06 Nov 1929
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Newspaper
Inverell Times
Location
Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 06, 1929
Page
1
Men’s fashion focus with grey and brown suits and sport coats. Features include No 1 made to measure appears, off the rack semioxfords, trousers, blazers, white cotton caber shirts, wool blends, and accessories like tobacco pouches wallets brushes and shaving sets. Burge Bros invites customers to browse and choose items to treat themselves or gifts for friends.
A London communication to the Overseas Settlement Department reports discussions in Australian quarters about suspending assisted migration. The note questions the effect of scrapping migration schemes across Britain and the impact on settlers sending for family members.
The Australian Press Association reports a high official says the British Government is sympathetically considering Mr. Bewkin's representations for a temporary suspension of resisted migration amid prevent unemployment and trade slow mood. The request comes from Mr. Scullin and was presented to authorities.
John Brown prominent coal magnate and racehorse owner suffered a heart seizure in the Flemington racecourse members reserve yesterday afternoon. He was taken to his room at the Menzies Hotel after medical aid and later stated to be improving with no cause for anxiety.
The forecast for tomorrow predicts continued showers on the coast and tablelands with mainly fine conditions elsewhere. Winds will be south to southwesterly, fresh to strong, with chances of a wet spell near SeyuuETTe and surrounding areas.
Australian made corsetry from Biloxband Galleries at Farmoy and Co Ltd will be shown at the Chamber of Manufactures Exhibition starting November 1. The firm plans to enter the English market after extensive overseas inspections and promotes the garments as superior value. Mrs. Alyce Reid will attend to advise on corsetry and fittings.
An old advertisement urges keeping Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy on hand during teething season. It cautions that diarrhoea can develop in teething children and claims the remedy will check the attack when given early. The copy stresses sausage caution and states the product is sold everywhere.
The Victorian Premier announced a shortage of about £1,472,000 to be covered in the current financial year. He warned of tax increases as necessary, but said the ministry believed Victorians would accept them if the burden was shared fairly and funds spent wisely.
Lionel William McDonald formerly a Parramatta solicitor was found guilty of fraudulent misappropriation of trust funds and sentenced to ten years. The Court of Criminal Appeal reversed many prior solicitor convictions, saying several imprisonments were wrong. Premier Bavin suggested amending the law if official records support it.
Perth report states John Alexander Cowie pleaded guilty to presenting a forged certificate claiming 100 shares in the Freeney Kimberley OF Coy. He was remanded for sentence after the plea.
Miss Edith O Reilly a barmaid drew Wightmarch in the first £ 20 000 Melbourne Cup consultation and planned to work today. Nicholas Nikovidis a Greek from Victoria Street Melbourne won the second £ 20 000 in the prize consultation and may buy shops. A Chinese gardener Percy Goon of Golden Square near Bendigo drew the £ 6 000 consultation winner.
A Melbourne message reports over £100,000 paid to backers of Nightmarch, the champion, after yesterday's race. About £90,000 came from early betting and doubles, with £20,000 laid on the course.
In Sydney a man named Giovanni Rudd died in hospital after a tram incident. Initially thought to be a natural cause, the death was linked to a motor car strike as he was boarding a tram. He told his son the car struck him but he continued to the tram, later dying from a suspicious internal rupture. Police seek the motorist and witnesses to the accident.
A dated dispatch from Shanghai reports Feng Yu Hsiang’s statement acknowledging Yen Hsi Shan’s influence and asserting joint action with Yen Hsi Shan to overthrow Chiang Kai Shek. Peng Yu Hsiang is claimed to be captured during a revolt as he traveled to Nanking as a prisoner escorted by Yen Hsi Shan.
In Auckland the criminal court sentenced Herbert Bidculp, 28, to two years imprisonment followed by one year in refor mative detention after a car he drove crashed into a telegraph pole killing two passengers. The defendant denied drunkenness but the judge found intoxication proved.
