwell set a new junior girls 200 yards mark. J Smith claimed the men's 100 yards club championship in 65. The B00 divers produced lively showings as Lynnette Cottingham took the Miles Cox Cup for diving pennies.
The Sydney meeting drew 4,000 as Eddie Tolan the Olympic sprint champ faced Billie McFarlane and Austin Robertson. Tolan failed to break 0.1s records in the 100 yards, McFarlane edged Robertson in a close 200 yards, and Robertson suffered a collapse in the Empire title race. The meeting featured several handicaps and heats with notable performances and new marks.
Melbourne dispatch reports Prime Minister Lyon stating the Royal Commission on transport dispersion has nearly completed its report. Members Lamb and Gunn were told the document could be ready soon and may be presented before officials travel to England.
The Commonwealth abandons plans for a cross state conference on accident prevention as Victoria South Australia and Western Australia resist, NSW and Tasmania show interest but health authorities deem representation too thin for nationwide action. Australia plans to reconsider later as accident deaths ranked high in 1994.
In near perfect Forrest Green conditions Cooma defeated Canberra with a solid 7 afternoon win in the Redan District Bowling Association pennant series. Several players from Canberra and regional clubs featured in tight contests as teams jockeyed for position ahead of the McTaggart trophy rowing event and ongoing local sports fixtures.
Melbourne reports Colonel J D Lavernack takes over as commandant of the Royal Military College and Army School of Instruction in the Second Military District as Major General J A Bruche, retiring April 23, assumes rank and duties. Bruche is a graduate of Sta College and the Imperial Defence College.
A lifeboat or launch was rescued in heavy seas after encountering trouble near port. Crew members responded to distress signals as lights flickered and efforts to extinguish a blaze were underway. The incident followed initial alarming conditions but responders managed to bring the craft to safety.
A fragmentary note discusses Japanese beer in Germany with figures 1034 and 770 as export comparisons. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or entities beyond these numbers.
Sydney reports the Solicitors Funds Bill advancing from second reading in the NSW Legislative Assembly. Debate centered on committee amendments and scrutiny of the bill before potential further examination of private matters and misconduct concerns within the legal sector.
The fragment lists men's diving results with names such as Dutra Manion Mit courtyard Blakeley and Medan, including scores or pins. Corrupt OCR obscures full details but indicates multiple divers placing in events and numbers like 1, 2, 3 and possibly 209 or 818.
The event features Joan Tarte Emin, Andrew Charlton, and others in Canberra as international swimmers prepare for a February 20 meet. Competitors include Europe’s Teen Teris Le Champion and world record holder with 400 metres marks, while assessments note strong form from nationalists and a student at the University of West Kong amid the vivid display of diving and sprint rivals.
A fragmentary obituary style item recalls Riverview Canberra’s old yat pioneers and district families. The passage references a general memory of 18 and a sister, hinting at training, service, and local names in a historical context.
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