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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1936
Page
4
The Lawn Tennis Association announces acceptance of an invitation to send an English women's team to Australia for the winter of 1886 27. The notice specifies London on a Tuesday and confirms the winter tour plan for the expedition.
Professor Appleton explains that radio waves can make the earth vibrate by exciting the ionosphere the outer atmosphere layers and disturbing atmospheric volume. He warns large antennas and powerful stations could heat the ionosphere and affect space, though effects would be unevenly distributed.
Inland north of Alberta prepares a party of explorers in the Soviet ice breaker Sodko to solve the Arctic island riddle. The island, marked at 79 N latitude and 143 E longitude, eluded all but Siberian merchant Sannikov in 1810, who could not approach within 12 miles and called it a land of high mountains. Last year Badko pursued Gilles Land north of Spitsbergen and deemed it another polar mirage.
The article warns that hectic household duties cause irregular bowel movements and chronic constipation leading to indigestion headaches and biliousness. It promotes Dr More's Indian Root Pils as beneficial but cautions bowels should not be forced to move only once daily.
The Yomiuri says Japan's woollen industry should diversify beyond Australia. It argues the current dependence is risky and must be adjusted soon, so a future cut to Australian wool would be a blessing in disguise despite short term handicaps.
Sir Herbert Austin head of the Austin Motor Company has given a donation to Chinbridge University for developing its Cavendish Laboratory farms. The report notes Austin's industrial background and his early career with Wolseley, leading to his 1906 venture and current production of around 100,000 automobiles annually with about 20,000 workers.
A London visitor notes the eerie treelike marker at Edgware Road near the Bay Water Road and describes the grisly Tyburn journey of condemned prisoners. The piece recalls Newgate to Tyburn processions, the guard, the clergy, and the hangman, with details on the final transport, tormented spectators, and the apothecaries’ receipt of bodies for medical use.
Derby by election coverage reports Professor P. J. Noel Baker selected as Labour candidate. The report notes the candidacy follows a real contest influenced by Mr J. Hi and addressed in London on Tuesday.
The article argues ancient coins bore religious symbols and that rulers hid the idea of divine worship behind their images. It cites Alexander the Great as the first to place his image on coins not as king but as an object of worship, a practice imitated by successors and eventually adopted by many sovereigns.
The Y W C A held its first dance of the season in the Lady Hopetoun Rooms with large attendance. A community dinner is planned with Dr Watsu as speaker and catering notes request early replies. Miss Crawshaw will attend in secretary’s absence at the Midway Board. The W C A office open during holidays with Mrs Rayment, Mrs Hicks, and Mina Kemp providing voluntary assistance. Pottery class led by Mrs Baston meets tonight at 7:30 with home and buying committee meeting on June 28 at 10:30. Membership committee to meet June 24 at 10:30.
Ground works at Manuka Oval proceed under a plan to improve the playing surface during the coming months. Top-dressing to a depth of half an inch is spread across the arcs to remove surface irregularities. After leveling, the area will be kept in first class condition for England’s anticipated visit next year. A new wicket, laid at the end of the fast cricket season, will be attended to in spring while young grass and couch roots remain dormant.
Darwin reports an engineer, John Wennerstein, killed when a truck capsized on a bush track near Brunet. An Aboriginal man escaped harm and sought help, while another engineer traveled all night to Anthony's lagoon to aid the injured man, who died on the return journey.
Report states Japanese interests sought permission to build a peeling visa supa at Thursday Island. Minister for the Interior UMC, Pateewrwatid E, reportedly refused due to lack of prior notification and unconfirmed work.
A fragmented report describes frost causing cracks and heaving in concrete pavements and macadam highways. It notes crystals in the ground that expand in winter, producing tiny but powerful effects, with scientists observing increased tremors and numbers as temperatures drop.
General Electric engineers in Cleveland report a capillary lamp using air and water cooling that emits about three times as much usable light per unit of energy as a standard 1000 watt bulb. Early results show strong red glow with water cooling, while air cooled variants struggle with red rays.
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