Italian influx sparks debate at Brisbane council
Council of Churches discussion reveals rift between State and Federal officials over foreign immigrants. Queensland quarrels over Italian migrants as Premier Forgan Smith mulls a solution after the loan Council meeting. Pease and Hynes insist migration decisions rest with the Commonwealth authorities.
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Brisbane
Queensland
W. Forgan Smith
England
Loan Council
Canberra
Commonwealth
P. Pease
M. P. Bynes
Pease
Hynes
Australia
Mrr. Hynes
Mass Meeting Demands Bakery Industry Board in Brisbane
About 650 employers and workers in Brisbane bread baking held a mass meeting at Albert Hall to press the State Government to reopen consideration of a plan for a control board and bakery registration and to pass legislation to enact it. The gathering united to end work today and seek industry stabilization. Mr. J Bourke of the Amalgamated Foodstuffs Union spoke on the trade’s serious position.
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Brisbane
Greater
Albert Hall
J. Bourke
Amalgamated Foodstuffs Union
Financial stability order sought against Ward and Co
In Melbourne on a Wednesday the Practice Court heard figures relating to William Ward Roy Curwen and A Keith Ward of Ward and Co brokers. An order was sought to restrain them from transferring share certificates for seven days while an affidavit by Robert Gall supported the application. The court granted the restraining order as requested.
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Melbourne
William ©. Ward
Roy C. Curwen
A. Keith Ward
Ward and Co
Justice McFarlan
Gay
Fuberind
Robert G. Gall
Solieiter
Gale
Anthony Horderns
Offlor
Gnutt
Rey Curyen
Arnott pleads not guilty to manslaughter charge
In Sydney at Quarter Sessions, 29 year old Robert Webb Floss Arnott a blecutt manufacturer pleaded not guilty before Mr Justice Sheridan to manslaughter for the April 10 death of Laurence Mellvente in a collision between Arnott's car and Mellvente's bicycle at North Strathfield. The Crown alleged gross negligence in Arnott's driving.
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Sydney
Robert Webb Floss
Arnott
Justice Sheridan
Laurence Mellvente
Charite
Meelivente
North Strathfield
Canadian Pacific Shipping Offer to Subsidise Liners
Sir Edward Bertty says if Britain, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand subsidise shipping, he will order two 22 000 ton liners ready for the Australian Canadian service in the winter of 1940. He adds we must build new tonnage and expand shipyards.
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London
Edward Bertty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Southampton
Britain
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
Resolutions Support State Education System in Brisbane
A crowded Brisbane City Hall meeting and overflow gatherings at three churches endorsed keeping the present state education system. The Queensland Council of Churches organized the event with Protestant ministers outlining opposition to using public funds for sectarian schools. Rev Norman Millar sent a message denouncing Vatican funding aims and urging defense of free secular compulsory education. Speakers stressed that denominations may run own schools but must fund them. returning to past subsidized sectarian schooling would weaken national education and cause division.
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Beishane
Wennesday
Albert-street
Queensland Council of Churches
Brisbane
Millar
Norman Millar
Council of Churches
A. Butler
Vatican
Percival Watson
Air
Watson
Ath
Dobie
Wateor
Dr. Duhig
Ireland
Butler
Queensland Council of Churches of Ihs
Butter
Commonwealth
D. &. Bramwell
Queensland Methodist Conference
Hia Atitude
Federal Labor MPs gather in Canberra for censure motion decision
Federal Parliament in Canberra prepares for a Wednesday meeting where Labor MPs from Gwydir to Pawkner debate whether Mr Gartin should move a censure against the Government. The radical wing pushes for action while moderates favor patient handling. Prime Minister Curtin is rumored to resist at this stage. Address-in-Reply adoption may be moved by Harold Holt and seconded by A. W. Fadden.
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Canberra
Pede- Tat Labour
Gwydir
Gartin
Curtin
U.ap
Pawkner
A. W. Fadden
Darling Downs
Registration drive and workers call for action at bakeries
A Labour movement urged government action to register bakeries after a dispute over wages and idle workers. A joint committee of employers and workers was backed to push for bakery registration and prompt action following a resolution.
Early Start Planned for Imperial Trans-Pacific Air Route
London reports a likely early start on Empire Trans-Pacific air services after Imperial Conference discussions. The tentative route runs Warco ver to Honolulu, Hawaii, Phoenix Group islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Brisbane, and Byron Bay, with initial operations limited to units and prelude to a broader Empire route.
