11 Feb 1931
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Newspaper
Inverell Times
Location
Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 11, 1931
Page
1
Lord Stonehaven defends remarks on Australia and socialism at Empire Society dinner. He denies intending to attack the Australian Government, urging Britain to monitor socialist experiments and noting Australia must have a government the people approve. He warns against misinterpretation and calls for careful discussion.
Fremantle dispatch reports the stranded Japanese steamer Choi cho Maru has been definitely abandoned. The vessel remains in the Australian waters after a period of distress and abandonment activities.
Mr H W Potts Commissioner for Malta pod and longtime principal of Hawkesbury College died yesterday in Brisbane. The report notes his service and role in education and public service, with brief biographical reference to his leadership at Hawkesbury College.
Joan Hazelton a 33 year old teacher at the Teachers' College was found dead in a Greenwich motor garage with the car engine running. Police say she used exhaust fumes to take her own life linking it to recent personal troubles. The force is investigating the case as a possible suicide.
The next 24 hours forecast shows cloudy conditions along the coast and Blue Mountains with some scattered showers. Overall it will be warm and sultry with southeast to northwesterly winds that are fresh and strong on the coast.
At a Casino meeting of unemployed men, accusations rose that workers paid for railway jobs. Mayor All Jones called the situation rotten and intolerable. Claims included foreigners paying for stobs during the Kyogle to Queensland border railroad build and that railway gangs recruited friends from hotel corners to fill repair work last Saturday.
The Governor General reports 212 earthquake victims identified thus far in New Zealand. About 1950 people are injured, with figures indicating a large disaster scale and ongoing casualty tallies across affected districts.
The Grozoera Association in Sydney decides to discontinue the registration of shearing contractors. The decision will be referred for approval at the annual convention.
Melbourne report says delays in preparing the Crown brief for the McMahon murder trial of 12 year old Mena Griffiths at South Yarra. Police confirm McMahon’s Leeton alibi claim and identification process may lead to a nolle prosequi if his statement is proven.
Archbishop Head voiced strong concern over the Federal Government appointing a minister awaiting a court decision on a serious charge. He urged public restraint as inflationary currency policies were criticized as harming the masses to benefit a few. He pledged to oppose such measures.
The Lidcombe branch calls on Messrs Scullin and Lang to introduce legislation reducing interest on Commonwealth and State loans, bank loans, and private loans by 50 percent for three years to aid government, manufacturers, and home builders in rehabilitating themselves.
Brisbane Wednesday report says Mount Isa mines general manager estimates the operation will employ 1000 men when production starts. He foresees 900 to 1000 workers and 10 percent of them permanently employed per man.
A meeting of shearers in Longreach reversed Sunday’s vote, declaring the strike off by a margin of 156 votes to none. The motion to end the stoppage was carried amid calls for resumed work and stability in the industry.
Importations of petrol in the previous year amounted to 49.5 million pounds. The figure highlights substantial trade in petroleum products and may reflect market demand or pricing conditions during the period.
The page lists tin quotations at 2ae4 SUSSEX STREET and various staple prices in Sydney including wheat, potatoes, butter, cheese, maize, oats, and lucerne. Local wool sales feature Bundarra, Sandy Creek Wallangra, Mullamanna, and New England lots with descriptions of quality, length, softness, and price ranges in pence or pence per weight.
Melbourne Wednesday report that the Victorian Savings Bank Commissioners have decided to reduce the rate of interest on all classes of loans to 4 per cent. This marks a general easing in borrowing costs across the state, impacting businesses and households seeking finance from savings banks.
A fragmented British sympathetic item depicts a cartoon titled An Empire Lamenting featuring Britannia near a half-masted Union Jack in a devastated London. The image conveys wartime mood and public shock as the city endures disaster.
About thirty officers and men from the British motor-ship Enten ashore at New Caledonia arrived in Sydney today en route to London. The captain his wife and a few crew remained aboard pending the surveyor’s arrival.
London Tuesday report says Airman Shaw, famed as Colonel T E Lawrence the uncrowned King of Arabia, will be a principal witness at the Plymouth seaplane disaster inquiry. Nine RAT men died in the incident last week, with Lawrence noted for his role in the rescue. He is presently living the life of an ordinary airman at Plymouth air station.
A warden visited the Larkville alluvial goldfield near Kalgoorlie after a group of men pegged out for alluvial gold in a lease already granted in breach of the Mining Act. About 200 men were addressed by Warden T. Lang who called the action a raid and unfair to leaseholders. The demonstration dispersed quietly after explanations.
A large Gravesend meeting created the Australian Wheat Growers Defence Association to defend the wheat industry fostering compulsory crop insurance funded by a per bushel levy, aiming for a world export pool. Membership open to bona fide growers with a non political stance and local branches invited. Secretary is Mr. R. O'Neill of Gravesend.
Markets fluctuated as reports from Canberra about a proposed export bounty remained unclear. Farmers and merchants faced uncertainty about whether the bounty would lift domestic prices, with buyers delaying sales. London and NSW prices varied while export demand revived after the Wheat Advances Act withdrawal.
The motion from Queensland Treasurer L Bartes outlines conditions for the Commonwealth plan. It requires Bank Board approval and bank cooperation, monetary policy to promote production, measures to curb price falls, and government pledges to cut expenditures by at least 12 percent in salaries and wages. Budgets must balance by 1933 with actions if targets are unmet.
Railway returns for January compare Sroffina the Joca station with the prior year. Totals include tickets 975, revenue 471 pounds, goods revenue 10a, stock movements 2 waggons 16 cattle, 1 van 1430 sheep, outward cattle 3 waggons and sheep 4 vans, tonnage 148 tons, wheats and miscellaneous figures appear, overall traffic patterns indicated.
Alderman Hope voices caustic impressions of a Sydney visit, criticizing federal ministers and members. He says better men sit at the table and mocks the national governance, calling Australians mugs and questioning leadership. The remarks reflect sharp internal tensions within local political circles.
The bill to set a price of 4 per bushel for home consumption wheat was withdrawn from the business paper in the Legislative Assembly today, on the motion of the Minister for Agriculture.
The steamer Porthos, leaving Kobe, collided with the Kikusi Maru and the latter sank en route to Shanghai. Forty nine passengers are reported missing while the Porthos sustained little damage and returned to Kobe.
In Cape Town on Tuesday the Freestate posted 127 in their second innings. Peebles claimed six wickets for the opponent, and the M C C won by an innings and something. The match highlighted the visitors dominance as Freestate struggled to build a defendable total.
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