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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 17, 1937
Page
2
Fragmentary weather brief offers no clear location date or measurable data. The readable parts mention general conditions but lack specifics on region temperatures rainfall or timing. Entities are unreadable blocks and cannot be identified reliably.
The Prime Minister announced the extension of the term for the Commonwealth Grants Commission by three months. Key figures named include W. Eggleston, Lee Wood, J. L. Chases, and others. The move comes amid opposition lines on the proposal and plans for a final report.
Fragmented report notes disagreements between the Commonwealth and the Bank Board over current year borrowing limits and carryover. It states an £16,000,000 ceiling and £575,000 expenditure, with fears governments may not meet agreed terms and the Bank Board resisting excesses.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Davis CLP Titer Zone Final in London with references to participants such as Fon Chumster Grant WSbAG Meretal Raulie Vy and others. Details are unclear but indicate a forthcoming final event and associated individuals.
A fragmented OCR item references a transatlantic topic with scattered phrases about landes and tying fine points. It mentions a time at a house, a person named Hyethondly Doves, and an advertisement style line about peppers and a date 18/3. The readable content is incomplete and lacks clear events or outcomes.
The notice lists Sunday worship at multiple churches with Holy Communion Morning Prayer and Evensong, including St Johns and St Christopher's, plus weekday devotions and baptisms. Archdeacons Robertson and Sreachar are named among preachers. various services run from early morning to evening with children’s sessions and confirmations noted.
A fragmented church page lists services at St Pauls Kingston with evening prayers and hymns led by clergy, a debate night by the Young Set, fundraising sale at Bolt Services, and plans for Spiritual Advance Campaign sermons. The schedule includes morning and evening services, choir renditions, and community gatherings throughout the weekend.
Fragmented OCR text shows a garbled local notice or brief item with scattered names and places. Readable elements include a municipal polling reference and mentions of a vote or payment, though details are largely unclear. The piece resembles a damaged public notice or stray column fragment from a newspaper page.
MAD WATTERS reported that Wanderland prevailed at the Can bern Grammar School Old Boys Union Manhatters Ball held at Hotel Canberra. The event featured elaborate costumes and a well attended pre-dance old days gathering with numerous local dignitaries and guests including Canon Edwarde, Rev. Canon, Brigadier and Mrs Milow, and Mr M Migdon among others from Sydney and southern districts.
Sydney announces Sir Keith Smith and Captain P G Taylor will act as Australian envoys for a round the world flight in coordination with next year’s celebrations. The pair will depart spectacularly from Sydney to Darwin after the Empire games in February, travel separate routes, and may reconverge later.
Port Kembla workers stage a waterside strike amid tensions over wage demands.union officials claim employers seek to nearly double union strength, despite some members earning about £24 weekly, prompting protests and disruption at the port.
A long list of individuals appears in a social or society page, including Mr. HOR Bryan Mise Cassidy Sawtell Ar and Mrs Rog ers Lon Lea Clark Henailwood Mac Kie Evans Bentwetl Maloney Francis Piper Watson Cooma Dodikett Haydon Clark McQuoint Ramsay Wilkie Downing Higgins Edward Garran Moody Hyns Woodger Turner Clydesdale Dowling Davies Prowl Creage Ingram Holliday Bridgman Gibson Parkony McKillop Hyles Norma Thompson Bird Grimith Kelly Nordsyas Howe.
Unemployment in Australia is reported near pre depression levels with 9.7 percent of union members unemployed in mid May 1937. Regional figures show Western Australia at 3 percent and New South Wales 11.4 percent. Total union membership stable around 474,000 with building permits valued at around £4.084 million for December 1936.
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled names and phrases about a deed and hiking itinerary. Key entities unclear. no clear date place or organization emerges. Summary captures that readable facts are insufficient to determine event, people, or outcome.
A young ace expert Waldank will take the field as debates focus on the Day of Battle. The article questions what is meant by renominational schools and discusses how the clash with Spanish crisis NIL should be considered.
Humourists visiting artists the Budapest quartet and The Comedian Humorists will perform at the Albert Hall on August 28 with arrangements by the Australian Broadcasting Commission. The event marks the Canberra debut of The Comedian Humorists, accompanied by five vocalists and a pianist, noted for their European popularity and humorous programmes.
London Thursday flagged an MCC anniversary dinner at the ALC. The Duke of Gloucester’s absence from the event left the club hushed as memories of George III’s era were recalled. The Australian Thief Companion, IMP Bruce, proposed a toast.
About forty Country Party members of Parliament attended the Interstate Conference at Parliament House in Melbourne along with federal leader Dr Earle Page who urged a cooperative policy on transport, agriculture, marketing, electrical work, health, education and research to lift rural living standards across Australia.
In Sydney on Friday the Negistrar in Divorce refused leave for substituted service in a petition by Olga Theres Foy against Neville Francis Seymour Foy who reportedly left May 1 last year. He reportedly is not available but receives all mail at Wynyard Station cloak room. The registrar adjourned the matter generally.
The Ashton brothers sold two polo ponies for 19317 guineas at a London sale. The Maharaja of Kasholy paid 1700 guineas, while other prices reached 810 and 900 guineas amid stiff competition, especially from America.
A Winnipeg report details George Moedigar’s alleged multi marriage scheme. He reportedly married nine women for money, including Julia Retinik who funded a store and later vanished. The bodies of two wives were found, others were reportedly connected to finances and a failed cheque scheme. Police linked the events to a string of mysterious deaths and disappearances, with Moedigar later missing.
Constable Bergeunt Bailey currently on leave from Kydney and serving at Minbari Pulte Station. Dutlie Disadwanee, in charge of the station, is noted in the report.
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