McMahon Appeals London Wool Sales War Executions
Spanish War reports a ruined town after crossfire and a large fire. Rebels suffer heavy losses with many killed and burned bodies. Refugees say government planes bombed the town. Public executions occurred in the square by order of Col Soloans, later executed for incompetence. General Assemo countered a rebel flanking move by routing Catalan Brigade to Pelahustan and pushing the enemy back along the Alberche Valley.
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Huesca
Soloans
Times
Casablanes
Assemo
Talavera
Olila
Madrid
Pelahustan
Alberche
Sierra Guadarama
Sifra Gredos
Guadarama
Japanese Trade Boycott to Continue
Japanese importers decided to keep the wool boycott against Australia amid tense trade talks. A conference of importing interests will meet Friday to plan sourcing essential imports from other sources.
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Tokio
Verizon
Australia
Spanish Plot to Assassinate Spanish Leaders Uncovered
Madrid police revealed a planned assassination plot targeting President Azana Premier Caballero Socialist leader Prieto and La Passionaria along with General Muangada. An eight man team from Malaga and Valencia used false passports. seven were arrested. A navy purge dismissed 2585 officers, with potential reinstatement for loyalists.
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Madrid
Senor Azana
Caballero
Indalecho Prieto
Senora Irriburi
la Passionaria
Sommosirra Front
Muangada
Manuel Mateo
Jorge Lowing
Juan Lovet
Bantos Aranda
Malaga
Valencia
McMahon Appeals Conviction On Misdirection Claim
London on Tuesday George Andrew McMahon appeals his conviction and sentence arguing misdirection by the judge. He contends the Foreign Power plot tale was first presented in the Old Bailey though evidence shows he had told the War Office months earlier.
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London
George Andrew McMahon
McMahon
Old Bailey
War Office
London Weel Sales MERINOS UNCHANGED
London weel sales opened with firm to higher prices for fine cross breds and improved for comme cross-breds. Merinos remained unchanged while cross-breds rose five to ten per cent. Bradford and the continent drove activity as 9,063 of 10,030 bales sold. Catalogued origins include New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia Western Australia and New Zealand.
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London
Tuesaday
Bradford
Continent
Queensland
Victoria
South Australia
West Australia
New Zealand
African Wool Sales Sydney Port Elizabeth Report
Japanese competition was exceptionally strong at Port Elizabeth South African wool sales with Japan purchasing 80 percent of offerings Germany and France also competed African prices about 15 percent above the Australian basis Winchcombe Carson Ltd reports the market showed firm demand and higher levels reflective of Asian and European interest in African wool sales data
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Sydney
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd
Port Elizabeth
Japan
Germany
France
Rifle Shooting Team for Bisley Decided by Adelaide Meeting
An executive committee of the Commonwealth Council of Rifle Shooting Associations resolved to send a 16 member team to Bisley next year. The plan is enabled by a £1000 gift from Wolcott Forbes of Sydney. The team will include a commandant, an adjutant coach, and thirteen shooters. W S W and Victoria each get three representatives. Queensland, South Australia, and West Australia receive two, Tasmania one.
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Adelaide
Commonwealth Council of Rifle Shooting Associations
Bisley
Vegher
Wolcott Forbes
Sydney
W.S.W
Victoria
Queenstaiil
South Australia
West Australia
Tasmania
Lady Gowrie Speaks on Population and Mothers
Lady Gowrie, opening the Interstate conference of the Kinder garden Union, urged attention to child life and criticised public calls for women to bear more children. She said mothers are unfairly treated as they are admitted to big hospitals and released in ten days due to bed shortages.
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Adelaide
Australia
Improving Hospitals 1 000 000 To Be Spent
Sydney report states Health Minister Fiz Simons after country tour outlined major hospital upgrades, focusing on maternity wards. Works already in progress total 400,000 pounds, with plans to spend one million pounds on hospitals over the next two years.
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Sydney
Fizsimons
Wheat Market Firm Yesterday
Sydney reports a firmer local wheat market with Australian cargo sales at 37/9 to 34 per quarter and increased Liver pool inquiries. City parcels see 4 11 February basis with storage paid to date, buyers hints at 4/73 but little business at 4 71, limited stock. Bagged wheat at 5 1 for par cella. country lots bid up modestly but no country offers. Oversee notes: London wheat market firm per cable.
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Sydney
Sydney Morning Herald
Liverpool
Parcela
Public Service Militant Demands Pay Restitution in Sydney
At a crowded Sydney Town Hall meeting pro test rose over the Bats Government failure to restore award pay. A resolution urged public servants’ claims be met and noted other English speaking governments have restored pay. Speakers urged action, with the Public Service Defence Committee president calling for solidarity and criticizing a minister who called crown employees rabble.
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Sydney
Sydney Town Hall
Bats
Stevens
Large sums in dispute in State Government vs Homebush Flour Mills
Litigation in the Pull Court v the High Court hinges on the M eight Flour Acquisition Act 1931. Whether the act is ultra vires the Federal Constitution will be argued as the Attorney General seeks to recover over £8000 from Homebush Flour Mills Ltd. A parallel action seeks return of a large sum paid under the Act.
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Sydney
Homebush Flour Mills Ltd
Pull Court
High Court
Bush Flour Mills Ltd
Victorian Reform Bill Outlined In Legislative Assembly
Premier Dunstan outlined a reform bill to restrict the Legislative Council powers to delay bills and liberalise membership qualifications. If Houses disagree the Assembly may be dissolved to test public support. if re-passed and Council still rejects, the bill becomes law with Royal assent.
