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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 20, 1934
Page
1
The School Journal celebrates spring as nature’s new year. Birds migrate from many lands while parrots flash, kookaburras laugh, and small birds search bark and timber for food. Rabbits roam ferns as streams sparkle and flowers color the plains. Golden wattle cloaks the land before summer ends the season. Eighth Class. H. L. Edmonds.
A spring vignette describes warm sunshine and blooming wattle marking the season. A girl’s lunch on a grassy mound is interrupted by a red backed spider and the father’s quick act with a poker ends the threat as Florence Chudleigh notes a fourth class scene. Minnie Gilchrist and Beryl Adams add short reader responses about birds and a pet cat.
A collection of short childhood notes. Betty Poole writes about a beloved doll in a pink dress and bonnet played in a pram, while Bill Warren describes a hunting dog and feeding routines. Fred Chudleigh and David Wilson add brief lines about a trickster cocky and pet scenes.
Descriptive scene of a frosty and dew covered morning with trees edged in white frost and hanging spider like webs. Birds search for breakfast as sun touches fast melting frost. From Lyell Corkery, Seventh Class.
Winchcombe Carson reports on Wednesday's Sydney rabbit skin sale with heavier supplies and declines of 2d to 3d per lb for heavy petty lines and incomings. Lower grades held steadier, while first winter values ranged from 38d to 424d per Tb and various incoming and peltry categories posted mixed declines and gains.
Australia will have at least two years of immunity from British meat restrictions as Britain shifts to subsidize domestic producers. The move abandons proposed quantitative limits and a levy on Dominion meat imports, despite Commonwealth opposition. Ottawa spirit, and Argentine trade stance influenced the outcome. The Commonwealth will await the expiration of Ottawa and Argentina accords before any new restrictive measures are considered. The Federal Meat Advisory Council meeting was scheduled for Thursday.
The Young District of the M U LO F met at Branch Hall Young for its annual conference. Auditors for the year were appointed, director nominations listed, rules proposed for wording, a donation voted to Murranveng District Hospital, and Canowindra selected as next conference site after a ballot. Propaganda power budget set at 20 with head office seeking additional funds.
The article recalls priests and brothers in diverse roles on football fields from Queensland to New South Wales and New Zealand, noting their spirited involvement in rugby and Australian rules, including Redwing, Green, and notable pre-war figures who donned team colors and even sang in choirs alongside the sport.
A rare albino hare was shot on Auchen Dha property owned by A D Fletcher near Walcha. The white fur and pink eyes drew attention as local bushmen note unusual sightings. Prices for fox skins rose, best fox skins selling from 8/6 to 2/6 each with lower grades listed. District Lodge events included installation of officers by Gibbenn, honoring past treasurer C Reus who served 62 years. gatherings held with Burrangong members and guests. Special film at Empire Theatre announced for tomorrow night.
The Empire Theatre presents the feature film Damaged Lives on Thursday and Friday July 26 and 27 with a supplementary lecture by Dr Gordon Bates. The N.S.W. Racial Hygiene Society urges all adults to view the film and gain frank education on sex relations and youth instruction.
Government posts a 300 pounds reward for information leading to convictions in the armed hold-up in Sydney where 1000 pounds was stolen a couple of weeks ago. Police progress is slow as inquiries continue through the night.
Australian parliament discusses whether to embargo the export of Corriedale and Merino stud sheep. Key speakers note climate and selection shape wool quality, with shipments already going abroad. Debate covers impact on breeders, market dynamics, and national wool interests.
Sydney detectives confirm Joseph Ryan aged 34 fled on July 21 after the Commonwealth Bank bank robbery linked to the Canberra mail theft. A warrant remains, but extradition prospects are unclear. Police traced rumors across states and Sydney sightings, yet Ryan’s whereabouts and current honesty in business remain unverified.
Police and Treasury officials raided bookmakers at the 1934 Dubbo Gold Cup meeting and secured evidence. In Dubbo Court £169 11s 2d was paid in fines and expenses for failing to keep proper betting records. Bookmakers from Wyalong, Young, Wellington, Parkes, Dubbo and Forbes were fined.
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research asked what NSW noxious weeds require urgent scientific study. The executive committee of the Gragiere Association agreed on eight priorities: Galvanised burr skeleton weed Bathurst burr Noogoora burr St Johns wort Khaki weed cape tulip and bracken fern.
The West Sydney member and the Opposition deputy leader Mr Forde are urged to consider wool producers. The piece accuses them of backing export of stud sheep to Russia as part of a government policy, with an embargo only after public outcry.
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