News of the Week Highlights and Conflicts
Death in Britain at 73 of Sir Austen Chamberlain, former Foreign Secretary who helped shape 1925 Locarno type pact and supported German League of Nations entry. Rioting in Paris between Fascists and Popular Front leaves four dead and about 200 injured. Military raids in Spain target rebel lines near Brihuega with heavy bombardment. Madrid reports thousands killed and wounded from air raids. Old reports note drought and bore flow warnings in Australia. A drowning incident occurs at Orara River. South Australia considers butter equalisation plan benefits. Wool Board set to announce blowfly pest grant funded by a wool levy. Antique mouse-trap fetches 2 pounds 10 at London sale. Building societies surpass one million buyers in housing. The Budapest shop advert notes “Everything for dwarfs” in shop window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austen Chamberlain
League of Nations
Vester- Gay
Concentririors
Tuunt Brihuega
Madrid
la Voz
Ro Bhik
William Lane
Orara
South Australian Equalisation Committee
South Australia
Australian Wool Board
Intermediate school test results and notes from Gloucester
The article lists top performers by subject in the Intermediate class including Lesley Burrage Alec Campbell and Ella Relf with several others. It notes a senior lecture by the Australian Dental Association, an essay competition with prizes, enrolment at 102 including three new super-primary pupils, consistently high attendance, and a push for five year olds to enroll. It also covers spelling and writing contest results by class level, a growing Parents and Citizens Association reaching twelve members, and a visit by Mr Nico supervisor of the Jumes farmers to review Junior Furness projects with an advisory meeting scheduled Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lesley Burrage
Alec Campbell
John Anderson
Ella Relf
B. Parish
Fla Rel
Exicl Young
Bessie Shepherd
Robert Fordham
Betty Parish
Australian Dental Association
New South Wales
Parents and Citizens Association
Gloucester
Nico
Jumes Armers
Furness
Gloucester to Wingham road urged to save Pacific Highway
A Gloucester Chamber of Commerce speaker warns the Pacific Highway could be diverted through Bullahwdedab ete, risking isolation of Gloucester if no all weather link to Walcha and Scone is built. He urges a Gloucester to Wingham route via the Barrington and Manning Rivers to connect dairying Gloucester with wool regions, countering plans that would neglect the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Seaboard
Oxley Highway
Port Macquarie
Walha
Newcastle
Maitland
North Coast Wold
North Coast Railway
Waleha
Konsara
Scone
Wingham
Barrington
Manning
Krambach Hill
Commercial Special Cattle Sale Report by Tom Hicks
Tom Hicks reports a heavy cattle sale hindered by rain and floods with strong demand for fattening bulls and steers, while cows and calves sold poorly. The sale lists numerous buyers and prices per head across multiple consignors including Mrs T A Laurie Farley Bros Wt Nash D J West Bert Laurie J R Ferris W A Grant GC Redinn J M Walshe H A Grant and others, detailing counts and totals for steers bullocks cows heifers and calves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Farley
Ft. S. Henderson
H. B. Laurie
Mills
Margery
L. Margery
A. B. G. King
T. Mays
J. Mettam
B. Scrivener
R. Morris
A. G. Hicks
Paterson, Aston and Co
Bourke Bros
Tom Hicks
T. A. Laurie
T.A. Laurie
Farley Bros
B. Nash
W. A. Nash
D. J. West
Bert Laurie
J. R. Ferris
W. A. Grant
Redinn
J. M. Walshe
Sweeney
H. A. Grant
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Budapest
Grime & Small
Dan
Suripel Reitag
bin Ploran Hamm
ALI. Colg
Geisha
S.W
Ea. Hoys
the Bargain Arcade
Gloucester & Taree
Baranel
Britain
Wee
Homebush
Sydney
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd
England
Abyssinia
Naples
America
Commercial
G. H. Griffin
School of Arts Corner
D.B
Onkaparinga
Pelaco Ltd
Norfolk
Devon
Surrey
Ty Life
Inen
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