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Melbourne
Legislative Council
Legislative Assembly
Dunstan
J New Assembly
New South Wales Hard White Wheat Market Talk
Yesterday's statements from the Minister for Agriculture hint at a teddy market for the new bulk wheat variety New South Wales Hard White in China.
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New South Wales
China
Rushcutter Bay Stadium
Fred Henneberry
Australia
Tommy Jones
America
Japan
Tokyo
Rostov-on-Don
Russia
Two Arabs Sentenced to Death in Nablus Incident
In Jerusalem on Tuesday two Arab men were sentenced to death for firing on British troops at Nablus. It marks the first death sentence since the Palestine strikes and riots began.
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Erusalem
Nablus
Palestine
Youth Marching Without Direction Says Rev Nell McLeod
Rev Nell McLeod addressing the Christian Endeavor Congress at Westlyn Cathedral warned that youth worldwide lack direction. He cited Spain Italy Russia and China as marching toward a promised order once pledged to a baptism of death in 1914, but the new world has not arrived and youth march again amid fear and armaments.
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Bydney
Christian Endeavour Congress
Westlyn
Nell McLeod
Ife
Spain
Italy
Russia
Chine
City Wheat Market Report Shows Mixed Bulk Bagged Prices
City market price update lists bulk wheat at 4/7h and bagged at 5/02 with bags weighing five two at Alexandria on May 2. Prices reflect steady demand as traders monitor rail shipments and local mill needs. Alexandria area buyers are urged to act before end of week.
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Bydney
Alexandria
Sussex Street Market Prices Report
Market prices at Sussex Street list Tasmanian potatoes and new eggs with small unit costs, butter and cheese per hundredweight, honey and oats per bushel, onions by cwt, millet and chaff figures, lucerne and hay per cwt, and multiple price ranges for forage crops, reflecting diverse farm goods traded locally.
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Sydney
Sussex Street
Tasmanian
Lucerne
Weather Forecast for State and Tablelands
The 9 a.m. forecast for the next 24 hours shows an early end to high pressure with unsettled conditions. Eastern areas experience showers and thunderstorms with hail possible and snow on parts of the Tablelands especially in the south. Cool air follows with fresh to strong south to south-west winds and rising coastal seas.
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Sydney
Rosebery Races Results From Today’s Meet
Rosebery hosted races with results posted to press time. Novice Handicap first division saw Windsor Park first, Our Promise second, Hands Up third with 10 to 1 winner. Second division winner Dawson first, Air Gate second, Henrie's Choice third. Ab solute scratched. Three-year-old Handicap first division Cyrillian won, Tingle Joy second, Havilah Gift third. Million Dollars and Punjeb scratched. Cyrillian betting 9 to 7, Tingle Joy and Havilah Gift 6 to 1. Second division Might Not won, Brass Mouchon third. Zibie scratched. Fourteen-one Handicap Lady Milton Veloria second. Winner 5 to 2. Plying Welter Handicap first division Measure won, Hathalle third, Monogram third.
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Sydney
Rosebery
Windsor Park
Our Promise
Dawson
Air Gate
Henrie
Collecting Scrap by Magnet for Quebec Highways
A magnet eight feet wide, mounted on a truck, will sweep the main highways collecting about a pound of nails and scrap metal per mile. Detroit reports suggest only minor 1937 model changes, with rumors of smaller cars unconfirmed. Expected refinements concern engines, chassis, and body lines, while rear engined designs remain distant.
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Quebec Road Department
Detroit
Lavers Mystery In Grenfell Search Intensifies
Grenfell reports indicate rapid developments in the hunt for William Henry Lavers with detectives tracking a car linked to the case. An informant, unnamed, recalled sightings near a dam and minutes after the Cootamundra air mail flight. If the day’s search fails, plans call for up to fifty horsemen and two hundred on foot to patrol the pine forest along Grenfell Forbes and Goolagong this weekend.
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Grenfell
William Henry Lavers
Lavers
Cootamundra
Forbes
Goolagong
Tin price quoted at 43
Tin market reports today quote the unit price at 43. This brief note records a current price point for tin amid ongoing commodity trading activity.
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Sydney
Grasshoppers Outbreak Reported at Gulargambone
Chief Entomologist W B Gur ney of the Agricultural Department said grasshoppers hatching in Great numbers at Gulargambone would be investigated after current work in the Coonabarabran district. He noted the 1934/35 plague led the State Government to advance about £1000 for poison baits.
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Sydney
Agricultural Department
W. B. Gurney
Guigargambone
Coonabarabran
Chain Stores Enquiry Opens
The Industrial Commissioner Mr Justice Browne opened no preliminary hearing of the inquiry into chain stores. The Legislature asked for comprehensive information on control management and trading of chain stores. About a dozen stores and other business bodies were represented including the main chains from Sydney Melbourne and Brisbane. The President noted he would visit country towns with chain store branches.
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Sydney
Justice Browne
Atore
Melbourne
Brisbane
Commonwealth Control Backed For Air Mail To Singapore
Australian Defence Minister Sir A Parkhill urged retaining Commonwealth control of the air mail service to Singapore. He warned that accepting the British plan could effectively exclude the Commonwealth from international aviation control. He said the Cabinet is expected to decide on Empire scheme participation on favorable terms.
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Sydney
A Parkhill
Singapore
Ttia
Intent to murder case ends in discharge at Central Court
Peter Costello a butcher, faced charges for shooting at Ralph Laurie with intent to murder. Laurie testified he did not know the defendant. No further evidence was offered and the magistrate discharged Costello.
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Sydney
Peter Costello
Butcher
Central Court
Ralph Laurie
Laurie
Cos‘wello
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