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Newspaper
Inverell Times
Location
Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 03, 1936
Page
1
At a Trades Hall conference on Saturday officials of the rival faction gathered. Expelling attendees could cut revenue from affiliation fees by about £2500, with a Friday night Executive meeting to discuss the issue. Names of attendees were recorded by representatives.
After a three week bush vigil near Woolgani the Kalgoorlie police seized a modern gold treatment plant alleged to have been secreted in a thicket. The raid found two turnaces in operation and one man was arrested.
Kensington race results from Sydney include Encourage Stakes where Greenback 2 and Desmond 3 placed. Masterpiece scratched along with pAbentate. Betting shows Greenback at 2 to 1, Desmond at 1 to 1, and Masterpiece at 1 to 1 with final placings for Spasm 1 Prince Cello 2 Speak Easy 3 in 142 Handicap.
A motor car collided with a horse at Botany killing the animal. The driver found the headlight, radiator cap, and tie mascot missing from the car. After a long search the missing parts were recovered from the horse. The horse was thrown onto the windscreen and died instantly from a large wound.
Sections of the Companies Act dealing with share hawking and prospectuses may be proclaimed this week. Other sections will come into force in about a fortnight and the remainder of the Act will be proclaimed in January.
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane Dr Duhig warned yesterday that Communists would copy their actions in Russia Mexico and Spain if they gained footing in Australia.
After eight days of illness a seaman William Hayes aged 43, aboard the oil tanker British Science, died at Adelaide Hospital. His cabin mate had died a week earlier from the same unexplained malady. The Coroner ordered a postmortem examination.
Berlin Sunday reports a rough start for Australia in the Olympic opening. Jack Metcalfe failed to reach form in the high jump finals while Noel Backhouse won a 400m heat but faced tougher semi final prospects. Wrestling results saw Gerrard and O’Hara defeated, with mixed judging on Freestyle bouts. Attendance nears 80,000 as Owens dominated the 100m heats, hinting at strong American sprint prospects.
John Devlin, Clerk of Poity Sessions at Cobar, died instantly when a car overturned near Trangie last night. The vehicle, driven by S Rochwater stationmaster of Nongon, also left Miss Hagel Antill with a fractured collarbone and Miss Mona Rochester with lacerations and shock. Rochester is the driver’s daughter.
Maxie Rosenbloom is matched to fight Joe Louis in Chicago on October 20. His manager sent a confirming cable.
Neutral London reports ongoing clashes in Spain with Loyalists tightening around Saragossa. Water and power cuts leave residents precarious as a government column from Catalonia defeats rebel cavalry near Caspesee. Government controls Irun to Bilbao, cutting rebel sea supply routes. many rebels desert.
The aerial search for the British airliner Cloud of lone has been abandoned. Wreckage found at Minguier Reef due south of Jersey. No signs of occupants. The Cloud of Iona carried eight passengers a pilot and wireless operator and departed Guernsey in bad weather at seven pm Friday night bound for Jersey.
At Redfern Oval a fracas between rival football factions drew nearly 100 participants. Several players and spectators were injured as the fight lasted about ten minutes. Police struggled to quell the disturbance. Two young women fought during the brawl and one player was knocked unconscious and treated for concussion.
The next twenty four hours will be cloudy and misty with general rain. Isolated thunder and hail possible and some heavy falls. North east to north winds strengthen then shift north west to west. temperatures fall with squalls and snow on high lands in the south. Seas rise to moderate rough.
Homebush market notes 2520 cattle yarded with firm bias. Bullocks 5 to 13 pounds per head, cows 3 to 60, best beef 3 1/2 per 100 lbs, good 30, medium 27, inferior 24. Sheep 19,500 penned, market a shade firmer. wethers 15 to 36 shillings, ewes 14 to 27, lambs 10 to 27.
Rev T McVitte moderator of the Sydney Presbytery spoke at Paddington Presbyterian Church urging a manly, sensible appeal to youth. He said the church must recognize both bodies and souls and build influence through sport education and adventures linking youth with national progress.
Prices ruled at Sussex street for six days include Tasmanian potatoes at 6/6 to 8 cwt, ewes new laid 1:2, butter 42/6 cwt, cheese Sid to 10d per lb, honey 3d to 4d per lb, maize 4/7 to 5, oats 2/2 to 2 68 bus, onions 17/6 cwt, Miller to 34 per ton, chaff wheaten 4 to 4 cwt, lucerne 4/9 to 6, hay oaten 4/6 to cw, lucerne 3/6 bo.
John Joseph Sullivan editor proprietor of the Cowra Guardian died yesterday in Cowra aged 87. He led the local paper for many years and was a prominent figure in the community. His death marks the end of an era in Cowra journalism.
Monday near Wodonga on the Hume Highway five Sydney business men traveling to Melbourne were injured six miles west of the city. The car became unmanageable while descending to a subway. The driver was admitted in geriatic condition. Others suffered lacerations.
Today's wheat prices at Alexandria show a partial quote of 3/ to &/ per bushel, with incomplete figures. Local grain markets reflect light trading as buyers and sellers await fuller price data.
Police search for a driver who failed to stop after striking Josephine Clark in Maimville last night. The 12 year old was found unconscious on the roadway with concussion and probable rib fractures after the collision.
Patrick McCabe, 58, died near his Wagga home in a bizarre accident when a gust of wind hurled him into a passing car. The door handle pierced his skull. The vehicle was owned by Rev. JFB Rentoul, a Presbyterian minister and the car’s driver was one of four passengers in the motor.
The local wheat market shows values for country wheat up by a lid per bushel with bagged wheat and grain also higher. Sellers stay off the market as they hold out for a rise to 5/ per bushel while buyers quote 4/7 for silo grain. American options firm with Chicago up 12 cents and Winnipeg 2 cents.
Reports suggest a half penny per loaf bread price rise on August 1 if wheat costs keep climbing. Observers note this follows ongoing wheat price increases and could affect city shoppers and bakers alike.
Five men are still hopeful of recovering Leslie Gordon Nott, 28, after a double-barreled shotgun exploded as he climbed through a fence in Wagga Moray yesterday. He was severely wounded, managed to walk home, then collapsed.
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