Bank teller charged after unsworn statement in defalcation case
Adelaide bank teller Donald Hickman testified in court that between October 16 and 16, 1937, he allegedly defrauded his employer of funds totaling amounts including £276 and £937 by failing to enter receipts and by taking cash. He described shortages, a missing set of bank keys, and leaving the safe unlocked. He denied seven counts of defalcation and was remanded for further hearing.
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Adelaide
Donald Stanley Hickman
Bakewell Road
Evandale
Ulenely
Heslop
Benet
Chamberlain
Hickman
Ilenels
Tienele
Wall Hickman
Tulluwine
Owen
Boucaut
Penfold
Boucant
Getoder
Tawas
Boneaut
Hicktat
Thickman
INNINGS WIN Australian Bowing Beats Oxford
Australian sun bowlers wrecked Oxford batsmen as they all out for 75 in 4% overs. Australia won by innings and 487 runs. Walker sat out wicket keeping. finger injury to be X-rayed. Oxford scores detail: Eggar c McCabe b Waite, Walford Waite b McCabe, Dixon Fleetwood Smith Waite, Kimpton, Walker b Fleet.
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Associated Press
Oxford
Australia
Eggar
C. McCabe
B. Waite
Walford
Waite
B. McCabe
Dixon
Fleetwood-Smith Waite
Kimpton
Walker
B. Fleet
Tragedy at Katoomba ends search for missing Alfred Pender
Alfred Pender a 68 year old Maltland grocer vanished eight days ago and was found dead on a cliff ledge at Katoomba. Rescuers rappelled and hacked through scrub using ropes and axes to reach the body, tied to a stretcher and lowered to the top. Police believe he fell to his death early Thursday, after an extensive joint search by police and civilians.
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Sydney
Fter
Alfred Pender
Maltkand
Aaniatant
Lockest
Spooner
Katoombe
Pender
Bert Pattison
Grover
C. Chipperfield
Murray-Wood
Fingleton
St. Fingleton
Fleetwood Katoomba
Waite
Fleetwood
Smith
Ward
McCabe
Air travel in Australia outlined at YMCA meeting
Mr C W James, secretary of Spencer Cult Aero Club, described Australia's growing commercial flight network. He noted 16 airlines operate, routes circling the continent, Adelaide to Melbourne and Worth hops possible in a day, with an eight day Adelaide round trip and future Darwin leg. Subsidies keep services running amid rising passenger demand.
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Australia
YMCA
C. W. James
Pire
Spencer Cult Aero Club
James
Adelaide
Melbourne
Worth
Mose Meteors
Hobart
Australian National Airway
100 Skulls In Case Found, Shipped From Pacific Trade
A fragment notes 100 skulls in a case were believed to be shipped to Sydney from a Pacific source. The skulls are described as in excellent preserved condition.
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Tha Wis
Sydney
Pacific
Labor to Attack Next Week on ABC Oversight
Senator J. S. Collings, Opposition Leader in the Senate, plans a parliamentary attack next week on the Australian Broadcasting Commission. He argues the commission’s work should be re established and the governing statute overhauled, citing concerns raised in Canberra.
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Labor
Canberra
Sen
J. S. Collings
Senate
Speek Soriaat
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Confession Tells of Murders by Son Aiding Father
New York reports a sensational confession by Mary Eleanor Smith, prisoner at Wallawalla Penitentiary. She claims her son Decuxto Earl Mayer, also jailed, killed a lieutenant and three others, with her aiding cover up. They burned remains, hid bodies in Idaho quarry, and connived at multiple killings for money.
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New York
America
Mary Eleanor Smith
Wallawalla
Seattle
Hassett Alus
Tye
Bassett
le Woman
Panda Ca
Idaho
I Mayer
Thermometer Readings Show Day Start Mild, Warm Later
Yesterday's high reached 67.7 degrees with a low near 44 as the 24 hour period ending at 8:30 am concluded. No further weather details were provided.
Outdoor clothing sweat shop ban award announced
Judge Drake-Brockman in the Arbitration Court today approved an outdoor work permit system to curb sweating in clothing trades. Permit access requires necessity, union membership, and max 44 hours weekly with award pay. Employers must obtain permits, keep records, and bear responsibility for breaches by outside contractors.
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Drake-Brockman
Registrar of the Court
Clothing Trades Union
Secretary Woodring warns dictatorship nations of possible war
In a frank address to the Chamber of Commerce Secretary of War Woodring warns Japan Germany and Italy that pushing democracies too far could trigger war. He cites responsibility on Japan and calls out rearmament and actions from Germany and Italy as threats to peace and to the Versailles framework.
