02 Nov 1937
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Nov 02, 1937
Page
1
The British food ship Jean Woame was bombed and sunk by four Italian seaplanes. They dropped 16 bombs and the steamer sank within a quarter of an hour. The crew were warned to abandon ship and all reached safety after six and a half hours at sea.
Markets show signs of stabilization after a sharp drop as brokers advise buying on hopes of a revival. Wheat remains a bright spot. copper prices fall at home while sales stay weak. Butter holds high prices with tight stocks. overall speculative interest is low and fear of a later reaction lingers.
General results show Anthony Richmond and Rankin Bendigo elected to the House of Representatives as Country Party members. Labour gains include Baker Griffith by 298 votes and Pollard Ballarat surpassing absentee counts. other counts list Rankin, Scholfield, and Kimball candidates winning or advancing. Senate shifts minimal with SA Government majority narrowing. details on preferences and counts provided for each seat.
The Japanese push into Shansi province continues under harsh conditions. Inhabitants have evacuated and destroyed food sources, denying supplies to the advancing army as the forces move toward Shanghai.
The Melbourne forecast for Monday predicts fine conditions with temperatures rising gradually. Local observers expect clear skies and a mild to warm day as racing fans prepare for the Cup event.
Japanese hold precarious positions across Soochow Creek as engineers build five pontoon bridges under smoke screens to move troops. Royal Ulster Rifles relocate near Jessfield Barracks junction west of Shanghai. Chiang Kai-shek promotes the Doomed Battalion.
Domei News agency reports Japan maintains its opposition to third party intervention in the Sino-Japanese conflict while differing in reaction to foreign reproaches. Official circles say China should be advised by foreign Powers to abandon anti-Japanese policy.
Parliament plans a short session starting November 30 in Melbourne. Both Houses will meet for one to two weeks to discuss the Budget tariff and pensions with a committee on electoral reform to be drawn from both chambers. Mr Lyons expects cabinet reconstruction after returning to Canberra in a fortnight.
About 500 men formed the doomed battalion, 377 escaped to British defences, with 24 wounded and 2 allied. A Japanese communique says 10 Chinese corpses were found in a warehouse after the retreat. Welsh Fusiliers aided, remaining under fire to disarm Chinese and tend the wounded.
The executive committee reviewed several applications for secretary last night but made no appointment. The list was narrowed to about six, with a final choice to be made at a committee meeting on Friday November 12.
The executive of the A C U appeals to all unionists to refuse Japanese goods and to halt export of items usable as war materials. It denounces Japanese aircraft and submarines massacring Chinese civilians and urges Australians to show detestation by boycotting Japan’s goods despite retaliation fears.
Bob Gregory, 25, Europe’s middleweight all-in wrestler, vows to marry Misa Valerie Brooke, 21, known as Princess Baba, daughter of the Rajah of Sarawak. He says wedding will occur, possibly in December, despite disinheritance threats from the Ranee and Rajah. Gregory claims parental opposition won’t stop them and notes their lifestyle.
The Daily Herald cites a Jerusalem correspondent reporting mines in Palestine. Sappers operate in a mountainous border district between Wellkeren and Nalus, a cave rich area used by Arab terrorists as hiding places. A discovered mine in a cave would explode if refuge seekers activated it.
A deputation from the ACTU plans to meet Prime Minister Lyons to press a ban on iron exports to Japan and to cancel a London based lease to Nippon Mining Co. for iron ore at Yampi Sound. The ACTU executive, noting NSW Labour dissension, calls for a Federal Labour conference to foster unity and improve chances of a Labour government returning in New South Wales to aid workers.
Police guard Lewes Chapel after a Loyal Orange Institution service commemorating the Gunpowder Plot and Sussex martyrs ends with shouting, overturned pews, and dropped pamphlets. Fireworks hinder sermon. crowd chaos follows amid broader clashes in Liverpool.
Berlin reports new Four-Years Plan efforts to save money and goods by reducing packaging waste. The article notes toothbrush packaging now avoid cellophane and boxes dispensed with where possible. Paper must be exact size and waste paper gathered for pulping.
Mr H P Brown director general of post and telegraphs said on his return from England that a large cut in England Australia airmail charges would take effect in the middle of next year. The service will use flying boats with three weekly trips each way and initial ten day schedules, later reduced to seven. New Australian postage is expected at sixpence per half ounce instead of one shilling sixpence.
In a New York statement Tom Mooney says if his appeal fails he will, following Harry Bridges, call on workers to join a nation wide strike. Mooney serves life for involvement in the 1914 Preparedness Day bombing outrage.
Coastal floods and gales warned for the New South Wales coast by the Divisional Meteorologist Mr Mares. Heavy rain drenched the eastern coast and more rainfall is expected with conditions not improving for several days.
Minister for Education Mr. Drummond announced government policy to install film equipment in schools by local effort. He said visual education would be more important than radio broadcasting in future. The department has one film projector with sound and plans another at a Teachers College.
Fifty thousand inhabitants prepare to follow the government to Barcelona as rain storms impede transport. The Ministrina have been stripped of furniture except for a few typewriters and desks for last minute notifications while shops sell out trunks and suitcases.
In Alexandria on Sunday Egypt urged Italy to speed the marking of the Egypt Libya boundary in line with the 1926 pact. A joint commission of both nations would supervise the process.
In Wollongong on Monday the discovery of human remains at the Excelsior Colliery is believed to clear up the mystery of the disappearance of Robert Finwick who vanished last month.
In Sydney Warringah Sir Archdale Parkhill appears to have won by a slender margin over Mr. Spender. Officials expect formal distribution of preferences tomorrow with earlier counts showing Parkhill ahead in absentees and postal votes by about two to one.
London dispatch claims the Inntel intelligence service says Bruno Mussolini piloted the pine that sank the Jean Weens. Survivor testimony and a Guardian report place the origin near Majorca with 30 000 in the area, including 6 500 Trallem and 51H Germans and over 100 aircraft under control.
Bad weather forces postponement of Victoria Park races from Thursday to today. Rain caused the delay, with Thursday’s meeting moved to today at the same venue.
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