Liner Wreck At Sea Leaves Passengers Missing
The Ward Liner Havana with 51 passengers and 126 crew grounded on Manzanilla Reef off Florida near the Bahamas at 3 40 am in a gale. Twelve hours after grounding most were accounted for. One passenger died during evacuation, three remain unaccounted for though possibly saved. The Oceano and another ship rescued many aboard, 87 crew members remain onboard with plans to abandon ship if needed. Three coastguard cutters stand by to remove remaining crew when possible.
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New York
Ward
Havana
Vera Cruz
Manzanilla Reef
Florida
Bahamas
Oceano
A. W. Paterson
Film actors union to draft fair practices code
Hollywood reports a motion picture actors committee appointed to draft a code under the National Recovery Act. The group blasts producers for low wages, calling engagement ethics the lowest. Salaries show 74 percent of regulars earned 1,000 to 4,500 dollars, 12 percent up to 2,000, 43 percent up to 50,000, and 4 percent above that. with 40 percent eaten by expenses, actors ask for living wages amid salaries of 100,000 to 500,000 dollars paid to 12 executives per year.
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Hollywood
Motion Picture Actors
Boy Dies On Way To Hospital After Gun Accident
Tailem Bend reported fatal shooting accident involving Roy Ivan Johnson twelve. He and brothers Norman Mervin and Glen with a dog and kangaroos near their home when the gun misfired blowing away his kneecap. The boy, son of H N B Johnson of Livingston Hundred, died en route to Tailem Bend Hospital.
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Tailem Bend
Roy Ivan Johnson
H. N. B. Johnson
Hundred of Livingston
Norman
Mervin
Glen
Roy
Mylor Tragedy Inquest Pushed After Murder Probe
In Adelaide on Monday the inquest into Mrs. Dora Annie Figg and her four children is set to resume with new witnesses. Dr. D. A. Reid will be recalled for cross examination as relatives of husband W. A. Figg, missing since the tragedy, are represented by counsel. Neighbors of Pige to testify about habits and movements. Police expect a few weeks’ delay to gather more evidence and offer rewards to locate Figg as officers continue a difficult hill search near Echunga.
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Adelaide
Dora Annie Figg
Mylor
D. A. Reid
Mount Lofty
W. A. Figg
Pige
Wiese
Figg
Erowine
Shooting a constable shocks Sydney in dawn arrest
In New South Wales police captured two men after a dramatic manhunt for a constable shot while surprising burglars at a store in Bargo on Sunday. The pair were brought to court today, remanded, with bail refused as authorities pursued the case.
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Sydney
New South Wales
John Arthurson
Bargo
Crash at Pirie Trotting Ends in Rider Injury
David, driver of Boy Blue, was taken to Pirie Hospital after a crash in the Cousin Handicap at Memorial Oval trotting meeting. Five horses ran. Boy Blue’s jinker capsized, injuring the driver who later stabilized. An enquiry by stewards was adjourned to a later date.
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David
Boy Blue
Pirie Hospital
Memorial Oval
Jinker
St. John Ambulance Brigade
Pirie
Tea Prices Cut in Melbourne by Penny a Pound
Leading tea brands in Melbourne taken down one penny per pound for first grade and two pence for second grade. The price cut was a coordinated move by wholesale houses and is expected to spread to other States.
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Melbourne
Leaving exam two passes for Pirie
The leaving examination results were published today at Pirie High School. Only two students passed in more than four subjects: Bates Humphrey George with English literature, French oral, mathematics, IL, physics, and chemistry. Dangerfield Percival George with English literature, economic history, economics, geography, and shorthand. Others who passed in fewer than four subjects are named without school attribution.
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Adelaide
Pirie High School
Bates
Humphrey George
Dangerfield
Percival George
Thermometer Readings From Yesterday
Yesterday recorded a high of 89 degrees and a low of 60 degrees by 8:30 am, marking a typical temperature range for the period. The report notes the daily maximum and the 24 hour minimum.
Mystery signals off Barwon Heads stir distress fears
Residents of Melbourne and Barwon Heads report signals seen at sea late Saturday they say indicate a distressed ship. Police hear of a siren blasts and distress rockets while fishermen recall a small coastal vessel offshore with lights at dusk, despite Navigation Department denying false alarms.