Severe injuries delivered by a motor car in Darlinghurst last night proved fatal for Lubbia Alessandro. He was knocked down on William Street and dragged about forty feet on the bumper bar with the head crushed an arm and leg broken and serious internal injuries.
A car carrying six passengers overturned on the Bairnsdale Metung road near Melbourne and plunged down a steep embankment into the Tambo River last night. Eric John Bradley aged one and Lelie William Bradley died. The remaining occupants were rescued.
A brief note notes a program aiding distressed miners or labors and mentions a poppy fund exchange. The item highlights charitable support and public sympathy for workers facing hardship.
The Board of Appeal unanimously disallowed the appeal of William Daniel Reid formerly Government chemist and Mines Department player against dismissal from the service for accepting £1150 from Michael Hannah linked to the sale of St Paul’s tin mine.
Inclement weather in Sydney forces Victoria Park races to be rescheduled for Monday. Officials cited forecast storms and urged spectators to check for updates. The event remains under the same organizers and venue.
The Prime Minister Mr Scullin states the ministry does not plan dismissals in the defence service or central administration. Economies will be sought without harming efficiency or causing hardship. A substitute for compulsory training is being considered, permanent staff retained, and Duntroon college retention to be discussed later. He promises no interference with the voluntary defence organisation.
The Australian tenor Alfred O'Shea has made a successful debut in New York. He will be widely broadcast on November 16 with Frances Alda and Pasquale Amato, singing Madame Butterfly, where O'Shea has the leading tenor role.
Inverell Jockey Club held a Monday meeting at the secretary’s office with president H T Knapton and members Avern Hughes Dunlop Ireland M’Grath Smith and secretary Kimmor bey. Reports praised the spring meeting, a wreath purchase for Poppy Day was approved, and profits from October meetings were £114 13s 8d with a 5 percent hospital donation authorized. The next annual meeting is set for November 18 at 8 pm. New Year’s Night race ball will be organized by Mrs Frank Grath. Ryder’s orchestra will play January 1 2 3. A proposal to straighten Tingha road would extend the racecourse by about three acres and the club approved the plan, providing a boundary fence erected free of charge.
A fragmented note mentions Remembrance of Poppy Day in November and a phrase Leat we Forget. The text shows garbled words but centers on observance timing and a memorial sentiment. No clear names, places, or organizations are readable.
Hoy Daniel O Grady former town clerk of Ten terfield appeared before the Full Court as Mr Curlewis sought to date the sentence back to the conviction on September 5. The Acting Chief Justice indicated the court had reconsidered and varied the prior judgment by ordering the first sentence of two years to stand and the other two years to be served concurrently with the first.
A Roman Catholic Beaudesert convent housing Sisters of Mercy and a boarder was destroyed by fire last night. The flames spread rapidly, but the occupants escaped with little time to evacuate and were unharmed aside from shock.
Police probe a midnight discovery on Oxford Street Paddington of an unnamed elderly man believed to be Andrew Walsh with a deep throat wound. A potato found in his coat pocket arouses suspicion but no weapon or blood found nearby. Critical condition, hospital transport.
In Warsaw the Diet reels from a tense encounter as General Pilodeki refers to the Speaker as an impertinent fool. Mediatory efforts surface to avert a fortnight of strife while factions maneuver for leverage and a calmer path forward is sought.
Thomas Lord 26 died after his car skidded on wet concrete and slammed into a telegraph pole at Arionsklitdert. He succumbed to injuries at Le Noll Shore hospital several hours later.
Sydney reports the federal election cost NSW unions more than 10 000 with a levy of 8 per hundred members proposed to increase the levy to eight pounds per hundred as part of the cost update for unions.
The Sydney market report notes tin prices and day rates in Sussex Stores with varied commodities including bulk wheat potatoes and maize. It records rabbit skin prices rising due to stronger competition and lists prices for beef, bales, and other commodities referenced by traders such as Winchcombe Carson Lid and local vendors.
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