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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 13, 1939
Page
2
The page lists a dense broadcast schedule with various sessions and programs across daytime to late evening. Notable items include music interludes, organ recitals, talk segments, weather updates, and daily devotionals. Readouts mention performers, times, and channel markers, reflecting a bustling station lineup.
The June Canberra council meeting discussed Trade and Customs in Prince, transfer of a vacancy to Ascott, and welcomed Higgins as new Trade and Customs representative. Debates covered Public Service grants, National Capital Section amendments, and potential ordinances for Territory operations while noting differing views among members.
The text presents a garbled, partial passage likely from a family notice or obituary fragment. It contains repeated mentions of family roles and terms but lacks clear names, dates, places, or actions to establish a specific event or announcement.
A Paris dispatch to a London paper details a conspiratorial tunnel under a railway line and a cache of contraband and secret documents seized by Mandhy Filer and customs agents. The article outlines plans to absorb redundant national insurance workers, with executives considering restructuring under pressure from a Public Service Board review.
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