Pet Lizard Blamed for Assault at Woolgoolga
Rosaleen Miriam Conroy, 22, pleaded guilty to unlawfully assaulting William Keith Cowan at Double Crossing near Woolgoolga on July 12. Cowan had admitted starting the fire in a stump where a pet lizard lived. Conroy was fined £2 and ordered to pay £17 12 6 in costs. Cowan required 12 days in Gratton Hospital with serious injuries.
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A. J. Bryant
Coff's Harbour
Rosaleen Miriam Conroy
William Keith Cowan
Double Crossing
Woolgoolga
Blanchard
Cowan
Gratton Hospital
Conroy
Litand
Mystery throat disease puzzles Australian doctors
The article reports an unidentified pharyngitis labeled with regional names in Australia. Dr. E W Hurst of Adelaide seeks volunteers for inoculation with a virus isolated after weeks of animal testing. The condition, described by Dr Sydney Morris, affects New South Wales military camps and civilian populations and is worsened by dry weather. Separate notices advertise cattle sales at Singleton Saleyards and dairy herd auctions near Gloucester, with emphasis on high quality livestock offerings and schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Australia
Victoria
New South Wales
E. W. Hurst
Adelaide
Vivian
Sydney | Morris
Morris
Earle Page Seeks National War Government for Australia
Earle Page appeals to Cowper electors after twenty one years in Parliament. He urges a national government to secure 100 percent parliamentary cooperation for the war effort, rapid production, defence, and Allied support. Page promises to visit districts to explain Australia’s wartime stance and his 19 percent all in war plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cowper
Australia
England
Saustsien
Great Britain
Arsificient Defence
Pik Tilly
Avistratia
Earle Page
Commercial Homebush Stock Sales Report
Sydney market reports a very strong cattle sale with 1589 yarded. Best dealers paid 52 per hundred for steers, 46 for heifers, 41 for bullocks, 40 for cows and 43 for fat cattle. Maitland fat cattle sale saw about 800 head and 50 chops with best bullocks to £18 6s and cows to £12, calves up to 90, pigs around 140 for heavies and 76 6d to 86 6d for baconets, with a generally improved calf quality and keen competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homebush
Sydney
Winchcombe
Carson St
Maitland
Raider Still At Large In Tasman Sea Search
The hunt for the raider that shelled the New Zealand Shipping freighter Tarakina in the Tasman continues with 50 observed yet no new details on the freighter and its 70 crew. Experts expected German efforts to disrupt Australian and New Zealand shipping supplying Britain after a long period of inactivity.
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New Zealand Shipping Company
Tasman
Sydney
New Zealand
Australia
Great Britain
Massive German air raids hit Britain with 1000 planes
London reports two major raids starting at 3 p.m. with 300 bombers and escorts inland and 900 bombers and fighters near Portsmouth. Additional hostile aircraft attacked other districts in England and South Wales. Fires, casualties, and property damage followed as Britain reported 48 enemy planes shot down and ten British planes lost.
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London
Portsmouth
England
Wales
In Memory of Airman From a Village Letter
A village letter from St Michael's on Sepit honors Flying Officer Norman Merritt who died serving with the RAF in Britain. It notes a raid that killed cattle, vows to aid the war effort, and includes a £5000 cheque from the community to buy a Spitfire in memory of the airman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Merritt
Britain
R.A.F
Ho H ‘Merritt
Lord Beaverbrook
Spitfire
Miy
St. Michael's-on-Sepit
Lds
Dominions
Berlin raid stuns London with 80 minute alarm
Royal Air Force alerts Berlin last night in a major raid lasting 80 minutes. Heavy explosions 24 miles from the city center and bursts over the chancellery sparked intense anti-aircraft fire. Searchlights swept the skies as two planes over central Berlin triggered a city-wide guns salute and a loud, ominous rumble described by ex servicemen. The all clear came at 3 21 am.
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London
Royal Air Force
Berin
Hitler
Berlin
Unter den Linden
Stratford L Red Cross Tennis Event Aids Lady Gowrie Appeal
On Wednesday August 7 Stratford branch of the Red Cross hosted a tennis tournament and stall to support the Lady Gowrie appeal. Play started around 1 30 pm with many players. Ladies prize went to Coral Fenning, Weylie Tull was second. Gents prize shared by Mr Smith and Mr Guffin. Stall sold many gent’s items. Tea served by branch ladies. Day’s takings totalled £7 5s plus donations lifting to £10 15s.
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Stratford
Red Cross
Flame Writing Machine Cuts Steel With Intense Heat
Britain designs a flame driven cutter that traces patterns on steel plates. An oxy acetylene pencil, eight inch metal thickness capable, uses two linked arms and a motor driven spindle to carve precise shapes. It can reproduce drawings directly from tracing and scale up to simultaneous multiple sheets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Nylon the New Material Looms Over Textiles in Britain
A large scale nylon factory is planned in Britain and due to open this year. Nylon, a broad synthetic family, will be produced as filaments and sheets and used for stockings, sewing thread, and underclothes in America. Its bristles are already sold for toothbrushes, offering durability and less moisture absorption, while fishing lines gain strength and immediate usability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
America
Associates' championship final and T B cup draw
The mixed foursome on Saturday saw T Charlton and Mrs Street defeat Mrs Yates in the final of the Associates' championship. The draw for tomorrow in the TB cup includes Garner versus Weekes Munro versus Hawdon Newton versus Yates Cleaver versus Hughes Belt versus Parish Sheldon versus Watkins Parish versus Middlebrook.
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T. Charlton
Street
Yates
Garner
Miss Weekes
Munro
Miss Hawdon
Newton
Mise Cleaver
Hughes
Belt
Parish
Radio program highlights C W A activities in Kemp station
Country Women's Association radio segment invites listeners to tune to 2KM in Kemp Street on Wednesday for discussions of C W A matters and upcoming activities with St. gust mentioned as a place in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.W.A
Kempmay Staion
St. Gust
National Security Regulations curb producer gas unit sales
The Federal Cabinet approved issuing National Security Regulations to ban distribution and sale of producer gas generation equipment and related plans without license from the Director of Substitute Fuels. Minister Sir Frederick Stewart said the move protects buyers from unsuitable units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Frederick Stewart
Supply Department
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Pet Lizard
Singleton Cattle Sales
Singleton
Messrs
W Batley and Sons
Messra W. Bailey & Sons
W. E Sparke
W.R. Irwin
Saxby’s
Eardy
Raider
RED Cross Branch
Him
Pelaco
Pir
Gloucester
Country Women’s Assn
Cambric
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