Lyons in Leeds Visit Highlights Australian Wool Trade
In Leeds Mr. Lyons toured Temple Newsam and Montague Barton factory, the world’s largest clothing maker, home to 990 staff and a major Australian wool buyer. He spoke of a strong bond between Australia and Britain as Barton and directors praised Australia’s wool and its price. Lyons’s wife unexpectedly joined him at a Bradford hotel, improving after illness.
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London
Leeds
Lyons
Temple Newsam
Montague Barton
Bir Montague Barton
Britain
Australia
Bradford
Distress for Rent Reform Passes Victorian Assembly
A Victorian bill to end landlords power to seize tenant goods for rent has cleared the Legislative Assembly with cross party support. Mover Mr Murphy cited cases where £30 or £40 of furniture supplied debts of £2 or £3, then bought back the items cheaply for profit.
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Sydney
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Murphy
Germany and Peace Prompt Response to Germany
Germany and peace prompt response to Germany Thursday via von Ribbentrop gesture office. A special missioner prepared an inquiry to the British Legion to visit Germany. It is expected Hitler Goering Hess and Blomberg will receive the legionaries.
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Prince of Whiles
von Ribbentrop
Hogs
British Legion
Germany
Hitler
Goering
Hess
Blomberg
Libraries Better in Grols Logic of Education
In an address before the Librarie Conference Rev C Irving Bonsor argues there are far better libraries at Pentridge than in some wealthy cities. He says we spend millions teaching children to read yet fail to give them books.
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Sydney
C. Irving Bonsor
Librarie
Pentridge Geo
Prices of staple goods in Sydney market report
Tin 48/9 Sydney field notes list today price lines at Sussex street for Wheat 3/2 bulk and 3/3 bagged. Tasmanian potatoes 9/6 to 12/6 cwt. new laid eggs 1/6 dow and 1/4 case. butter 142/6 cwt. cheese large Sid Ib. loaf 10d. honey 2d to 4d Ib. maize 4/1 to 4/2 bus. oats 2/2 to 2/8 bus. onions 11/ cwt. millet 20/ to 23/ cwt. chaff wheaten 3/9 to 4/ cwt and oaten 2/6 to 4/9. lucerne 3/9 to 6/6. hay oaten 2/6 to 7/8 cwt and lucerne 2 to 8p. wheat 3/ to 3/4 bun.
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Sydney
Sussex Street
Tasmanian
Forty Hours Week Decision At Geneva Conference
In Geneva the International Labour Office voted 78 to 88 to establish a forty hour work week. A committee was appointed to draft the convention text as employers refused to participate in the process.
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Geneva
Internaiional Labor Office
Sudden Death From Falling Tree Near Orange Bathurst
Donald Hayward aged 21, formerly of Sydney, was killed when a tree fell at Lewis Ponds between Orange and Bathurst. He made desperate efforts to escape but was struck with terrific force and died instantly.
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Sydney
Donald Hayward
Lewis Ponds
Orange
Bathurst
Safe Robbed Near Launceston in Post Office Heist
Friday a post office near Launceston was robbed when three men fled after a ring on the phone drew the stationmaster to his office. They fired twice but missed. Later three suspects were arrested and investigators found the iron safe door blown off with money scattered across the floor.
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Sydney
Launceston
South Africans Win by 120 Runs and Six Wickets
The South Africans dismissed the Cricket Club Conference team for 68 and then reached 189 for four wickets, winning by 120 runs and six wickets. Rowan finished 10 percent not out.
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London
Cricket Club Conference
Rowan
Obituary Sir Horace Avery dies after sudden decline
Sir Horace Avery, 84, longtime judge in the King's Bench division, died yesterday at Rye after a brief illness. Lord Chief Justice Hewart and his wife visited him, but he refused treatment, saying he was well. He was found dead on the floor the following day.
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London
Horace Avery
King’s Bench
Rye
Hewart
Wheat Market Quiet and Easier in Sydney Trade
The city wheat market was quiet and easier due to overseas grain weakness. Buyers stood off as sellers offered bulk wheat at 3 1/3 to 3 27 with little response. Bagged wheat priced 3 9 to 3 31 per parcel, no buyers. Country business idle as London market eased and Australian sales awaited.
