Port Pirie Mayors backs meeting on youth work drive
Citizens rally behind The Recorder proposal to host a representative meeting in Port Pirie early in the new year to discuss finding work for unemployed youths. Mayor Threadgold pledges support, urges decent pay and avoids replacing workers, while YMCA and ministers-fraternal leaders advocate urgent action.
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Port Pirie
Barber
Gr. Dey
Joby
Pirie
Dr. Dey
Recorder
A. T. Strange
Port Adelaide Christmas meeting attracts 25000 crowd
Adelaide Thursday saw Port Adelaide Racing Club conclude its Christmas meeting with a crowd officially estimated above 25000, one of SA’s few field calls in 40 years. Attendance surpassed Tuesday’s levels though patronage appeared to fall off a bit.
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Adelaide
Cheltenham
Port Adelaide
Aged Woman Serious Burns After Dress Fire
Es E Dowling, 67, of Barnard Street North Ade Tide, suffered severe burns over her body when methylated spirits in a tin exploded as she replenished a small burner. Her husband, who wrapped her in a towel and extinguished the flames, sustained extensive burns to his hands. She is admitted to Memorial Hospital tonight.
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Adelaide
E. Dowling
Barnard Street
North Ade
Memorial Hospital
State Birthday Huge Assembly at Glenelg Adelaide
South Australia marked its ninety seventh birthday with a royal style celebration at Glenelg. Thousands braved heat, crowds filled the beach as trams ferried visitors to the shore. Elderly colonists, many over ninety, signed the roll recounting progress since the 1836 gum tree ceremony.
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Adelaide
Glenelg
South Australia
Licensed bookmakers in Pirie area eye town licences
Applications for country bookmakers licences in Pirie have not yet been called. It is unknown how many Pirie men will apply to operate in the town. A large number of Pirie applications will be judged in due course, and one prospective bookmaker has arranged to lease a room in the Town Hall for licensed betting purposes.
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Tle
Pirie
Detective Attacked in Office as Larceny Case Probed
In the Detective Office this morning Det. Bourke was savagely attacked while questioning a prisoner. Bourke fought back with four assisting officers, overcoming the suspect behind a glass partition. The incident, witnessed by a female complainant, marks a first in the Detective Office history.
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Adelaide
Det
Bourke
Det. Bourke
Det Bourke
OmMece
Man Threatens Beach Pavilion Then Disappears
Solomontown bathers fill the shore as a man, cutting words with the pavilion committee, attempts to desecrate the new pavilion. He boasts of a fight, disappears when police are sent for, and a strict warning from secretary R L Forgan is issued. Strong penalties are cited for such acts at the Solomontown bathhouse.
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Solomontown Beach
R. L. Forgan
Solomontown Bathine Pavilion
New South Wales Weathered Depression Says Premier Stevens
Premier B S Stevens in a New Year message declared that New South Wales has weathered the depression after a year of progress. He credited the Premiers Plan with defeating unemployment as its greatest achievement.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Sion
B. S. Stevens
Temperature extremes and 24 hour range report
Yesterday reached a high of 105.9 degrees while the 24 hour low and end-period reading showed 75.4 degrees at 8 30 a.m. This record notes the maximum and minimum temperatures observed within the specified period.
Pirie Personalities and a Murky River Death Mystery
Personal Mises M and EB Motorman Adelaite visit Pirie staying at Feddernt Hotel in Sydney. A man’s body found in the Murrumbidgee River near Wagga remains a mystery as detectives in Port Pirie examine a waterlogged hand skin for prints. Interment held for Robert William Lee. local officials and clubs represented at the service.
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Mises M
Adelaite
Pirie
Feddernt Hotel
Sydney
Filrumbidgee
Wagga
Pur Pirie
Ais Dayagat Fenti
Bert
Felton
Rev Willett Bevan Dead
Rev Willett Bevan Congregational minister at Gawler died today aged 62 Born in London he came to Australia in 1886 with his father Dr Bevan minister of Collins Street Church Melbourne Bevan was principal of Medhurst College Shanghai for 19 years His widow is a daughter of Mr Vale former Attorney General of Victoria
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Adelaide
Willett Bevan
Gawler
London
Australia
Bevan
Collins Street Church
Melbourne
Willet Bevan
Medhurst College
Shanghai
Vale
Victoria
Fatal injuries to Carol Singer in Christmas crash
Adelaide witnesses a fatal collision on Christmas morning when a carol party member, Carol Singer, died after a crash at Nailsworth. Alma Frost, another party member, was injured and hospitalized. The incident prompts reflections on values and humanity.
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Carol Singer
Adelaide
Vira Thompson
Nailsworth
Alma Frost
Rei
Thrilling rescue at Victor Harbor
Geoffrey Rainsford 19 of Norwood swam 100 yards to save 10 year old Kevin Frederick Golding at Victor Harbor. Harry Goodenough dressed in clothes swam 25 yards to assist. The beach drew hundreds of holidaymakers as the pair fought exhaustion to bring the boy to shore safely.
