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Queanbeyan Age And Queanbeyan Observer

Location

Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Date

May 11, 1920

Page

4

Prohibition Conflict Echoes Across Nation

A chaotic, OCR distorted report discusses pro prohibitionist tensions led by figures in New York and national groups. It mentions the Anti-Saloon League, Catholic church reactions, and upcoming Supreme Court challenges to the Prohibition Act as opponents unite against enforcement across states.

New York Atmore Lena England Bone Haw William Anderson Anderson Cavil- der Cullicer Langue of Prohibition Wll Andersen Supreme Court Kentucky Massacha Brnte Anti- Siloon League Othials League Dhce Edwin Dinwiddie America Pussyfoot Dinwiddie Attention

Woolgrowers Back Scheme With 74.88 Percent Vote

Poll results show 56 599 ballots issued with 26 397 returned and 1 717 informal. Of formal votes 18 480 favored the scheme and 6 200 opposed, a 74.88 percent approval. Australian Wool Council says total votes polled do not justify seeking statutory powers from the Commonwealth Government, though grower groups will keep defending growers’ interests.

Australian Wool Council

Hens and rotes and local notes in Gundagai area

Year to date wire netting purchases in Gundagai reach £8000 through the local PP. Notices on Leaving Certificate exams set for November 1 and the Intermediate Qualifying exam in December. Local lore covers the Prince of Wales visit plans, a band from Sydney, and a hare drive. The Holmans sold Taracha on Bellevue Hill for £2600, moving to Mount Wilson. Sheep condition has declined in mountain districts. one owner reports flock losses. A Orange resident reportedly trained a crow catcher to trap crows, netting 1,200 birds. Newspaper price rises bite Sydney papers. several country papers fold. In Coolamon, two bank managers staged a footrace over an overdraft, the Commercial manager winning over the NSW boss.

Coolamon Mr Read N.S.W Mr. Ramsey

Fragmented Message From The Silent Dusk

A garbled note appears to describe a somber scene with unclear names and places. The readable parts hint at a disrupted event or communication and a sense of unease surrounding Merrurcmd and a challenge to strength.

Dantroon Orders Questioned Over Promotion Limits

Australian Defence Minister admitted in the Senate that military orders may have circulated from London without Defence Department knowledge. No Australian record supports a department order restricting Duntroon graduates to major or below, though reports suggest an external directive limited promotions. Further inquiries will review low records and possible oversight.

London Defence Department Senate Defence Seuster Gardiner Duntroon Australia Australianitary Duntroon College Muates Ansene

Cost of War Graves Policy Outlined in Commons

Secretary for War Winston Churchill reports the Imperial War Graves Commission faces a 2,787,000 pound budget this year with 515,000 funded by Dominions India and Crown colonies. MPs back uniform headstones across France, rejecting independent designs. The commission envisions a memorial near the front and long lasting headstones inscribed Thy name liveth forevermore, 2000 stones weighing 10 tons.

Winston Caurenill Imperial War Graves Commission India France Asquith Churchill

Rabbit skin sale totals and prices at Sydney market

Supplies at Sydney rabbit skin sales last week totalled 51 tons. Prices declined with bucks selling to 86d per jb. First pelts to 52d, first does to 34d, first incoming to 6ad, racks to god, others from 1gd up.

Sydney

Fragmented Riddle Text From Distant Archive

A garbled reproduction lists scattered names, places, and phrases, referencing towns, memories, and a range of scattered terms. It reads as a disrupted archival fragment with no clear cohesive event or focal person. The jumble includes partial names like Wilcom and Beretta and mentions a distant theatre of references amid broken sentences.

Mantle obpbink foal at The Heaidwond storkragens

The fragmentary item reports a meeting of a local subfirts committee planning a mantle event at Hes derned Soldier Memorial Hall. Constable Renardy of Coonan is noted, with duties assigned Monday Far Cheoaie amid unclear text and dates.

Nolligen Poe Renardy Coonan ‘Ile Seoul

Fragmentary report from Trang nga Hawkiand about a violent attack

Fragmented OCR text mentions an attack in Niver with references to medicines, a doctor, and alleged wrongdoing by multiple men against two or more individuals. The garbled content includes possible names and phrases about pills, gore, and threats, but specifics are unclear.

Otis Marie Taye Dr. Pla

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