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Melbourne
Ishermen
Barwon Heads
Navigation Department
U.S
Ntervals
Pests for Adelaide Crashing Hoppers Hit Millbrook
Swarms of crasshoppers pour into Millbrook from early morning, mostly flying at about 30 feet and heading toward Adelaide. A caretaker reports around 500 hoppers in two square yards on the reservoir lawn, with many avoiding the water. Millbrook lies about 20 miles from Adelaide.
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Adelaide
Millbrook
Grasshoppers Destruction Act Now In Force
Minister of Agriculture Mr. 4. P. Blesing warned the danger of a new grasshopper plague. He said young insects appeared in the North in millions from spring plantings and that the new act urges district councils and landholders to destroy insects before they reach the crawling stage to curb the outbreak.
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Adelaide
P. Blesing
Crew Rescued After Two Days Aboard Britannia
The crew of the ketch Britannia were brought ashore at Frankston after weathering a gale for two days. Departing Geelong on Saturday under Capt. Jule Dysett, with Eric Moore aboard, the vessel dragged anchors in the gale and rode the rough seas along sandbanks. Anchors eventually held as Sunday’s seas intensified, sparing further damage.
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Melbourne
Britannia
Frankston
Geelong
Jule Dysett
Eric Moore
Kisch Receives Summons for Court Appearance
Sydney reports a new summons served on Herr Egon Kisch this afternoon. He is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday.
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Sydney
Egon Kisch
Special Session Opens Feb Seven Over Headwaters Grant
Government faces awkward metropolitan Headwaters issue as a £100,000 Commonwealth grant is approved. Municipal objections to 10 percent local contribution delay progress. Prime Minister awaits Public Works Committee report for the Federal Cabinet decision.
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Commonwealth
Public Works Committee
Wireless for Coastals Coastwise Vessels Vessels No Exemptions
After talks between Federal Minister of Health Mr Hughes and shipowners representatives the industry agreed to a radio system for coastal vessels. They oppose compulsory installation by law though some may use an automatic distress signal device. Regulatio ns from the Federal Government are awaited and likely no vessel will be exempt.
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Sydney
W . Hughes
Church Destroyed by Fire at Millicent
Alphonsus Catholic Church in Millicent burned in the early hours. The vestry or adjoining sanctuary may be the fire source. Began before firefighting could intervene and caused heavy losses including altars, vestments, silver ciboriums, statuary, paintings, and ten valuable stained glass windows. Local resident Mrs Richard Grigg alerted others as crowds gathered.
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Millicent
Alphonsus’ Catholic
Richard Grigg
Churchy Pioneers
Albury Murder New Investigations Yet More Clues
Det. Sgt McRae made unexpected visits to Wagga Wagga and Albury and then Melbourne as police pursue a new strong clue in the Albury pyjama girl murder case. Inquiries focus on a girl who disappeared during a Riverina motor trip before September 1 when the murder was found. Superintendent Prior discussed suspicions with a man amid reports from three people about the unidentified girl.
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Sydney
McRae
Wagga
Albury
Melbourne
Sydney Uni- While McRae Was In A Funshi Enquiries Near Albury
Fements
Riverina
Prior
Grow Better Wheat in Australia Says Adelaide Experts
Adelaide experts today urged improving Australian wheat milling quality by removing poorer wheats and adopting higher milling varieties with equal yields. Minister A P Blesing noted a Canberra ministers conference backed breeding higher quality wheat, with the Agriculture Department conducting education and milling quality tests.
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Adelaide
Moray
Sutton
A. P. Blesing
Canberra
Inverloch murder mystery leaves detectives with no clue
Ethel Belshaw 42 of Tarwin Meadows was found dead in scrub near Inverloch on New Year’s Day. Detectives believe the killer is a local resident and seek motorists who gave a stranger a lift that day. Nurse Elmore reported a man with Belshaw on the esplanade. no further clues or identifications have emerged.
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Melbourne
Ethel Belshaw
Inverloch
Elmore
Korumburra
Taverloch Esplanade
Tarwin Meadows
Nurse Elmore
Det
Sloan
European Security Pact Sealed by Italy and France
A secret conference between M Laval and Signor Mussolini led to a complete agreement on most points of a European security pact. The plan includes joint-frontier conventions, non intervention, and consultative measures with Austria, plus a colonial accord in Northern Africa. Italy gains defined influence near Abyssinia without a protectorate aim.
