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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 17, 1934
Page
4
Alfred Levy Morris, a manufacturer, was fined 250 pounds at the Central Sum mons Court today on information alleging fraudulent avoidance of income tax. Mr Flynn, SM, stated he was satisfied that the defendant misrepresented facts when sending in the tax returns.
Detectives chased a car at Darlinghurst and arrested two men who faced charges of attempting to persuade a third man to give false evidence at the initial trial of William Wallace and Enric Courtney, who were sentenced to three years' gaol for the recent Angus and Cite robbery.
The Silver Grey Dance in Canberra's Albert Hall on Thursday October 25 promises an Old Colonial format with prizes for best dressed old time man and woman. Attendees may dress optionally, while Mr Finnoss’s orchestra will provide Old and modern dances. Tickets remain 3 and 2 shillings.
The notice states that the Federal Capital Press of Australia Pty Ltd printed and published the issue for Christopher John Shakespeare at its Mort Street offices in Canberra.
In Bathurst on Tuesday the jury heard a striking confession in the murder trial of Ejlene Francis Meagher 36 who is accused of killing her husband John James Meagher 47 at Kangaroo by station near Goolagong August 20. A key statement purportedly shows Meagher saying she took the rifle after fearing for herself and the boy, then loaded the gun and fired. Witnesses described the couple’s movements the night before and a quarrel over alleged infidelity while the husband reportedly discussed apologizing. The hearing adjourned to tomorrow.
A representative meeting at Albert Hall launched the women’s campaign for the Poppy Day Appeal. Lady Garran presided as Mrs Roach heads the Ladies Auxiliaries and Mr Eason acts as secretary. Mr McNamara urged relief for distressed diggers and called for public support in Canberra with a 20 person general committee and suburb sub committees to lead fundraising through stalls, dances, bridge parties, and donations.
Conservatorium of Music held exams on October 10 with examiners Frank Hutchens and Lione Lawson. Results include Maureen Carroll credit A Mus.A, Reecka Johnson credit A.Mus.A, Marie Condon T I credit 8, Molly Bates piano 89, Helen Skinner piano 80, Patrick Rendle 77, Shirley Ransom 73, Marie Brophy 765, Paul Clowry 75, Marie Collopy 91, Trevor Roach 88, Pauline Byrne 85, Hazel Brown 85, Mary Kilmartin 50.
Wrightson, 21, of Lane Cove, was attacked by a man near her home at night after alighting from a bus. He struck her with an empty beer bottle, hitting the back of her neck. Wrightson struggled as the assailant tried to seize her handbag, while Douglas Wallace nearby attempted to intervene and was pushed against a fence.
After Rev. Gordon Blacktop was installed as curate at Christchurch Woking, his newly furnished house drew notice when a furniture van returned and workers removed items. A friend who hoped to guard the home during his honeymoon entered to find both dining and sitting rooms emptied, leaving observers astonished at the turn of events.
A Daily Express report portrays English women becoming ardent gamblers, betting on stocks, horses, and dogs, playing bridge, poker, and roulette for large sums. It notes rising card clubs, rising debts, strained marriages, and a feverish urge to chase luck despite ruin.
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