11 Dec 1937
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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 11, 1937
Page
1
Barnes recommends Colgates delightful toiletries with a wide selection and low prices. Cashmere Bouquet gift sets include face powder foundation cream cleansing cream talcum and soap. Also available cashmere talc powder and bouquet gift sets with additional items like perfume and toilet soap. Boxes of three cakes of eau de cologne soap offered at marked prices.
Portable leather purse with mirror in black brown and navy colors. Multiple sizes listed as 12/ , 15/8 and 18/6, with stock under the heading new design calf hand bag. Claims high quality calf leather and refined finish from a retailer offering assorted price points.
Canberra reports rapid defence programme growth with 111 million to be spent this year. Melbourne Defence Council meeting next Thursday will set regular bi monthly meetings and reshuffle members including Thorby Hughes Casey and Lavarack. Coastal and inland defences and munition supply expansion are planned with new buildings and integration across branches.
The two and eleven year old Michael Hardy Corbett was found on rocks above high water at Lane Cove side of Figtree bridge. Police weigh whether he was attacked and thrown over the cliff or fell in and was aided by his dog. Clothing torn and wounds noted by Dr. Bulteau, who believes the boy was outraged before death.
In South Melbourne a boarding house fumigation turned deadly when cyanide fumes poisoned three residents. Herbert Major, 72, and Mrs. Brown, about 45, died. Mrs. Alice Cullendy, proprietress, was seriously ill and taken to hospital after inhaling fumes while assisting.
Blizzard conditions bring subzero temperatures from Montana to Iowa with thirty seven deaths attributed to the cold. Deep snows halt trains and roads from Toronto to regional towns as farmers in the south heat crops to survive. Kenmore reports bread and milk shortages while Saskatchewan records forty below zero.
CANBERRA Friday during the last financial year taxation per head in Queensland stood at £5 2 9, the highest among the States. The other States followed with New South Wales £4 9 8, Western Australia £4 4 18, South Australia £2 17, Victoria £2 16 8, Tasmania £2 10. The total Commonwealth and State.
In Lane Cove a dead boy, son of steel worker Hardy Corbett, was found on rocks near Narrow Cave after disappearing from home with a scooter and fox terrier. Initial doctors believed brutal assault though post mortem later determined drowning. police searched bushland with 40 officers, while investigators awaited microbiologist findings on questionable exhibit.
In Brisbane on Friday, Adolphus Thies a farmer from Yalangur near Kingsthorpe sued for dissolution of his marriage to Ivy Dorothy Thies. The co-defendant Henry Pleper was named in the misconduct claim at Victoria Point. Mr Justice Muncrossan found misconduct proved and granted the divorce with the final decree reserved for later application.
Reports from Tokio describe heavy fighting as Japanese forces breach multiple gates in Nanking city walls. Japanese artillery created breaches near Gate of Glory while tanks and rising sun flags move on key gates as Chinese defense, including General Tang Shen-chi, contests the advance amid renewed bombing and expected continued assaults.
In Sydney the Appeal Court reduced John Joseph Finnie's sentence from six to three months for habitual consorting with reputed criminals. Rev Albert Morris urged mercy, promising Finnie would reform, while defense counsel attacked the consorting law. Judge Markell noted parliamentary choice, not court debate, governs such laws. Detective Robinson described Finnie as a stand-over man who extorts from reluctant witnesses.
Australian manufacturers responded strongly to a Commonwealth defence munitions appeal. Tenders opened for experimental contracts near £100,000 cover 30 000 high explosive 18 pounder shells 50 000 primers 50 000 fuse hole plugs 20 000 two pounder anti aircraft shells 600 250 lb aircraft bombs and 1000 18 lb bombs. Over 30 bidders from Victoria and other states, including Queensland and Western Australia, competed as boards review submissions.
Canberra reports say New Zealand ministers and Australia’s Minister for Customs T W White may brief the Cabinet after talks in Melbourne next week. The session will cover NZ trade benefits to Australian producers, British plans on a Mying boat passage, Ottawa conference policy ahead of next year, and Parliament House expansion plans.
In Brisbane the Industrial Magistrate's Court awarded £600 compensation for the death of a man, six days before the death of the claimant, a woman who had died. The claim was brought by her son. The Public Curator will seek to administer the estate, and the son may apply for letters of administration.
Sydney Friday reports that Minister for Trade and Customs T W White will lead talks with New Zealand PM Savage on reciprocal trade relations and related issues. White leaves for New Zealand aboard the Awatea to discuss trans Tasman air mail, Pacific shipping problems, and bilateral ties. he calls the mission both business and friendly.
Snow and sleet spread across districts with Hampshire roads impassable and Yorkshire Durham farm work halted. Lincolnshire sees heavy sleet and rain raising farmer fears. An Imperial Airways liner Horatius diverted to Lympne after a hailstorm redlined a wing rent. passengers including MP Ellen Wilkinson continued to London. Captain Yowell guided the plane safely, winds and static caused an in-cloud discharge and an in-flight incident.
Pan American officials say an official announcement of a New Zealand aerial service is coming. Six Boeing clippers, the largest in America, are under construction in Seattle for Pan American Airways. Two are nearly ready and the first is expected early February. The 100 foot long craft have a 152 foot wingspan, weigh 42 tons and carry 75 passengers with top speeds around 200 mph and cruising speed near 150 mph.
In Bucharest a breach of promise hearing ended tragically as plaintiff Madame Urban ceanu drew a revolver and fired five shots at engineer Cornescu, who died instantly. Officials disarmed her after a sixth shot, self-inflicted, causing a slight head wound.
Fragmentary OCR text reports a Christmas Day broadcast by a king from London. It includes garbled phrases and unclear details about timing and content, with no clear entities beyond London and a reference to a king. The readable portion offers no concrete facts or outcomes to summarize.
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