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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 24, 1928
Page
4
The Canberra Times announces publishing details for The Federal Capital City, with prepaid subscriptions and post free within the Commonwealth. It lists agents in Canberra Queanbeyan Bungendore Goulburn Moruya Merimbula and other towns, plus early daily delivery information and contact for circulation.
St Gabriel's School at Old Rectory Ainslie resumes operations on Tuesday May 29. New pupils may be admitted May 25 afternoons and May 28, with Mrs Hilda at St Gabriel's Waverley Sydney listed as contact.
Arrival and departure times listed for Queanbeyan and Canberra stations including Melbourne and Sydney expresses. Notable arrivals include Sydney and Melbourne services, with Canberra trains arriving through the night. Departures show morning and afternoon services to Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra, with several mixed and passenger trains.
An invitation note references the Prime Minister Bruce and Federal Treasurer Karl Karlage in unclear Melbourne context. Mentions attempts to join Commonwealth efforts and a ceremonial event at a government office with uncertain dates and names.
Me Harvie aged 108 resumes helices in Kingston, signaling continued activity and engagement in specialized work. The event marks a notable return to a long standing occupation, highlighting resilience and lifetime dedication within the Kingston community.
May weather page shows warnmeter readings and thermaometer highs and lows, with monthly rainfall totals and forecasts. It lists May totals, daily readings, and a summary of rainfall records for the period, noting high and low temperatures and precipitation figures across days in May.
Fragmented forecast text describes variable showers across New South Wales Victoria and Tasmania with occasional frost and fog in parts. Uncertain winds shift from south to north, west coast rain extending inland, unsettled conditions in Western Australia, and cooler thundery periods with inland tepid conditions in other regions.
Cloudy and mild conditions with some showers developing across the Southern Tablelands. Winds shift from southeast to east, bringing a mild, unsettled spell with chances of rain.
Cloudy to overcast conditions across the New South Wales border districts with showery periods in the west and scattered drizzle elsewhere. Frozen frosts reported in northern parts, with fog and light rain in other zones. Winds light to moderate, coast unsettled with occasional heavier showers and a few brighter intervals in the south.
The May twenty fourth Empire Day is celebrated in schools across the British Empire to foster understanding of its history and mission for world peace. The article warns against jingoism and emphasizes humility, the flag as a symbol, and remembrance of Queen Victoria's reign and the monarchy's role in the empire.
A fragmented report lists rainfall readings for numerous towns across New South Wales and Victoria. Readings include Corowa 4, Tenterfield 1, Inverell 1, Lismore 24, Kyabram 24, Ballarat 44, Stanthorpe 1, Springs 3, and many others, with values ranging from 0 to 57 inches in places. The garbled OCR shows extensiveplace names, scattered numbers, and dubious phrases, reflecting a dense weather tally across multiple locales.
A parliamentary session focused on government intentions for a forthcoming liquor poll. The Minister for Hare and Terra forts, Bir Neville Flow, outlined the need for a clear form of public control and faced questions about the method and timing of the poll.
A garbled report references a financier named Wai baer Mieka Anerroid and UC flights. It mentions a plane and plans tied to a Wow new era with Cher tights and a Werte Wall Thayer en route. The text is fragmented and lacks clear outcomes or dates.
The fragment describes a past meeting or council session with garbled names and references to a government context and dates around a civil service period, mentioning a place and ambiguous events. The readable entities include a government body, a city or region, and a sequence of dates, but the exact actions and outcomes are obscured by the OCR errors.
A fragmentary article reflects on Empire Day May 2 and questions the relevance of a global British dominion. It contrasts the old emblem of empire with modern sovereignty, citing oratory by Melovumd Uurkest and calls for memory of imperial ideals while noting debates about unity across colonies and dominions.
Fragmented report on criticisms of a bill arbitration process during the primaries. Names mentioned include Mr Bot Stewart and figures from the government and opposition, discussing referral for report and broader arbitration system concerns.
A highly garbled OCR excerpt lists numerous names and terms in a disjointed sequence. It mentions places like Nainital and Che Speedie Coils, various personal names, and scattered phrases without coherent narrative or events.
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