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UME
M. Laval
France
Mussolini
Venice Palace
John Simon
Italy
Austria
Germany
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Yegoghivia
Poland
Roumiania
Africa
Abyssinia
Paris
Rome
Taly
Train Crash Near Port Adelaide Fatalities and Escapes
Two men travelling in an empty coal lorry at Port Road level crossing Woodville escaped serious harm when a Henley Beach train collided with their vehicle at 11 30 am The lorry was hurled across the tracks and smashed to pieces One man Albert Francis 29 Croydon suffered injuries to hand and chest and was driven home The other man Holt Pearce 26 Halifax Street was thrown clear and unhurt Both men are associated with Port Adelaide and Croydon confirmed in the incident report.
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Anc New Weres
Haholt Pearce
Halifaxtreet
City
Albert Francis
Government Road
Croydon
Port Adelaide
Francis
Peisee
Nilseed
W. J. Pearce
Jarry
Promise of exhaustive banking inquiry questioned
The report states that no firm plan exists for a full investigation into the banking system despite Prime Minister Lyons promising Parliament a four‑commission inquiry if elected. Observers say such a sweeping probe would be costly and unlikely to reveal new facts, though a limited look at a temporary surplus fund market and Empire bank reserves may be considered.
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Melbourne
Eviden Ven
Susees
J. A. Lyons
Yona
Frantic Italian man shoots self after attack in Kensington
Bernardino Picone, 38, attacked his brother's wife and infant with a bottle in the brother’s shop in Kensington this afternoon after an argument with the sister-in-law. He fled into a lane and killed himself. The wife and child escaped serious injury.
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Sydney
Kensington
Bernardino Picone
Australian PM Lyons to Visit England Over Meat Exports
Opposition of Australia 1 reported that Prime Minister J A Lyons would depart for England in February to present the Australian case against restrictions on meat and other exports to the British government.
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Sydney
J. A. Lyons
England
Saar Demonstration in Saarbrucken Against War Return
In Saarbrucken heavy rain did not deter residents who opposed a return to war in Germany. About 6,000 Nazi Front supporters marched to the Wackenberg where speakers urged a vote for a German return on January 1. United Front demonstrators clashed in a stadium row.
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Saarbruecken
Traussaos
Germany
Nazi Front
Wackenberg
Te United Pront
36 New Aeroplanes Big Order For Defence Force
Thirty six new Hawker Demon fighters will be ordered almost immediately for the Royal Australian Air Force in addition to 15 new Lemons arriving from England next month. A similar batch will be ordered next year with type undecided. A Fremantle base will host one Demon squadron and another squadron to Richmond NSW. Darwin to be equipped but not manned. Estimated air force expenditure for the year rises by £460,000 to £20,000 (likely £2,000).
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Melbourne
Royal Australian Air Force
England
Fremantle
Darwin
Flichmond
Nsw
Air Force
Pirie Personal Notices and Arrivals at Local Hotels
A stream of arrivals and departures fills Pirie social pages yesterday with A H L Goode and E T Cornish presiding in Pine Police Court. Clerks and relieving staff swap duties as GC Leaker takes annual leave, H A Dicker covering Pirie duties. Guests include A Marcie at Royal Exchange Hotel, J Gideon from Adelaide also at Royal Exchange, and Bob Naffin with Doug Marshall on holiday at West Suburban. A Robert stays at Roy Exchange, Rev A T and Mrs Strange visit from Solomontown, and Mrs Strange’s father dies after a recent illness in Ivanhoe Victoria. J J D Jefford of Bangor underwent surgery at Pirie Hospital yesterday with the patient described as agts factory. Masters of Three Chair rotation at Pine Hospital yesterday.
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A. H. L. Goode
E. T. Cornish
Pine Police Court
GC. Leaker
Pirie Courts
H. A. Dicker
Port Adelaide
Pirie
A. T
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McCalum
A. David
Humphrey Bates and
George Dangerfield
Millbrook Reservoir
Kisch
Royal Commission On Banking
Australia
Ardor
A. Marcie
Royal Exchange Hotel
J. Gideon
Bob Naffin
Doug
Marshall
West Suburban Hotel
Mr. A. Robert
I Roy Exchange Hotel
J. J. D. Jeford
Bangor
Pirie Hon~pital
Masters
Pine Hospital
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