Deaf and Blind Art Union prizes lure Australian readers
A country woman wins £1000 and another from South Australia gets a Sedan Car with 1000 gallons of petrol. They meet in transit near Sydney while collecting prizes, share excitement, and urge readers to clip and mail a 1 shilling entry for a chance at £3000 top prize plus two cars and more. The fundraiser aids Deaf and Blind Children.
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Deaf and Blind Kiddies’ Art Union
Adame
South Australia
Union Super Spirit
Sydney
Pinnaroo
South Ans
Contamon
Marks
Adams
Art Union
Wid
G.P. Sydney
Six per cent Commonwealth Loan endorsed by Sydney Stock Exchange
The six per cent Commonwealth Loan launched on the 16th instant is praised by Sydney Exchange President Vincent A. Brownhill. He urges both small and large investors to subscribe, noting strong security, easy negotiability, and tax free interest until maturity on 15 November 1938. Subscriptions may be paid in full or by instalments with final payment due 1 September 1930.
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Sydney Stock Exchange
Vincent A. Brownhill
Sydney Exchange
Stock Exchange
Commonwealth Bonds
Adultery Trial Shocks Sydney Divorce Court
An 86 year old woman, Lonsia Constance Moreton of Elizabeth Bay, charged her 80 year old husband Gilles Moreton with adultery with Mollie Gertrude at Bundanoon between June 1 and July 31, 1925. The respondent admitted the adultery, seeking judicial separation amid a 43 year marriage.
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Bundanoon
Sydney
Lonsia Constance Moreton
Barncleuth Square
Elizabeth Bay
Gilles Moreton
Millie Gertrude
Mary Somerville
Mears to attempt world flight to beat Graf Zeppelin record
New York millionaire John H. Mears plans a late June departure for a round the world flight in a Lockheed Vega with a Wasp engine. His route includes New York Southampton Berlin Moscow Novosibirsk Chita Khabarovsk Petropavlovsk Seward Seattle Chicago and back to New York with B Balchen as pilot and navigator. He previously set a speed record using mixed transport and briefly held a circumnavigation benchmark before Graf Zeppelin’s 1929 record.
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John H. Mears
New York
Atlantic
Pacific
Southampton
Berlin
Moscow
Novosibrink
Chita
Khabarovsk Pebropanovsk
Seward
Seattle
Chicago
B. Balchen
Admiral Byrd
Mears
Messrs. Linton and Wells
France
Tokyo
United States
Globe
Sulphate of Ammonia Cheaper Than Ever for Farmers
Announcement of a substantial cut in the price of sulphate of ammonia from July 1. Cash price £12 12s 0d per ton less 24 percent, with 5 percent plus 24 percent for cash to fruit growers associations and extra 24 percent for 50 tons a year. At about £11 7s per ton free on rails, the fertiliser becomes affordable for pasture improvement and longer grazing seasons, boosting clover and grass balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Station
Australia
Broken Hill Prop. Co
Newcastle
Imperial Chemical Industries
Billingham
England
New Zealand
Adultery trial ends as petition dismissed
The wife confessed condonation of adultery later revived. The couple, married in October 1488, involve Mrs Moreton age 38, daughter of a London merchant, with a daughter from a prior marriage. Moreton, son of a medical man, claimed income of £8000 in 1925 and probate estimates of £72,000 to £15,000 in 1927. The respondent’s evidence was heard and the judge ruled the petitioner failed to prove the case, petition dismissed.
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Moreton
Wislow
London
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Lim
Neptune Gill
Stoddart &4
Hayward, Cliftons’ Ltd
F. K. Woods, A. D. Veness & Sons
RK. G. Alle
Rowsowiee
Vacuum Oil CO. Pty. Ltd
Laurel
Prises
Millionaire
Paling
N. Scott
Texaco
K. Woods
Tame Rame
Nuree Cooper
Hireschen Salta
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