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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 19, 1935
Page
2
A Somers resident with long term ties to the area is described as visiting regularly for over three decades, reflecting a persistent connection to the local district and its community. The piece highlights steady engagement by a longtime local figure.
Fragmentary weather notes list mixed figures and terms for Canberra with unclear dates and units. The garbled text mentions temperatures around 30 degrees and 10 degrees with stray references to inches and times, but key data and locations are not reliably readable.
TheHigh Court reserved judgment on the question of arbitration powers amid unresolved difficulties in the case. Justice O R iay deliberated amid unclear submissions and potential implications for the parties involved.
The article notes mounting tensions on a Niagara dispute ship with camera talks. Over 100 stewards remain aboard and face force to move ashore to cut costs, while the crew faces uncertain travel and potential expenses.
Distorted report notes Their Excellencies and Lady Imars inspecting the government mountain region along with Crns eal, Jorden, and Te Ford as Fr ViCm medals and fraternal greetings are exchanged. Delegates from Cambrrrm observe ceremonial proceedings yesterday in a formal government reception.
Canberra forecast notes fine variable winds chiefly easterly with developing thunder storms later. Weather outlook highlights increasing activity and possible storms in the evening with unsettled conditions and brief showers.
A recently arrived Senator in Canberra criticizes local life yet applauds civic pride here. He notes clean streets, strong school standards, and active public servants while urging MPs to better engage with Canberra, pointing to limited franchise and distant electors as key gaps.
Parish notices list multiple church services for Sunday October 20 including Holy Communion Morning Prayer and Sermon Evensong and Sermon at St Dom’s Kingston St Publis Holy Communion and Children’s Service at various villages. Preachers include Ven Archdeacon Robarty and Rev J W Fullom. Contingent items include evening devotions at St Christopher’s and St Patrick’s and Sunday landings in several districts with times given.
Sunday services at Motongio and St Andrews with multiple ministers and choirs. Children’s services, Sunday School, and talks led by Rev Dotman and Rev Dorman, plus special singing and lectures in Albert Hall. Evening Christian science and doctrine lessons planned. Resurrection Day observances and a children’s program with address by Rev B Dorman.
The Church celebrated the Feast of St Luke the Evangelist with special prayers for physicians surgeons nurses and others tending the sick. Ven Arch Robertson will preach on To Church and Healing at the evening service at St John’s. A church voyage and early service arrangements were noted along with plans to extend the cemetery to accommodate interments, pending Department of the Interior approval.
The Nev. Tueninul will preach at Molonglo and the Church of St Andrew. The mub route for the ray tev. Man's Neede Mesterstion and deeing God. Morning 62-1.
Dr. Clunies Ross of the McMuster Laboratory in the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research will visit the East to examine possibilities of increasing Australian wool consumption in China and Manchuria. The trip, approved by government and industry groups, will include visits to Japan to study sheep nutrition, disease control, and hybridization. He plans to depart Australia in early November after prior work in Tokyo.
The solemn blessing and opening of St Patrick's Convent School Braddon is set for tomorrow Sunday October 2 with Rev Father T Mlatlery delivering an Occasional Sermon at 8 o'clock. The Bishop of Goulburn will close and reopen the school at 2:30 pm followed by an open air meeting with distinguished speakers. The school cost about £4600 including furnishings and features a marble altar donated by Mrs Mary Ryan. Notable donors and items include various sanctuary fittings and a sacred heart statue among others plus a donation for a cross and stations. Mrs Eric Mitchell will sing the solo The Lord is My Light.
The Rev J T Chapman of the Southern District CE Union will preach at Central on Sunday morning. A garden party at Coleay Bowral and a reception at Mire Shelton’s home on October 30 are planned. Rev James Green CMG VO will open the Phi function at Cantrat and Reid on November 8 and Mr Crean will give Lantern Lecture “Beautiful Britain” at Coney Hall on November 4 at 6 pm.
A Baptist Church plans tomorrow services to mark the Sunday School anniversary. Rev E S Dorman of Melbourne has been honored as primary speaker. He is deputy president of the National Christian Endeavour Union and attached to the Australian Imperial Forces. The program includes talks for children and adults and a lantern display.
Parliament discussed Australia’s stance on League sanctions and how they would be applied under Article 18. Prime Minister Lyons and Attorney General Menzies explained modifications to the Covenant and the government faced questions on timing and method of any sanctions. Members noted the potential for war, debated financial measures, and praised Mr. McEwen’s constitutional focus while adjournment later followed.
Arts Society presents a reading of Pygmalion and Galatea from the legend of Pygmalion using Gilbert and Sullivan connections. Dr Aden directs a strong cast including new members for the Arts and Literature Society event at the Institute of Anatomy next Monday.
In South Australia on Friday at the NEA meeting Anton and W Collyer of the Cyclists Club tied in the King’s Prize with a record 440 each in the Ave shoot off. Anton won the revived prize 24 to 23. Addison and Heupslil faded late, while Asthon aimed to reach 348 but Collyer held his ground. Final results list King’s Prize money and top placings including Motta Parramatta and O’Neill Parramatta among the high scorers.
Auckland dispatch reports the downyard staff working overtime to outfit the ship for a long voyage. Food stores are sufficient for months, and the Lanis have been filled with fuel and ammunition.
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