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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 07, 1938
Page
7
A turbulent session sees the Newsprint Bounty Bill pass the Hows of Representatives amid debate over a PAF/IG duty on imported newsprint. The minister for Customs moves amendments to tax provisions and licensing controls, with Mahoney signaling support for sustaining Austins' key industry.
Fragmentary text shows a music student named Malbourne Tweedy connected with a university, facing fourth year exams for the Bachelor of Meg or Seve degree. Details are garbled but indicate completion steps toward graduation.
The page lists multiple race divisions at Albion Park including seventh, fifth, and third level handicaps with numerous horses such as Conquest, Pride, Royal Scholar, and Tasty Woolowa. It records entries, owners, and odds style data with jockeys and times, reflecting a busy racing program.
The Lord Mayor of Brisbane announced at city council that the Commonwealth Bank will provide £10000 to back loan costs for the yearly loan programme. The arrangement allows an advance on loan accounts and uses a five year currency term at 4 1 percent interest with a sinking fund at 1 percent. Alderman Jones said the move could push the total programme value toward 100000 for the year.
A scrambled report from Arcot describes several races and times. Allord Lad beat Sr. Fel over five furlongs in 1 31, with Formolate and Bkytine showing strong finish. Prince Rivoll led a mile on turf finishing in 1 43, Stediater closing to place. Other results include Punt Bursar and Zar diona over a mile, Reed Atwoll pacing the two-year-old race in 1 33, and Con tadino claiming the mile.
A writ issued in Tumday against Archbishop Meldouwne by Mayen of Merete seeks five thousand pounds and an order to restore living stipends and emoluments from diocesan funds to a priest, plus payment of costs from the diocese. The case mentions a life estate and a court order for restitution of funds and emoluments.
A fragmentary financial list from a Brisbane market page highlights Australian consol Wise trading at 14 and 1919 style price references, with references to Queenaluns Brewery and Greenstatia Meat Export among various stock and commodity entries. The text includes numerous figures and vendor names without coherent narrative.
The Brisbane markets show steady demand with heavy deliveries. Potatoes and pumpkins attracted good export inquiries, while late sales and price reports indicated mixed turnover and varying quality across onions lucerne and wheat drafts.
Brisbane market notes latest fruit prices with varietal quotes for apples and pears. Prices listed for Jereothorpe, Stanthorpe, Warwick, and other districts, including rough ranges for boxes and bags.
Reported play shows Natal dismissed for 307 as Durban hosts with key figures Dalton Verity and Huitton among bowlers. Scoring notes include 84.60 at lunch and wickets by Verity Weight and Hammond, with MCC players and other names appearing in the innings summaries.
Representatives of all interests concerned in improving stock handling at the Brisbane Abattoir will convene at the United Grassers Association of Queensland rooms. Attendees include the Queensland Meat Industry Board, producers, stock brokers, and examiners. Aimed at guiding a single corporation for services, key topics are proposed additional selling days and throughputs, with potential parliamentary action after the Christmas recess.
A party committee forwards proposals for a federal committee to report on a uniform Labour movement constitution and core rules. The inter-State Labour conference will meet in Part in May to consider the plan. Secretary Mr Ward and Mr J Main MAR lead the effort.
A London report notes a proposed conversion loan of £5,017,400 South Station 31 percent stock to Commonwealth Wealth stock with the new issue price at par. The cash list opens and closes on December 3. The Times correspondent warns that the wool price slump from prior levels may affect prospects, with Australia’s economic position needing preservation.
In Houmay a person is reported dead in a sudden incident. The brief item notes a never-yoat-oll money entity and a deed connected to a five tin afta tiveemmoi Alrur of gam Hoe, with unclear details and names not fully readable.
The report notes a reduction of fifty thousand bales in the 1988-89 wool clip estimate following discussions among national lenders and wool producers. Officials project lower production needs and adjusted export expectations, impacting market outlook and regional supply chains.
Damaged OCR fragment reports fluctuating prices and deliveries for various goods in Sydney. Mentions flour, pollard, wagon terms, freight on wharf, and coast white flour ranges with approximate tonnage and freight figures. Contains many garbles and cut phrases.
The cattle sale yielded mixed outcomes with about 40 lots yarded including dairy cows heifers and steers. Prime bullocks and heifers attracted keen bidding with some factory prices though overall sentiment softened slightly. Prices for cows calves and store stock varied widely amid strong demand from native buyers and buyers competing for limited supply.
Jobo Allman reported a Monday cattle sale with strong presence of dairy cattle and meatworks buyers. Prices ranged from 8s to 2 10s per head for prime cattle and store cattle, with competition high across bullocks, heifers, and steers as buyers sought quality stock amid drought and firm demand.
Fragmented report notes a wool cheque total of £400,000, lower than last season. References to Anigrane and Cimlan imply regional context and dates, with unclear phrases about markets, sales periods, and weekly values.
McDougall Co reports a lively weekly dairy and sheep sale with good turnout of buyers and strong demand. Merino and lamb offerings sold firm at auction with prices pleasing vendors, including forward mutton and lightweights.
The 14 46 Cricket Association discussed a new lighting device for quality evaluation at their weekly meeting led by Th. Jy Huytigan. The proposal included trials and potential demonstrations at grace matches with forthcoming experiments and approvals noted for the near term.
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