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Sydney
Sydney Morning Herald
Plain Trade
London
Liverpool
Unemployment Insurance Inquiry Ordered by Premier Stevens
Before leaving for Brisbane Premier Stevens ordered an investigation into unemployment insurance schemes. The move appears to be a preliminary step toward establishing unemployment insurance in the state.
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Sydney
Brisbane
Premiser
Stevens
King Improves Goes Out Driving In Disposition
The King, resting at Sendringham on medical advice, appeared about as usual today and was seen out driving during the morning and afternoon. The Prince of Wales, acting in the king's absence, escorted the Queen to Buckingham Palace ballroom for the second Court ball.
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London
Sendringham
Prince of Wales
Buckingham Palace
German official frees Reichstag co-conspirator Torgler
Berlin reports Ernest Torgler, acquitted of Reichstag fire complicity, is released after 47 months in prison. The Nazi announcement claims he was converted to Navin, but no evidence supports this.
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Berlin
Ernest Torgler
French Education Minister Drops Dead at Palace
Paris reports M. Marcel Combes, minister for education, collapsed and died of heart failure in the Presidential Palace as colleagues waited for a cabinet meeting. M. Luvel informed the minister's wife and postponed the gathering.
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Paris
M. Marcombes
M. Luvel
Daring robbery at Simmons Casket Agency
A masked man entered Simmons Casket Agency in Brisbane last night and forced the owner to hand over cash from the till. When offered a chance to leave with something, the intruder instead took a few items, leaving the scene.
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Simmons Casket Agency
Brisbane
Simmons
Shiipons
Aliver
Graziers' Federal Council urges tax cuts in Hobart
In Hobart the Graziers' Federal Council meeting urged federal and state governments to lower production costs for wool and meat. It proposed abolishing land tax and reducing overall taxation, including customs duties on essentials for primary products.
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Hobart
Graziers’ Federal Council
Youths Sentenced Five Years for Armed Assault at Sessions
Lionel Edward Collins aged 17 and Cecil Christopher John Ellison aged 18, both laborer and sheet metal worker respectively, were each sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Quarter Sessions for armed assault with intent to rob taxi driver Noel Infield. Judge Curlewis warned that future offenders would receive a real sentence.
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Sydney
Lionel Edward Collins
Cecil Christopher John Ellison
Noel Infield
Inverell Divorce Proceeding for Desertion at Inverell Church
Liby Irene Hardy formerly Beatty petitions for dissolution of marriage to Arthur Edward Hardy in Sydney Divorce Court. Desertion alleged from April 1928 Inverell Inverell Roman Catholic Church. Decree nisi granted. Mr A B Hendry appeared for petitioner.
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Sydney
Irene Hardy
Beatty
Arthur Edward Hardy
Inverell
Hendry
Sheep and cattle sales at Homebush firm market report
Yesterday at Homebush 28 356 sheep and lambs penned with fair quality while market stayed very strong. Wethers to 24 10, ewes 21 1, hoggets 24 7, lambs 26. Cattle 3351 head yarded, prime sorts scarce, values weaker. Bullocks to 10 14, cows 7 12, dealers 1 2.
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Sydney
Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Ltd
Homebush
WAKING UP DEAD Man's Last Words
George Frederick Douglas Morgan aged 56 was found unconscious in a Stanmore house where he stayed and died early today He reportedly remarked before retiring that he would wake up dead but the remark was not treated seriously.
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Sydney
George Frederick Douglas Morgan
Stanmore
Inverell High School Tender Invitations Issued
Tenders are invited today for the Inverell High School building to be erected in Bratstreet Boss Hill. The invitation outlines the project location and the response timeline for prospective bidders.
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Bydney
Inverell High School
Bratstreet
Boss Hill
Russian Influence Affects World Trade View
Senator Elliott arrived in Brisbane and asserted Russia would exert global influence within seven to ten years. He claimed no unemployment and rapid industrial development unprecedented in history, casting impact on world commerce.
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Brisbane
Elliott
Broad
Russia
Dail Ratifies Anglo Ireland Coal and Cattle Accord
In Dublin on Thursday the Dail ratified the Anglo-Ireland coal and cattle accord by eight to seven. Labour members largely opposed the government during the convention vote.
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Anglo-Ireland Coal and Cattle
Dublin
Dail
Dell
Weather forecast for coast and inland regions
Weather forecast predicts further rain along the coast with heavy seaboard rains easing toward the weekend. Fogs in southern and eastern districts, dense in parts, otherwise fine with cold nights and inland frosts. Fresh southwest to southeast winds on the coast and variable winds inland.
