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Newspaper
Bundaberg Mail
Location
Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 30, 1925
Page
2
Yesterday regional markets reported heavy supply and mixed demand. Prices ranged for various grains and produce including wheat hay lucerne potatoes maize and pumpkins with declines in some items and limited gains in others.
ARISHANE reports a stop work meeting among meatworks employees scheduled for tomorrow. As a result no reptiles will be used that day and meat companies cannot operate at Enoggera. Only a small number of cows sold, prices ranging from 20/ to 12/ per head.
At a special Mackay District Council of Agriculture meeting a levy of no pennies per ton was approved to fund check weighmen at three cane mills Farleigh Pinch Hatton Cattle Creek Pleystone Local Producers Associations will push council approval to Bribane and ballots if 100 growers sign. A stolen cork helmet case followed with O Sullivan admitting guilt and seven days imprisonment plus review of prior drunkenness.
Sir Henry Jones the teetotaling 41 year old fruit millionaire is described as a thrifty self made man. He started collecting apples at age twelve earning four shillings a week and now owns factories in several Australian capitals as well as California and South Africa.
In Brisbane during World War I a marriage conducted under a military guard at a Lutheran parsonage and later tied to Enoggera camp led to a Supreme Court petition by Margaret Smith seeking dissolution from John William Belby Smith. The undefended case detailed desertion, false claims of work in Africa, and financial provisions before a decree absolute was granted with costs against the respondent.
Mrs Petiquin living at Mayfield reports a near fatal gas incident Friday morning. Her daughters Rachel 18 and Lur-Wine Hime 16 were found unconscious in a gas filled room after a jet was left on. Dr Arnold and hospital staff revived them with artificial respiration and they were moved to the Newstead Hospital. A visitor from the country is suspected to have blown out the night instead of turning it off.
Builders' labourers employed by the Works Department staged a Saturday morning strike during the construction of the roof at the State radio station on the Hate Government Insurance Building in Brisbane. The dispute remains unsettled and will be reviewed by the union.
Mareeba Hospital records the death of Leonard Rogers aged 14 son of Mr and Mrs Rogers of Kambul. His elder sister rode three miles to the station after he fell ill at 1 am to arrange transport to Mareeba. He died Thursday at 2 pm amid a largely absent farm family. Funeral planned for Mareeba noon Friday.
Annual practice examination conducted by Dr Mistowski at the Trinity College of Music in Childers Parish Hall. Results list many students across First to Senior divisions with most achieving passes, some failures noted. The examiner praised finger work and tempo issues, urged faster progression, and offered pedagogical guidance to teachers. The instrument used was a Kapell piano loaned by Andersen Bros.
Clarence Fitzpatrick fourteen from Dawn was shooting with a companion on Saturday when a bullet glanced a stump and hit the back of his head. Doctor Anderson reported brain swelling and the boy was rushed by ambulance to Gympie hospital for treatment.
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