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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 15, 1932
Page
4
The Canberra Times announces a home delivery service through Westridge Marvin and Co with daily delivery to Canberra homes including Queanbeyan and surrounding areas. Readers are urged to confirm names and addresses for morning delivery and to contact The Canberra Times office by phone.
A brief weather notice reports temperatures in the 30s and 40s with a maximum near 74 hours at 3 degrees. It notes wintry conditions with a forecast around 42.1 degrees and reports wind from the northwest at 40.0.2.
The article argues that silver prices and the silver standard do not explain China’s trade dynamics. It notes that China prices rise while world prices fall, and that Chinese trade with the United States grew 9 percent in 1931 despite a general U.S. decline. Australia also looks eastward, expanding its own trade, while Britain’s silver surplus shifts influence.
At the Riverina annual conference the inhand Country Movement urged a Boundary Commission to draw federal unit lines. Mr Strummond noted delays in appointing the cabinet sub committee needed to gather data for the commission. The meeting in Sydney endorsed the plan and urged a united Country Party push for a wider convention and support.
Colonel E F Harrison told the House of Representatives that Australia faced a grave security risk if war came. He warned Fremantle and the West were vulnerable, criticized outdated naval and military readiness, and urged immediate expansion of defence forces and reserves.
Fragmented report on parliamentary debate over the Ottawa Agreement touches on unemployment, industrial policy, and fiscal plans. Ministers, cabinet members, and opposition discuss fair wealth distribution, with calls to grow domestic industry and provide work for all, amid mixed party reactions.
The article reports on political maneuvering around a forthcoming trip by Prime Minister Theresa May. It notes the reshuffle implications, cabinet changes, and comments from ministers and MPs about trade, security, and leadership direction amid ongoing tensions within the government.
The tariff board attack focuses on Article 12 of the Guiana accord as Leader of the opposition J. I N Sculling warns that the government plan to increase restrictions and use tariff measures will undermine national solvency and provoke economic unrest. He questions the authority and calls for clear policy under Article 12.
In London on Thursday The Amaterdin and Dally Hupald interview Germany’s chief marshal at Doornator about the Crown Prince wedding in Coburg and a possible return of the ex Kaiser. The marshal says the German people must embrace a national government and that the ex Kaiser might accept an invitation to return once political conditions permit. He notes Socialists and Community remain unrepresented and presses the idea of waiting for the people’s will.
London Thursday report says the Privy Council dismissed the appeal of a former rector of Brittish lineage, with the Consistory Court of Lambeth finding him guilty on a law matter. Jane Comsistury Court of infamous.
Reading the fragment reports an attempted theft of £47 from a bank or related premises in Melbourne. The text mentions a man detained by porters and a changing tariff affecting tinned goods. The account is incomplete but notes a Melbourne event and an appeal connected to a national bank.
A stolen butter lorry traversed England from Camden to Liverpool and back, covering about 1200 miles. Three men eluded capture as police traced butter shipments across towns including Gouttiuen Wawa and Liverpont, leaving muddy tire marks and altered number plates.
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