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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 09, 1939
Page
3
A Swedish steamer named Satan Tar ms totaling 4480 tons stranded on Beliena Reef about 250 miles west of New Caledonia. Crew abandoned ship as another vessel Australien raced to assist but could not reach before tomorrow. Tari an carried several passengers from New Caledonia to Bowen.
The report outlines Canberra expenses including pat enimiton and pig ang am re 16.418. It lists costs to the Interior Ministry and Commonwealth loans totaling £ 431,380 for hotel enterprises, with additional commitments for natural works and buildings totaling £ 2,071,393.
Canberra Netball League divides Brat series for second round with Acton facing Eastlake at Manuka Oval and Queanbeyan meeting Canberra Rovers at Queanbeyan Park. Junior and intermediate games also split, with Manuka hosting Ainslie in senior action and a packed Monday program planned amid limited captain Perry presence.
A damaged OCR fragment shows partial text likely naming a local notice. Readable elements hint at a public matter but no clear action, date, or entities are discernible from the snippet.
Sydney report on the Royal North Shore hospital inquiry notes that during resumed proceedings matron and witnesses questioned nurses about a petition on food. Several nurses appeared unaware of petition details, with testimony that no pressure influenced withdrawal. A statutory declaration by nurses, presented by Mr Shand for the Hospital Board, outlined phrases added after signatures were collected.
Delegates at the annual conference of the Australian Wool Growers' Council urge the government to grant a wool bounty to ensure a margin of profit for growers. They voted unanimously and requested the Prime Minister expedite the needed inquiry.
Constable James funds details a self multiplication scheme presented by Charles Campbell Ryan 41 on June 6. Ryan is charged with allowing rack to be used in handling money, with Saunderaaid recalling a visit to Ryan's office to join for £1, then recruit three men at £1 each. Each recruit would, in turn, recruit three more, ending with £1 paid by each new entrant and a hoped return of £504 if all entrants paid in.
In a House of Representatives session yesterday Assistant Minister for the Interior Mr. Perkina denied the Canberra incinerator was placed to cause inconvenience to Canberra residents. The exchange followed Mr. Barnard of Labour's questions regarding local opposition to the facility.
A garbled OCR fragment references a new church council in Melbourne and New Zealand, a papal decree on abortion and cremation, and prohibitions on divorce and torture. It mentions life, penance, and acts condemned by a pope, with unclear dates and names.
The Young Anglicans held a monthly meeting, with Mr. Dunbar and Fewster Bigeau delivering remarks. Several association members will visit Bungendory on Tuesday, and a joint event is planned with transport details pending.
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