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London
Empire Trans- Pacific Air Services
Th Ta
Warcover
Honolulu
Huth Island
Phoenix Group
Fiji
New Caledonia
Brisbane
Bycney
Bonis
Ibly
Empire
Unknown Motive for Blowing Up Cardwell Cafe
Detectives probe motive after blast at a cafe run by John Chrishos near Cardwell railway station early Monday. Police question several people, finding no clear suspect or motive, cafe raised off the ground, two or one charges of dynamite unclear, Chrishos well liked with no known enemies.
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Cardwell
Tully
John Chrishos
Chrishos
Ghrishos
Plane wrecked forced landing near church in Melbourne
In heavy fog two AN A plane occupants Jock McAlister aged 10 and Neil Sloane aged 19 survived a crash beside St George's Church in Malvern after a cross country flight from Essendon. McAlister suffered scalp lacerations and Sloane abrasions and shock. the Moth aircraft valued at 2000 was badly damaged but both men escaped serious injury. The pilot described circling for an hour seeking a landing space before setting down near Malvern Cricket Ground.
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Melbourne
Ely
Malvern
Jock McAlister
Essendon
Neil Sloane
McAlister
Australian National Airways
Benalla
Sloane
Goode Island
Malvern Cricket Ground
St. George's Church
J. Tyssen
Gi. George’s Church
Thieves Loot Five Melbourne Stores In Dense Fog
In a thick Melbourne fog early today, thieves smashed and grabbed from five suburban clothing shops, taking goods valued over £100. A damaged window tally runs to several hundred pounds. From Australian Glass Manufacturing Company office strongroom, £150 and two automatic pistols were stolen after a heavy door was forced with an explosive blast.
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Melbourne
Australian Glass Manufacturing Company
Gordonvale Outrage Sparks Farmhouse Bomb Inquiry
Police probing an apparent attempt to blow up Mario Grasso's farmhouse in Gordonvale report two explosions heard near a cafe but only one charge detonated. No forced entry or stolen stock found. Exhaustive local inquiries yield little progress. investigators pursue a definite but slow line of inquiry with few expected developments for days.
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Gordonvale
Mario Grasso
Foreign policy clash at Imperial Conference in London
Reports from London say tension rose as delegates debated foreign policy resolutions. New Zealand backed full Empire defense, while Canada under Prime Minister Mackenzie King signaled reluctance to commit to League of Nations obligations. Savage and MacDonald clashed over Canada's stance before quick talks planned at the Savoy Hotel.
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London
W. L. Mackenzie King
Austration
Associated Press
Br. J. Savage
Mackenzie Klug
New Zealand
Mackenzie King
Savage
League of Nations
Mackenseeing
League
Mr. Savage
Mackensie
Savoy Hotel
Casey to Return Home Via America
The Australian Commonwealth Treasurer R G Casey plans to travel home via America, sticking to his original itinerary despite Prime Minister Lyons cancelling the route. The report notes a proposed Anglo American trade policy and questions about state schools and their founders, with Casey accusing their system of omitting religion as part of its teachings.
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London
J. A. Lyons
America
R. G. Casey
Tomato thrown during Brisbane church demonstration sparks arrest
A tomato was hurled onto the platform at a Queensland Council of Churches rally at City Hall in Brisbane. Police removed a young man charged with disorderly conduct after a disturbance on stage. Rev Percival Watson spoke as a scuffle occurred near the grand organ and a bystander was escorted out with a bumped chin.
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Brisbane
Queensland Council of Churches
Ife
Wivermore
Percival Watson
Orlea
Waterproof Horse Gear and Derby Tack Listings
A fragmentary OCR record lists waterproof horse rags with leather straps and leg straps from New Zealand makers, including heavy navy canvas coverings and cross surcingles. It notes various sizes from 5ft to 6ft and dates such as 26/6 27/6 28/6 and 27/6 28/6 29/6 31/6.
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Lion
Green_B.M
Questions In Commons As To Number Of Italians In New South Wales
London reports the Under Secretary for the Dominions replying to a Commons question about numbers of British and Italian settlers in the Murrumbidgee irrigation areas of New South Wales. He has no current data on Italian immigrant figures or growth over the past decade and is arranging to obtain the information.
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London
Ve Reeder
Thiza
Deutschland
Fred
Deutschsand
Leonard
Ceptals Vor Pischel
Esulp
Metaoligie
New South Wales
Dominions
Lord Hartington
House of Commons
G. G. Ammon
Labour
Murrumbidgee
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McKenzie King
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