Farmers Union President Resigns After Cairns Stand
In Cairns on a historic day the primary producers halted Communist intimidation on watersiders over £1,000,000 in district produce. Watersiders and farmers observed restraint as police kept order. Mr Akers, Waterside Workers Union president, apologized and resigned after a confrontation near Abbott Street. Over 80 watersiders worked unloading sugar wagons. several police and protesters were injured.
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Cairns
Queensland
Tablelands
Cur Gar
Admiralle
Wharf
Abbott-street
Waterside Workers’ Union
Watersiders
Mr. S Akers
Akers
Mystery of the Forbidden Pit in Africa
A relic of a giant unknown creature haunts the Forbidden Pit of Mashona and Matabele country in Noni Rhodesia. Reports describe a vast hole where underground rivers rise near the surface and legends speak of monstrous beasts and hoofed traces. Some locals claim sightings of a hippo-sized, monstrous animal, while others recall ancient reptile legends and paleontological parallels.
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Noni Rhodesia
Mid- Africa
Ila
Worthington
Wil
Lewanki
Barotse
Mr. Worthington
South America
Patagonia
Hoeth
Africa
Europe
Sten
London
Monser
Stabilisat ion plan for butter prices approved
A conference of interstate delegates approved the Paterson scheme for butter stabilisation. A stabilisation committee will administer the plan, with voluntary levies on every pound produced to fund a 3d bonus on each pound exported, representatives from NSW Queensland SA Tasmania and Victoria.
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Butler
New South Wales
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Commonwealth Oa Export Control Board
Commonwealth
Sixty Arrests After Fremantle Riot
About 60 seamen were arrested and taken to the lock-up handcuffed after yesterday s attack on the Borda by strikers. They faced court charging dis orderly conduct. One seaman was hospitalized with a head wound requiring stitches. Others were attended by comrades for injuries.
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Fremantle
Borda
Unbleached and patterned textiles offered in varied yardage
A local ad lists unbleached herringbone and twill sheeting, striped ticking, tapestry damask, and linen tea towels. It promotes new moquettes, pattern carpets, and a range of ladies shoes and patent leather fashion shapes in multiple colors and finishes.
Overland Sydney slashes Overland 9 price to 1190
Overland Sydney Limited announces a dramatic price cut for the Overland Model 9 to £4 below £200. The firm cites body improvements and continuous-motion assembly reducing costs, with extensive factory demonstrations seen in Campoerdavyn Sydney.
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Overland Sydney Limited
Umuownerdhat
Overland
New Foul
Wales
Seaview
New South Wales
Huy Fgsnst
Zoe
Perfector
Prohibition blamed for rise in insanity and crime
A Montreal correspondent reports Dr. Artur Herring of Maryland claiming prohibition drives insanity and crime. He cites Bellevue Hospital and U.S. prisons as overcrowded with alcohol related mental illness, and says long term prohibition harms the brain.
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New* York Times
Montreal
Saya
Artur Herring
Maryland
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Herringald
Uiore
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Gloucester Electric Light & Power Co
Park House
Chugh Street
Sydney
Booral Wharf
Newcastle
Allyn River
Newcastle & Hunter River
W. N. Guthbertson
Geneva Mauser
Mg's
King Sydney
E. W. Spare Ftioneer
West Maitland
Lygelis
H. Jarrott
Church Street
Gloucester
Gloucester Hotel
W. A. Phillips
Acontamodation
Royal Hotel
P. Kerr Royal Hotel
P. Akers
Hara
P. Simonds
P. Howe
F. Simonds
D. Smart
Gairns
Melbourne
Tuesilly
Marshall
Street & Parish Ltd
Mill’s
Fanteod
R. Lord
Batger
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