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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 01, 1929
Page
3
Commonwealth Statistician Mr. Chas. H. Wickens reports Australia has 1028 million sheep, a record since 1891. Wool clip for 1928 29 is a record of about 424,108 tons, up 26 million tons from 1926 27, with wool yield rising 43 percent per fleece despite fewer sheep.
Mr J J Dare of the Irrigation Commission argues in Hawkesbury College lectures that the practice of water divining is not very successful and questions its reliability in locating underground water for agricultural use.
The Supplementary List of Electors for the Shire of Guyra is being compiled and may be inspected at Guyra and Tiogha Court Houses and at the Shire Office. Persons who have resided in the Shire for six months before 18 July 1920 may claim enrolment. claims and objections close 17 August. Also reports of horse racing results from Nounee Valley and Mount Cotterell meetings are listed with multiple placings.
Mr. AH Smith, Director of Education, told the Constitutional Association that 771 children in New South Wales are taught by 79 teachers in Sydney, with scholarships and bursaries awarded to boys unseen by their teachers. He noted education expands beyond schools to churches, theatres, homes, and cinemas, and cited the 1801 Governor King school founding and recent growth in the medical branch of the State Education Department, which last year examined 101000 pupils finding defects in 470.
Returning Officer E R Patston reports the Armidale Pastures Protection District poll held July 27, 1929 resulted in Alfred Haroldston Perrott of Chevy Chase Armidale elected as Director, replacing the resigned Snaper Brodie Croft. total votes 822 with 103 informal or rejected.
In a forecast from Sir Allott Roe aviation will shrink world distances within decades. He predicts England to Australia travel under 24 hours will be common in under half a century. He envisions upper atmosphere machines, 400 mile per hour aeroplanes, hermetically sealed cabins, and multi engined amphibians.
Ganger Joseph Benjamin Dawson of Kootin gal and Thomas O Shea, a Limbri settler, were struck by a goods train while returning home on Saturday. O Shea escaped. Dawson died at Tamworth hospital. Dawson, 55, married, well known in Armidale district. Funeral at Armidale Methodist Cemetery officiated by Rev Brown.
A farmer near Giru found his child Joyce Buttrell shot dead in a farm shed on Friday night after the mother vanished. Despite searches, Joyce was found Saturday morning, and by Sunday noon the mother remained missing amid despondent notes and speculation of a crime carried elsewhere. The family includes a 10 year old son in school.
The Australian jockey E T O Sullivan faces loss of license after an inquiry into Cheerio, Bibury Cup winner at Salisbury. The English Jockey Club rules bar any person with misconduct grounds from stable work or weighing rooms. Auckland’s A L Mackenzie defends Prince Humphrey, insisting his yearling claims and horse pedigrees were accurate despite sale catalog errors.
In Auckland Court Peter Klinsiey, a farmer, was committed for trial on a charge of ill treatment of his wife over four years. The woman testified of starvation beatings and threats, while two daughters helped by sticking needles into her. A neighboring farmer recalled a joke about selling a wife for whisky and the accused quipped about taking whisky to lose his wit. Police found the home in a shocking state with severe neglect and unequal food for the wife and daughters.
Historic procession marks the Pope leaving the Vatican for the first time since 1967. He blesses the new State of 300,000 residents within its confined limits. The Pope rejects a million lire offer from an American firm for exclusive rights, insisting the Catholic Church serves more than one interest.
The article notes Lori Yennyson as a gromicon of poet Kuredie, now secretary of the Dunlop organisation in London. It identifies Mr. C. B. Tennyson as the new head, formerly deputy director of the Federation of British Industries, and mentions his lineage as son of the poet’s younger son and cousin to Lord Tennyson, with a Cambridge and Oxford golf background.
A minister discussed literature and political comment, signaling openness to broad views while protesting censorship by authorities. He warned against excessive control, suggesting restraint in governing expression while prioritizing peace and stability.
Debris and missing crew members reported after a launch struck a reef near Bort TMacking wy Suny. Jelfs and Wileher feared drowned, while four crew jailed for opossum king possession and other local notices appear in the same cropped report.
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