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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 06, 1927
Page
8
A fragmented report notes The Breadwinner staying committed despite unclear year context. Inter Mr Biruck quotes thanks to Dean’s backache kidney pills, claiming the team is free from backache and kidney trouble.
A wild Nepean River catch is reported as the largest eel in the area, with A. J. Burton’s camp party noting a 3 inch length, 16 pound weight and heavy circumference. Separate notes cover vast milk bottle washing in New York, detailing 800,000 bottles returned daily and sterilization standards to prevent contamination.
Report notes Wille Custome of Kclala locating birds in a bunker's Avetritian cages amid prohibited exports. Birds included finches and magpies. some fragile and damaged by airflow. Curator frees birds, while a curious magpie steals a farmer’s teeth in a separate Grafton tale.
Salvage workers claim success in locating the sunken Inner Egypt about ten miles off France. Soundings show the wreck at shallow depth while German divers with advanced gear prepare to blast into the site using oxygen and 200 pounds of dynamite. They will maintain contact with surface via telephotos as work commences.
Reports describe new methods to convert waste from lumber into a range of products including balsam wool, insulating board, and paper. It notes that poplar and jack pine, once thought unsuitable, can be used and may provide a perpetual raw material supply for mills.
The Goulburn First Troop led by Scoutmaster G Aldridge enjoyed a Xmas camp at Tal long last week with Assistant Gardiner as guide. Goulburn misses Bieler Brothers and Max Gray for Country Week tennis hindering Country Cup hopes. Typhoid fever outbreak at Goulburn Gaol and hospital inmates prompts preventive measures. Cancer Research Fund donations total 266 pounds 4 shillings with gifts from Presbyterian Ladies College pupils and Goulburn Golf Club aiding Miss Dorothy McAlister’s candidacy. Tennis results show Spring Valley and Lake Bathurst leading in respective grades. Marulan and Springfield undefeated in Ladies. Alex Gett, a long-serving phoner, died in Goulburn Gaol from Bright’s disease. Mrs A Martin, once local tennis champion, ranked third by Victorian expert W J Kalah. South Australian cricket team, including Richardsons and Grimmet, slated to visit Goulburn January 7. Cooma Bowling Club’s New Year visit yielded morning and afternoon wins. New Year Cycling Carnival drew a record crowd. J Branden won the five mile scratch race.
A playful column recalls a couple debating bicycles or a motor cycle before agreeing on a baby carriage. A separate note reports Viola suffering a suicide attempt at her brother's home and being treated at Methodist Hospital after a police ambulance call. A light exchange mocks a girl asking if Noah had a wife, answered by Joan of Arc.
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