Port Pirie Council Maintains Rates For 1934 With 1/4d Hospital Increase
Port Pirie council decided to keep the town rates for the 1934 financial year, with a halfpenny rise in the hospital rate. General 9d, police 2d, fire brigade 1d, hospital 1d proposed, but the amendment failed 10-2. Council aimed to match last year’s revenue, explain finances to ratepayers, and consider a special rate if needed.
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Port Pirie
Licey
Gr. Dey
Police
Cra
Dey
Jeanes
Lacey
Mack
oPhi
Fire Brigade
J Hospital
New Naval Sloop Melbourne From British Designs Cleared
Monday report states a Qatar sloop for the Royal Australian Navy will be built at Cockatoo Island Dockyard from British Admiralty designs. The contract price is not yet announced but set to complete within two years with 8 percent of costs spent on Australian labor and materials. The ship will explore coastlines and train volunteer ratings.
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Melbourne
Royal Australian Navy
Cockatoo Island
Admiralty
George Pearce
Defence
Gookatoo Island Dock Company
Bodies washed up tied to Records Special Cables
Four bodies washed up on the Norfolk coast amid reports of the steamer Broomfleet of Ria tons with a crew of 13 sinking after the Culmore disaster on December 14.
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London
Norfolk
Riatons
New Textile Wage Award Aims For Equal Costs
An arbitration court in Melbourne announced a two year wage equalisation award for the knitting section of the textile industry. It takes effect January 12 and seeks fair wages without large price rises. Pieceworkers gain 5 percent above daily wage, junior wages adjust with living costs, and a 12 month easing of prior excess margins is set amid firm minimums for males and females. An on site accident in North Melbourne killed Arthur Jones when a crane slab struck him.
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Melbourne
Beeby
South Australia
Ridge Reedy
Newport Power
Arthur Jones
North Melbourne
Odd Jobs Drive At Solomontown Beach
Ten men were engaged at Solomontown Beach yesterday as the Odd Jobs Drive of Port Pirie Ministers Fraternal began. Work will cover beach improvements under A L Forgan with T D Barber noting many businesses hire extra help for Christmas. Donations continue and further offers of work or cash gifts are gratefully received.
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Solomontown Beach
Port Pirie
A. L. Forgan
T. D. Barber
Fhire
Yeslewday
Record-Breaking 1638 Mile Drive Set by Gagonda Team
London report by Loni de clifford notes a car named Gagonda completed a Dieppe to Brinisl run of 4 638 miles in 44 hours withDroper stops for meals. Average speed 36.4 mph with bursts to 90 mph.
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London
Loni de Clifford
Gagonda
Dieppe
Brinisl
Intruder Held After Break In At Archbishop Spence's Home
A Western Australian man smashed a door and window with an axe at Dr Spence's Adelaide home. The Archbishop held him at gunpoint until police arrived. A stash of £200 and pepper was found. The intruder faced charges of wilful damage and was said to seek the grave of his brother.
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Adelaide
Glen Osmond
Spence
Trix
Western Australia
West Terrace
Tr. Spence
Robbery hits Gladstone tobacco shop again
A Gladstone tobacconist shop owned by the late W C Cook was broken into for a second time over the weekend. About £30 worth of tobacco was stolen after a window was forced. The raid was discovered by Mrs Wilhelmina Cook when the shop opened this morning, with J Evans arriving from Pirie to investigate.
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Gladstone
W. C. Cook
Gladstone Street
W. Gladstone Cook
Wilhelmina Gertrude Cook
Expectant Mother In Frozen South
A brief weather note reports yesterday's high of 85.5 and the 24 hour low ending 8.30 am at 56.4. The item highlights an expectant mother in the frigid region awaiting events.
Kingsford Smith Plans Tasman Flight With New Airdork Plane
Restless Smithy Sydney reports Sir Charles Kingsford Smith intends to fly to New Zealand in about three weeks. The plan was for the Southern Grass and the new Aodork plane to fly the Tasman side by side, but the Godark machine cannot be completed in time. Flight will be delayed to about six weeks.
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Sydney
Charles Kingsford Smith
New Zealand
Tasman
Girl Burns At Home In Callingwood Morning Fire
May Meade aged 45 suffered serious burns at her Callingwood home while preparing breakfast. Fire started by her vest catching alight, she ran into her mother's bedroom with clothes nearly burnt off, wearing singed garment. She was admitted to hospital in serious condition.
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Mpvagurne
May Meade
Callingwood
Arrest of Gen O Duffy at Dublin meeting
Gen O Duffy leader of the Blue Shirts was arrested today at Westport while addressing a political meeting. He and several supporters were stopped by a police cordon after a pitched battle with 100 police. O Duffy was taken to the police barracks charged under the Public Safety Act along with three other blue shirt speakers.
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Dublin
O'Duffy
Blue Shirts
Westport
Bia
Gen. O'Duffy
De Valera vows to enforce government authority
In Dublin today Mr de Valera declared the ministry will enforce the government’s authority. He warned there must be either an ordered democracy or a dictatorship, emphasizing decisive action to maintain control.
