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Show NEW CITY IS I CHRISTENED I Australians to Build Model Capital on Site Selected Sydney. Australia. Mar 12 The jj .foundation stone of the future capital jlj of Australia was laid today by Haron Rj lentnan. governor general of the jR commonwealth. Lady Denman chrls- M 'toned the new city Canberra, in the u; 'presence of great crowds from Mel- h bourne and Sydney. r The Australian ministers also at- j tended the ceremony of inauguration jj; lor what is intended to be a model II ! 1 capital. The city is to be built on a jjt site on which the only buildings now j 'existing are scattered dwellings of M farmers. I |