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Newspaper
Inverell Times
Location
Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 20, 1937
Page
1
AUCKLAND Monday Minister for Transport Mr Brusner arrived on the way to Sydney after attending the Coronation. He said Britain's re-armament was undertaken without depriving people of essentials. He argued efficiency was rising, the policy unfortunate yet inevitable, and welcomed by the world as a major factor in keeping power. no one wanted war.
Shanghai dispatch reports wet conditions delaying Japanese operations in their enveloping northward push. Japanese forces near Nanking threaten aerial destruction of the city while foreigners are urged to leave, and warships relocate upriver. Chinese retreat concentrates near Pactingfu as Tokyo forecasts swift war termination despite limited gains.
In Sydney Monday Mr Justice Davidson spoke after a world tour. He observed Europeans live in perpetual fear of wars riots and financial instability. He praised England’s sense of living freedom and common good while warning that Australia could face a gambling curse if Monte Carlo’s spirit spread here.
In Sydney on Monday a police officer and three civilians struggled to restrain a woman who threatened to jump from the Gap at Watson's Bay. She cried I want to die but was pulled to safety and taken to the reception house for care.
Sydney reports Motul The General and Secretary Colonel Mitaror state that the Unite Country Party and United Australia Party are coordinating a close operation across the State to back government candidates in the federal election.
Sydney Morriay replies to a letter by Protestant heads over Catholic school aid. Archbishop Gilroy says Catholics seek the same treatment enjoyed in every other part of the British Empire.
Twelve men boarded the Epinih government submarine C2 at Brest while engines were being repaired. They offered the captain 2 000 000 pesetas to join the insurgents. The captain refused. a sailor fired, killing one assailant and wounding five others. Six attackers were arrested after a countryside chase by police.
Thirteen people were injured as a train crash near Langton injured passengers hurled through broken glass and splintered timber. Rescue workers report chaotic scenes with travelers escaping the wreck and awaiting medical aid amid damaged coaches and scattered debris.
Police investigate after an eleven year old girl from Leichhardt was dragged toward a motor car near her home. She escaped when her screams drew a passing motorist, but the assailant reportedly followed before fleeing. The incident unsettles the local community as inquiries continue.
Mourshay Reginald Levern aged ten was run over by a girl’s train at Flemington last night. His foot was shockingly mangled and amputated after hospitalization. He suffered serious injuries while attempting to cross near tracks before the trains. The incident was discovered by a passerby on another train. Levene allegedly attempted to cross when he slipped and fell onto the rails.
Sydney police reported a rat attack on a six months old girl at 239 a.m. on a Saturday in Merrylands. Mrs Noblette awoke to screams and found the infant bitten twice on the right ear and once on the ankle. The rat fled after lights came on as the mother witnessed the incident.
About 120 ironworkers and moulders walked off at Hidfitid's Australia Limited in Alexandria this morning over a dispute regarding the employment of two juniors in dressing castings. The firm argues the work is for adults, and the strike could idle thirty engineers unless a settlement is reached.
Figures from Sydney discuss vast drink expenditures and corporate dividends. References to St Andrew's Cathedral, public debt, and the Central Poor Co appear amid obscure figures. The text notes rising costs and potential shareholder returns, with mentions of breweries and municipal finance.
A Tokyo broadcast speech by a Japanese naval commander warned of expansion into Australia New Zealand and Canada. The speaker described Japan’s goal to guard its overseas growth through commercial and industrial means, including fishing, and asserted a duty to defend these expansion plans amid rising influence in the Pacific.
At Flemington saleyards today about 2000 head of cattle yarded. Prime quality prices steady, others weaker. bullocks £68 to £100, cows £4 to £10, best beef £42 per 100 lb, medium and inferior lower. Sheep about 28,000 penned, woolly sheep softer, wethers £? to £?, ewes around £15, lambs £4 to £32.
Sydney report shows local wheat prices steady as buyers and sellers hold firm. Quotations indicate market activity with limited movement and firm prices across shipping and local deal terms.
Market notes from Sussex Street list prices for Potatoes in Tasmania 3 to 5 cwt, eggs new laid 11d to 1d, butter 15s 10d per cwt, cheese to hold, honey 2d to 1d, maize 5 to 46 bus, onions 14d per cwt, millet to £30 for, wheaten 4 to 7 cwt, oats 46 to 79, lucerne 49 to 76, hay oaten 4d to 8, lucerne 7 fi.
Rome reports Count Ciano told British and French Chargés dAffaires that Italy aims for equal rights in the Mediterranean piracy patrol to match Britain and France. The reply signals a step toward Italy joining the Nyon agreement.
The 9 am forecast for 24 hours predicts scattered clouds and showers with isolated severe squalls inland and possibly reaching the coast. Mainly fine and mild at first with north-west fresh to squally winds, turning south-west in western districts and extending eastward. Snow on the ARBs.
Caesar, a strong fancy for the AJC Derby, crashed through a fence at Randwick this morning. He threw his rider and sustained a near hip injury, skin torn, and a cut on a knee. The horse will be unable to start in the Derby and will not race for some time.
The Textile Workers Union hosiery section with 1200 members in N.S.W and Victoria voted at Trades Hall for a 40 hour week dispute. A strike levy of 1s for operatives 1s for assistants and droppers and 3d for juniors was set, to fund a trust for a 40 hour policy to be presented at a Melbourne mass meeting on October 7.
An Agriculture Dept. official notes dust storms over the week end harmed pasture and crops. High winds could strip moisture from parched plains, but wheat stands up due to hardy growth after unusually cold frosts. Rain arrival could improve conditions.
The Tasman storm signal eases but delays linger as liner Awatea from Wellington and Wanganella from Auckland reach Sydney several hours late amid continuing gale conditions.
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