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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 08, 1937
Page
5
Fragmentary line mentions Tommy York and the number thirteen in a historical note. The readable text is sparse, offering no clear event, date, or organization to expand into a full item.
The president of the Taxpayers Association said an Independent pledging lower taxes would receive full backing in the Gordon by election. A Gordon UAP Electoral Conference secretary warned Gordon will be harder for an Independent than Woollahra due to smaller Labour support.
Joe Kirkwood shot 67 to set a Burnside course record in the British Open second round and hold 144 aggregate after two rounds. Championship proper starts Wednesday with 141 players on 157 cutoff. Cotton Saracen Snide Nelson Aden led qualifiers, J Russell failed with 169, defending champion Padgham qualified at 152.
Madame Fenmeder-Chauellet faced magistrates at Villa Touviay Aerodrome in a public replay of the murder of French pilot Lallement. She described firing the revolver from a cockpit before spectators and shed tears as the weapon fell to the magistrate. The case alleges jealousy over her pregnancy news prompted the act. She later flew to England and crashed in Sussex.
Willam Martin Fitzgerald, 20, a baker, was acquitted at the Quarter Bensions today on a man slaughter charge in the death of Patrick Leo Stapleton from injuries in a street brawl at Manly. Judge Curlewls discharged Fitzgerald and warned him about idle Saturday gatherings.
Rumours claimed the Commonwealth government notified New South Wales it abandoned Rose Bay for a Botany Bay site for the Empire flying base. Sydney had no official confirmation while Canberra and defence officials faced doubt amid conflicting expert opinions.
The article notes a rapid global shift to mechanized farming with tractors spreading in Britain and other nations. Pneumatic tyres boost tractor versatility, enabling highway haulage, orchard work, and indoor use, cutting fuel use by up to 30 percent and reducing vibration for longer machine life.
Manning writes in the Daily Sketch that leading Wightman Cup players will not extend their American tour to Australia and expect no women players this year in the event held in London.
The United States has chosen Ranger as the defender to challenge England for the America's Cup, a decision announced in New York on Tuesday. The new yacht will represent the nation in the international competition for supremacy at sea.
In Nantao district Shanghai a bell signals hearings in a court near the people. Citizens with grievances without funds can summon a procurator to hear cases and record complaints. If charges prove true the accused faces trial. if false the complainant bears consequences. The system mirrors old methods while bringing courts closer to the poor.
Amelia Walker, 21, refused medical help for a badly injured leg, believing faith would cure her. She died months later. The coroner censured the mother for not calling a doctor, noting the leg rotted for months. the mother faced possible prosecution for neglect.
In the Federal Golf Club Second Round draw for the weekly competition, matches start at 1.90 p.m. with pairs K. J. Anderson and R. Cromble, E. Griffiths and T. Stansfield, F. G. De Vis and G. Long, D. Williams and K. Carnall, S. Griffiths and R. Coggins, H. Evans and J. Arbuckle, C. R. Kennard and R. Gough. Associates to hit off by 2.15 p.m. The next draw covers the stroke competition on Saturday the 10th, starting at 2.30 p.m., with pairs Mrs Arthur and Mrs Wood, Mrs Wallace and Miss Main, Miss Robinson and Mihw Mateer, Miss Davin and Miss Hick, Miss Youting and Miss Rowley, Miss Carnall and Miss Franklin, Mrs Stuart and Mrs McDermott, Mrs De Vie and partner.
Carnegie Institution of Washington reports a nearly 16 inch diameter jade boulder weighing about 1000 pounds found in a Mayan mound near Guatemala City. Dr. A W Kidder led excavations revealing four superimposed pyramids and burial vaults with unusually valued jade artifacts.
Natural science aids Humboldt Mine near Mill City Nevada where sheelite a tungsten source, is colorless and glows under ultraviolet light from a miner's lamp, revealing a distinctive fluorescence.
The Solicitor General Mr Pe Le Grifftee KC told the Chief Electoral Officer Mr Parkes that in his opinion the reasons given for not allowing compulsory voting were invalid.
The article notes U S air transport routes totaling 20 424 miles to foreign lands and 28 385 miles on domestic lines, with over 50 lines serving about 25 foreign shores. The China Clipper route from San Francisco to Manila covers 8 200 miles via Hawaii Midway Wake and Guam.
A tiny stagecoach from the New York Museum of Science and Industry helped a Rochester boy win a 5000 dollar university scholarship last year. The Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild annual contest requires exact reproduction of the Napoleonic era original in blue red and gold.
A Hobart floated venture aims to develop dolomite resources on the North West Coast of Tasmania to establish full scale magnesium production in the state. Montrose near Hobart will host operations with registered capital of £50,000.
Reports from Victoria Mille near Manchester reveal a banana skin fiber woven to resemble wool. A firm director recalls noticing strength in the peel while peeling a banana and states the spun yarn is soft light elastic and uncrushable with promising potential as a self sufficient substitute.
An old advertisement notes that changes in food and living conditions disrupt the system and urges using Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills to aid digestion. It recommends carrying a medicine during travel and taking a dose to stimulate the liver and maintain bowel regularity.
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