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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 07, 1934
Page
2
Barometer 20.88 inches at 8.30 am. Temperature 45.7 F at 8.50 am. Daily minimum 4 F up to 8.30 am, minimum for hours ended 6.30 am 0 F. Maximum 24 F. Wind at 6.30 am from the west.
Personal vice regal Eady Murray hosts at Government House as clergy registrations for Canberra weddings are announced. New public service appointees include Colin Russell Hall as Messenger to Trade and Customs and Doris Carr as Grade 1 typist in Defence. A long list of Hotel Ainslie visitors from Australia and New Zealand is also reported.
The Department of the Interior announces the acceptance of tenders for several contracts. Details specify contractors and project scopes awarded under current procurement actions.
Sydney reports wizard Smith plans to ship his racing car The F H Stewart to attempt to break Sir Malcolm Campbell's speed record. The note cites strategy to reach new mile per hour marks and to contest the current record at sea.
After twelve years in Parliament and over half as Attorney General, J G Latham resigns from politics to resume bar practice. The editorial lauds his disciplined intellect and service, notes critics and controversies, and predicts continued public influence through Pacific and international work beyond Parliament.
Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Latham presents a report to Mr. Stewart on Australian trade commissioners. The document cites wool exports to Japan, manchurian wool quality, and call for diversified exports including meat dairy and coal while warning of misstatements about tariffs and imports.
Queanbeyan announces Mr. C. S. Knight from Wellington as bandmaster. The town council guarantees three months salary and aims to offer a permanent post after he takes charge.
Queanbeyan Golf Associates meet Bungendore Club on Wednesday afternoon for an eighteen hole match stroke. Queanbeyan fields M Webb E B Huffles Mrs A Harman K Godfrey Miss P MacInnes P Bhumack and N Ruffles. both teams play off scratch.
The House is told that Attorney General Latham plans to retire, prompting tributes from Prime Minister Lyons. Latham, long a close ally and de facto partner in government, issued a sweeping Eastern Mission report detailing his travels to the Dutch East Indies, China, and Japan and outlining Australia’s evolving foreign role.
The speaker lauded the mission’s aim of friendly relations over trade, noting that exports and imports bind nations. He cited compliments from the Foreign Affairs Minister and criticized careless exporters. Discussion covered redistributing Victorian and Western Australian electorates with lengthy travel anecdotes from Kalgoorlie’s A E Green.
The council met for under an hour as Town Clerk Carew discussed a new absentee ratepayer survey yielding 97 outstanding rates with more expected. Reductions in valuations affect general, water, and loan rates while a bowling club water charge was set at 1 6 per 1000 gallons.
In Parliament, questions arose about delaying the House to finish the Budget and potential cabinet moves for health minister. Deputy PM Latham cited no definite answer and noted next week's meeting aims to speed the Budget without adjournment. Beasley pressed broadcasting facilities for elections. Parkhill promised Cabinet consideration after Beasley meeting.
Molonglo, defending the Howell Cup, faces North City at Munuka Oval today after securing victory over South City last Saturday. The Malongo side lists R Moore and H Claar among others, while Norths draw from a large regional pool including Richards McDonnell Findlay and Harria.
Canberra faces Goulburn in a pivotal southern league match with national championship implications. Canberra travels with Boyle, O Byrne and Hawke absent due to injury while Harrington Bladen Alley remain in contention and Fortier joins the lineup as a newcomer.
Witness A J Scott-Onbhorn e outlines bank support for wheat growers over five years noting most farmers meet interest and rent payments while total debt rose. He says no dispossessions occurred and banks aim to keep farmers on the land with favorable terms as wheat bounty assists the industry.
Fragmentary OCR shows a printing attribution for a Shakespeare related page from a Canberra publisher. The line hints at a corporate imprint and street address in Bredden, Mert Street, with references to the company.
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