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Sydney
Seaboard
Wilk End
Terrible Explosion At Reinsdorf Munition Plant
A German munition factory at Reinsdorf exploded under full pressure. About 100 people are feared dead with at least 37 injured. A fire followed the blast, leveling the works and delaying rescues as doctors and nurses converged on the scene. Local hospitals overflowed and schools were requisitioned.
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Berlin
Germany
Reinsdorf
Milkman Electrocuted by Live Wire in Belmore Incident
James Henderson a 34 year old milkman died after a live electric wire broke from a house on Burnowl road Belmore. The wire tripped and looped around his body as he touched it in darkness and rain steam rose from his clothing when ambulance crews arrived.
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Sydney
Lve
Burnowl Road
Belmore
James Henderson
Thief Steals £2700 From Mayfield Factory Strongroom
Two clerks placed £2700 in the Mayfield Mayfield strongroom of Stewart and Lloyd pipe manufacturers for wages. The door was found unlocked this morning with no sign of forced entry, and the money drawn from the bank yesterday remained missing. Police investigate the secure room and suspect internal access.
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Sydney
Stewart and Lloyd
Mayfield
Newpaste
Australians Aces Welcome Germany in Berlin Tennis
Berlin newspapers greet the Australia Davis Cup team with pages declaring the “Magician and his pupils” and guests from the land of kangaroos. They project an Australia victory by three rubbers to two including the doubles.
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Berlin
Land of Kangaroos
Australia
Taxpayers Protest Expensive Parliament Joyride
The vice-president of the South Australian Taxpayers Association criticized a planned tour of New Guinea by members of the Federal Parliament. He argued it was unreasonable for MPs to undertake extended and costly joyrides funded by the treasury.
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Sydney
Priday
South Australian Taxpayers’ Association
New Guinea
Braddock Upsets Baer for Heavyweight Title at Garden
In a stunning match at New York City’s Square Garden on Thursday, James Braddock defeated Max Baer to claim the world heavyweight championship. Baer entered as the overwhelming favorite, and Braddock’s upset victory ranks among boxing’s most surprising moments.
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New York
Square Garden
James Braddock
Max Baer
Ute Holder
Baer
Riverina Transport criticised after vehicle permit refused
In Victoria Melbourne Priday reports Mr Allmutt of the U.C.P. harshly denounces the Transport Regulation Board for denying a firm approval to run 40 motor vehicles between Melbourne and the Riverina. He calls the ruling a major setback to Riverina road transport and warns of action unless the Ministry suspends the decision pending Transport Act amendment.
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Melbourne
Priday
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Allmutt
U.C.P
Transport Regulation Board
Riverina
State Cabinet rejects tax instalment plan in Sydney
The State Cabinet will not introduce legislation to allow payment of taxes by instalment. It is argued the scheme would be costly and would give Commissioners broad discretionary powers in the matter.
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Sydney
Gassed Mother and Child Found in Melbourne Home
Mrs Edna May Smythe 24 and her four month old baby were found dead in a gas filled kitchen at West Footscray. An examination showed the mother had been dead for hours and the infant died soon after. Her other daughter Shirley aged 2 slept in another room when the husband discovered them.
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Melbourne
Edna May Smythe
West Footacray
Shirley
Thieves Fail Broke Into Wrong Van
Perth reporters describe thieves attempting to rob a van used by the Great Western Express service linking Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie. The robbers broke into the wrong vehicle and escaped without success.
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Perth
Great Western Express
Port
Augusta
Kalgoorlie
Lyons Speaks on Wool Trade and Market Season
At a British Wool Federation banquet Mr Walter Hugh the federation president urged lower Australian textile duties to help Britain buy more Australian wool and wheat and to extend the wool selling season to nine months. Mr Lyons replied that without wool there would be no Australia.
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London
British Wool Federation
Lyons
Walter Hugh
Australia
Britain
Australia notes Jubilee gift totals by state
A report to Acting Prime Minister Dr Earle Page shows Australia has contributed £190,000 for the National Jubilee Memorial and infant welfare. Victoria has £45,000 including £5,000, the W.8.W. £15,825, and Western Australia £7,800.
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Sydney
Earle Page
Australia
Victoria
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