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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 24, 1935
Page
3
An OCR fragment reports a local scene with unclear names and places. The readable bits hint at a brief note or notice involving a person or group and a place, but the text is too fragmentary to identify specifics or dates.
Elections for the Advisory Council and Canberra Community Hospital Board are scheduled for Saturday, September 18. Six candidates contest three council seats and three vie for two hospital board seats. Territory enrolment stands at 5,351, with 73 Jervis Bay residents excluded from voting. Voting is compulsory and uses the preferential system from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Personal notes recount George FR Adams a longtime Canberra resident for 11 years. He served four years in the Great War with the 20th Battalion, saw action in France, rose from private to sergeant, earned the Military Medal, was twice wounded and twice mentioned in dispatches. After war he entered business and helped Canberra’s early expansion during its tent city era.
Sir Goodwin Yeul-Ci, a longtime Canberra leader born in Yelta in 1865, served as surveyor and public official across Victoria and the Commonwealth. He held roles including staff surveyor, Colonial Auxiliary Forces, and deputy chairman of the Canberra Advisory Council, with extensive work for the Canberra Relief Society and multiple sporting bodies. He volunteered for active service at war outbreak but remained in Australia for home defense.
Mr BG Kelly, long active in transport and civic life, rose from pupil teacher to business leader in Regalis and Eauention departments. He engaged in cricket and arts societies, advocated railway improvements, and stood as a Labour candidate, shaping local welfare groups and school initiatives before his 1935 accident.
Dr Nott built a notable career in Canberra public life after a wartime service in the Anglo Dutch forces. He studied at Maryborough Grammar School the School of Mines and Sydney and Kuinburgts University. He served with the Royal Army and later worked at AMC Stitt Norfolk Hospital. He was repeatedly involved in Parliament petitions for residents of the Federal Capital Territory and contested elections including 1928 for the Third Commissioner ship. His theatre talents funded charities and he remained a prominent figure in Canberra life
W G Piper reenters One Advise ry Council race after withdrawal, asserting public service eligibility. He is a public figure with active involvement in civic welfare, Canberra community matters, and hospital negotiation efforts, aiming to influence governance and public projects.
McFadyen Charles Hector McFadyen has long been a Canberra public figure since moving in 1927. He led the Australian Natives Association Canberra branch and served four years as ALP president. He ran for Advisory Council in 1931 but narrowly lost. He has chaired welfare committees and pushed hospital plans, later nominated by the Advisory Council to the Hospital Advisory Committee.
Mr T W White arrived in Canberra and devoted his life to community service. He worked as a foreman and later in the Maintenence Section until retirement, while nurturing musical activities and serving as secretary to a local band group. He was active in debating and represented New South Wales in inter state institutes, with a long record of public service and national pride for Canberra.
The article traces the life of Mr 1 M Shakespeare a key founder of The Canberra Times and Australian press networks. It notes his 1924 Canberra arrival and aim to create a national newspaper enriching the capital, plus roles in media societies and public works including parks and cemeteries.
A fragmented OCR list presents candidates for an advisory council election. Names include George Raphael Adams King ton Master Butchel, John Thins HU Forrest Civ Engmore and Benjar Kelly Kingston Labourer, Lewy Windenwie Rott, William George Piper, Postmaster Shakespeare Thomas Mitchell Red Hill Journalial.
Mrs R J Tillyard has lived in Canberra seven years dedicating time to the Council ABE University Association and executive roles in the Housewives' Guild Guides YWCA Swimming Club and Women's Hockey Association. She holds a Cambridge Seitzen Degree and worked for public health building sanitation and hygiene knowledge. She spent 1918 to 1928 in New Zealand on school governance appointments and served with the Australian Trained Nurses Association in Sydney.
The text presents a fragmented transcript-style report with mentions of voting, government, and public policy amid garbled OCR. Notable elements include references to Mrs Tillyant, Tanya Vireuid, and various political figures and committees, alongside vague discussion of promises, improvements, and national governance.
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