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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 08, 1936
Page
2
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Public notice listing proprietors and subscription rates, with multiple Canberra district newsagents and agencies named including Kingston, Weetlake, Manuka, Queanbeyan, Uriarra Road, and Sydney Dymock's News Agency. Rates: 43 shillings per annum within the Commonwealth, 40 shillings in advance.
By arrangement the newspaper delivers daily to Canberra and Queanbeyan homes before other papers. Residents are asked to communicate their home addresses to Canberra Times at the given phone number.
Weather report for Canberra shows barometer 9 am 20.07 inches, 3 pm 26.90, 8 pm 29.97. temperatures 9 am 61.5, 3 pm 66, 9 pm 59. 24 hours to 9 am 70 degrees max, 52 minimum on grass 40.3. winds NE. Rainfall not recorded. Yearly rainfall table begins with January.
Weather reports show minimal rainfall and stable temperatures in Queanbeyan with forecasted showers uncertain. City residents await further updates as conditions ease into a dry spell for the week ahead.
In Melbourne and the Northern Wimmera region heavy rains have caused significant wheat losses. At Murrayville over four inches fell in 34 hours, leaving many paddocks waterlogged and ruined for sowing and harvest.
Consul-General for Japan Mr. K Mural arrives in Canberra with a staff of five to reopen trade treaty talks with Sir Henry Gullett. Australia runs a trade surplus of over £6 million with Japan last year, exporting £12,095,514 and receiving £5,801,000 in goods. Gespräche aim to boost wool exports and broaden markets while timing depends on both governments.
The Supreme Court rulings invalidate remaining National Recovery Act provisions ending the New Deal as unconstitutional. The AAA is dismantled, farms face price volatility, and economic planning debates shift to constitutional limits and state federal roles. Australia watches closely as similar constitutional tensions re emerge.
Canberra Hospital Board will draft a statement for the Prime Minister regarding recent Causeway meeting resolutions. A sub committee of the chairman Green and McFadyen was approved to prepare the majority view, with full board consideration later. McFadyen will be represented by proxy.
Experiments with Australian wattles in Natal expanded to hundreds of thousands of acres in the Union. Bargaining labor and strong demand for tanbark supported a thriving export trade and tannin extract manufacture. Forest Service research boosted thinning, manure use, and other practices, greatly increasing bark yield and timber size, sustaining mine fuel needs.
Don Bradman headlined a Newcastle match between the Newcastle Eleven and the South Australian Sheffield Shield side. Newcastle declared seven down for 124 to give SA a bat. Bradman made 44 before dismissal as SA stood 7 for 252 at stumps. Bradman urged a broad national approach over state loyalties.
The text notes standard types and stable factories producing a solid extract with about 60 percent tannin. It highlights how establishing industries from trees and raw material can transform land, with wattles planted improving tree cover in Natal and silvicultural research aiding industry development.
The national wool selling brokers report 1 473 001 bales sold in the second half of 1935 in Melbourne and across stores. Average greasy wool price 14 40 a lb, up from 8 56 in 1932. weight per bale fell to 304.08 lbs from 313.43 lbs. Balances awaiting disposal total 296 207 bales in Sydney and 286 685 in Victoria.
Australia won the toss and bowled first as Eastern Province stumbled to 0 24 in the hour. McCormick struck early and Grimmett claimed Fleming and others as the home side fought to 10 at lunch.
Southern Punjab followed on after 163 total as Tarrant's Team dominated with Oxenham taking 7 for 14 and Nagel 3 for 50. Tarrant's Team won by an innings and 62 runs in Calcutta on Monday.
Wreckage from the lost steamer Paringa has been identified by Chinese sailors from the tanker Wincas as the Paringa. Captain J. K. Davis stated that the Paringa hatch washed ashore at Lake Tyers. The lighthouse steamer Cape York is now aiding in the search for further wreckage and signs of the missing vessel.
Sydney report states Councillor A. Lloyd was unanimously appointed Chairman of the City Electricity Undertaking at the County Council meeting. A proposed salary rise from £500 to £750 faced opposition from Councillors Cramer and MacElhone but received support from O'Dea Lloyd and Gardiner.
The Hospital Board minutes from December 16 were challenged over the vote on Misa Lade. Mrs. Tillyard claimed the vote was four in favor and she abstained, while others asserted the vote was unanimous. The board approved a corrected record noting her objection and abstention.
The state records a rise in cancer deaths in 1935 with 46 more fatalities than 1934. Influenza deaths dropped to 232 from 57 the year before. State population at end of September stood at 2,444,700.
A meeting of the Queanbeyan P and A Association failed to attract a seconder for a motion to withdraw from the District Exhibit section at the Federal Capital Territory show. Discussions cited pamphlet misprints over prize money and staging costs, while organisers urged support for a strong district display despite time limits.
The Minister for Education Mr Drummond and the Federal Government are discussing a special aviation course for all secondary schools. Drummond urged Australia to be broad minded. Proposals include Commonwealth subsidies and lending Air Force personnel as lecturers and instructors.
The Queanbeyan P. and A. Association debated £60 kerbing and guttering charges and decided to obtain legal advice before paying further instalments. Objections were raised about council authority and trusteeship with hints of a possible test case in other town areas.
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