Lavish gifts cited as evidence of good faith in bankruptcy
Miss Alice Maud Dunn testified in bankruptcy proceedings over the estate of Prof. Henry George Chapman. She described lavish gifts including a motor car, engagement rings, bonds of 500 pounds, and poems and love letters. She said Chapman proposed marriage, gave a car and rings, and spoke of dying wife’s cancer as context for the gifts.
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Sydney
Henry George Chapman
Alice Maud Dunn
The
Royal Society
Dunn
Chapman
Miss Dunn
Prof. Chapman
Mthes Wonn
Bee
Hee
Weof
Mise Dunn
Relief Work on Crown Lands Considered by Government
Government weighing plan to clear noxious weeds from Crown lands using unemployed relief workers on rations. Workers would earn cash for any work beyond their relief allotment. Commissioner Mentos said only initial consideration, potential sites near Adelaide identified but not decided.
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Adeline
Tursuay
Une
Mentos
Crown Lands
Adelaide
Work Before Play For Prime Minister
Rev AT Etrange oversees the Sulumontown Methodist Church as he campaigns for votes. A marriage ceremony is planned tonight. Later, the clerical duties yield to a social clash as Mr Strange plans six rounds with the Order of Knights against YOC.
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Etrange
Wateles
Sulumontown Methodist Church
Chivry Clersynan
Mr Strange
Order of Knights
Paddy to Return Home After Wounding Case
In Adelaide Hospital Paddy an aborigine will be sent back to his people west of Oodnadutla once fit to leave. Chief Protector M T Mclean arranged for transport north after confidential government advice led to the Crown abandoning proceedings for malicious wounding from a fracas at Welourne Hill Station.
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Adelaide
Paddy
Adelaide Hospital
Lunlubra
Oodnadutla
M. T. Mclean
Welourne Hill Station
Mr Cyril John Emery Laid to Rest at West Terrace
Mining officials attended the burial of Cyril John Emery, 58, president of the Mining Managers' Association and general manager of North Mine at Barrier. He was interred at West Terrace Cemetery beside floral tributes to his relatives at 1 Payneham Road Joslin.
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Adelaide
Cyril John Emery
Broken Mill
Emery
Mining Managers’ Association
North Mine
Barrier
West Terrace
Roy
MM. Coles
Payneham Road
Joslin
Teaching Pirie Y. M. C. A. boys to knit class set
Mr Tod Farver announces a program at Pirie Y M C A to teach knitting to any boys wanting to learn. No girls gym class meets today, according to Mr Barber.
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Pirie Y
Tod Farver
YMCA
Barber
Flight of Fancy Leads to Fine at Adelaide Court
Juan Singleton, a New South Wales salesman, appeared in Adelaide Police Court charged with unlawfully posing as a Royal Australian Air Force officer. He admitted the offense and received a fine of five pounds. Singleton claimed the stunt had no malicious motive, saying it was a foolish joke linked to an emergency for a British team. Police found a cadet ID in his name and evidence showed past service in the HAA.
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Adelaide
Point Cook
Royal Australian Air Force
Juan Singleton
New South Wales
H. McMaircud
Pam
Singleton
Korce
Point Co
Ins
Schneider
Glenele
Ceutenant
Watte
Uised
Pointak
Ayling
Joe
A. J. Singleton
HAA
Civil Sittings Work in Arrear Adelaide Report
A report to the Supreme Court Judges for 4943 presented in Adelaide on Tuesday shows Civil Sittings repeatedly in arrears. The judges propose easing rules to permit Civil Sittings on selected days in alternate months and consider authorising sittings at other times.
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Adelaide
Supreme Court
Pirie Hospital board approves reduced treatment charge
At a Pirie Hospital Board meeting a request to cut a patient's treatment fee was discussed. Mr. C. L. Davis moved to reduce the charge to five shillings per day. The inspector general of hospitals suggested advertising vacancies locally. Temporary appointments may be made when suitable, and staff changes included probationers Jensen and Ward, extended leave, the senior porter returning to duty, and the matron finishing annual leave.
