08 Feb 1932
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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 08, 1932
Page
1
The advertisement presents a range of hat models in white glaze pandan, navy vedda, and black trims. Styles include semi smaller, droop shapes with black and white banded bindings, pleated backs, and quill pins. Navy и vedda plaits feature ostrich-marrow accents and ribbon trims. Matron’s black pods offer small droop shapes with blue black quill accents on white fairy ribbon.
A catalog style notice details girls frocks in plain and fancy styles with color options including voile materials. It lists prices like 10/6 and 8.74, noting blue, pink, and red shades plus lace trimmings and sleeve variations.
A garbled catalog of ladies footwear items including brown calf patent shoes junior spike heels and bar fancy fedora tunhir spike heels Cuban heels white leather ankle boots and summer sling heels with various prices and widths. The OCR fragment lists bar bars and one bar Cuban heels and patent shoes among other women’s footwear styles with inconsistent pricing.
Advertises a broad sale of linens and towels with all linen tablecloths damask and cotton in small or large sizes. Highlights yard pricing from 1/6 to 4/0 and discounts on damask towels and Turkish toweling. Features varied colors and stripes with an extensive assortment for Verandah and home use.
Sunday morning crash near Toll Bar Road Toowoomba injures five people including Miss Eula Stone and Miss Sheila Stone. Alderman J M Grone and Fr. Wear among those treated. Group escorted to hospital with head, shoulder, and rib injuries. vehicle overturned after impact.
Adelaide report quotes Professor A Perkins, SA Director of Agriculture, predicting wheat prices may rise within two to three years as world supply tightens. He notes wartime planting shifts and potential price gains. Australia could benefit from holding stock if good seasons prevail.
A reduced legations story notes a report contradicting a claim that the federal government will ban the use of Queensland pine in butter box packaging. Minister Fitzsimmons denies the move while investigations by the Government of Selkirk Treasury show a timber sample suited for butter boxes.
At Priluy dramatic crisis in a Pitt gallery a Newton man, Robert Pomeroy 25, shot himself after buying a pistol from the attendant. He fired twice more at a target before collapsing, was rushed to Burney hospital, conscious briefly, but later died. The saloon keeper Marrin Hickey and others were upset by the tragedy.
A wealthy English widow living alone in Russell was trapped when her cottage burned down at midnight. A ring she wore helped identify the victim and the event is tied to her large fortune and later move to Tension.
An incident at Pentridge Prison results in Bruin being charged after allegedly stabbing Albert Willis during a yard altercation over a feud with another inmate. Warder intervention prevented further violence before medical care was provided. next week’s hearing is scheduled.
The Deputy Premier Mr. R. M. King says a state election is not to be rushed and will occur at the full term, refuting claims a early or hurricane election is planned. He notes electoral rolls must align with the new census and dismisses entry of any Queensland party as foolish.
London reports that Imperial preferenc es are to extend to the Dominions after Ottawa with Britain aiming for broad economic unity. Australia may receive about half of the UK’s total imports value for duty free or reduced rates from March 1, while discussions cover foreign trade treaties and colonial development linked to Britain.
Nine people are dead and nearly 60 families homeless after devastating Gippsland bushfires. Property damage includes large sawmills reduced to ashes. Victims include Victor Yelland at Britannia Creek and Captain Schmidt at Black Sanda, with multiple residents injured or missing and towns like Yarra Junction, Erica, and Noogjee affected. The fires devastated Ildoros and Three Bridges, with dozens of homes destroyed and communities displaced.
Reported counts show E. J. Ward leading in the East Sydney by election with preliminary tallies placing Ward ahead of J. Glasby and McCall as preferences are distributed. Observers note federal and state party implications while polling officials enforce election guidelines.
In Melbourne at the Trades Hall on Saturday dissatsafe function voiced opposition to the Federal Government decision not to send Australia to the International Labour Conference in Geneva. Secretary Mr W Duggan condemned the Attorney General J G Latham's economy reasons as weak and urged better international understanding on industrial matters.
The Sydney report notes the Premier and counsel sparring over remarks about Mr Lailib and the Railway Department. Eric Campbell of the New Guard faced a police court charge and was found guilty of insulting language toward the Premier.
London trading sees Australian stocks rise as New South Wales and Commonwealth shares gain on hints of interest payment delays. Market notes express regret that the Commonwealth did not commit to paying interest on the due date, dampening immediate gains despite overall optimism.
A Toowoomba motorcyclist William Cox aged 20 and passenger Mrs Lexie Roberts aged 21 were injured when a cyclist attempting to pass hit a marked sign and veered into a post on Pasquante Ridge. Cox was unhurt. Roberts suffered shoulder injuries and severe limbs. A separate note mentions a seating rearrangement at the Madinlagy Institution dinner with 13 places.
A damaged fragment notes a recalculation of a yearly output led by an entity named Memlint. The text mentions a bark yield shifting from 240 million to 2100 million annually, indicating a dramatic production estimate change.
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