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Victor Harbor
Geoffrey Rainsford
Norwood
Rainsford
Harry Goodenough
Kevin Frederick Golding
Frederick Golding
John’s Road
Prospect
Fuller Street
Walkerville
Air mail pilot eyes New Zealand service
Sydney reports Sir Charley Kingsford Smith will carry the first experimental mail to New Zealand from Richmond Aerodrome to New Plymouth around January 12. He says a regular air mail link to New Zealand could be feasible in the near future.
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Sydney
Charley Kingsford Smith
Orst
New Zealand
Richmond
New Plymouth
Smithy
Peninsula population shows postwar rise in three towns
The Kadina Wallaroo Times reports population shifts after the Wallaroo and Minita Mining and Smelting Company closed in 1923. By Dec 14 192? the three towns Kadina Wallaroo Moonta total 42 800. rough method yields about 1 090 net gain over eight years, with bedrock reached in 1928 and steady growth thereafter.
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Australia
Kadina
Wallaroo
Conner
Waitara
Sta
Wallaroo and Manita Mining and Smelting Company
Moonta
Nieap Kadina
Wailaron
Newtown
Wailarno
Moonta Bay
War in Film Industry Distributors Versus Australian Firms
News from Australia reports a government inquiry into the film industry dispute between American distributors and Australian companies. Premier Stevens announced appointment of F. W. Marks to probe profits, terms, and access to films. MGM plans theatres in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne to secure product. Independent Sydney firm proposes a tal theatre and direct picture deals. Government acts amid fears small exhibitors may be forced out by high rentals or lack of pictures.
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Sydney
B.S. Stevens
F. W. Marks
Fim
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Limited
Brisbane
Melbourne
False Descriptions Regulations Expanded Under Factories Act
New rules issued under the Factories and Shops Act extend to woollen seeds bedding quilts cushions and upholstered furniture. The regulations aim to shield the public from manufacturers who sell items with false descriptions and bedding using secondhand fillings.
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Sydney
Victorian trade big leap in dried fruits wool and gold
Melbourne reports a favorable trade balance of £876,000 for November but an £85,000 deficit for the first five months of the year. Dried fruit exports rose to £964,522 and greasy wool to £3,667,654, bullion to £617,437, while butter halved and wheat fell. November imports declined by £158,732 to £2,240,668 and total imports to £3,911.
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Melbourne
Victoria
Delaney Jealous to Fight in Hopes of Return
Bobby Delaney said his health breakdown was not as serious as first feared and he is eager to fight Jack Carroll Fred Henneberry Ambrose Palmer or Dave Shade. He added that everything depended on his doctor and the Brisbane bout.
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Threadgold
Port Pirie
Pirie
Brisbane
Bobby Delaney
Jack Carroll
Fred Henneberry
Ambrose Palmer
Dave Shade
Father and Child Drowned Near Chaffey
Mr. H. Yeend of Norwood and his infant were drowned this afternoon in Ral Ral Creek near Chaffey while bathing with relatives. It is believed the baby fell in the creek and the father struggled to rescue it.
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Adelaide
H. Yeend
Norwood
OPPY SERIOUSLY ILL IN MELBOURNE
Robert Opper is seriously ill in Melbourne with a severe influenza attack and a haemorrhage. He has cancelled all engagements for a fortnight and may not be well enough to carry out early engagements in England. He is due to leave Australia in February.
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Melbourne
Robert Opper
Fle
Opperman
Wall
England
Australia
Tragic Crushed by Truck After Tyre Repair
Rufus Thomas Chapman aged 20 a carrier from Bairnsdale was repairing a punctured tyre on Geelong road when another truck struck the vehicle and pushed it. One wheel ran over Chapman inflicting severe injuries. His condition is reported as low.
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Melbourne
Rufus Thomas Chapman
Bairnsdale
Geelong
Chapman
Prests Limited Beachwear Stock Announcement
Prests Limited advertises boys bathers and blouses in wool with prices 4/11 and 1/6 respectively. It invites customers to inspect the store's up to date stock including ladies beach pyjamas in assorted shades and new stock of ladies and children's beach hats.
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YMCA
T. D. Barbee
Secor Pble Y.M.C
Mr. Strange
McCallum
MR. McCallum
Man
Beach
N.S.W
Murrumbidgee
G. Dey
Mr. Dey
Hs Family
Hynken Hill
Robert William Lee
Nadheen
Amd
Wes Hein
Musicians’ Club
Natant Remetery
Tey TR
A. Kersten
H. Mawby
John Ruslan
AIR Mail Service
Kingsford Smith
Peninsula
Kadina, Wallaroo, and
American Companies
Delaney
Prests Limited
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