14 Aug 1937
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 14, 1937
Page
1
The Canberra conference on unemployment insurance ended without agreement. A new committee of actuarial officers was set up to study the scheme, delaying any national legislation until after the elections. Premier Stevens pushed for this delay to avoid firm commitments.
Reported talks show Commonwealth and states debating preferred schemes and financial help. Hynes asks what relief the Commonwealth could offer while Casey and Lyons urge choosing a mutually acceptable plan from Ince suggestions, with no clear outcome yet.
In Sydney the State Conference of the Miners Federation approved settlement terms by 17 to 10 votes after talks with colliery owners. The federation will press for immediate review of claims and push for a penalties scheme and Coal Mines Regulation Act amendment, while planned stopwork and lodge meetings will spread across the north, south, and west.
Reports from Shanghai and London describe Chinese protests to Japan over an invasion of Chinese territory. Fighting reportedly spreads in Shanghai districts as banks suspend operations and international tensions rise.
Monarchs meet at golf event in Vienna on Friday with SeKing Alphonso scheduled to play against Ol Dalle of Windsor amid Corina context.
News of renewed rebel offensives in Spain and allied actions along the Corsican and Pantelleria fronts. Government forces face torpedoed vessels, ship damage, and ongoing trench warfare with prisoners reported, including a 14 year old. Clergy rites amid front line unrest noted by Father Leocadio Lobo.
Based on a Barcelona correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, VEats Company president insists Catalonia will stand with the Republic. He says democracy or death, rejects separatist talk, notes Barcelona factories produce war planes daily with guns, shells and tanks, and explains equipment shortages slowed troop deployment though 900,000 soldiers are en route as trains arm them.
In Melbourne the Metropolitan Gas Company reports it can maintain normal output but gas quantity is depleted amid strikes by workers. About 700 strikers stay at several gas works, with risk of wider disruption as preparations for prolonged stoppage continue.
Speculation about a vaccine relic in the Slovene Gadget prompts debate on labor conditions. Report notes workers under 19 given food reserves and home departure, with authorities warning action if property is damaged. Officials consider wage and price adjustments, aiming to ease fuel costs and public charges.
Italian destroyers sank the Spanish Government tanker Campendor near Tunis on a Friday. Of the crew, about 12 were trapped in the engine room and burned. sailors on the Campendor clung to lifeboats as another destroyer joined. The tanker burned as boats were lowered at dusk.
London reports reveal that several German subjects including a hotel guest have left Britain after being advised to depart by the Home Office. Scotland Yard questioned one journalist. the Foreign Press Association urged Dr. Goebbels to address anonymous abuse toward British correspondents and Mr Kobutt.
Berlin papers publish a dramatic warning from the Nazi organ Angrift urging Germans not to visit Britain amid a pogrom. The London correspondent warns of insults and intimidation, while The Times and Daily Telegraph correspondents face harassment as expulsion looms.
In Biarritz Count de Joe Andes, Franco's man, and Herr von Goss, a German news agency correspondent at St Jean de Luc, received deportation orders. The German ambassador in Moscow was told to object to rising arrests of Germans, about 200, many specialists and artisans.
Report states General Bekir Bidky, chief of the Iraqi General Staff, and Ali Jawid, head of their forces, were assassinated near Su while en route to wartime seats. A suspect was arrested as Turkish and allied maneuvers unfold amid the chaos.
Local villagers protest as a tomb at Button parish churchyard is opened amid prayers. Daughters of James Ginson who died in 1777 are referenced in a directive to guard the grave. Residents say they were barred from entry for the first time, claiming a traditional right to access.
Sydney delegates to the Farmers and Settlers Conference condemned the minister for Works and Local Government Spooner for pressuring shire councils. The conference resumed Monday after debating the plan to balance emergency relief with borrowing against approved relief programmes for the unemployed.
John Dal described an administration scam to obtain 410,000 from Roy Budworthy of India Vale by promising accurate racecourse information. Budworthy paid £1,000, Dale disappeared, later claimed the money, produced £120 and tried to get the balance via Battle. Woolf, who accompanied Budworthy, was found with a revolver. he was convicted of possession, while the charge of obtaining money at gunpoint stood disputed.
A wooden dwelling on the riverbank collapsed after flood waters undermined its foundations. Eighteen people were killed and 21 seriously injured. Occupants, aware of the danger, could not escape due to eight feet of water and wood. A ladder was used to reach the building after noon before it fell.
Fragmented report notes unrest in Palestine with references to Jerusalem and violence involving Jewish communities. Names and events are garbled, but mentions a palace, prison release, and rising tension amid regional turmoil. Emphasizes political disturbance and unclear leadership actions.
In Italian naval circles details of maneuvers were partially disclosed amid mixed reports. Sources note heightened readiness and refer to a forthcoming briefing, with officials keeping the specific destinations and objectives confidential.
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