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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 18, 1935
Page
3
The article explains proper headlight alignment to avoid glare and safe driving, notes that many lamps are half‑dazzling in clear weather, and gives tips on cleaning multi‑spoke wheels. It discusses horsepower definitions, contrasting nominal horsepower with actual brake horsepower and how ratings affect taxation and engine testing.
A tourist on a steep gravel hill slid into a gutter at slow speed in low gear. Deflating tires to widen tread could have helped grip and allowed climbing the hill. The piece also covers Benevolent Society activities in NSW and headlamp reflector care recommendations involving chemical cleaning and polishing methods.
Ernest Hansen faced a Glen Innes police court on Monday charged with feloniously and maliciously murdering Koreen Hansen on July 1. The coroner opened an inquiry and adjourned the matter for eight days to prepare the police case. the inquiry resumes July 23.
A correspondent thanks the community for aiding the Silver Jubilee Ball at Urigora. The letter fundraises for the TAB and TB cases, noting hopes the total reaches £1,000 to aid unassisted cases for the coming year. The writer praises the Guyra Diggers and Mr Hughes for their efforts.
A 12 ft grey nurse shark lay stranded at Cudgeon Headland near Tweed Heads after a massive pilchard feast. Fishermen captured it easily as about 780 pilchards spilled from its body. Boys counted the tiny fish, noting the school of sharks feasting along the shoreline and the animals finally succumbing to the bloated meal.
A rural paper recounts an enigmatic guest at Mungindi in 1901 who claimed ties to aristocracy and battles abroad. The man, later identified as Major Patrick Pelly alias Gordon, resembled the bushranger figure in Rolfe Boldrewood’s Robbery Under Arms.
Warning to trespassers on property Glenmore and Hills borough with prohibition on removing timber. Prosecutions will follow. Rabbit trappers cautioned. Straying stock will be impounded. Previous permissions withdrawn by J. H. Mulligan and W. M. Grills.
Public notice warns against entering lands named The Willows Abbey Green Springfeld Karoola and other properties. Interfering with rocks, fishing, hunting, shooting or trapping without permission will be prosecuted. Signatories include F Dean F J White and Sons A W Everett H W Curtis R F Moore D Williams and Sons and others. Published by Frank John Mann Guyra, New South Wales.
The NLR.M.A. reports upgrades on the New England Highway four miles north of Tenterfield with a large concrete culvert to replace a worn timber structure. A creek crossing at Yoongan Creek one mile south of Deepwater will gain a four cell culvert and road alignment improvements to reduce wet weather delays.
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