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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 04, 1935
Page
3
The annual Australian Natives Association conference will be held in Canberra on Saturday at the Hotel Wellington. Delegates will gather in Canberra for the event with a formal program and related activities planned.
Sir Littleton Groom urged sympathetic government action during a House debate on the works programme to establish a national university in Canberra. He praised Canberra University College’s work, noted transfer delays in services to the capital, and cited Minister Paterson’s assurances that the project remains under consideration and could advance with staff officer training moves to Duntroon.
The port offices in CanbERRA CANBERRA and CANBERRA CITY operate 9 to 10 am for most business, Money Order and Savings Bank services excluded. Mails close at 10 am telegraph office open all day. Parliament House stays open, with deliveries and a 6:30 am letter receiver clearance. A late tea box serves the railway and letters may be posted until 4:30 pm departure.
In a House address the Prime Minister announced entry exams for the Commonwealth Public Service before year end. Clerk posts cover All States and Federal Capital Territory in November and December. Typist exams for All States and Federal Capital Territory on December 14. Junior Mechanic tests statewide except South Australia in November. Telegraph Messenger exams in New South Wales and Tasmania and Telephonist in Queensland and New South Wales on November 2.
At a state ministerial gathering the discussion centered on re establishing Queanbeyan. The motion, led by Mttenshaw, urged prompt action to restore the town’s status and services. Local leaders expressed cautious support and called for detailed follow up.
Civic Stores in Canberra and Queanbeyan led by Mr. A. Abraham announced a two page Canberra Times advertisement with a Queanbeyan Age follow up. The move extends metropolitan massed buying to rural customers, bringing lower chain store prices to country doors and drawing strong public response.
A Canberra Canberran Rowe Club lecture by W Zimmerman detailed Germanys Rhine cities and industrial might. He described Strasbourg cathedral and the Cologne cathedral, Ruhr coal and steel, and Ludwigshafen university towns with vivid imagery, highlighting fashioning and wine districts along the Rhine.
The Queanbeyan Cup draw for the October meetings lists heats and finalists scheduled for Saturday October 5 and Monday October 7. Nominations close at 5 pm Saturday night. Heats include 470 yd events with dogs such as Shanghei Lil, Bruiser Eff, Black Panther, Gay Betty, Jeannie Dean, and King Kong, leading to the Queanbeyan Cup final.
A contract for the external unit of 18 houses at Bretton has been let to G G Primmer Thomas and M Thi pt McQuaid Street Queanbeyan at a price of £315 10s Barber and South of 19 Brough Tan Place Queanbeyan report the contract for the maternal paints of 19 houses at Section 23 run at £201 1s 0d Contracts for the supply of October 7 1508 September 8 are been set to Wormet oe toy t Cortint of Duntreen and arena of Alsaile repairs and materials details are unclear.
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