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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 10, 1934
Page
4
In Sydney on Tuesday at the Imquest on Ernest Kerry a 17 year old boy was fatally shot at his home in Enmo on December 9. The deceased’s father testified he had given the lad a pea rifle for his birthday and that the boy had been studying hard. the coroner returned a verdict of death by his own action.
A 12 year old girl Galinga Hogathre off is set to travel to New Zealand to be reunited with her parents after being separated during the Russian revolution. Her parents, fleeing Bolsheviks, left her with a peasant as they escaped, and decades passed with no trace until the Red Cross intervened. After41 years of efforts negotiations secured permission for her departure.
At Fremington Court on a six day, William David Barr 37 labourer was committed for trial on a grievous bodily harm charge. He allegedly attacked wife Minnie Isabel Harr mother-in-law Janet Patterson and niece Norma Barr with a razor. Mrs Barr did not testify but Janet Patterson described the assault and a witness sustained wounds to hands and arms while trying to intervene.
William Maurice Harrison aged 35 a ticket collector pleaded guilty at Glebe Court to shop lifting and was bound over for 12 months to be of good behaviour. He then suggested he donate nothing to charity but handed £1 to the police prosecutor for the children’s hospital.
Robert Fulton aged 22, a steward on the HMA Australia, was riding along Canberra Street Lane Cove when his motorcycle collided with a rear mudguard of a motor car. He sustained severe injuries requiring leg amputation and died early this morning in hospital.
The terminal wheat elevators will be full by week’s end with 30 of 120 country silos already filled, mainly in the south, due to slow wheat sales. Player-Planos by Paling’s praised for musical merit and easy terms offered.
BRUSH HURDLE RACE im 4f 22y 1.0 First Division Second Division. Raise all weights 15lbs. THREE AND FOUR YEARS OLD HANDICAP 6ff 3.30 Aussie 5 Chrystal Tw T Delight 9 O Finders T Strength 8 Green Bird 17 Khartoum 8 4 Polatte 7 Ali Pageame 8 0 Irish Molly T Magnaver 71:12 Eaton Queena T
After the Sydney wool market opened, prices for tops rose with Bradford quotes and industry reports noting stronger activity. While margins may tighten, a solid statistical base supports values, with German mills busier and consumption rising globally, though exports lag.
In New York on Monday two Woolworth heirs drew public attention amid a tangle of trials. Princess Alexia Meviani formerly Barbara Hutton arrived in California on a world honeymoon without her husband who faced a subpoena tied to his brother’s fraud case. Meanwhile Barbara’s cousin Woolworth Donohue reportedly ended his engagement to Dorothy Fell.
Edward Henry Morey, 22, trapper, appeared at the Wagga local police court on a charge of murdering Vercy Smith whose body was found in the Murrumbidgee River last month. Bail was refused as onlookers watched a quiet proceeding.
Prices again firmer with improved rates at the wool gate. The market was animated and competition widespread. German account aging featured prominently. Greasy merino fleece sold in five-bale lots from Hylatone and Yuasa. Total offerings 11,482 bales. 11,884 sold at auction. 1,296 disposed privately.
Delightful entertainment for your guests from one of PALING S new or re conditioned Player Pianos or Pianos at the Anniversary Handicap at Lancaster King Tuesday.
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