By election in Stanley looms in political race
The Stanley by election looms as candidates emerge led by Mayor A H Langdon of Redcliffe who refuses a plebiscite. Favored contenders include BR M Bell and W A Munro with others named. A conference at Toogoolawah will pick the Country and Progressive National endorsement with Labour’s interest uncertain. The writ timing may push the vote to December or New Year after Grimstone’s death.
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Redcliffe
Stanley
Remeer
Test
Tris
Esk
Toogoolaweh
BR. M. Bell
Bell
Bnd & Polo
W. A. Munro
Munro
Toogoolawah
A. E. Moore
J. Poole
Ferndale
E. J. Cannell
Queensland
W. Lewis
F. A. Braunton
Lewis
Lowood
Staunton
Mount Mor
EF. L. Grimstone
Ma the Houze
Epraker
Labour
Crimstone Cpn
Cannell
Q.P
British debt talks fail as Roosevelt rejects payments
Australian Cable Service reports October 29 that Britain’s debt talks collapse. An unofficial story says President Roosevelt refused a 10 percent annual payment for two years and rejected a 26 percent sum, with tentative 7 percent offered. Britain may make another open payment in December, while France is likely to default again.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Britain
France
Not Realised Sydney Speech on League of Nations Work
Sydney October 30 Sir William Groom MHR head of the Australian League of Nations Union spoke at David Jones today about the League’s work in Australia and abroad. He cited 40 of 50 disputes addressed, nine that threatened world peace or war cameos, and expressed regret that League successes are less reported. The speaker urged sustaining treaties committees and organisations linking the League to the international fabric.
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Sydney
League of Nationa
Australia
Litlleian Groom
M.H.R
Dent
Australian League of Nations Union
David Jones
League
Trouble at Mt. Isa and union meeting prompt strike threat
Two miners J. A. Kerr and W. Hockey were discharged on Friday. A possible industrial disturbance looms as the Australian Workers' Union prepared to meet on Sunday to discuss the matter and appeal to Emm to marry.
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MT. Isa
J. A. Kerr
W. Hockey
Emm
U S Gold Purchase Affects Dollar and Pound Stability
Aimed at stabilizing both currencies the U S decision to buy gold abroad is reported to involve the Federal Reserve as agent and to seek consultation with the Bank of England. Initial purchases are expected small and no wider currency war is anticipated. Analysis notes potential effects on domestic prices and external exchange values while stressing uncertainty about ultimate objectives.
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United States
Australian Press Association
Washington
Hithe Federal Reserve
Broad
Bank of England
London
White House
Waterside Case Restrain State Court in Waterfront Award
Melbourne October 30 Chief Judge Dethridge granted an injunction against the Queensland State Industrial Court restraining further action on a Waterside Workers Federation bid for a new award, while deeming the Commonwealth award may not preclude state jurisdiction on unfurnished matters. The case centers on whether shed hands truckers and riggers near wharves were already covered by the federal award. Fremantle October 30 the Fremantle Wharf Lumpers Union plans a stop work meeting and may sever ties with the Australian Labor Party if the issue remains unsettled, threatening Thursday work stoppages over displaced wheat-handling labor.
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Queensland
Waterside Workers’ Federation
Dethridge
Commonwealth
Federation
Brisbane
Maryborough
Bundaberg
Rockhampton
Gladstone
Mackay
Kia Honour
Fremantle
Fremantle Wharf
Price of Gold in London Marks Jump
London October 20 price of gold stands at £6 11 1/2 per ounce, higher than Saturday's £6 9 8, indicating a firmer market and continued demand. The report notes the current level is a fine price given market conditions.
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London
Miners await board decision after firing dispute
The labor dispute centers on whether men were discharged for firing out before crib time. The miners contend underground firing has occurred since mining began. The underground manager and industrial officer were informed and offered no objection before the hole was fired. Both workers are long-serving, practical miners at Mt Ila Mines.
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Mt la
No Amending Bill on Arbitration Act Declined
Government cites financial reasons for refusing Combined Railway Unions' request to amend the Arbitration Act this session. Unions sought to delete Section 82 which shields court decisions from impacting Financial Emergency provisions. Secretary Mr J Lloyd said the government is precluded by financial considerations from granting the request this year.
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Combined Railway Unions' Committees
J. Lloyd
Anglo French fraud case involves £200000 in alleged schemes
Paris according to a Daily Mail Paris desk four French men and one German were arrested and four Englishmen are wanted for questioning over a massive Anglo French fraud. An English group allegedly proposed branch companies in England to raise funds on the London market. one French firm paid £10000, but no companies were formed and funds were not returned. Over £200,000 is involved and British authorities are examining the affair.
