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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 24, 1935
Page
4
Sydney Tuesday report notes Queensland and South Australian governments moving to suppress chain letters. Superintendent Mr. Lynch said the Department awaits Crown Law officials’ reply to its report on the craze in New South Wales.
A garbled report notes Catholic priests were jailed in relation to foreign exchange dealings. One priest received a sentence of years imprisonment, another, Father Wiltusen, faced imprisonment with a fine of £6,250 referenced. The case and proceedings continued.
FCT Hockey Association to raise funds for the August 10 Canberra visit of the All India hockey team. A Movie Ball cabaret at Capitol Theatre on Tuesday night July 30 features Miss Hook of Holland ballet, prizes for best film star impersonations, and supper at tables with drinks from 10 pm to 1 am. Limited seating requires early reservations.
A hidden manuscript detailing 1890s New South Wales bushranger convict trials, bush raids, and harsh punishments, stored in the National Library Canberra and now held in the Parliamentary Library. The volume, likely compiled from court records, records many convictions and lonely homestead raids amid unsettled colonial frontier life.
In Railway Square a heavy wheel detached from a downhill motor lorry rolled 130 yards onto a crowded footpath striking James Coogan, 42, a labourer. He suffered head and back injuries and was kept for observation at hospital after pedestrians barely dodged the impact.
Australia records chilling conditions with Sydney reporting 39.3 degrees at 6 06 am and 44.8 degrees three hours later the coldest since June 26 1933. Statewide readings include 27 at a near freezing point and 10 at Kosciusko as high pressure maintains fine weather overall.
The Rev Canon Pilcher DD precentor of Toronto Cathedral and NT professor at Toronto University will lecture at St John s Church Canberra at 8 pm. He travels with Bishop Burgimanm and will be hosted by Governor General and Lady Taance at Government House. A special bus service will run to the church.
In Berlin on Monday Ludwig Hoffmann completed a 4305 mile flight, setting a world record for gliding distance. The feat marks a historic milestone in aerial endurance and local aviation history.
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