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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 09, 1935
Page
2
A fragmented weather note lists temperatures such as 73 and 41 degrees across several times, but the data is garbled with inconsistent units and missing context. It references am and pm readings and unusual phrases that obscure the location and date of the observations.
More than 105 female golfers from Victoria gathered for the Ladies' Cup in Central weather marked by a quilt motif. Names such as Adams Mim, Marriott, Dunn, Partridge, Barton, Farrven, and Mitchell appear among participants, with prize money listed and a wide slate of attendees from various clubs.
Morning mists and fogs in southern and western New South Wales with frost on the highlands. Mostly fine in the south, cloudier in western central and northern areas and along the coast with some thunderstorms. Southeast to east gusts on the coast and east winds inland. Canberra forecast: mostly cloudy with scattered coastal showers, otherwise fine with frost on the highlands, fresh to strong southeast winds, turning unsettled from the west later.
A Ganberra Times report covers a talk by a New South Wales friendly society officer at the central western district conference. He cites declining youth joining societies due to government welfare programs, arguing for self reliance and noting wartime and postwar expenditures. The piece discusses federal and state budgets, revenue sources, and calls for constitutional reform to trim costs and ease taxation while boosting employment and economic recovery.
Rev TC Rentoul urged Australian government action to fund and deploy inland medical staff and vans, arguing mobile doctors patrolling remote areas would provide vital care and security for settlers far from neighbours. He spoke in Perth, noting Flying Doctor work is valuable but limited to emergencies.
Mr Ben Toul and Mr Socom attended the Piersdat Sunday Afternoon as hosts welcomed by chairman Mr L Bolien. Toul praised Canberra’s beauty and the new era in Methodiat administration, highlighting the Federal Inland Mission’s expanding reach across the vast 1,160,000 square mile region. He noted ten publications reporting on mission work and ambulances aiding medical access, with caravans serving remote homes. Reinhold Rentoul spoke on the varied conditions and the mission’s broad scope, while collective effort underlined aid to Indigenous communities and medical support in interior settlements.
A historical discussion by Professor Rudolf on medical theory in the past. It traces canonical elements of care, from humeral theory to iatrochemical ideas, fetidiam influences, homeopathy, and endocrinology, noting cycles of discovery and rediscovery and the balance between nature’s power and surgeon intervention.
The article notes scattered beliefs about routine brutality toward Aborigines, but counters that occasional acts of cruelty occurred long ago and most Indigenous people lived without the severe abuses once feared. It highlights limited incidents of sexual relationship problems without indicating widespread subjugation.
Mr Rentoul invites the public to an evening lecture titled News and Views of the Never-Never at Central Steth Hall Forrest on Tuesday. The afternoon program features musical selections by Mr and Mrs Weil Mrs Penhailurinck Mim Camp and others who were well received by attendees at the church session.
The opening of St Patrick's Convent School Braddon marks a milestone in Canberra's education history. With enrolment rising to 350 at St Christopher's, St Patrick's will ease strain on the mother school as a new Catholic school rises in cost and scope, featuring staff for a full primary program and future expansion to include kindergarten.
Shipping firms agreed to substantially reduce wool freights to Japan. The move covers Australian wool from Bathamba, with units and dates noted in the brief dispatch.
A large crowd watched Ainslie defeat Northbourne and Weetangera to claim the C Grade Pennant Premiership at the Association courts on Saturday. The day featured mixed doubles and singles as Barton, Reid, and other players earned wins in hard fought semi finals and finals shaping a dramatic pennant for Ainslie.
The forthcoming Saturday draw lists a Grade Final at 1 239 PM at Thropes Park with Tiarton and Reid in the Red Final at 1590 PM. Mixed Filles feature Barton versus Ainauir, while ENS Tempeh ALS schedules Fiala against Porevat Duntroca versus Grimsn.
A sermon at St Johns Church argues that God’s companionship steadies believers in trouble. Archdeacon Robertson contrasts lone greats like Jesus with faithful followers, urging prayer and inner strength to resist temptation and rely on the Father present with them.
In Sydney on Monday the Amerie wrestler faced heavy punishment from Harry Kruskamp and refused to continue. By the end of the round Reb Deen was dragged to the mat as the referee intervened. Kruskamp was declared the winner after the altercation and the ring incident drew attention from the crowd.
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