Christmas Toy Fund Committee Finalizes Arrangements
The Christmas Toy Fund in Port Pirie moved to final steps at a Town Hall meeting. Nearly 600 children from needy families will receive toys on Friday as the fund, assisted by The Recorder, completes purchases and parcel preparation.
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Town Hall
Port Pirie
Pirie
Recorder
Pridarity
W. H. Threadgold
J. H. S. Leahey
A. Chase
Prests Limited
Solomontown Baptist Tennis Club
Farewell to Miss Coombs by Pirie Mothers Club
Forty ladies gathered at Pirie Infant School to bid farewell to Miss M Coombs infant mistress. Past and present committee members praised her work for Pirie children as afternoon tea music and speeches marked the gathering. Mrs Middleton announced the club’s sorrow at losing her services and presented gifts, while Miss Coombs thanked them for the friendship and support and looked forward to renewed ties next year.
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Pirie Infant School
Mothers’ Club
M. Coombs
M. M. B. Middleton
Miss Coombs
Mes James Piller
Gummow
Mel Mahon
Marsh
Miss Stacey
Blieschike
Meschke
Coombs
Burns prove fatal girl dies in hospital Melbourne
May Meade aged 15 of Collingwood died in hospital after severe burns when her clothing caught fire yesterday as she prepared breakfast.
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Melbourne
May Meade
Collingwood
Public Service Overstretched in South Australia
South Australia faces severe staff shortages in public service per Public Service Commissioner L C Humkin. He noted overtime hit 49 843 hours last year as the sector seeks at least 2 million pounds in Commonwealth grants. Evidence was given to the Commonwealth Grants Commission in Adelaide with officials from Western Australia and the Commonwealth Treasury present.
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Adelaide
L. C Humkin
Public Service
Commonwealth Grants Commission
Australian Mines and Metals Association Spot Lead and Silver Prices
Spot prices and forward quotes for lead silver and tins are reported from the Australian Mines and Metals Association. Lead shows slight rises in spot and forward prices while tin and silver display mixed movements. Gold opens at 14.06 dollars per ounce with a five dollar rise noted.
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Adelaide
Austilian Mines and Metals Association
Lanion Metal Exchange Midee
Emis
Loruton
Price of Gas in Pirie Council Moves for Reduced Price
Port Pirie council, led by Ald. Watts, proposes writing to the South Australian Gas Company to urge a price reduction for gas. The motion, supported by Ald. Fitzgerald and carried unanimously, follows local agitation by The Recorder citing prolonged calls for cheaper gas despite coal and wage declines.
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Port Pirie Council
Watts
South Australian Gas Company
Ald
Recorder
TitoThe
Pirie
Ald. Fitzgerald
Wheat production forecast shows large season totals
Ames forecasts 35,400,000 bushels of wheat this season with an average yield, per Johnston Government Statistician Mr. Woof. The estimate signals a drop from last season's harvest, though totals still run into tens of millions with breakdowns by crop and region provided in the forecast.
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Adelatne
South
Sustealia
Woof. Johnston
Oita
Viceregal visit to Pirie by Governor and Lady Hore-Ruthven
The Governor and Lady Hore-Ruthven will visit Port Pirie on Monday March 5 aboard the Moonta. The mayor and town clerk have arranged changes in connection with the viceregal visit.
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Ritterin
Australia
Hore-Ruthven
Port Pirie
Moonta
Bookmakers to operate at Cheltenham opening next Tuesday
Betting Control Board moves to license bookmakers for Port Adelaide Cup carnival events. A list of prospective licensed bookmakers tied to Grandstand and enclosed areas is drawn up, with bonds and fees set by South Australian Jockey Club and Port Adelaide Racing Club. Fees for grandstand and enclosed areas to be reviewed. clerks free of charge.
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South Australian Jockey Club
Port Adelaide Racing Club
Messrs
L. G. Whitehead
A. G. Dugan
P. Pritchard
M. J. O'Grady
F. K. Stevens
J. B. Bache
G. Sabey
3. Myers
G. Phillips
A. Haines
W. B. Carr
Concert at St Johns High School Honors Faculty and Pupils
Pupils from St Johns High School Port Mire perform a music concert with recitations instrumental pieces and speaking roles. Teachers and students receive congratulations while awards are announced for several graduates and honorees across grades and divisions.