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Pirie
McMahon Xeere
Tastle
Eight Runs Ahead Eight Runs Ahead at Sheffield
Australia were dismissed for 343 in 260 minutes, eight runs ahead of Yorkshire after the first innings. Ebeling's 27 stood out, Bowes bowled well, Howes took seven for ten in over spell, Verity failed to take a wicket, and Yorkshire began its second innings with Sutcliffe absent wounded.
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Recorder
Special Cables
Sheffield
Australia
Yorkshire
Ebeling
Bowes
Howes Wa
Verity
Hid
Orkshire
Leyhunt
Wall
Turner
Wood
Fleetwood-Smilth
Inez
Sellers
Heartbroken railway employee dies by own action in Sydney
Thomas Spiers a railway worker in Newcastle was found dead at home amid heartbreak over his wife. A note warned against return to despair and a glass of liquid was found on the table beside his wife’s withered bridal bouquet and photograph.
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Sydney
Newcastle
Thomas Spiers
Spiers
Glover
Culvert Tragedy Defense Plea in Petulla Murder Case
In Melbourne the defense argued self preservation for Antonio Audino charged with murdering 30-year-old Rocco Petulla. Audino testified he sought to save himself and another man from harm, denying intent to strike Petulla and admitting uncertainty about the Crown’s murder theory as the jury failed to reach a verdict and a retrial was sought.
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Melbourne
Rocco Petulla
Balwyn
Antonio Audino
Criminal Court
Petulla
Antonio Chiodo
Htacca
Hie Sill
Head
Shelly
Auding
Danger of Split in Country Party in Melbourne
A Melbourne conference between Victorian Country Party executives and Federal members sought to avert a rift caused by Federal members not signing the party election pledge. By night’s end a full Central Council meeting was planned for Friday to resolve the dispute and prevent a premature display of divisions that could affect the party’s future.
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Melbourne
Victorian Country Party
Central Council
Anality
Stumps Scores from Melbourne Telegraphed for Recorder Special
Yorkshire innings shows Mitchell b Wall Barber b Ebeling Leyland b Wall Turner b Fleetwood-Smith Sellers b Wall Verity c McCabe b Darling Smailes lbw b Fleetwood-Smith Wood c and b Fleetwood-Smith Macaulay not out Bowes b Darling Sutcliffe absent Sundries 20 157
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Mitchell
B. Wall Barber
B. Ebeling
Leyland
B. Wall
Turner
B. Fleetwood-Smith
Sellers
B. Wall Verity
C. McCabe
B. Darling Smailes
B. Fleetwood- Smith Wood
B. Fleetwood- Smith
Macaulay
Bowes
B. Darling Sutcliffe
Mk W ‘Wall
Ebeling
McCabe
Fleetwood-Smith
Grimmett
Darling
Australia
Woodfull
C. Sub
B. Smailes Brown
C. Macaulay
B. Bowes
Bradman
B. Leyland
Bromley
Lb.w
B. Macaulay
Barnett
B. Bowes Wall
Sundries
RW Bowes
Smailes Macaulay
Verity
Brown
I.b.w
R W Bowes
U C P Backing Combined Senate Team In NSW Pact
Mr Monro, secretary at the Gaited Country Party, confirmed an opinion by Te Farle Page supporting the V6.2 plan to devote the full weight of its campaign to backing a joint Senate team in New South Wales.
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Bydney
Monro
Gaited Country Party
Teiling
Te Farle Page
Senate
New South Wales
Opperman Beats 24-Minute Record Ride Warm Bath Break
Hubert Opperman, cycling from Land's End to John O Groats, rests briefly for a bath and massage after breaking the 24 minute record. A flock of sheep mocked the journey as he resumed, with no accidents anticipated for a world record run.
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London
Land's Tin
John O ° Groats
Hubert Opperman
Close Call For "Smithy" in Air Race Plane Clears Seawall
Sydney report says Charles Kingsford Smith's Lockheed Alair, bound for the Centenary Air Race, barely clears the North Sydney seawall by about two feet during takeoff from Anderson Park. The craft was transferred from the steamer Mur pose to shore at a cost of £100, with Smith at the controls despite rough water and strong currents.
