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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 22, 1944
Page
3
The readable bits reference a council or committee review, with potential mention of Lanier and Kean figures. The garbled OCR suggests agenda items or policy discussions, not a complete report. Further context is needed to identify persons, places, or outcomes precisely.
A crowded notice lists numerous Christian denominations and parish schedules. Mt Johar Church, Bawa, Patrick’s, Causeway, and Christ Church pages show mass, evensong, and morning prayers with multiple Canon and Rev. clergy. Catholic services include Bodality, children’s rites, and weekday devotions. Methodist, Baptist, Salvation Army, and Christian Science items appear with times for services, youth meetings, and Sunday school.
Diocesan commissioner Ena Norman Cooke will preach at morning and evening services. Parish conference resumes Wednesday with archdeacon and Robert Ann. Holy communion at St Paul’s, baptisms, and morning prayers scheduled. Presbyterian notice for Bt Andrew’s 10.45 am tomorrow with choir adjustments. Methodist Congregational outlines sermons and intercessions. weekly service of intercession at Baptist Church Wednesday evening under Rev. Hector Harries.
Fragmentary OCR note lists Lottery No 1080 drawn on 10 25 with scattered names and numbers such as No 7 32 and Fourth rive No 2436. Mentions birthdays and various personal names, numerous misreadings, and an uncertain payout note indicating a $1004 amount to be drawn Tuesday.
Sydney report notes expected appointment next week of Mr J W Bornfeld general secretary and Mr Godfrey Will chairman following resignations. The piece hints at political maneuvering within the Liberal Democratic and Democratic practices in New…
A Bondi mar ine atoker aged 35 faced a bigamy charge after having three wives cited in court. The man, identified as Aan George Sutin, allegedly married one woman in 1942, then lived with another, and connected with a third, all while legally bound to others. The case details, including alleged marriages and the women involved, were presented during the inquiry.
The text presents a jumble of notices and advertisements dated July and August, listing water application deadlines, appointments for examiner roles, public service board notices, and various classified ads. It references Canberra, Commonwealth Bank, and the Commonwealth Public Service, with dates in August and September and multiple job and sale items. The fragmentary items resemble government notices and commercial ads from a historical Australian newspaper page.
The Canberra Lexney Club launched an appeal in the ACT for the Legacy Club to aid war orphans. The campaign closed after counting, raising about £10 to be devoted to Legacy work for orphans in the ACT.
The Halfwayn Commissioner explained tonight that the cunning of the recent tiars of dw sew Pacific engine between Byd ney and Brisbane did not indicate a revision of La Line ables was contemplated. He mentioned a certain feeturm embodied in the raging and it was desired to test them out under all conditions.
In Sydney Friday at the Federal Court George Ettington Claxton was fined 200 forPromoting in connection with the fate of Punt and William Cody Christie 160 for complicity and 300 for failing to keep proper liquor records. One hundred pounds costly expenses ordered and 25 cont. An order to enter into a bond of 100 to comply issued. At the fourth on Thursday Claxton fined 100 for failing to keep...
The schedule lists several fixtures at Telopee Park and Grammar School with times in the afternoon and evening, names like YWCA and grammary variants, and references to reserve and A grade matches. Players will practice after today’s games in preparation for a Sydney trip, with two teams to be selected to fill vacancies.
A 1944 notice outlines an uneven PUDLIE warning and a public work exercise to be held in Guntroon Suriby on August 23 1944 from 8 am. The plan defines boundaries with streets and federal highway intersections and references Majura and Queanbeyan Sutton areas. The description sets the southeastern and northern limits along the Federal Highway and Majura Road, detailing adjacent property lines.
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