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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 23, 1935
Page
4
Sydney wool sales show general competition with some faulty and irregular lots. Armidale merino fleece aided by six bales. total auctioned 11 058 bales with 0 838 gold and 636 sold privately. Melbourne sales report good clearances as buyers seek value. Heenzo cough remedy advertised with over one million Australians using it annually.
Queanbeyan Park Oval hosts the third and final cricket match between Queanbeyan and Kingston at eleven. Kingston won the first game by six runs at Queanbeyan, Queanbeyan won the second by five wickets at Manuka, and both sides field strong teams as transport and lunch arrangements are made for Kingston players.
Constable Humphreys fired four shots at an allegedly stolen car rushing along Young Street at three o'clock. The car allegedly tried to strike the officer and was pursued to Holbrook at Ames, reaching eighty miles an hour before it escaped. The vehicle had been reported stolen from Melbourne.
Canberra Government to install modern X ray equipment at the hospital replacing the old apparatus. The upgrade promises greater utility and efficiency, with improved imaging capabilities for patient care.
Sydney Tuesday reports the 1934 technical education branch final results with grades A B C and P. Enrolment for 1934 opens February 18 with classes resuming February 25. Names listed include Ronald Analam F Z Seymour George W Beecher Frank Hartley John C Welsh William A Makin Haruki G Day George Makin and Andrew Makin.
In a Science Congress paper F J Minogue notes more personal crisis reports occur in summer across Australia while death by own action is lowest in Tasmania and highest in Queensland. From 1863 to 1910 Australia recorded 15 243 personal crisis reports, with climate cited as a factor but exact reasons unknown.
In the country tennis carnival, Miss Betty O Donnell secured an eighth consecutive women’s doubles crown with partner Mrs C Gibson, sister of Jack Crawford. She also clinched the women’s singles championship. results include doubles final Gibson and O Donnell over Turnbull and Miss Thomas.
A party of 100 Y A L girls visited Manly baths and witnessed men in trunks rather than full attire. The baths superintendent refused to enforce stricter dress, while trainer Harry Hay noted discomfort from shoulder straps. Charlton Fife suffered red shoulders from full costume.
The Queanbeyan District Hospital board will be reduced from 15 to 10 members with four Government nominees. Government nominees’ names will be announced next week and the election date is expected at tonight’s special board meeting.
The Queanbeyan Bowling Club will be formally opened today by Mr J A Perkins M P Federal Member for Eden Monaro with a large attendance of visiting bowlers from Cuba affiliated with the Federal District Bowling Association.
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