Apprenticeship Rules Highlight Sydney Court Ruling
A Sydney court ruled that an adult can be apprenticed and paid at prescribed rates for apprenticed minors. J. O'Lockley sought permission to apprentice an electrical mechanic, Holm, who has worked as a carriage cleaner with N S W Railways. The case noted twofold remuneration for apprentices and Holm agreed to the rites of pay. A £500 cheque was lodged with the N S W Trotting Club by L. B. Martin offering to bet £500 on Walla Walla against any world pacer or trainer. Government plans to amend the Licensing Act to bar race broadcasts from hotels were also mentioned. A Western Queensland station tale told of the first motor car, Spring Heel Jack, and boss’s reaction as Jack remarked on the car’s pumping tyres.
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MelIntyre
Sydney
J. O'Lockley
Holm
N.S.W
Ware
Hallew
Holms
Payerdnariy Javen
Payere
N.S.W. Trotting Club
My. L
Martin
Walla Walla
New Zealand
Queensland
Jack
Winton
bin Doin
G.P
John Rowland
Bondi
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Glen Innes
Unemployed Relief Council
Narrabri Municipal
Randwick
Coogee
Coogee Ocean Pier Co
Randwick Congerl
Manilla Court House Hotel visit notes and naval manoeuvres
A Sydney report notes a regular visit to Manilla Court House Hotel from 10:30 am to 5 pm on Thursday June 29, with Mr P A Newall representing the firm. It also covers Japan and Germany Islands naval exercises described as Japan's coastal shield and a large scale operation near former German bases in the Western Pacific.
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Manilla
Court House
P. A. Newall
Japan
Cathy Telegraph
Renue
Pacific
Dummy on Sydney Harbour Bridge Trick Alarms Commuters
Travellers near the Sydney Harbour Bridge were startled to see a figure hanging from the arch, later revealed as a rope dummy dressed in trousers a white shirt boots and an old felt hat. The prankster climbed the arch carrying the dummy at night. Police and Main Roads Board staff removed it. Constable Drew attended after a distressed passerby mistook the scene for a suicide.
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Sydney Harbour Bridge
Main Roads Board
Constable Drew
Tam
Coffs Harbour fisherman nets record mullet haul
Burnett of Coffs Harbour reeled in a sea mullet haul estimated over 30 tons on the Coffs Harbour Leach. More than ten tons had to be thrown back as nets buckled under the weight, a seven-foot grey nurse shark was also caught. Large shark schools followed the catch, leaving unemployed locals distressed.
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Burnett
Coffs Harbour
Wool markets shift to Brisbane and London trading
Goldsbrough Mort reports rising wool prices at Brisbane with strong demand from Continent buyers and good clearance across grades. London sales show improvements, especially across breds, while demand for merino wool grows amid crossbred weakness. Outlook remains optimistic despite delayed rain and looming off season.
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Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd
Brisbane
London
Sydney
France
Bradford
Washington
England
Great Britain
Cavalcade on Screen Brings Coward’s Epic to Fox Films
Hollywood stars Clive Brook and Diana Wynyard praise Cavalcade as a universal pageant of progress and war’s futility seen through a home front lens. The Fox adaptation covers 32 years of one family’s life, directed by Frank Lloyd with a cast headed by Wynyard, Brook, and other Drury Lane alumnae.
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Noel Coward
Fox Films
Clive Brook
England
Diana Wynyard
Brook
Areula Jeans
Frank Lloyd
Coward
Drury Lane
London
Diana Winyard
Ureula Jean Herbert Mundin
Una O'Connor
Merle Tottenham
Irene Browne
Beryl Mercer
John Warburton
Frank Lawton
Magaret Lindsay
Tempe Piggot
Billy Bevan
Hollywood
Lake on Mount Everest Reveals Hidden Valley Discovery
The Marquis of Clydesdale described their Everest flight from Renfrew Town Hall England stating they cleared the summit by 500 feet, not 100. They glimpsed the long lake 20 to 30 miles long amid rock barriers, with a photographer signaling from a cabin floor hole as the craft circled a second time. Photographs await London examination to determine if the lake is ice or water.
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Marquis of Clydesdale
Renfrew Town Hall
England
London
David Livingstone
Victoria Falls
Labor splits over Bulli seat nomination
The A.L.P. Lang faction nominates T. J. Sweeney president of the Miners Federation Southern Branch for the Bulli state seat vacancy. The South Coast miners pick A. C. Willis former Agent General MLA and Lang ally as their candidate. Results promised to be interesting.
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A.L.P
Bulli
Lang
T. J. Sweeney
Miners Federation
South Coast
Sweeney
A. C. Willis
M.L.A
Federal Government Eradicates Rabbit Pest in Territory
The federal government reports the elimination of a rabbit pest across 200000 acres of the Federal Capital Territory. The effort reduces wildlife damage and protect agriculture and biodiversity in the region.
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Federal Capital Territory
Life magazine highlights Australians role in aviation history
The May issue of Life magazine includes Pilots of the Twilight about Australia and Lawrence Hargrave aiding the Wright brothers. It also features George Wirth’s life story, a Campbell essay, a science piece on Russia’s air routes, reviews of current affairs, and fiction from noted authors.