Indignant council protests mandamus costs demand
Port Pirie Council angrily protested a solicitors demand for £798 41 owed for costs fixed by the Deputy Master of the Supreme Court in a mandamus case connected with Cowan's Estate. The council decided to forward a letter objecting to the peremptory demand and noted total mandamus costs around £144.
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Cowan
Port Pirie
Uness
Jeanes
Sameil
Otter
Dey
Long standing feud linked to Glen Osmond incident
Daly was remanded until Friday with bail refused. Barristers argued the case stemmed from a long standing feud with authorities. Daly’s defence claimed the dispute involved access to his brother’s grave and cemetery records, including encounters with cemetery staff and the Archbishop.
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Daly
F. Villeneuve Smith
K.C
F. Kelly
C. T. Gun
Smith
Gun
West Terrace
Dispute over migrant settlement compensation in Victoria
A Supreme Court inquiry led by Mr Justice Owen examined disabilities of British migrants settling in Victoria. The hearing aimed to determine compensation shares between the Commonwealth and Victoria. Mr Phillips for Victoria urged generous treatment to restore Australia's good name. the hearing was adjourned.
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Melbourne
Victoria
Speci
Justice Owen
Phillips
Australia
Britain
Chinese duty on wheat stirs Commonwealth upset
Canberra reports the Nanking government plans heavy duties on flour and wheat. A Commonwealth representative will be sent to Shanghai immediately, with a commerce department officer likely to accompany pending a trade commissioner appointment.
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Canberra
Nanking
Shanghai
Department of Commerce
Port Pirie Hotel Stays and Local Committees Meeting
Fragmented notice lists multiple residents staying at Central Hotel Royal Exchange Motel and other Pirie lodgings including Mr W Spells Mr 0 Faso and Mr M McMahon. It notes a meeting led by Mayor Threadgold at Port Pirie Christmas Toy Fund committee gathering in the Town Hall meeting room.
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Hofe
Slitersey
Tevin Ff Hert
Mer W
Threadgold
Port Pirie
New government sloop to cost about £270,000
Sydney reports the Federal Government plans to build a sloop at Cockatoo Dockyard at an estimated cost of £270,000. The project will provide employment for hundreds at the dock and many more at the Broken Hill Proprietary Steelworks in Newcastle where all steel plates will be rolled. epapenes LAWLOR WILL CASE
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Sydney
Cockatoo Dockyard
Broken Hill Proprietary
Newcastle
Archbishop Mannix to Appeal to High Court
Archbishop Mannix today lodged in the High Court office notice of his intention to appeal to the High Court against a decision of the State Full Court in declaring invalid bequests in the will of the late Patrick Lawlor of Camberwell to establish a Catholic newspaper in Victoria.
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Melbourne
Mannix
High Court
Patrick Lawlor
Camberwell
Victoria
Empire Producers Conference Moves to London Meeting
British representative S. Grounds currently in Australia as Sydney and Melbourne reports note Empire Producers plan a conference in London next March to align Empire fruit interests and promote production and market access for West Indies and other colonies. Australian growers groups likely to send delegates.
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Melbourne
Tuesti
Empire Fruit Imponests
London
S. P. Grounds
Empire Produccrs
Oraosition
Australia
Empire
Pines
Final Pirie Gala Week meeting records balance sheet
The Pirie Gala Week committee held the final meeting with Mr J H Leahey treasurer presenting a balance sheet showing £410 1s credit from celebrations and a net loss of £147 on musical and elocutionary events. The balance in hand was set as a trust fund in the Commonwealth Savings Bank.
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J. H. & Leahey
W. H. ‘Threatgo A
H. D. Russell
Ig Guaranton School
Queen Coronation Seo
G. Dey
W. R. Clarke
Dey
St. John Ambulanes
Commonwealth Savings Bank
Port Prie
Pirie
Denison Truth case costs certificate refused in Sydney
Justice Halse Rogers refused to grant a costs certificate in the Denison versus Truth and Sportsmen Limited action. Sir Hugh Denison, who won substantial damages, intends to appeal the verdict. The decision was delivered today in Sydney.
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Sydney
Justive Halse Rogers
Hugh Denison
Truth and Sportsmen Limited
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