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Bevorder
Dublin
Trakee
de Valera
Eitver
Spanish Revolt Directors Uncovered by Arrests
Madrid police identify leaders of a recent Spanish revolution after arresting a gang whose whereabouts were revealed in a girl's flat letters. A search uncovered a wide network and numerous young women, with one arresting officer finding 100 pistols in a car.
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Madrid
Klondike the Cow To Make History at Antarctic Circle
Montreal reports aboard Commander Byrd's ship Jacob Ruppert a cow named Klondike, expectant mother, set to gain immortality as she births near the Antarctic Circle. The voyage advances, with the vessel 1,200 miles from Wellington on Friday as excitement grows.
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Montreal
Byrd
Jacob Ruppert
Klondike
Antarctic Circle
Fi'leary
Chicago
Wellington
Diver recounts salvage of Hampshire wreck and Kitchener loot
An American diver now hospitalized in Berlin tells how he joined the British salvage ship that located WMS Hampshire. Divers blasted into the hull and recovered gold bars valued at 210 million and documents linked to Earl Kitchener’s mission to Russia.
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London
Berlin
W.M.S. Hampshire
Earl Kitchener
Russia
Jewish Wide Boycott of German Goods
One thousand five hundred Jews today decided to boycott German roads for one week starting January 14. The campaign will include a house to house canvass to enlist full participation by Jews in England.
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Recorder
London
England
Well Earned Rest For Prime Minister Lyons
Prime Minister Lyons departed today to spend Christmas at Devon port with his family. He will not return until the last week in January when a series of Cabinet meetings will begin.
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Melbourne
Lyons
Devonport
Visitors Arrive in Pirie Stay at Royal Exchange Hotel
Personal guests Mr A A Will and Mr B Harvey arrive from Adelaide and are staying at the Royal Exchange Hotel. Messrs Hutchison Barker and J N Bregley also arrive from Adelaide, with Pitt Heath Penhall Ingleton and Nesbit among other arrivals at Royal Exchange and Federal Hotels. Detectives Strangway and Parkman arrive in Pirie and are staying at the Federal Hotel.
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Fred A. James
8. Harvey
Pirie
Royal Exchange Hotel
A. Hutchison
A. J. Barker
Adelaide
Ioyal Exchange Hotel
J. N. Bregley
Royal Exchance Hotel
B. Pitt
W. J. Heath
W. Menz and Go
Roy Exchange Hotel
Flob. Penhall
Clarkson Limited
J. Ingleton
WW. R. James and Co
Roya Exchange Hotel
H. G. Nesbit
Federal Hotel
Strangway
Plain Slothes
Constable Parkman
Pike
M, MW. Peésanka
The
Crown Law Omee
Control of Bookmaking and Rules for Betting Premises
The Betting Control Board plans an Official to determine starting prices at race meetings with bookmakers. Prohibitions on loud sneakers at licensed betting premises, strict betting conduct, and a register of bookmakers are outlined. Restrictions cover wireless devices, betting limits, and required filings.
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Adelaide
T1 Betting Control Board
Informa
Uus
Odes Tivlay
Feenees
Wiltonoven
Busy Christmas Week in Sydney
Sydney hotels report unprecedented business and high tourist volumes as the city anticipates a record Christmas week. Travel agencies note heavy travel plans while traders expect strong sales during the holiday period.
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Sydney
Appeal Against Council Assessment Heard At Port Pirie
A council assessment appeal from Port Pirie is to be heard by a provisional court of appeal at Port Pirie. The case concerns the Catholic liyRes of Port Augusta and a 1991 lodged appeal against the corporation assessment. Elizabeth Ann Harris, a longtime resident, passed away at Kapunita, Cornwall born, daughter of the late Fod Mys.8 West. Surviving family include Mrs R. Zoe of Boulder City, WA, Mrs H. H. North of Parkside, and Mr L Harris of Gladstone.
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Port Pirie Conneil
Fist Night
Catholic Liorese
Port Augusta
Corporation Assessment
Kapunita
Mes
Elizabeth Ann Harris
Decomases Yeas
Cornwall
Fod
Mys
West
Kapumida
South Australia
R. Zoe
Boulder
Ity
Western Australi
H. H. North
Havana Mob Sacks El Pais Offices After Pro-Bon Policy
An unorganized mob in Havana sacked the offices of El Pais, a newspaper sympathetic to the Bon administration policy. Reports say four were killed and scores injured in the clash.
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Recorder
Trafalgar Square Disturbance Amid Protest Clashes
London crowds including many women marched to the German Embassy to protest the Reichstag fire trial. Police formed a cordon, baton charges dispersed the marchers, and a clash between Black Shirts and communists in Trafalgar Square ended with mounted police dispersing the group.
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London
Iman
Reichstag
Trafalgar
Slayers of King Nadir Executed, Two Convicted Men
It has been announced that the two men convicted of killing King Nadir Khan of Afghanistan have been executed. The report notes the execution was carried out under the supervision of the Recorder Special Cables.
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London
Nadir Khan
Afghanistan
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