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United States
Recorder
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Woodring
Japan
Germany
Italy
Manolis
Ted
Fear Jones
Geemany
Rhineland
Juan
Pirie visitors and locals on brief holidays
Personal notes record Miss Lottie Kreischmer visiting Mr. and Mrs Langstaff in Pirie West, BH Benn returning from Renmark, P W Trevorrow state secretary of the Electrical Trades Union visiting Pirie, Mrs Banke of Melbourne guests of the Langstaffs, and M Boettcher of Whyalla on holiday with his wife visiting Pirie.
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Lottie Kreischmer
Pirie
Mrs. Langstaff
Swift Street
Pirie West
BH. Benn
Renmark
P. W. Trevorrow
The
Electrical Trades Union
Banke
Melbourne
B. J. Guest
Canterbury
Perth
Trade Balance Decline Noted in Australian Figures
Canberra trade data show a sharper fall in favorable balance for April at £11,692,000 from £32,255,000 last year. The report lists numerous local movements and visits, including J P Woods VC arriving in Pirie, travel plans to Peterborough, and various residents and officials moving between Pirie and Adelaide, Melbourne, and Whyalla.
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Canberra
Australia
Commonwealth Statistician Today
Japanese Bombings Reported Across Shantung Front
Shanghai dispatch claims Japanese aircraft bombed 10 000 Chinese between Tangcheng and Sinanchen as Chinese forces report a lull in major actions. Chinese gains northeast of Taierchwang and Kiangsi progress near Chianglincheng near Nanking are noted. Japanese admiral Hasegawa downplays gains, warns war far from over while Chinese leaders cast doubt on Tokyo’s resolve. Canadian inquiry requested over Osaka arrest of Vancouver engineer with warship photos.
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Shanghai
Tangcheng
Sinanchen
Shantung
Taierchwang
Kiangsi
Chianglincheng
Nanking
Tangtu
Nanking-Wubu
Hasegawa
China
Yokosuka
Soong and
Kung
Tokio
Osaka
Joseph Gilbertson
Vancouver
Heathcote
Secondary industry to secure local markets in Australia
The deputy president of the Chamber of Manufactures argues that secondary industries strengthen local markets. He notes growth from primary to secondary sectors could lift Australia toward England’s level, citing industrial groups supplying 38 percent of national income versus 21 percent from primary occupations. The chamber advocates expanding secondary industry in country towns to boost employment.
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Melbourne
Australia
Chamber of Manufactures
E Second
England
Chamber
Orrs Revival Campaign Opens in Pirie Church
J Edwin Orr of the Revival Fellowship led a four man team in Pirie for a two night revival. He shared a travelogue of worldwide campaigning and stressed prayer and self denial as precursors to revival. Dr John McNeill played keyboard and sang, with Mr Orr continuing the campaign tonight and tomorrow night in town venues for undenominational services.
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J. Edwin Orr
Revival Fellowship
Congregational Church
John McNeill
Mus
Orr
C. C. Lundberg
Puiel
Western Australia
Pirie
England
Thames Embankment
Evan Roberts
Australia
South Africa
China
Mr. Orr
Beean
Town Hall
Soviet Russia
Mayores's Winter Appeal Receives Local Donations
A street collection in Whitton raised about £3 more than last year, totaling £70 toward the Winter Appeal for His Wolf Threadgold. Contributions came from Sivelters Co operative Council, Bro ken Smelters, and Smvelters staff, with £612 from the cooperative and other members contributing at the start of Works.
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Sivelters Co-operative Council
TM Associated
Smvelters
Wayorese
Nye Ryunell
Kiride
Sherldam
Churchill Denounces Anglo Eire Pact in Commons Debate
A bitter attack on the Anglo Eire pact marks a Commons debate. Prime Minister Chamberlain urges that Ireland and Britain end their differences, noting past disputes and the need for a settlement while Defense and trade issues surface in the discussion.
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Ireland
Llondon. Criday
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Postal surpluses prompt postal charge reductions
Melbourne Friday report notes the Postal Department’s sizable surpluses as grounds for cutting postal charges. Mr L Bigger, secretary of the Associated Chambers of Commerce, said the chamber’s body has urged the federal government to oppose using public utilities as a taxation tool.
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Melbourne
Postal Department
L. Bigger
Associated Chambers of Commerce
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