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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 22, 1929
Page
4
The monthly rainfall totals for Canberra and Queanbeyan are listed for the current year to date. Figures show rainfall in months from February to October with totals varying each period and a year-to-date sum reported for both locations.
A Canberra Labour Party branch meeting elected J Paefer as President and W F Hodgeen as Secretary with a committee including J. dirname and O. Reynolds. A later all-members meeting planned for Saturday evening at St Chala Church Hall Kingston to discuss station issues and elect representatives.
A publishing notice details prepaid subscription rates for The Canberra Times and The Times. It lists contact names and offices across Canberra and regional bookstalls, railway stations, and hotels where orders can be placed, including City R J Paine Kingston J W Prowse Fraser Manuka, and various towns such as Queanbeyan.
The magistrate Mr Brainex adjourned the inquiry sine die after being told a Supreme Court decree prohibiting the inquiry had been issued on Friday He had not received the ender and relied on newspaper reports for knowledge of the ruling.
Mr W H W Bale personal secretary to the Prime Minister designate Mr Scullin arrived at Canberra yesterday. For the past twelve years Mr Bale has been secretary to opposition leaders including Mr Frank Tudor Mr T F Ryan Mr Mat Charlton and Mr Scullin. Mrs Sharwood and Mrs Han of Melbourne are guests of Mrs Sharwood of Braddon.
General forecast reports cloudy and shower activity across New South Wales and Victoria with variable winds. Canberran and coastal regions show fine spells with occasional clouds. Tasmania and Western Australia forecast showers, swells and rough seas offshore with mainly south to southwest winds. Queensland notes cloudy east coast with scattered showers along the south, otherwise fine conditions.
Victoria reports chiefly quarter to half clouded skies with passing showers and light to strong north south winds, squalls on the coast. New South Wales notes fine to dull weather on the south west slopes with light to moderate winds. Thalamani has no data. Queensland and Western Australia lack data with some cloud and rain in south east.
Rainfall figures from multiple Victorian towns show varied totals with Cape Otway at 22 percent, Apollo Bay 2, Ballarat 2, Teromy 18, Colac 4, Merino 1, Mortlake 7, Lismere 10, Tener 10, Moriurre 6, Rivernook 1, and several other locations recording lesser amounts.
The Canberra Times outlines health priorities as Canberra plans Empire Health Week. It argues for sustained health education beyond a week, highlights personal and civic health links to prosperity, and notes new efforts including Baby Health Centre access and dental hygiene instruction.
The Hats Meatt Centre at Kiowston opens to the public as part of Health Week. Canberra Mothercraft Society invites those interested in maternal and infant welfare to view the ongoing work. Sister in charge welcomes visitors tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Volunteers will show the centre’s activities.
Crowds filled the Methodist Church in Canberra for the farewell to Rev Wheaton on the second anniversary of the church. The program included sermons, remarks by leaders, and a supper hosted by the Women’s Guild, signaling strong joint efforts with Pastor Stevens’ Christ church community.
Fragmentary text mentions Mr. MacDonald lunching with a premier and references to conference figures. It alludes to potential reforms, a forthcoming winter context, and a vague note on a new rivalry, with scattered names and places.
Federation of Miners denies responsibility for a stoppage at five calinerina pits near Maitland Cessnock and Kerrh Kure. The federation says the decision was made by a single executive official present at the meeting. Miners protest the site on Ther a 9.
Prime Minister Ben Pimintson urges protectionist measures to curb imported goods as Australia debates national stocktaking reforms. He cites timber industry distress and calls for thorough industrial legislation review at federal and state levels to address unemployment and trade imbalances.
A garbled list of scores and place names from multiple locales includes Romsey 6 Eatin 7, Woll Vouny 19, Portamington 1, Yar Yeon 7, Murwillumbah 74, Lismore 71, Launceston 6, Queensland entries and scattered totals. The item reads as an unreliable roundup of matches and standings with numerous OCR errors.
A fragmented OCR list shows numerous place names across Western Australia and surrounding towns with varied numbers beside them, suggesting scores or counts. Names include West Australia, Albany, Katanning, Mandurah, Mandurah area towns, and others with inconsistent spellings.
Sydney cyclist John Leet, 26, of Waverley, is in critical condition at St Vincent's Hospital after a motor cycle crash at Romi Market Road. He suffers a compound fracture of the right thigh and leg, multiple other fractures, severe lacerations and head injuries. The bike was wrecked beyond recognition.
The Rot Drivers Federation threatens a citywide engine drivers strike in the north over pan union labour at Greta colliery. The Central Council of Miners Venting meetings on Thursday to discuss the coal field trouble and labor position.
Sydney report says Mr. Stanley McKenzie, superintendent of the Hebbere and 1H. Proprietary collieries, testified before the Coal Commission that in the six years before Mesa there were 119 strikes at Herborg No. e and 854 working days were lost.
In a Monday cabinet session the long running ferry wharf tie up near Ken Wee was addressed. The government pledged to keep the course on the ferry pontoons as originally approved by Parliament.
Fragmentary note mentions a cabinet session related to motor accidents. Scattered terms include Sydney, Monk, slate, Calmet, Vermalenian, codes, and daily crossing. No clear events, dates, or named entities with full context.
Dawe all be.
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