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Newspaper
Brisbane Courier Mail
Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 31, 1938
Page
1
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1300 dead in three days as 20 aeroplanes drop 40 bombs mainly on government offices. Civilians search smouldering debris while refugee streams swell Hong Kong quays. British gunboats sail to Canton to form Moth and Tarantula as chaos deepens in Shameen and near riverfront districts.
A Times Shanghai report notes Chinese forces ordered southbound troops to return as they gain momentum along the Lunghai railway. Recaptured Menghsien, Tainyang, Winshien and other northern Yellow River positions reduce Japanese threat to the railway. Japanese admit setback at Lanfeng while Dolhara races to avert further disaster as supplies dwindle.
Professional golfer N. van Nida survived a Friday crash near Newcastle that damaged his car and left him and passenger J. W. Ashley unconscious. He had just won more than £50 at the Queensland championship meeting before enduring minor head injuries and later learning his wallet containing £77 had been stolen.
London May 30 The Secret of Miss Jean Batten s success is her fixed concentration. In My Life she explains rejecting marriage after her first flight, saying wedlock would hinder her program and future rise to greater heights and responsibility. She adds no sacrifice is too great to achieve her aims.
Police search for two 14 year old boys who left their Nun dahl homes Sunday in a grey sports model car owned by one boy’s parents. Keith Joyce of Northgate Road Nundah and Edward Pugh Marsland of Sft 6th are described as tall and well built with fair hair blue eyes. The car has registration 263 059 a black steering wheel and red upholstery. Both boys wore distinctive clothing and were last seen together near home. A fox terrier belonging to one boy followed them. Police warn road exits out of the city are being watched and request contact with Nundah or nearest police station.
The Courier-Mail outlines a £100 Test match contest asking competitors to forecast the correct eleven and their batting order. Judges will reject entries not naming players and then grade remaining entries by accuracy of scoring order.
Mrs Nancy Knight, 42, died in a Richmond house fire while trying to rescue her husband Thomas Knight, 40, who was not inside. Her son Nolan Knight, 23, was badly burned while attempting to aid his mother. Thomas Knight collapsed upon learning of his wife's death.
TOKIO May 30. The Australian cruiser Larrakia fired on a target near the north coast of Australia. The Japanese Foreign Office intelligence chief Mr. Kawai said it might be serious but suggested a working agreement with fishing fleet managers to ease tensions. He warned Australians may overreact to a minor incident. He defended Hulls Kellogg Pact as ideal but said global conditions have reduced its value.
The New South Wales branch council of the British Medical Association unanimously decided not to recommend members accept government capitation rates under the National Insurance Bill. It will survey NSW members on accepting or rejecting the government offers. The Prime Minister said a panel system was unlikely and expected doctors to support the scheme.
Dr R G Quinn of the Queensland BMA argues the capitation fee fixed by Parliament compels doctors to overwork and deliver poorer care. He says regulation could have adjusted the fee, and insists the issue is government policy not militancy. Price’s stance and insurance act costs are discussed as factors in the doctors’ plight.
London May 30 The Courier Mail special service reports the deaths of Phyllis Brace a 24 year old nurse and Thomas Albert Clay 27 in a fatal pact after illness and prison time. Clay claimed they met when she was 15 and debated marriage but could not risk offspring. Phyllis died. Clay later collapsed en route to his dying father.
Brisbane's new G P O will not be recessed despite protests by Queens land MPs. Architects and officials in Sydney decided the building should align with the street and will prepare a new plan to begin parcels work in the next financial year.
A Geelong to Melbourne passenger train collided with a stationary goods train near Little River station. The goods engine lost its front bogie and mounted the passenger engine. Driver GO McQueen and fireman B Shannahan escaped. one passenger was injured.
A seven year old boy, John Dawson of Euston Street, Alexandria, was fatally injured when a motor car door handle struck him on Mitchell Road while he watched road workers. He died after about ten hours in hospital.
Page overview notes tariff board and Anzac Square blanket appeal, plus items on river overflow, Mackay murder case, missing boys, and election plans. Includes sections on writers' scheme, death sentence loan issues, woman’s death empire danger kidnapping sequel, and various public notices.
Australia slumped at Lord's as Bradman, Fingleton and Badcock failed in damp conditions. Rain interrupted play, with Australia three for 31 before lunch and later three for 22. Bradman won the toss and batted. Middlesex fielded under slowing pitch and a shifting wicket.
In Brisbane yesterday the Tariff Board examined mosquito coils and canary seed markets. Members Meszsi H MacConaghy chair W Rose H E Guy and W Kelly met at 3 pm to hear on petrol pumps and duty changes but no witnesses appeared. The board heads to the cotton belt to study aid after the current bounty ends next November.
Sydney Montleay Martins Smith, 48, long time master at Newington College and newly appointed Tudor College principal, was fatally struck by a train at Stanmore station after reportedly jumping in front of it. He held an Oxford MA and had a distinguished career in education.
London May 30 Bradman won the toss and chose to bat. The weather was dull and showery with a easy wicket. He played wildly and the innings proved disappointing as Fingleton fell early and Badcock struggled to score against accurate bowling.
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