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Newspaper
Charleville Times
Location
Charleville, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 31, 1935
Page
5
A Brisbane report notes a sale week earlier at Producers' Co with modest bidding and generally steady values despite limited activity. The sale included grain and livestock items with some goods selling well while others traded slowly according to observers.
Residents of Adavale praise a notably calm medical worker whose composed approach brings comfort and confidence to patients and families seeking care during visitations and treatments.
The article notes the swim mile as 9153 yards, a blue-tinged spectroscope sighting, vast Bible distribution near 11 million copies, still untranslated into 680 languages. It asserts St Peter’s Basilica as the largest cathedral, with Canterbury as a comparison. It cites British Post Office Savings Bank totals of £360 million in deposits and 10.1 million depositors, including royals.
Sir Graham Waddell, chairman of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council, reports in the United States that most wool is sold to meet the market. He argues the policy of meeting the market is correct as US marketing missteps repeat with wool. The Queensland Graziers Association shows broad support for price fixation, while Moree ballots show mixed positions. The association aims to reduce costs and boost grower profits amid large stock on hand. Members total around several thousand.
The Stock Inspector Mr J Tannock issued permits to travel stock over the past week. Fifty cattle moved by road from Mt Maria to Morven then rail to Yeulles. Two bullocks destined for Charlerville under A Espe in charge. Sixty bullocks to Raceview under J Armstrong for owner T Armstrong. Wethers moved by lorry to Albert Park.
The Railway Ambulance Corps held a session with examined contestants W Marr A Manday Miseca B Forrest C Pulsford E Pulsford Joyce Bracker and others. Mr Smyth praised the students high standard of work and thanked Mayoress for patronage. A lecture on first aid emphasized its value and portability.
As coral passenger traffic grows across the Timor Sea, the Timor crossing between Fugionad and Promce emerges as a familiar segment of air voyages to and from Australia. The article traces aviation landmarks from the Dover Channel flights of 1909 to the Timor crossing of 1919, noting rapid gains in range, payload, and speed, with modern empires showing aircraft carrying dozens of passengers and cargo.
A reader describes a money-saving couch remedy with a dubious recipe. The instructions claim inexpensive ingredients and a two bottle addition to equal a pound’s worth of cures for coughs colds and related illnesses. The notice includes odd measurements and mentions a Carnom size in Vienna with uncertain details.
Stock details list Leghorns and Australorps with prices in pounds and shillings, Brown and Black varieties, Reds at higher price, available June 1st. Also notes 16/ dep settings from 10/6 and lists EB MENZEL at 179 Muir Street Toowoomba.
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