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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 12, 1934
Page
1
In our Toy Department you will find the biggest range of toys ever displayed in Gloucester. We can supply toys to suit boys and girls of all ages.
The Country Party rejected Lyons offer for a composite ministry urging four cabinet posts and a deputy leader. Page and other CP members pressed for a tariff inquiry while Lyons refused, prompting renewed talks and a government formation plan led by the U.A.P. prime minister.
The Mersey Tunnel walls cover nearly twenty acres and require monthly cleaning. Engineers devised a machine with two counterrotating spindles holding wiping strips that fling outward by centrifugal force to scour the walls. Water with a cleansing medium is applied to the strips as they wipe. The apparatus travels on a carriage moving about six feet per minute.
King Alexander of Yugoslavia and French Foreign Minister Barthon were assassinated in Marseille. The shooter fired from a running car, wounding others. authorities report Chief King Alexander died from chest and abdomen wounds. The new king is Peter, the monarch’s 9 year old son, reigns from Belgrade. European leaders react to the assassination as a setback for peace efforts amid Croat Yugoslav tensions.
The State Government was defeated in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday over a Pastures Protection Bill that would sterilise Alsatian dogs in pasture protection districts. A test vote on a key clause failed the government and the bill was later recommitted for reconsideration amid opposition from government supporters.
A Wormueld gang overhauled the London Midland and Scottish Railway viaduct over the River Ouse at Sharnbrook near Hedford. Since 1881 the structure carried express traffic. 140 tons of new steel, 22 000 feet of welding, and a steel floor were installed across ten spans. A second goods viaduct of nine spans will receive similar treatment due to the methods' success.
German girls will shortly be required to undertake a year as a mother's help before entering the workforce. They will receive board and lodging but no pay. British Elementary schools in 1932-33 held 5,049,696 children with an average annual cost of £12 2s 7d per pupil. London spent £17 4s 7d and Falmouth £7 11s 10d per child.
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