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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 23, 1934
Page
3
Readable fragments describe a local event involving notable figures Alt Fe Markee and Wily Pe. Details are incomplete but indicate a community action or meeting with names connected to a seasonal context and local entities.
The Kensington race meeting on Wednesday lists acceptances across Welter Mile One and a quarter weights divisions. Entries include Havarpot Saneanides Rogerson Bytheus Ephiattes Assai Gananchal Isaton Queen vane May Chegeriah Ortelles Tea Misa and more for the open events and handicaps.
In Rushcuttern Day Stadium a principal bout ends in controversy as Canadian fighter Townsend fouls Australian champion Jimmy Kelso. Kelso is disqualified after a heavy punch, with crowd protests and police intervention as seconds flood the ring and officials debate action. The match had featured two-fisted slugging from the start and an intense opening seven rounds.
A municipal inquiry into charges against Parsonage at the Riverina Welfare Farm for Boys faced crowding and process disputes. Witnesses described welfare conditions, with early testimony noting alleged misconduct and the need to assess handling of discipline and fighting among detainees. The inquiry proceeded with limited witnesses and public attention.
The match saw heavy punches to the head and body with the Australian taking the lead from the Canadian, piling up points and regaining advantage after a brief knockdown from a flash Ulegal blow. Weights announced were Kelso 119 and Townsend 11.
The stomach contents of George Hutson, who died near Lroken Hill last Saturday, were sent to Sydney for analysis by the Government panel, after exhumation by a local doctor. If poison is found, detectives will be dispatched from Sydney. Hutson’s death had an initial certificate later revised to a lungmalady cause, with a note of apricot eating mentioned.
A 19 year old was held by a blank and tackle as men filed past and kicked him. On being asked, a witness said he did not know if the bloke and tackles were permissible under the King's regulations. The inquiry was adjourned.
Global appeal fuels a weight loss regimen promising a free from fat figure. Daily half-teaspoon Kraschen Salle in warm water before breakfast is said to expel wastes and acids while toning organs, improving blood, and delivering a “Kruchen feeling” of health and vitality.
An international review details motor user taxes, led by Great Britain with about £68 million in petrol duty and motor vehicle tax in 1938. It notes 1.64 million vehicles and total UK motor transport expenditure around £356 million, with road passenger transport receipts about one third higher than railways.
Nellie Olive Cox of Causeway Canberra suffered a fractured skull and fractures to her right arm after alighting from a motor bus near Woollonguns Road Ardcliff she walked past the bus and was hit by a lorry proceeding in the same direction. She was admitted to SS Corge Hospital in serious condition.
R A Railton designer of the Blue Bird 272.46 mph record spoke at the Institute of Automotive Engineers in London about reaching 400 mph. He said two wheel drive limits were reached at Daytona Beach last year and discussed four wheel drive vs rear drive and possible six wheel layouts for future speed records.
Printed and published by J. Shakespeare for the Federal Capital Press of Australia Ltd, at the company’s registered office.
Over ten years a bennzol meteor spirit from coal by products at Broken Hill near Newcastle has impressed, with the Commonwealth Defence Department testing it. The Royal Air Force reportedly uses 26 percent of its fuel in aircraft powered by the meteor fuel.
A Darlinghurst courtroom drama for the Cinesound film The Silence of Dean Maitland caused a staged outburst during a manslaughter case. John Longden stars as the Dean with Charlotte Francis Audrey Nicolson Fred MacDonald and Les Warton in support. The NSW Justice Department lent the court to the production to back Australia’s film industry.
A railway tricycle derailed near Ganmaln last night. A. Storer, 76, suffered a fractured skull and probable spinal fracture with paralysis and is in critical condition. His son Hig son escaped serious injury while A. Storer travels toward Junee to catch a Goulburn express. An ambulance from Wagga Wagga took him to Narrandera district hospital.
Coronial inquiry into the death of William Richard Bateman at Lapstone Hill found he died from self-administered poison while temporarily mentally deranged. The widow testified he left for work in cheerful mood and kissed her goodbye uttering loving words before his death. She recalled a head injury at the works he minimized.
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