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Australia
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Sydney Observatory
Lawrence Hargrave
Hargrave
Wright Brothers
Life
George Wirth
Malcolm
West Magazine delivers mid-April tales of cowboys and daring
Theonths most striking short stories of the West and the northland by men who know their subject are contained in the mid-April West Magazine. Exciting tales of cowboys adventure thrilling narratives of struggles against overwhelming odds and two long complete novelties are in this issue. Our copy from C. N. Scott news agent.
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Theonth
West
Northland
C. N. Scott
Newsagent
Germany Accepts Peace Terms Resolve Reichstag Unity
Hitler told the Reichstag that Germany is ready to destroy armaments if other nations do likewise and warned that no European victory could improve economic or political conditions. The assembly applauded as deputies backed the speech and a resolution was adopted.
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Germany
Roosevelt
Hitler
Europe
Offensive Letter At Parkes Police Court
George Shibble pleaded not guilty to sending a grossly offensive letter to the Sydney police superintendent. The letter attacked Parkes Sergeant Ferris and implied hotels were open all night and the sergeant’s yard held bottles while he collected debts. The PM reserved on whether the case should name the Postmaster General and the postal inspector’s authority to prosecute.
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Parkes
George Shibble
Kent Street
Sydney
Ferris
P.M
Mr. Leblang
Snake Swallow Wallaby at Coff's Bar
In a banana plantation at Boombee near Coff's a 12 foot carpet snake fought a scrub wallaby and killed it. The snake swallowed the wallaby whole, its jaws split apart from the struggle. Observers captured the reptile and displayed it in a Coff's Bar window. After two days the snake bled to death from a neck wound caused by the wallaby's claws.
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Wallaby
Boombee
Coff’s
Coff’s Barrior
Wood's Great Pint Cure for Children's Gough
A brief item reports on a medicinal claim or remedy promoting Wood's Great Pint Cure for children's ailments linked to a figure named Gough. The notice presents a historic adlike claim without clinical support, reflecting period advertising language and public health skepticism.
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Wood
Gough
Coraki Store Robbery linked to Bargo burglary
The Richmond River Herald reports a Coraki store theft of about £200 in drapery and mercery. Police traced a suspect via Northern NSW and Queensland officers to a burglary near Bowral at Bargo where the burglar was found on the job. A Strathfield house search recovered some missing goods. The remainder had been sold.
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Richmond River Herald
Coraki
N.S.W
Queensland
Bargo
Bowral
Strathfield
Toowoomba police court hears axe finger case confession
In Toowoomba Police Court a man confessed to severing the first joint of two fingers with an axe and then sought compensation. A cir cumstantial tale collapsed after a vigilant officer found marks on a log at the scene, proving the deed. The judge deferred sentencing.
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F. C. M. Byrne
P.M
Toowoomba
Water woes at Boggabri prompt correction from locals
Seys Boggabri Examiner disputes a Daily Telegraph report dated the 11th regarding local water supply. The letter notes no artesian bores exist, calls for public representatives to handle matters, and states the river is currently unfit for stock due to ongoing water issues.
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The
Daily Telegraph
Water for Stock Charge Clarified by Railways
Enquiries show graziers confused over water charges on holdings with dry natural supply. Ministry for Transport states Railways will deliver water to the nearest siding at 8 shillings per 1000 gallons, Railways reimbursed by Government for the difference with ordinary carriage, water, and demurrage.
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Graziers' Association
Ministry For Transport
Official to Prosecute Himself in Sandringham Trial
In a report to the Samdring ham Council temporary ranger Mr H J said he impounded a brown gelding found wandering at Black Rock. The gelding was his own property. The report was adopted and Mr Kelly will prosecute himself at Sandringham Court on a charge of allowing an animal to wander on a road without anyone in charge.
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Samdringham Council
H. J
Black Rock
Kelly
Sandringham Court
Cavalcade at the Palais and hobos in Washington
A note on Wood's Great Peppermint Cure for Influ ens and a London author urging a million women to quit posts to ease unemployment. Also, the Inter State Commerce Commission reports nearly 2000 railway trespass deaths and 300 injuries in the first nine months of 1992, with rising year over year figures.
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Wood
the Palais
Washington
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Rabbitskins and Wool Auctions Show Mixed Demand
Lehute Bell and Co Ltd reported 61 tons of rabbitskins submitted, same as last year, with top prices paid for most cataloged items though hatter grades lagged. Brisbane wool sales closed strong for fine counts and skirtings, while autumn shorneling arrivals rose amid dry pasture concerns. News items note a Bondi shooting victim, higher rewards, Alsatian control talk, and local council debates on pools and pier demolition.
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Lehute
Bell and Co. Ltd
Brisbane
London Graphic Ends After 100 Years Publication
After a run of well over a century the London Graphic, an illustrated weekly, ceased publication. A meeting of more than 100 Graziers at Coonamble supported the wool stabilisation movement. A deputation of P. and C. members waited on the Minister for Education at Moree seeking school improvements.
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London Graphic
Orange District
Coonamble
P. and
Moree
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Pias al Comgeian Eoe
Ealing
Davidson
Mechanic’ Institute
Newcastle Wool Sales
New England, North & North-West Producers’ Co. Ltd
Hes
Record Se
Anding Company of
Weel Bester
Newcastle
Mowcastle
Commercial Banking CO. OF
Stpmey Lm
H. A. Barraclough Limited
Optician
George Street
Palais Ares
Spesaa
Lake
Mount Everest
Labor
Seys “Boggabri Examiner
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