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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 08, 1936
Page
5
The page lists an array of 4WK programming from Monday to Saturday with descriptions of evening schedules. It mentions Uncle and other acts, musical revue portions, and various sessions including sports reports, market updates, and society notes. Names and details are partially discernible, indicating a varied lineup across days and times.
The report describes a boxing prefight scene with fighters including George Cock and others amid uncertain conditions. Varying accounts mention rain, crowd reactions, and plans for a decision after tense exchanges. Fights and penalties are noted with fights and potential outcomes, while spectators react to punches and refereeing.
Sir Heith Smith is slated to travel by air from Perth to London aboard the North-West service. He has previously flown from Australia to Singapore and will join five other crew members in a long voyage by air route via the Northern Testers to reach London, with expected arrival in days.
A Brisbane Sunday incident describes a robbery at a Rowena Til butcher shop. A man attacked butcher Mr Burrows with a claw hammer, injuring his left eye while escaping with a kit bag containing several pounds in cash.
In Sydney a debate on clergy pay rises prompts ministers to discuss poverty amid figures suggesting some Anglicans and Presbyterians earn as little as 290 to 250 pounds per year. Rev Moers and Rev Faulkner urge pooling funds to aid smaller parishes while stressing most church leaders avoid lavish incomes.
A London dispatch says two Australian missionaries, Ferdinand Owen and Frederick Rivers, were believed killed by Indians during a search party in Brazil. The incident, claimed to have occurred a year ago, involved Roberts and Tawaon aiding the missing pair. Local pursuit followed with unsuccessful questioning of locals before the news was released.
A fragmented report notes parliamentary evidence about natives in Cou Taland facing poverty and eating dogs to survive. It mentions hardships and notions of preferency and economic strain, citing an event tied to December and Rome ts onsets ear dog for preferency.
A garbled OCR fragment references a question and scattered phrases about birds, ages, and a boy with a number. Names, dates, and places are unreadable, leaving an unclear scene about an upcoming day or event. The readable bits hint at a human interest prompt or puzzle.
In Paris a sweeping industrial stoppage hits about 1000 workers as a government plan dubbed the new deal struggles to take hold. Factories like steel, timber, and textiles report idle plants while drivers, shopkeepers, and clerks protest slow implementation and rising hardship. Police and editors face vandalism as strikes ripple through daily life, with uncertainty over whether measures will ease unrest.
A devastating blaze at a Melbourne warehouse broke out around midnight and swept through the building. Fire authorities estimate the loss runs into thousands of pounds with several items involved in the fire.
An OCR fragment lists seed potatoes and barleys with various spellings and brands. It names items such as seed potatoes in multiple forms and references barley varieties along with scattered company or place-like terms, though the text is fragmentary and hard to interpret.
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