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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 06, 1937
Page
2
Morri service man Morris number 2491 of the th Battalion is to be moved from Canberra Hospital today at 3 p m to Canberra general cemetery for funeral rites.
The Canberra weather record lists barometer readings at 9 am 20.83 inches and 9 pm 20.85 inches. Temperatures noted include 66.8 degrees at 9 am and a maximum around 40.5 degrees for the day. wind directions recorded at several times.
The piece warns that wind swept sand threatens agricultural lands across Australia due to neglected land and water management since 1862. It argues restoration hinges on pasture revival and root cover, with six to twelve inch soil protection margins in critical areas, and urges immediate action to prevent further erosion across the nation.
U.S. officials outlined steps for a munitions shipment. The plan involves coordinating with allied forces and ensuring secure routes. Officials emphasized reliability, speed, and compliance with international standards amid evolving security concerns.
In Queensland high heat and rough luck the narrator travels with Scandalous Graham a notorious shearer. They improvise a makeshift river voyage aboard a sawn tank to reach Richmond while dodging danger, hunger, and a flooded river. They survive a near capsizing, battle a stubborn current, and finish with a boatful of breakfast and a hard won escape.
In a Brussels to London airflight the financier Max Wenner, aged about 49, vanished after a bang and shudder of the plane at 8000 feet over the Meuse. Passengers report Wenner writing and pocketing a note before a possible door slam as the fuselage sustained damage. Wenner, a wealthy Shropshire landowner, often holidayed in Germany and Switzerland and his wife had died in July.
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