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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 20, 1929
Page
3
The Horticultural Society of Canberra prepares its first exhibition for November 9 at Albert Hall. Despite winter, organizers expect a successful spring show with fourteen classes and decorative sections for flowers, houseplants, and children's table displays, inviting exhibitors to participate.
A fragmented page outlines a Saturday July 20 broadcast lineup with spots for Sydney and Melbourne stations. It mentions music, sports programming, talks, and local ads, listing venues like State Theater and Melbourne sessions, with various program labels and times uncertain due to OCR errors.
A level teaspoonful of Tux to a quart of water is sufficient. Dissolve in hot water then add cold until tepid. Whisk into bubbly suds, immerse garments and squeeze gently. Rinse three times in luke warm water. Dry flat or line dry. Use a warm iron, never a hot one.
Schedule lists Sunday July 21 services across Melbourne and surrounding churches. Includes 9:00 am and 11:00 am worship at various locations, children’s lessons, and a central service from Ashien Methodist. Public broadcasts and academy notes appear amid service listings.
A travel epic titled Lost in the Arctic features dramatic photography and dangers of exploration. It screens with a second feature Breed of the Boa starring Margaret Livingston Humph Ince and Dorothy Dunbar. Matinee at 2:30 p.m.
In the A grade Federal tennis event at Canberra today the Queanbeyan side features Jurameyan Mesre ftoy Ayvlitte Woo Freebody T Coppa and AL Thellcharn Leena. Teams also listed are Weems Admetic Cone Mess Corgan A Vorleh FL Ayliffe EF Cam oun Mestanmien Freetidy and Janie eon with emergencies K Taylor and K Torch. Woods Great Peppermint C First aid promotion noted for coughs colds and rattan.
In Long Acre the studio team demonstrates multi screen color vision while staging scenes and camera actions. They claim color transmission is near and promise a live cross between Centre events miles apart as the timetable unfolds.
A mysterious set of instruments appeared with a single conductor in a dark chamber. The assembly included violin, banjos, cello and others as the phantom orchestra performed. An invention team explains the devices secretly replayed a prerecorded tune.
A dinner celebrated the opening of the free section of Henry Glave Ltd in New Oxford Street. The business grew from a small drapers shop with a 2000 year front to a department store with 2507 frontage and large floor space. Builders, architects, and workers were honored at the event in the new building’s restaurant.
Mr Warry Robinson, a railway welder, claims fluency in twenty two languages including English, French, Russian, German, Spanish, Greek, Persian, Swedish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, Turkish, Latin, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian and Japanese. His skill grew after discovering a faneh ove in a railway age, aided by a dictionary during spare time studies.
At the annual pet show by the Royal Society prizes were awarded for oddities including the longest tally and the best curled tail. Judges ranked dogs for beauty, spotting, and eye appeal while honoring unusual features and noteworthy likenesses.
Hundreds of tons of Egyptian onions were delayed at London docks after a severe frost crippled the trade. Market prices fell, with importers noting onions are cheaper than before while 25,000 tons already arrived from Alexandria and more on the way.
The Fishermen on the Fleetweid trawler Loughrmg returned to port with an excellent catch after testing an in-tention echo device. The system helps locate shoals by recording depth once the fish are found, promising precise depth control for future runs. Wagner’s widow Cosima Wagner, age 54, has remarried, following the death of the composer’s wife.
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