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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 12, 1939
Page
6
A dense OCR style radio timetable lists numerous program slots, broadcasts, and performers across the day. It names stations, program titles, bands, choirs, and guests including Melbourne and Adelaide entities, with multiple time stamps and assorted music and news blocks.
Scotland tops a study on co operative sales with 900 000 families in membership. Neil S Bouton president of the Beautish Co operative notes co operatives command 19 percent of all retail trade in the United States and account for major shares in coal meat textiles and furniture production amid growing cooperative societies and retail support.
A Wednesday resolution urged a stoppage in coal mining to protest a recent arbitration award. The South Stateland Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen’s Association reported dissension, blaming the award for reduced work and lower wages for drivers and workers across the industry.
Sydney council debated tenant liability for war damage to leased premises. MP J M Wrogge urged protective legislation mirroring English recommendations, with Attorney General Mansing noting government vested position. Debate referenced potential Commonwealth adoption as hostilities loom.
A group including THewlay Linyd Nichols Grunville Vincent and others faced charges in London for conspiring to forge passports for Stegbert Pos cher an alien. Vincent admitted helping the operation with Willner and Neumann. Prices allegedly ranged from £70 for a single passport to £140 for a double. They were remanded on bail to appear on October 17.
Neutral observers note Britain’s rapid armament surge since September 1088 with a larger expeditionary force, expanded Royal Navy, and civilian defense mobilization. By year-end home and continental strength may reach two million, with 38 knot battleships planned and aircraft production exceeding past rates.
scrambled wreckage fears, London to Sydney liner passengers report near safety run. conflicting reports say a bomb scare surfaced twice. authorities suspect French involvement and a torpedo attack. wartime tensions and patrols escalate as ships seek safe passage from Portugal’s coast amid combat chatter.
An Australian Women\'s Voluntary Service unit has been constituted in London with Mrs 8, Mr Bruce as chairman and the wives of the agents general on the committee. The aim is to aid veterans and support welfare by organizing assistance at Australia House for helpers.
A garbled boxing summary describes a chaotic match with unclear names and actions. The piece hints at punishing exchanges and a notable stoppage, mentioning fighters and venues in a fractured, error-filled render.
The Grif fiths Tennis Club announces its club championships starting Saturday with players listed to beat the course at 2 pm and 0 pm. Notable names include Mrs Mahoney Mys Droop le Goodwin P Northey D Gaurley Billing G Cusack R Mckwan AUG Davison Droopa Sutherland C Bourke Mist 1 Philipa Miny G Bourke Mre Courlay Mise 3 Phillipa LaManoncy Journe J Walls Mrs Bourke Mya Keste. Members playing are asked to be available on Sunday.
Race card from Rosebery shows Mildura contesting the Cantala Marden Hurdle with Vimar Treagle Hymn and a field including Ojon Poviuly Hell Ninberda Spueshy Hussuhen Seu Hen Kine. Divisions list rivals Cher Tifiom Kool Yanai and others with Haley and H H. The program notes multiple horses and riders in a day of racing at a major meet in Sydney and surrounding venues.
Queanbeyan hosts a major weekend event as Federal Golf Club tests its best team in a vital match. Players named include Griff Feaptay Chomite Kynn Wire Lun owt Goggin Hohinma Bendrih Luvid McNamee Fargutay Wir vai.
The Australian reports Derby entrants Darby and Shefatchureh will travel to New Zealand at month end. Springfield Globe and Ve taven Dorby are also slated for the voyage as part of the stable’s New Zealand preparations.
Immersive golf notes from Southern Associates showcases feature Miss Chloe and notable players like Mlle. Cheidery Lane and Mrs A Shepherd as they compete in the Cigarette Cups at Central. Royal Sydney participants Keilipp and Miss Couluery also make strong showings amid a field including Messrs Brown and McL.
Race report notes Glittering Flame winning by a half head with sitable margins over rivals at Cape Moreton. Other entrants included Cronus and Diva, with close finish separating second and third places by a head. Race details reference more than one horse and a split finish.
A jumbled OCR fragment describes Ajax and a vast paper mill complex near a European harbor. It details logs, private docks, steam-driven grinders, pulp beaters, and the manufacture of printing paper with chemical treatments, highlighting immense daily output and industrial scale.
Chinese sailors refused to move when their ship berthed at Port Kembla on Wednesday. Nine men lay down and resisted, four agreed to return to duty, while others faced repatriation as the Chinese consul general arrived to handle the dispute.
Edward John Porter, a working inmate of Waterfall Sanitarium, was killed instantly on the Princes Highway near Helensburgh. The driver of the car said Porter appeared to stagger on the roadway before the impact, and witnesses noted he was not in a safe position on the edge of the road.
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