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Newspaper
Inverell Times
Location
Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 01, 1935
Page
4
Chenserell Times criticizes the State Labor Party leader Mr Lang after a Friday night speech. It argues his conference gave him dictatorial power, vows vast spending, and criticizes his prior premiership’s chaos, smashed banks, and mass unemployment. The paper warns electors against another Lang term.
The page reports dry season meat prices with reduced cash rates for various cuts and products. It notes purchases, negotiations, and local market interest, including the sale of a draft stallion named Moneymaker and several agricultural area notices. The text mentions government grants, area allotments, and upcoming openings for original holdings, reflecting regional economic activity and livestock trading.
The Inveresl Golf Club hosts the second team match with the president's team G Body and G Wilson against the treasurer's R D Mill and T Wu Elnson. An 11 hole stroke handicap follows for the monthly medal with a 2 pm start and draws listed.
The item notes unresolved ticket sales and a deadline for unsold tickets. It also reports a cold spell dropping 28 degrees over 94 hours with readings for Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. It mentions Ron Leonard Mickey Miller Billy Carr and Merv Blandon in bantam featherweight title intrigue plus Toots Mack backed at Newcastle.
New Zealand air-woman Misa Jean Batten completed her Australia to England flight on Monday. Several local figures received updates, including transfers and appointments. A wedding, a birth, and a death are reported among Inverell residents with community details and funeral arrangements.
The Capitol screens The Last Gentleman by George Arliss showing until Thursday with special Friday matinees for country patrons. A whimsical comedy about a crotchety widower and his relatives, it features Richard Cromwell and Henrietta Crossman in the supporting cast in Among the Missing where a jewel thief and his accomplice employ an old woman to shape a romance amid theft and regret.
Mena Shire Council advances a new public office complex at Bent and Henderson, a modern brick and reinforced concrete structure with a mosaic tiled porch, main office, board room, strong room, and clerk’s private office. The design includes a large lobby, fireplaces, durable fittings, and ample space for councilors and visitors.
A Times letter argues 68 hours per week for Inverell District Hospital nurses is excessive and harms study and health. The writer notes four to five weeks of night duty, age of nurses, and bans on telephone use, urging reforms given £30,000 in new buildings and funds.
The building cost 1735 pounds, borrowed from the Building Relic On Cmmittee at 3 percent. Over 20 years the Shire paid 3000 pounds in rent with little to show. Councillors commend their enterprise as rent savings will fund interest and principal repayment for the loan, providing a fine public building.
Inverell hosts its first annual Aero Club ball on July 3 featuring a staged air raid with a Zeppelins like display and a real 92 foot wingspan glider. Dancers in dress uniforms will roam a transformed aerodrome scene as stage decor and surprises heighten the aviation themed night.
An advertisement promotes Aunt Mary’s cookery contest offering 203 cash prizes including £25 for top recipes. It invites housewives to obtain Aunt Mary's new cookery book with over 400 recipes and illustrations, available at a nominal cost, and to submit their entries with proper conditions.
The Gilgal P. and C. Association discussed moving the school to a safer site and to hold an Empire Day service with a following picnic. They also proposed pillow-slips made by girls, to be presented to the hospital, and to buy a portrait of the King for his Jubilee. Sympathy was expressed for several bereavements in the community.
Texas figures including Constable J Meade Laidley visited the district last week while holiday travelers from Brisbane and Stanthorpe joined the Mayne and Lennon families in social circles. G Starr learned of his mother's death in Clovis NM at 122 years. CWA meeting on the 27th elected officers and planned hospital supper aid.
Yetman Memorial Hall hosted a social farewell for Constable and Mrs Carey with local residents. A.C. Holmes commended their hospitality and character while Mr Holmes presented a wallet of notes as a parting gift.
Edith Florence McLane and Alfred Gregory Cook wed at a Roman Catholic church with Very Rev. Dean O Neill presiding on Saturday. Miss Daphne Cook served as bridesmaid and Mr Jack Cook as best man. The couple received many gifts and cheques then departed for a honeymoon tour.
Miss Erna Cowan wed Mr Geo Grogan in a St Michael s Darlinghurst ceremony officiated by Rev A Morris. The bride wore white angel skin lace with scalloped train and orange blossom halo. reception at Romano s. Future home listed as Dubbo.
A pretty wedding was held at St Augustine's Church England on Saturday night uniting Linda Sutton and Herbert Truman. The ceremony featured music by T Boland and a pink moracain bridesmaid dress. The couple will reside in Inverell and were congratulated by over 80 guests at breakfast.
The Industrial Commission resumed hearings on living standards and living wage for the state, hearing claims for evening aid clothing bed coverings perfumes face cream lipstick cigarettes and transport. A Parkes speaker accused Lang party of wild legislation and Labour decline, while a Yass clergyman defended dancing as joyful and graceful. In Parliament, Germany was reported to be building 12 submarines. dairy export quality concerns were voiced. meat negotiations with Britain advanced and New Zealand South Africa and Southern Rhodesia may attend the next ministers meeting. A marine animal washed ashore at Eden with horse-like head and long arched neck, described by ichthyologist Mr Whitley as fitting a 45 perpen.
Inverell leagues gathered at the Seriyi of Arts planning Barrett Shield challenges and Richardson and Robinson Shield dates. Officials discuss balance sheets, referee certification for Tingha, training days, transport grants from Mr Adams, and upcoming reserve and third grade fixtures with teams from Tingha, Delungra, Moree, and Norths.
Master Roberts aged one day, son of Mir and Mrs Hoberta of Tingha, is the first baby born in the new maternity wing at the District Hospital. He is the eighth child and wins the Mayor's prize of three guineas.
Edwards shot the only possible score of the day at 500 yards across ten shots. Five shooters tied for the monthly spoon after a dead heat involving Max Mitchell L Hewitt Doug Ferris Don Preston and Roy Edwards. the tie will be resolved at the next club shoot.
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