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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 15, 1940
Page
3
Government officials plan talks with shipbuilders to spur Australian build programs for minesweepers and trawlers to aid the Empire. A 1500 ton class cap and 50 000 pound annual subsidy face uncertain response as surveys probe industry potential and post bounty guarantees.
A blaze in Wellington on Saturday night destroyed a block of buildings next to a picture theatre. Patrons finished the show as heat and smoke limited the theatre windows and falling timber could be heard. The damage ran into thousands of pounds.
Cairo police arrested twenty seven persons of German descent. German nationals in Port Said and Cairo were questioned. Homes were raided and documents seized in the crackdown.
Kingston and Queanbeyan match ends 68 all after a dramatic last wicket stand at stumps. Manuka also in draw with Yarralumla at stumps, H Quigg takes eight for 37 including a hat trick while G Sharpe scores his second ton of the season.
A brisk match on Northbourne Oval ends with Northbourne beating Ainslie by 67 runs in first innings. R Roe scores 83 to anchor Northbourne 205, Custance 51 stands tall in Ainslie’s chase of 188 before collapse. Lees takes seven wickets as Northbourne’s bowling stifles the visitors.
Kingston rode a stubborn stand by Ben ton and McKie to limit Queanbeyan after Kingston was dismissed for 63 with one man short. Queanbeyan finished all out or not out as the score reached 68 before McKie and Beaton sealed a drawn result with tight bowling and key partnerships.
Hall chased 167 with Buckmaster dominating five for 22 and 78 as Hall edged Manuka by two wickets in a keen first innings win. Southwell and Cameron led Manuka’s bowling with steady spells but Hall held on in the final, securing the result on the second innings.
In a brittle contest, eight wickets fell for 131 as Gribble scored 61 not out to anchor Queanbeyan. Manuka batted cautiously, with Hall and Hourigan contributing steady scores while Robertson led the bowlers with six wickets. The Day’s play ended with Manuka 91 runs short of Queanbeyan’s declared total.
In Sydney Shield cricket Bradman attains 1000 season runs as South Australia pursues a target against New South Wales. Grimmett and Walker star with eight wickets between them, while NSW close their first innings at 270 as South Australia slips to 54 for two.
Sydney on Sunday reported the finding of a small Mills bomb on a Burwood tram. A man left a brown parcel. another man saw it and handed it to the conductor who alerted police. A caller claimed the item as a casting and said it was accidentally left behind. Police plan to have experts examine it tomorrow.
A Madrid dispatch says Dagton is negotiating a trade treaty with Britain and Spain. In London a Swedish mission departs to arrange war material supplies to Sweden. Scores note Clarke and Walters figures in a cricket style summary.
The design mirrors last war and about £5,000,000 in certificates will be issued yearly. Peak outstanding once reached £5,250,000. past sales in 1919 neared £10,000,000. First printing aims for about £2,000,000, with weeks needed to print and distribute to banks and post offices. Direct taxation may stay low with public support.
In Zurich on a Saturday report thousands of German Jews are drafted into forced labour to clear snow and build roads. About 20,000 of Berlin's 100,000 Jewish population are employed in this program.
Fragmentary report notes thefts at a public bathhouse involving bicycles and electrical outfits. Attendants face challenges as thieves exploit dressing rooms, prompting calls for better safeguards and potential installation of coin-operated machines.
Motor cars driven by Thomas Flint of Oaks Estate and Malcolm Hall of Dirrawan Gardena collided near the Campbell Street turnoff in ford Street Queanbeyan before eight o'clock. Miss Jean Andrews, a passenger, sustained lacerations above the left eye and received medical attention as both vehicles were extensively damaged.
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