17 Aug 1937
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Newspaper
Port Pirie Recorder
Location
Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 17, 1937
Page
1
Witnesses describe an alleged stabbing affray with the deceased present. The testimony breaks down when asked to identify the garment worn by the victim, hindering immediate determination of motive or involvement.
The Pirie Court hearing began with five hours of evidence in the case of Ronald Keith Jasper of Pirie West. Mollie Clayton wife of Allan Henry Clayton charged with Jasper’s murder identified a pyjama coat as Jasper’s and broke down. Bertram Harrison described the alleged affray. Dr. B. G. Johnston testified. Clayton sat in court, while witnesses described cries of stabbing and knife threats as the night’s events unfolded. The inquiry resumes at 9:30 this morning.
Witnesses describe a heated night at a home involving Jasper Besankeu and another man, with the wife recounting fights at the verandah and near the door. She notes bloodstains, a cold dark night, and unclear details of blows while recalling a prior separation from her husband since Christmas.
The witness describes Jasper wearing only his nightcoat during an incident at a family home. She recalls Jasper sleeping with her and later planning to fight her husband. Blood spots were noted, and the witness identified Jasper among others present, while tensions and threats appeared linked to a prior visit and possible violence.
Local notices detail Mr Fr Greer departing Pirie for overseas service aboard the Union Steamship Company liner Niagara on September 2 after a Melbourne visit. Several residents, including Mr H Watts and Mr G Pilgrim, plan holidays at Grange or Adelaide, with others boarding trains to Canberra Sydney and Adelaide. The report notes retrurns and sporting entries as well as a trainer’s licence granted by the VRC committee to an unnamed recipient.
The report notes Australia aims to add nine more fighter squadrons to reach 17 as Defence Minister Sir Archdale Parkhill prepares a new defence objective. Other items include moves of officials traveling between Melbourne Pirie Whyalla and Perth on transports and trains, and updates on hospital patients and local figures.
A local court yesterday processed a drunkenness case involving John O Callaghars. The defendant appeared before the magistrate, was fined, and ordered to pay costs after failing to provide proof of address on Plorenve Street.
A disjointed eyewitness account describes a group including a husband and others at a sleepout. It notes a knife wound, a hole in the sleeper, and a rough description of injuries and surroundings. Names and precise details are unclear, but the core event involves a violent act and subsequent damage to the sleepout structure.
Meetings of miners on the northern field accepted the new agreement reached at the recent compulsory conference in the coal industry. Small groups opposed the plan, but endorsement is expected at meetings on the western and southern fields tomorrow.
Japanese forces mount a combined land sea and air assault on Shanghai with 10 000 troops and 30 warships in the area. Chinese bombers and fighters engage, casualties rise in the International Settlement, and Western powers seek evacuation and withdrawal while Chiang Kai Shek vows to defend.
Yesterday recorded a maximum of 59.2 and a 24 hour minimum of 47. The temperature at 11 30 last night reached 82.5.
Boys at WSBOYS Middle Park threaten to sit down in newsagents shops tomorrow seeking a penny extra per dozen on paper sales. They interviewed managers, offered a compromise, and left after rejection, then planned a sit-in.
Skeleton staff at the Metropolitan Gas Company managed to maintain gas supply despite ongoing Melbourne shortages. Limited operations left customers with variable pressure as crews worked to restore full service.
In Shanghai on Monday a crowd at the Shanghai Club faced a terrifying moment at 11:30 am as seven Chinese bombers attacked the Japanese Sagship Idume dropping five large bombs. Fires started in the Japanese area while anti-aircraft guns fired for five minutes before the Chinese planes withdrew. Japanese forces then bombed Chinese positions west of the city and targeted the area between Shanghai and the Woosung railway to cover reinforcements. The Japanese Admiralty said it destroyed 72 Chinese aircraft and 17 Pangars, with eight of their own machines lost.
Wheat trading in early April shows little local selling as farmers hold back. Futures declines offset prior gains with Liverpool and Chicago futures slipping and Winnipeg steady. Reports from Mr. Nicholls and Mr. Anderson cite apathetic markets, slow export demand, and unsettled weather in Europe and Argentina. Italian 1995 crop estimate at 295 million bushels, up from 239 million in July 1995.
A weather report notes heavy rains in Melunlane and surrounding areas aiding crop recovery. Farmers face lingering challenges from prior droughts as communities in Martone and Tonk work with pastors and local groups to steward remaining harvests.
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