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Parla
Mall
Paris
Puble
England
London
Mumg
Authones
Tras
Assistance to industries under review for postwar British style act
Canberra reports the federal government weighing legislation mirroring Britain's Trade Facilities Act to aid industrial development. No concrete plan yet, but a sound scheme would be favorably considered. The British act guaranteed loans for capital undertakings and purchases, with £72 million guaranteed to 1927, £804,064 paid out, and electrification of London suburban railways the largest project at £6.5 million.
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The
Times of the Brish Trade Facilities Act
Canberra
Treasury
Britain
London
Wage dispute in Queensland over basic pay reduction opposed
A Trades Hall meeting of unions decided to oppose the Employers' Federation bid to cut Queensland basic wage from 6 14 to G.a. a week. A committee including C G Fallon and S J Bryan was formed to prepare the brief and lead the case. The federation argues NSW will cut its basic wage to 13 4 6 from November 1, creating competitive disadvantage for Queensland firms.
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Employers’ Federation
Queensland
Trades and Labour Council
J. Bryan
Messrs
C. G. Fallon
Australian Workers’ Union
Carroll
Amalgamated Engineering Union
Employers' Federation
New South Wales
Wheat Growers Urge Withholding Market Aid Board Proposed
In Canberra delegates of the Australian Wheat Growers Federation urge withholding wheat from the market unless the Federal Government provides aid this season. They back a marketing board to fix home prices or guarantee 3d a bushel, with a deputation set to meet Prime Minister Lyons. The group, representing about 40,000 growers, warns of a fourth year of industry tragedy and seeks federal and state legislation to control wheat marketing.
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Canberra
Australian Wheat Growers' Federation
Ite
J. A. Lyons
Australia
Boyle
Federation
Lyons
Perth
Westralian Parmera Ltd
Hes
China
New 25,000 Ton Steamer From Orient Company
Orient Company plans to call tenders within days for a large new Australian trade passenger steamer of 25,000 tons. The vessel will displace the Oraova at about 12,000 tons and arises from lower shipyard prices and a recovering Australian trade. Officials spoke to The Courier Mail's London representative this morning.
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Orient Company
Orient Co
London
Courier- Mall
Open Verdict in Fitzroy Shooting Feud Case
Melbourne October 30 A finding of murder against a person unknown was returned by the City Coroner at the inquest into the Fitzroy shooting affray on September 24. The incident was linked to a gang feud and involved a car following John before the fatal shots. James Daniel Vincent John Tt was alleged as the target, with five bullets in his body and three recovered. James Robert Walker, charged with wounding Daniel Hossack on September 20, appeared in custody but was not implicated in the Fitzroy shooting. The pistol suspected of firing the Hossack shot was said to be the same as the one that killed John.
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Melbourne
Qlty
D. Grant
Fiteroy
James Daniel Vincent John Tt
John Waa
James Robert Walker
Daniel Hossack
Fitzroy
Hossack
John
Prevent Royal Visit Disrupted by Victoria Settlers' Case
Federal parliamentary circles fear delaying the Victorian settlers' claim could jeopardize a Royal visit to Australia for Melbourne's centenary. Government circles warn an unsettled case may create a hostile Commons atmosphere and weaken prospects for a royal party tour.
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Beiny
Victoria
Royal Winit
Canberra
Dhee
Australia
Melbourne
House of Commons
Melbourne debates national aerial medical service plan
A Melbourne meeting adopted six resolutions to launch a national serial medical service. Dr J Newmans Morris called it world leading, outlining a citizen conference to draft a constitution and broaden the Aerial Medical Services of Australia. Western Australia offered subsidy, with Perth confirming funds and cross-state support from government, pastoralists, and the Australian Inland Mission.
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Melbourne
Cmues
J. Newmans Morris
British Medical Amoetation
Aerial Medical Services of
Australia
North-West Medical Services
Eiee
Provisional Council
Ao Citizens’ Conference
Citiigens
Alan Vickers
Western Australia
P. Collier
Vickers
Australian Inland Mission
Perth
Sir G. Smith
Civil Aviation
Britis Medictt Association
Wireless
Serious Charge Constable Suspended Over Treatment of Natives
Darwin news reports Constable Gordon Cameron Heaslop Stott suspended on ministerial orders after a departmental inquiry into alleged ill treatment of an Aboriginal woman and other Aborigines. In a related case at Robinson River East, Tommy Dodd testified Stott struck him, used a halter, and beat him, with the trial adjourned to the next day.
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Darwin
Gordon Cameron Heaslop Stott
Northern Territory
J. JA. Perkins
Stott
Brell
Robinson River
Bordwala
Tommy Dodd
C. W. Michell
A. E. Koop
Tommy
Brett
Michell
Marmaria Creek
Rey
Missing Man Held on Murder Charge in Dorman Case
City Coroner Dr D Grant issues warrant for arrest of John Hope Boies on charge of murdering Kathleen Dorman a machinist who was attacked in Windsor July 19 with a lead piping and razors, died a week later. Boies, a friend of the dead woman, fled and is not yet traced. Proprieter Nellie Burke of the boarding house and witness Eileen Elsie Deering corroborate events.
