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Newspaper
Brisbane Courier Mail
Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 18, 1933
Page
3
Ungquerers forward questions with names and addresses. Columns publish Turf Motoring Poultry breeding and household queries. Entries discuss white nour flour, space limits, pension rules, dog care, and travel routes. many readers reference Brisbane areas, local departments, and officials.
William George Stewart and Leslie Herbert Wightman were sentenced to 18 months with hard labour after pleading guilty to breaking into Benjamin George Harding’s shop on February 7 1934 and stealing goods valued at £40 17 8. Both had prior brushes with the law but were offered a chance to reform under a conditional discharge. the judge warned that failure to reform would bring a harsher sentence.
Acting Registrar in Bankruptcy sternly criticizes Harry Guinsberg for lax control of affairs. Guinsberg formerly a fruiterer of Brunswick Street Melbourne and now a Brisbane bankrupt faced arrest when he failed to attend examination. He had liabilities around £4 806 and later £4 253, with business pursuits in Brisbane Gympie and Townsville as a footwear retailer.
In a Criminal Court verdict yesterday Elizabeth Maude Smith identified stolen household items found at Pattison and Dowell homes. Pattison and Dowell pleaded guilty to stealing between June 12 and 15 at Morning Side. both received 12 months with bond of £100 to keep good behavior for two years.
The document lists court proceedings before Sir James Blairs and Mr Justice Macrosson including mortgage matters involving Ferrier Ashburn Ballaroo Pty Ltd and motions under the Mortgagors Relief Act, plus a Bankruptcy Jurisdiction matter before Mr Justice Macrossan and ex parte motions related to Abraham Herigberg and Benjamin Culpan.
Acting Registrar in Bankruptcy Mr OE Trovahn adjourned the public examination of bankrupt Mabel Grace Jessie Guy of Aberleigh Road and Butterfield Street Herston Brisbane. Estate value £? assets £270 leaving deficiency £1318. Official Receiver represented by Mr Keenan sought the adjournment to Thursday October 29. Mr McGregor for the bankrupt raised no objection.
James Colton and Winn Fyfe Leggo faced fines in the Brisbane Police Court for offences tied to illegal betting and possession of instruments of gaming. Colton admitted a bet arrangement at the Theatre Royal Hotel and was fined £900 with one month imprisonment on default. Leggo, a billiard-room keeper, admitted keeping records of bets and horserace odds, receiving a fine with related orders.
In Brisbane two men aged 24 and 25 were charged with possessing a motor car obtained in Sydney under circumstances that could amount to stealing if brought into Queensland. They were remanded to October 24 after arrest evidence by J T Doherty and the car, valued at unknown amount, was recovered.
William Thompson pleaded guilty to four theft counts before Magistrate Stewart Berge in the Police Court. He was fined £5 for stealing a lady’s coat and hat at New Farm on August 25, £2 for a bicycle theft with imprisonment in default, and charged on October offences involving items from the Valley and Valles, with further penalties totaling concurrent.
Frederick Wire, a 30 year old engineer, pleaded not guilty yesterday to a charge of obtaining money from John Varinauies in Brisbane on October 4 by falsely claiming he had invented a new style of toothbrush and held the patent rights in Australia. Serviceant Iccarney prosecuted.
The Courier-Mail reports an evolving easterly anticyclone system with front waves extending across northern New South Wales to New Zealand and New Caledonia. It notes a northern broad area of fine weather and a new southern depression shifting inland along the southern ocean, with scattered thunderstorms and temperature rises in Queensland.
Mr WG Delaney represented witnesses including Varipaties and a salesman as the court heard a claim tied to a New Zealand design for a toothbrush. The witness sought a partner to secure funds of 2000 for Australia production, paid £50, later signing a joint declaration as a shareholder before the defendant was remanded on bail to October.
The Australian Workers' Union sought interpretation of breaches of the Shearing Industry Award and Sheep Shearers Experts and Grinders Award. The Arbitration Court heard claims that contractors added duties beyond the fixed roles, risking unemployment and unrest, with a ruling noting a breach when more than five shearers worked and others took extra duties.
In the Summons Court Mr oC B Buxton imposed a fine of £3 with 6 costs on John Herbert Robinson of Riverview Terrace Annerley Bribne for failing to furnish income returns and information to the Commissioners of Taxes. Similar offences led to fines and costs for Shaw Printing Co Ltd Ann Street Brisbane and Wenzel J Spies Nicholson and Jordan streets Greenstone Brisbane, prosecuted by Mr R J Hurt.
Alderman A Laurie urged abolition of rationing after the Brisbane City Council noted a £41,596 year on year improvement from exchange savings. He attributed gains to reduced exchange costs amounting to £44,327 and urged further checks by the executive amid uncertain future rates. The Lord Mayor cautioned that only three months of data were in and remaining nine months could change outcomes.
Brisbane council discussed Norman Creek odor with Alderman Skirving urging action. Water Supply and Sewerage chief Alderman Lane noted recurring complaints traced to mangroves and said investigations found them to be the source.
The Windsor public library opened on July 1 and September 30 saw 3012 new members. Costs included building expenses, book purchases, and a sinking fund plan with regular payments to contractors and lenders.
This week's lunch hour at the Constitutional Club features a talk by Mr Raymond Watt secretary of the Live Australasian branch of the League of Nations scheduled for tomorrow.
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