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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 18, 1934
Page
4
The Department of the Interior reallocates Canberra hotel guests to Kurrajong and then to the Bachelors Quarters to free rooms for visiting dignitaries. Nineteen single women and several married women are moved, with wing nicknames like Gun Alley and Wooloomootoo appearing in the official transfer notices.
The article notes renewed enthusiasm for women's cricket in Canberra with clubs like Hall, Brestinke, and Church of England Girls Grammar School Girls Club. It mentions interclub play, spectators, and the roles of club officials and captains, plus the use of local grounds at Westridge, Weastrige, and Acton Flat for matches and practice.
The Department of Justice announced Mrs Stoll wife of a Louisville businessman kidnapped recently was found safe in Indiana. The kidnapper identified as 27 year old T H Robinson an insane criminal formerly in a Tennessee asylum. He has not yet been arrested. She was arrested at Scottsburg Indiana for inquiry as to accessory to the kidnapping. Mia Stoll was brutally treated.
Alfred Edward Vinn a labourer aged 38 and Bessa Stanbridge 36 a domestic were committed for trial at Redfern Police Court on bigamy charges. Police alleged they married other persons in 1932 and later performed a registry office ceremony. Defence said the case resembled matrimonial fever. Detective Shields cited a claim that one partner met the other while intoxicated and proposed marriage. The pair had not lived as husband and wife.
The Poet Laureate John Masefield, visiting Australia for a fortnight, praised Australians for their love of art and poetry. He noted they are physically finer than the English but more English in sentiment than Americans.
YWCA notes invite members three years and under to submit names for Youth Ball tickets at the Capitol Theatre on October 25 when the Duke of Gloucester will speak. Tickets go on sale next Monday. A special board meeting on October 20 outlines arrangements for a flag bridge party on November 9 and a Christmas gift sale on December 8. The Festive Ball, moved from October 25, is set for October 30. The Ambassadors Dance Band will provide music. The Causeway Club resumes meetings next Tuesday at Mrs Fidge’s house, and Kin Ora Club meets that evening at Dontrocn to finalize plans for the November 2 dance. Mr R A Brojnowski’s lecture on the gold rush tonight will interest many, with thoughts turning to explorer times. The Triennial Convention closed last Saturday. Mrs. Clucas agrees to serve as honorary national secretary from the start. The convention praised volunteer leadership and noted Mrs. Clucas’s extensive work in New Zealand, Melbourne, and the National Board. A proposed caravan visiting Queensland towns may be tried soon.
A houseworker warning notes rough, chapped and sore hands from daily duties. It promotes Muipih as a remedy praised for skin comfort and protection, claiming benefits for chapping windburn and tired feet after work.
Representatives of citrus exporters and irrigation districts urged the Commonwealth Minister of Commerce to raise the bounty on orange exports to Britain and European ports from 13 to 16 shillings per bushel. The minister declined to grant the increase but promised full consideration within a broader rural rehabilitation scheme, with details to be announced soon.
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