10 Dec 1937
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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 10, 1937
Page
1
Walter Wain of Flemington was struck while cycling on Hotham Heights near Lightning Flat. He escaped with a back scar and his clothes torn, while his wife suffered severe burns from exposed metal as both sought shelter during a hail storm.
Article argues Australia must accelerate population growth and industrial development to deter invasion before 1970. It warns Britain faces fertility policy shifts and notes Japan and Britain population trends. Emphasizes defense via factories and settlement, urging urgent action by the Commonwealth.
Four men visiting Katargama temple in Ceylon photographed a woman in religious ecstasy but after development no woman appears on any film or photographs. The party included Brooke-Farrar, an Englishman, G A Smith linked to a Colombo studio, and a Government official.
Printed and published by Emily Maud Burns and Oman Warner Burn sole proprietors at their Lidotype Printing Works Padman Street Burowa New South Wales.
A money back remedy promises relief from rheumatism gout and related pains. Free booklet available from E P Doyle Boorowa and J Glennan Chemists B WA. Also notes robes worn by the King and Queen at the coronation will tour Australia for exhibition in all capital cities next year.
Heavy rain on Friday tempered the second day of the Goulburn Race Club summer meeting though a solid crowd attended. Welter Handicap results show Cinzand 10.0 ridden by Manning won by two lengths with Lucky Kid 4.0 second and Hywell 4.0 third. time 1.10 4-8.
A plane crash near Frampton, 10 miles from Cootamundra, killed pilot Jack Frederick Fallon and injured Leading Aircraftman Fitzgerald after a Hawker Demon training flight. Fallon perished as the aircraft burst into flames upon forced landing. Fitzgerald survived with serious burns.
The brief advises consulting an optometrist for eye defects that affect vision and may cause headaches. It promotes glasses if needed and offers services. It lists events at Royal Standard Hotel in Boorowa on Saturday January 29 and Albion Hotel January 27 and Carrington Hotel January 28.
A reader recounts using a local paper to advertise property and receives a flood of inquiries. Within ten days the property sold for cash at an unexpectedly high price, proving to him the power of advertising through the Grenfell Observer.
The usual monthly meeting of the Young P P Board discussed preserving the Fingerangle Reserve for travelling stock. Stock Inspector Smith urged retention stating the reserve aids rest stops west of Quandialla, with 100000 sheep rested there recently. The Board sought to withhold action until after Saturday's meeting amid new information.
The Stock Inspector urged retaining a large reserve for genuine travelling stock as 100 000 sheep annually use the area and there is no alternative within 16 miles to Bimbi. Directors discussed keeping 150 acres on the NE corner and 140 acres on the SW corner while a further inspection was requested before final decision. The Forbes Forestry Office noted rabbits on the Jindalee State Forward and warned permit holders to control nuisance animals.
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