11 Mar 1935
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Mar 11, 1935
Page
1
A financial report shows a deficit of 844000 pounds accumulated over six months, with expectations that the balance will swing toward a surplus in due course according to official projections. The document outlines accumulating losses across departments and anticipated corrective measures.
Treasury reports February deficit of £411,000 widening eight month shortfall to £4,000,000. Receipts total £49,605,000. expenditure £47,003,000. February saw £708,000 paid for wheatgrowers relief and £548,000 excess flour tax. Officials caution against reading the figure as a final year deficit. Revenue from July 1944 to February 1945 outpaced 1933-34, with customs, excise, and Post Office income up, but income tax down. Expenditure for eight months reached £44,575,000, driven by pensions, salaries, and defence costs, while large grants and emergency measures influenced totals.
Athens reports government troops push toward frontier as Greece faces rebel activity in Macedonia. Foreign spokesmen from Italy Yugoslavia and Turkey express varying views on intervention and regional stability while oil supply concerns and potential naval raids loom over the Balkans.
Rebels and government troops face off along the Awol river as artillery fire resumes at night. Greek air power conducts preliminary offensives while reports put rebel strength around 100000. Foch and Tourville joins French ships at Piraeus as Yugoslav links shift toward Macedonia.
Bishop Pascual Dias of Menton was held for about 34 hours in Tecom snunicado and fined for alleged alcohol use. While en route to Thaeplantis in the Maxica Federal Glatrict he suffered exhaustion. The charge claimed he conducted poliginan services outside the Federal district.
The defense budget allocates 1.6 million pounds for coastal fortifications including six 2 inch calibre guns to Sydney and Rottnest Island. Plans cover naval bases and 48 key ports with fixed emplacements and air defense expansion at Darwin Sydney Melbourne and Newcastle to deter raiding and protect coastal centers by 1088.
In Calcutta and Bombay reports the Maharaja of Patiala and other princes submit a memorandum to the Viceroy on joining the federation of princes. Princes insist on government consideration, while Mumbai interviews show readiness to confer, though officials deny deputation plans. Benator Borah comments on dominions versus the Mother Country.
A Canberra relief workers meeting under the Canberra Branch of the A W U voted to hold a stop work meeting to press the unemployed issue as government relief failures prompted a deputation to Interior Minister on Wednesday at Parliament House. Leaders and delegates named include H Hughes O Neill Storey O Keeffe Ramsay Hurley and McDonald with Beasley and Boul lin to join the deputation.
The Amneris Airways chairman Eric Geddes told the Press Club that imperial airways would run with state support and lower subsidies than similar ventures, halving costs as governments commit. He noted the Melbourne air race sparked demand for quicker, reliable service despite global hysteria. The proposed empire planes would offer 100 to 200 mph on seven to ten day routes, costing about £100,000 for growth with civil votes around 900,000.
Ex convict Venkannan rampaged in Tadepalli gudeo village, Godavari district, Ma tras. He fatally stabbed three including the village magistrate, injured two more, and killed a woman. A police manhunt failed until he leaped into a well and drowned. Residents volatile after terror.
A morning chase in Queanbeyan led to the capture of a man found in bed at Walsh's Hotel after a scuffle. Detective Bocel joined the pursuit, the suspect ran about 00 yards along Mooare Street before arrest, £55 found on him. Later John Murray, charged with a person sod, was noted in connection.
Reports from Berlin indicate Herr Hitler may recover and spend a fortnight in Bavaria, with tentative dates for Sir John Simon to visit Berlin and Capt. Anthony Eden to visit Moscow. The Lord Privy Seal announced plans for a British mission to Moscow and Warsaw as part of pursuing continental settlement and League of Nations authority. The visits aim for this month, timing dependent on Simon and Eden engagements.
In Sydney's Maroubra Beach a 77 year old machinist, Ernest McDonald, died after a shark attacked him while surfing. Bystander William Wright, 17, helped pull McDonald from the water as Frank Woolley and Lan Beott aided. Medical attempts failed. McDonald died during ambulance transport. The widow, unaware of the incident, learned of her husband’s death only after his identity was confirmed.
Officers Sgt Pemberton and Constable O'Neill encountered a group of youths assaulting a man in Gorge Street Redfern. They found a bloodied victim and learned the suspect, who was later linked to a prior warrant from three years earlier for assault, was being restrained by onlookers.
The Sunday Express reports Dominion Prime Ministers will urge the King to appoint Governors General. Australia wants the Duke and Duchess of Kent, South Africa seeks the Duke and Duchess of York, New Zealand favors the Duke of Gloucester. The Duke of Gloucester reportedly will not take the post due to that he is unmarried.
Melbourne稿 reports Mr Frank Tarrant confident the Board of Control will approve an Australian cricket tour of India. He lists players who accepted invitations for selection including Ryder, H Ironmonger, J Ellie, H E Alexander, A Allaapp Vie.b and others for potential participation.
Willan Lamon Burns aged 43 a married man from St Peters was struck by a patrol car at Newtown that night. He stepped from a tram behind the vehicle into its rear path suffering compound fractures and a fractured skull. He died in hospital after an operation failed to save him.
Grants totaling 408000 for nodal and cultural purposes in the United Kingdom were announced by the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust. The program, running for several years, includes 120000 for land music and increased clericis, distributed with a Land Establishment Association initiative. The Government promised financial assistance and the Commission Special avasts undertook to assist families in developing the wards. Remaining funds are for libraries, villages, and other social welfare activities.
Reported draft list includes Kippas, Macartney, Lave, Mandry, Mitschie, Oxenham and Pointard with others cited as willing to go if approved. Hermibrook from Queensland voiced inability to attend and WM Woodfull advised restraint while urging a decision from the board.
A man injured in a shooting or assault was taken to Royal South Sydney Hospital. He left the hospital with no accompanying person. Police later found him in a taxi, then he jumped from the moving vehicle into a 20 foot brick pit. He reappeared on George Street and was charged on a warrant at Redfern police station.
Dayton Beach reports Malcolm Kaergi set a world land speed record of 71 Es16 miles an hour. Campbell says he will wait until late March for a further attempt, hoping tides improve conditions and the car is perfected by March 2.
The final reading of Stations was presented at the conference of the Methodist church. Leaders and delegates gathered to review the liturgical readings and reaffirm church procedures.
An obituary of opinion notes belief that the pound has fallen with improved exchange value yet fears grow of a renewed panic as Neville Chamberlain’s stance in the House of Commons is seen as signaling the possible return to gold. Britain may resist trade clashes with France while seeking closer Anglo French collaboration and stabilizing the currency.
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