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Sydney
Charles Kingsford Smith
Anderson Park
North Sydney
Park
Youthful Guard Defends Home as Thieves Flee
Judge Drake Brockman’s 11 year old son Ralph confronted burglars at the door wielding his loaded service revolver with a cartridge belt. The intruders fled in terror as the boy held position, while the judge was away.
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Melbourne
Y M C A Progress in Australia Faces Budget Strain
Y M C A work continues across Australia with staff cuts yet ongoing programs. W F Woodcraft, early secretary, spoke of high pressure and expanding work as youth employment grows in Hobart, Melbourne, Brisbane, and other cities. Leaders noted widespread classes and intensified government-backed efforts, with conferences and contests planned under Amateur Union supervision.
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E Y.M.C.A
Australia
W. F. Woodcraft
VM Whi Ds
Biren
Muimber
Yantes
Association Mail Accuysirione Exebools
Hobart
Melbourne
Isla
Wao
Dealer to Pay Fines Totalling £1740 at £3 Monthly
John Lyons a 40 year old dealer appears in City Court to show cause why he should not be imprisoned for non payment of fines totaling £740 for unlawful possession of possum skins. He seeks to pay off at £3 a month, arguing it would take 21 years, while also paying a further £1000 fine.
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Melbourne
John Lyons
Lyons
Price Reduction In Home Grown Tobacco Expected
Canberra report says excise cuts on Australian tobacco leaf will allow about two pence per two ounces drop in retail price. Reduction aims to assist Australian growers and lower local tobacco costs amid ongoing price pressures.
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Canberra
Thermometer readings show 64 point 3 maximum
Yesterday’s high reached 64.3 degrees as the Thermometer recorded a low of 49.2 degrees by 8 30 am ending the 24 hour period.
Pirie officials and visitors gather at local events
Local figures including Mr HG Neshity My presided in Virie Local Court yesterday while visitors from Port Augusta Port Adelaide and Adelaide arrived in Pirie. Notables such as Dr Berridge YMCA leaders and hospital board members attended meetings at Town Hall Royal Exchange Hotel and other venues expressing hopes for Mr Cornish’s recovery.
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Elliott
Amalgamated Engineering Union
Pine
HG Neshity
Virie
Wo Bierworth
Port Am
Pirie
Port Augusta
Royal Eschinie Hotel
J. Copeley
Adelaide
Royal Exchange Hotel
Mr. V. Rochuck
Glasstone
Dr. Berridge
W. F. Wondcrall
YMCA
W. W. Bo Hughes
Melbourne
J I Retchford
TD. Barker Y
Davis
A. Degenhardt
Pood
McMahon
Waterfront Regulations Stir Port Adelaide Meeting
Port Adelaide officials discussed new waterfront rules with five executive members present. Mr. Pry said Melbourne watersiders approved the reforms but noted the full members had not debated the issue. He claimed 800 men could handle shipping locally and that regulations aim to reduce available waterfront workforces.
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Port Adelaide
South Australia Defeats Western Australia by Five Points
In the interstate football match, South Australia wins by five points. South Australia scores 44 goals 19 behinds to Western Australia 14 goals 14 behinds.
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South Australia
Penth
Turaday
Australia
Western Australia
Be Hinds
Hinds
Seeing Things Through at YOC Meeting
Melbourne YMCA leader Mr. Hughes urged youths to use spare time productively and "see things through" after recalling a 1932 air crash. He linked enthusiasm, endurance, and readiness to opportunities, urging continued YO C classes and implying Australia’s prosperity depends on youths making the most of spare hours.
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South Australia
Hughes
Nesswaker
Australia
Mr. Hughes
Tray
Dr. Berridge
J. Retchford
Pepper Trees Referenced At Vire Hospital Meeting
Mr J Fremia Jenkins chaired a Vire Hospital Board meeting praising Toe H for improving hospital grounds. He warned pepper trees near the laboratory could grow 300 to 60 long, crack drains, lift pipes, and threaten the drains architecture. Secretary F J McMahan noted the trees were planted along the near the laboratory, stressing root damage risk.
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J. Fremia Jenkins
Vire
Jenkins
Toe H
F. J McMahan
Mc. Jenkins
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