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Melbourne
D. Grant
John Hope Boies
Kathleen Dorman
Miss Dorman
Windsor
Boles
John Hope Boles
Nellie Burke
Misa Dorman
Eileen Elsie Deering
Richmond
Dorman
Germans flee to Vienna from Prague turmoil
A new trouble center arises in Czechoslovakia as 600 German refugees pour into Vienna in 24 hours fearing terrorist persecution after national celebrations in Prague.
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Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Prince of Wales to Stay Indoors at Sunningdale
London October 29 reports the Prince of Wales is suffering a light chill and is unlikely to leave his country house at Sunningdale over the weekend. Official word says the illness is following its usual course, keeping him indoors.
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London
Prince of Wales
Sunningdale
A Calous Youth Sentenced for Manslaughter
Leo Alphonse Starr an 18 year old farm hand was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Misa Katherine Ccaurr 72 at Tarrawingee Wangaratta. He was sentenced to five years hard labour by Mr Justice Wasley in the Second Civil Court. The judge noted Starr showed little remorse and deemed the sentence light given the circumstances.
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Leo Alphonse Starr
Misa Katherine Ccaurr
Wangaratta
Justice Wasley
Starr
Katherine Starr
Tarrawingee
Justice
Parliament Faces Debate on Central crom-river Bridge Financing
Government seeks £2,000,000 loan from London to fund a central crom-river bridge. Premier W Forgan Smith plans to address the Loan Council while opposition leader A E Moore may move to adjourn debate. Government argues bridge creates hundreds of jobs and benefits Brisbane and the state.
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Crom-River
London
W. Forgan Smith
Loan Council
A. E. Moore
G. Pollock
Peete Abi
Moore
Mrr. W. Porgan Smith
Businose
Seven Deaths In Forest Plane Crash Near Airport
Septa text reports a cabin aeroplane crash near a westboro Massachusetts farm by the local airport killing three men and a woman as the craft nose-dived from about 900 feet. In Amarillo Texas three air circus troupe members died and a fourth was critically injured when two planes collided on the edge of the airfield.
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Amarillo
Texas
Air Circus Troupe
Oui Bem Chelmict
Man Charged With Murder After Bomons Quarrel
Melbourne October 30. Harry Stockwell aged 50 died at Mildura Hospital from injuries after an argument at Bomons near Wentworth. A young man has been arrested on a charge of murder. The incident occurred last night following a dispute at the location.
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Melbourne
Harry Stockwell
Mildura Hospital
Bomons
Wentworth
Boundary rider crawls two miles after fall
Bundaberg on October 30 a boundary rider named George Jose, 49, was thrown from his horse on Saturday afternoon and fractured his right thigh. He crawled two miles to his camp, surviving alone until Sunday afternoon when a passerby found him and summoned help. Ambulance bearers carried him to Bundaberg Hospital.
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Bundaberg
George Jose
Pare
Parerzby
Bundaberg Hospital
Melbourne air race prospects and British lack of machines
British aviation circles debate a centenary Melbourne air race with at least 50 entrants from Britain seen as unlikely. Experts warn pilots alone cannot win without competitive machines and government support, noting rivals from Germany France and America, and cautioning that firms like Hawker De Havilland Rolls Royce show limited current interest.
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London
Melbourne
Air Ministry
Britain
Observer
Bill Frutthil
America
Hawker Co
de Havilland
Rolls Companies
Rolls Royce, Ltd
Boulton and Ul
Avro
Lower duties high grade hosiery in Australia
London October 30. The president of the Federal Hosiery Manufacturers Association, Mr Brockatt, rebutted parliamentary claims that Australia’s duty cuts were a grand gesture insisting the relief covered only high grade hosiery not purchased by Australia, thus offering no benefit to manufacturers.
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London
Board of Trade
L. Burgin
Australia
Federal
Federal keeps collecting state entertainment tax in Australia
Canberra reports no state has asked the Federal Government to discontinue entertainment taxation on its behalf. The federal government has abandoned this field but continues to collect state entertainment tax, a service it is charged with by the states. Queensland has no state entertainment tax as Premier W Forgan-Smith stated the state does not plan to enter the field vacated by the federal government.
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Queensland
Tasmania
Canberra
W. Forgan Siithi
La Patrie to Publish Five-Column Fight Editions
Montreal paper La Patrie will switch to a five column format on November 4. Fight editions will be issued weekly with a second Saturday issue and a new Sunday edition replacing the current six editions per week.
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Montreal
la Patrie
Canada
Wynnum Strike Ends After Four Weeks
The Wynnum relict workers strike, now in its fourth week, was declared off by the strike committee last night. With eight men still without work cards, officials expect all workers to return to Ty by today after a public Wynnum meeting urged the men involved to resume work.
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Wynnum Relict
P Lic
Wynnum
Jing Fommities
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