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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 13, 1928
Page
3
New York health commission cites injurious noise from riveting in building construction. Engineers push welding as a cleaner, stronger method, claiming reduced material and labor costs, quieter plants, and the rapid fabrication of frames, bridges, ships, and machinery.
A new method uses submerged and surface wires to electro fish ponds in Halle enabling live fresh water fish to be paralyzed and collected. Workers in insulated clothes haul the fish to market while non edible threshed fish are used as manure. Electric fish meters and tanks will soon bring pond to table.
An article explains how conductors detect unpaid fares on trams. It details methods used by passengers including women and children who evade payment, and recounts incidents of deception and confrontation aboard trams with references to over riding and unpaid fare slips.
A summary based on observations by Polert W. Gray and others suggests whales sleep at the surface or submerged with minimal breathing, often surfacing to breathe lightly. Gray notes sleeping whales may drift near the surface and that harpooning can wake sleeping individuals, while theory holds that sleep occurs without full breath cessation.
Bohemian inventor Joseph Tene vies asserts discovery of a synthetic gold alloy that gleams yellow, resists oxidation, and weighs more than regular gold. He promotes a partnership with a company and argues the metal would not alter the gold standard. Critics caution that even with synthetic products, gold’s value remains tied to real gold.
Mrs Bridget Hart died aged about 55 in Grafton telegram reports. A settler who arrived in Australia after a seven month voyage, she lived in Sydney and Grafton and traveled the northern regions. Her husband, Mr Wey Hart, was a marine architect involved in building the Yamblen breakwater.
Reports describe tramway staff or detectives in plain clothes patrolling to enforce fare rules after an offence involving a passenger who failed to pay. The measures aim to deter fare evasion and ensure proper conduct on city trams.
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