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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 07, 1936
Page
4
Treasury discussions consider introducing a five shilling note or coin with King Edward on one side and an Australian reverse. No final decision yet but cost, production, and artistic design improvements are under review.
The Commonwealth Institute of Valuers held its first Canberra general council meeting at Hotel Canberra on Saturday evening with about forty members. The gathering followed by a dinner hosted by the Federal Government with leading valuers from Sydney and other states. papers and criticisms will appear in the Institute Journal Valuer as authoritative on valuation and real estate. The vice president is Mr. .
Twenty four players have been asked by the State selectors to attend the Sydney Cricket Ground for practice with a view to selection for interstate matches. The list includes W McCabe W Oldfield W O Reilly H McGilvray R Robinson D White A Marks L Fallowfield H Chilvers F Easton F Barnes A Cooper W Hunt H Cheatham L Little K Gulliver V Jackson W Bill J Lush G Cook E Ward and R Hynes.
Dr Beebe of the New York Zoological Society reports experiments with an invisible ultraviolet ray to study deep sea life. A lamp at a base on Saseiland produced light that drew spiny fish and other species, guiding prey and moving fish as if spellbound. Further expeditions are planned to explore its potential.
The Minister for Defence and Victorian Government representatives are to confer next week on establishing an aerodrome at Fisherman's Bend. The plan involves purchase of land estimated at £100,000 with expectation of possible higher offers as authorities reassess the land value.
Fragmentary text shows a publish date stamped by Christopher John Shakespeare for the Federal Capital Pree of Austediia Lod, with references to Mort Rhee Braddon Geabsrra. The legible bits indicate a formal notice or payment related record from a colonial era setting.
In Canberra yesterday Magistrate Mr W F Brits presided over Esther Blackman versus Elvie Fama Thomas over missing items from a boarding arrangement at Acton. The court ordered restitution valued at £1 and costs to the plaintiff, finding the defendant liable for delivering goods to Causeway and for misplacing and removing items without authority.
Bus operators strike in Perth forces directors inspectors and mechanics to drive and collect fares to keep a skeleton service for thousands attending the show in progress. Strikers object to work shifts up to twelve hours daily and demand a regular eight hour shift. Tomorrow is people’s day at the show with likely great inconvenience.
Sir Thomas Cato Wornfold aged 75 died at Hall Place Mitcham Surrey after a long lineage in the area. He formerly represented Mitcham in Britain and his family has lived in the locality for nearly two centuries.
Canberra Rifle Club members fired a practice shoot from the 700 000 and 00 mounds at the Canberra range on Monday. Ten shots were fired from each range with conditions sometimes hard. The club will be represented by five shooters W Webb L Webb L Blewitt A G Hussey and J McIntosh at the NRA prize meet in Liverpool.
Croker defeats fs to win Queanbeyan Golf Club's 4 championship on Sunday. J Hornby eliminates H ii in the semi final 3 up in the B Grada championship.
In 1986 in Oregon, Lilian Chase and Mr. Peterson were youth sweethearts whose families opposed marriage. After decades apart they reunited and married in Burnsville North Carolina.
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