13 Jul 1937
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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 13, 1937
Page
1
Readable fragment lists sale prices on dress fabrics including vane 30in black and 3/1. cotton tweed 20in wide with girls’ grounds. all wool dress flannel in multiple colors. Priestley’s Repp all wool plain colors. all wool navy serge 8/11 to 11/6. Italian cloth Sinn wide in various fast colors.
Extensive plans to export iron ore and chilled beef to Japan were outlined by N Umeda of Kobe arriving from Darwin. He suggested combining iron ore and live cattle shipments to boost both nations, with potential routes from Townsville and Darwin. Umeda will meet Minister Foley and then Sydney to advance a Western Australian iron ore venture, while northern cattle stations foresee increased exports if incentives rise.
Mrs C Pile suffered severe burns while rescuing a four month old infant from a blazing Whakatane house. Flames blasted from doors and windows as two older children escaped. She, with neighbours, carried the baby to safety. she remains in hospital in serious condition though the baby is not in danger.
Melbourne health officials reported twelve cases of infantile paralysis in the metropolitan area over three weeks. The Metropolitan Medical Officer of Health Dr Merrilees and specialists are investigating a possible common source with attempts to trace it proving inconclusive.
Perc y F Tl orley Australasian president of the Association of Accountants said Southern manufacturers in New South Wales and Victoria viewed Queensland company taxation as excessive. They avoided fixed capital investment in Queensland, factories stayed small, and many workers in factories were in public utilities. In contrast New South Wales and Western factory output rose, woollen mills expanding after paying dividends. The taxation severity was the key reason southern industrialists hesitated to invest.
London telegraph Rome correspondent reports the Pope’s health improves with sun exposure as he rides from Castel Grandolfo and admires cattle farms. Swiss specialist advised the sun treatment, and the Pontiff told a crowd of 200000 at Lisieux basilica that prayers have guided him back to a new path. In Vatican City, Father Cord Dipietro, village priest near Rome, is excommunicated and unfrocked after declaring blood in the chalice and seeking Vatican confirmation.
Premier Savage advocates no more wars if able bodied men earn living wages. He supports peaceful aims but insists on British Empire defence. Government seeks living wages for New Zealand workers through mining, farming, and stock raising, and visits President Benor Aresemena.
A crowd gathered before the Republic Steel Corporation plant in Mabbville Ohio when a riot erupted. Police used tear gas and charge at the crowd to control sympathizers trying to block workers from entering the mill. One person was killed and several injured in the confrontation.
Peiping under martial law confines entire population to homes as heavy shelling and fighting rage. At Papaoshan golf course west of Feking, clashes persist in the fiercest round yet. The War Office reports Chinese offensive near Papadshan and Lukouchiao prompts rapid Japanese redeployment. Tokyo vows counter measures amid Chinese bad faith.
In Melbourne on Monday thieves in broad daylight forced three locked doors of the Bakers Arms Hotel Abbotsford and carried off an ante weighing nearly 2 cwt containing £225 in money and £75 in jewellery. The thief Reuben le Lievre had taken his children to see their seriously ill mother in hospital.
Reports from TOKIO and NANKING describe Japan accelerating troop dispatches to North China to press China over anti-Japanese sentiment and to safeguard nationals. Emperor returns to Tokyo as clashes with Chinese forces widen, with Wangping and Peiping area seeing fighting and surveys of possible encirclement.
Canberra and Brisbane report a proposal to redirect 12 million pound rural rehabilitation funds to restock flocks in drought affected Queensland. The Australian Agricultural Council will consider the plan in Brisbane this August with all state governments invited. Opponents argue funds were for debt relief and require unanimous state support before policy change.
Brisbane report details a Saturday night near Bishop Island where Frank Young and his crew pulled an unconscious Stanley Oldham from the tide after falling from the Dorothy deck. Rescuers J Henderson and A Broad bent aided with rescue efforts and resuscitation by Charles Villaume amid a fishing party incident.
Mrs and Miss Gregson from Tamworth New South Wales camp at Mendel Beach Darwin’s famed beachcomber haunt. They travelled solo by car to Alice Springs with another woman and intend to motor around Australia after a rest. Miss Catherine Gregson, a skilled mechanic, did all the car repairs during the lengthy journey.
At the Central Police Court in Sydney three Chinese men An San Lee Mi Lin and Li Hung aged 48 48 and 45 were charged as prohibited immigrants. They had no occupation and were each sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labour pending deportation. Detective Inspector Cody said police and customs arrested them at 330 pm on July 3 at Kogarah after failing an English diction test with an interpreter present.
A demented woman, Mrs Ruby Caroline Sinclair, killed her two step children Margaret McKellar and William Campbell, and Jean May, at their Queen Street home in North Strathfield before taking her own life. The eldest girl’s death awaits post mortem, with theories ranging from medicine overdose to accidental poisoning, as detectives investigate.
South African footballers will visit Canberra on Monday and dine with the Commonwealth Government at Hotel Canberra with Minister for Health Mr W M Hughes presiding. An afternoon exhibition at Manuske is planned, but a match with Duntroon College cadets was cancelled due to a reported German measles threat at the college.
In Sydney on Monday the Miners' Federation and New South Wales Labour Council called a special executive meeting of unions for Wednesday to agree on a common policy if a general stoppage spreads across the state. The Northern Collieries Association will meet tomorrow to consider a request from the Miners' Federation for a conference.
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