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Newspaper
Brisbane Courier Mail
Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 19, 1936
Page
5
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In East Brisbane Police Court Alexander Stevenson a brickmaker faced a liquor influence charge after driving along Wellington Road and Cleveland Road on August 17. He pleaded guilty and was fined £10 with seven days in jail if default. Two co-accused men John Johnson and Leonard Thorogood forfeited £10 bails as they failed to appear.
Two labermen appeared before Mr J Stewart Berge P M in the Sum mo Court yesterday on charges of staked nets in Moreton Bay on July 2. William Want of Bunya Street Fagle Farm was fined £2 in default 4 days imprisonment and Frederick Tommsend of Wellington Point was fined £4 in default one month's imprisonment.
The Licensing Commission granted transfers and variations for numerous hotels and licenses across Queensland. Included are changes of victualler licenses, temporary premises adoptions, and proposed alterations or additions for venues such as Union Jack Hotel, Exchange Hotel, Royal Hotel and others in towns including Townsville, Macknade, Roma, Charters Towers, Mareeba, Bundaberg, and Rockhampton.
Henry Cutting of Herbert Street Bratane was fined five pounds or seven days imprisonment after a Licensing Court session presided by Mr J Stewart Berge P M. The charge related to being on licensed premises on a Sunday.
Samuel Henry Altken a 31 year old taxi driver appeared in the Police Court on August 18 accused of using obscene language on Timutone Street Newmarket. A remand was granted to August 25 to allow him to obtain legal assistance.
Two youths faced Police Court before Mr W Simpson P M for alleged bicycle thefts at Glen Innes. Gufford Jeanes 22 was acquitted on one charge. Gordon Jeanes 21 remanded on another. Clifford Jeanes alias George Harold Thompson charged with August 8 theft of a bicycle from Clifford James Geott and remanded. Both remanded to Glen Innes, custody with Sergeant Shields.
The Deputy Coroner closed the inquest into the death of William Alexander Higson a 24 year old single man of Wickham Street Newmarket who died in Brisbane Hospital on July 27 from injuries after a push bicycle collided with a motor truck at Todd and Plant streets Ashgrove. Witnesses including Robert Higson William Clifford Burnett and Ernest Jack Carter described the crash noting the bicycle skidded on loose gravel and the truck did not see the cyclist. The driver was represented by Mr Power.
Francis Green a 32 year old labourer failed to appear before Mr W Simpson P M in the Police Court. His bail on two charges was estreated. He had £3 bail and £3 surety on a disorderly conduct charge in Victoria Place South Brisbane on August 1 and £5 bail and £5 surety on a second assault charge the same day.
An inquest into Charles Henry Shelley’s death reveals insomnia and lifelong distress after losing his wife two years prior. Shelley, 84, cut his throat with a razor on July 13 and died July 26 after being hospitalized. Statements from cousin George Shelley and Constable David Gough support suicide by self-inflicted injury with no foul play.
In Windsor an inquest heard Mrs Mafe king May Lamb died at General Hospital on July 24 after drinking hydrochloric acid. Post mortem showed no cancer. She feared cancer and worried her unborn baby would be affected. No suspicious circumstances found. inquest closed.
Probate issued yesterday in the Supreme Court for the estates of James Henderson of Blackett Street Annerley Brisbane retired grasser realty 211 008 personalty 77 13 Eagles Stone of Toowoomba master printer realty 2597 personalty 2353 William Wright formerly of Towoatch now Stanthorpe retired railway employee realty 372 personalty 1152
At the Queensland Chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects a lecture by Mr R Martin Whison, FRATA, explored the evolution of ecclesiastical architecture from its origins. The talk featured lantern slides plane and sketches detailing each style and period.
A long reader Q and A style column from The Courier Mail offers varied items. Topics include sport figures, pensions in New Zealand, building creaks from temperature, advertising guidance, copyright facts, cinders versus gum tracks, and marriage toast etiquette.
A Gladstone report indicates bobby veal exports from the most works to the United Kingdom will start soon. Norman Bourke, president of the United Graziers Association, says this development aligns with state practices. Bobby veal refers to calves aged a fortnight to one month. Dairymen in the Gladstone district view the trade as beneficial, allowing disposal of young calves they cannot rear.
Limited access for country readers prompts two exhibition weeks. Roy Parkinson leads 26 watercolors including Nambucca Heads Inverloch and Queensland Summer while Jeanette Sheldon curates a mixed display at Gainsborough Gallery with works by Longstaff Sherrin Eldershaw Gruner and Martens.
Mary Maguire, star of The Flying Doctor, departs Kyogle for Hollywood amid tears and a heartfelt farewell. The crowd includes film industry figures such as F Daniels, R Pax, L Andrews, and E Lane, with her father Mo Maguire present during the departure.
Court records show a summons issued by Mr. J Stewart Berge PM for failing to furnish income tax returns or related information. Named individuals include Angus Cameron of Dmy mar, Robert Graham Dawson trustee for the estate of William Dawson of John Street Maryborough, Alan Colin Downie clerk at Gater Harbour Office Mackay, Stanley John Heiner carpenter Apollo Road Bulimb Brisbane, and Arthur R Sexton gracier in Ginza Sels ford.
The August financial statement shows a debit balance of £1771. Councillor Moore reports Main Rounds Commission authorized to build a bridge over Emu Creek on the Toowoomba Burnett highway. Emmerson pushes ahead with part of the electric light scheme, aiming to erect engines and alternators by month end. A petition seeks opening a direct Ravensbourne route to traffic via Crow’s Nest and Highfields for cream shipments to the Crow’s Nest factory. The council will ask Highfields for inspection and discuss opening a Whichello shortcut. consulting engineer Bainbeld says Bluff Road deviation on Esk-Crow’s Nest road is beyond current resources.
A reader’s note lists several crossword entries from the Courier-Mail puzzle number 457. Clues include across items such as For T Beach and Hoist, Gloss, Gratifies, and others like Fishing spear, Fruit, Creek, Deer, Filleted, Metal, Insect, Pouch, Epochs, and Poem. The fragmentary clues cover diverse terms and a few garbled words like Entertain ment and Bevere. Regulars and puzzle jargon imply a partial listing of crossword hints without solutions.
A Camooweal girl aged about one will be the first child helped under Queensland's Bush Children's Health Scheme. She travels with her mother for treatment of severe trachoma at Wilston Ophthalmic Hospital, Brisbane, arriving August 27. Donations toward the fund total around £4982 with multiple local contributions listed and sent via Mr. E C Permnandes.
Archbishop Duhig will open the new gates and oversee improvements at 3 o clock. It is hoped the £1000 debt will be oversubscribed. Archbishop Killian and Rev Brother M Henrahan are expected to attend with four hundred schoolboys in uniform forming a guard of honour.
The Minister for Labour and Industry said the plan to sell weatherboard huts at the Austinville banana settlement does not mean the project failed. Huts are air conditioned and suitable as seaside shacks, offered for sale to remove unemployed men and their families. The settlement, formed two to three years ago to relocate unemployed workers for healthier living, is largely fulfilling its aim, with about 12 deserted huts up for sale.
Three Port Albert fishermen Arthur Golden Bert Perry and Alex Melarnan left Deal Island for Port Albert in a Loft motor boat at midnight Saturday. 65 miles journey and no word since. Vessel feared off course drifting helplessly. shipping told to watch for the missing craft.
Candidates for the November 1033 Federal Institute of Accountants exams must lodge entries by September 21, 1636. For the Cost Accounting Diploma special exam, entries are due by October MN, 1938.
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