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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 11, 1919
Page
2
Reading appears severely garbled with missing words and nonsensical phrases. No clear names dates places organizations or outcomes are discernible from the fragment.
The minister outlines a Danish inspired plan to standardize promotion and manufacture in Australian dairying. It would transfer some powers to producers, create a uniform system of production, and appoint committees from co operatives with licensing and factory improvement powers. If adopted, the scheme could boost industry returns.
Day by day notices show losses from 11am to 1pm and 4pm at Miss WN Brosnan's Palmerits-street. A telegram reports about 85 returned soldiers expected to arrive in Warwick today. A plebiscite for a candidate to replace Mr J M Tranter as Agent-General results A Spencer 284 votes, Robert Swan 204, and others. Also mentioned are church restrictions extended to several shires and Mosnra A P Greenfield Co. Ltd advertising sight-testing and spectacle making services.
The Federal Institute of Accountants reports a substantial increase in candidates for the May examination. In Queensland 130 candidates sat, and the national total reached higher numbers. Exam centres across Australia included Brisbane, Ryde, Allora, Atherton, Toowoomba, Bowen, Bundaberg, Charters Towers, Colms, Clifton, Dalby, Ipswich, Kilcoy, Longreach, Port Moresby, Mareeba, Mackay, Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Townsville, and Toowoomba among others.
A Methodist Church Help Society meeting opened with prayer led by president Atte. Thorlow. Mr. W. Wilson, Mrk. Woodenck and family sent a sympathy note from Mrs. T. Pryor tendering resignation and a donation of 10 shillings. G. P. Barnes praised for five years as president with thanks and best wishes for future work.
A letter from the Shiny Comedl urged delegates to the west Careal Authorities to act on government grants, discussed at the South Brisbane City Council meeting. The council planned to press delegates for action amid rising bread costs, caused by higher bakers wages and projected further wage hikes. The Melbourne Age notes wage-driven price increases for bread affecting carters and the public. The item also mentions Clark's White Sewing Goods at W. G. Johnsons Commercial Stores.
Mr Noel E E Crary presided over a monthly meeting where the Clifton Show was abandoned after a telegram from president BR A Skelton detained at Foandilia suggested the show not proceed. A motion to abandon for the year passed unanimously amid influenza concerns and defense department anxieties about surveillance and international travel.
Fragmented report from Warwick notes Mies Muar O’Kuare spending a fortnight in Warwick with a lively Permian comedy tone. It mentions local residents and visitors, travel by coach, and social rounds in Toowoomba, Stanthorpe, and nearby towns amid a celebratory atmosphere and cable news items.
Major Hourne returns to Toowoomba after aiding transport to Queensland during the war outbreak and receives a large welcome. The piece notes his service throughout the war and his popularity. Also mentions well known railway officer Ab. di. Portes in Drisbany, and the late Mr Forbes. It covers Dr. Alec MacCarthy’s Sydney death, Prince of Wales’ postwar activities, and the deaths of Bro. Mackintosh and other local figures with brief tributes and funeral details.
A historical note describes a case involving the Great Peppermint Cure, er cae and Oolda, with testimony about eight severe illnesses. Details are fragmentary but indicate a medical claim or remedy faced legal scrutiny and potential remedies.
Subscribing readers at Yangin School of Arts gain access to newly available titles including Long Live thy King The Price of a Throne The Pownes Count While Paria Langh ad and Moon of Exrael among others. Weather across the district is unsettled with mountain showers and soil saturation interfering with travel and farming preparations. A recent flu like illness wanes after peaking with several severe cases requiring Warwick Ambulance services. A welcome home gathering for Corpora Bro. Frank Clift at Templar Hall recognized his service and he spoke of aviation experiences before the audience. The note ends with plans to honor additional soldier brothers at a forthcoming interdiate gathering.
For weeks heavy rain drenched the Kil and border hills keeping the timber yards at Petersons and Motts mills idle as ground soak. The Condamine sits near two feet above normal while health remains good with few influenza cases. Taonymorel footballers played Killarney at Killarney on Saturday ending with Killarney 5 Tatwnymorel 3.
June weather shifts from wintry to milder conditions as school terms end for three weeks due to influenza. Welcome back for returning soldiers postponed indefinitely. Mr A B Gibson and family move from Talgi farm this week to futures here. Their removal removes key community contributors and raises appreciation for their past entertainments and service to Prat teri.
Private Harry Nelson and Private Walter MacGregor return to Goondiwindi after service abroad and enlistment years earlier. Lance-Corporal George Carlile wounded in hospital, also back. Influenza cases total seventeen with fourteen in town. Red Cross and Soldiers welcome home plans proceed with restrictions. Local council and school closures noted. Various residents travel and recoveries referenced.
Delegates of the Interstate Council of the Retarned Sailors and Soldiers in Mellorne urged the Acting Prime Minister to seek mercy for ALP members jailed or who left Australia, backed a war savings certificates plan, and pressed for tax relief on personal earnings. They also called for federal support of industry, new factories, and protective tariffs, and sought changes to discharge badges and passports for foreign nationals returning to home countries.
Brisbane reports that soldiers who returned by the Marathon era are expected to reach Central Station from Sydney on Wednesday at 6 10 PM by a special train. They are scheduled to alight in Brisbane, with arrangements coordinated by local authorities.
TwoChannel Isles to let. No tender by an alien will be considered for the islands of Herm and Jethou near Guernsey. Tenders for the leases are invited by the Crown. Before the war Herm was leased by a Hulls company which sub let it to Prince Blucher von Wahlstate. Jethou was leased to a Guernsey resident.
A drowned trawler crew near Bell Hoek on the east coast of Sontinni avoided a mine explosion. The report mixes unrelated wartime items, including an American university visit to a military program, an MP Major Cohen speech on limb prosthetics, a cinema inspired train wreck attempt by Lancashire schoolboys, and a chastisement by a chairmanship for juvenile mischief.
A claim notes Valeria Eau de Cologne is brewed with a pure beady spirit rather than the cheaper sugar spirit common in the trade, suggesting superior quality as a reason for its appeal.
Brisbane market update shows heavier supplies and firmer demand across grains and fodder. Prime oats, grain from Mulgowie and Nobby bids, with prices largely steady to firm. potato and vegetable markets weak as buyers pass on offerings. no sales recorded at auction and light handling today.
The Maryborough railway union disputes ministerial comments on the seniority treatment of a shunter who faced three months’ pay gaps and delayed back pay. Despite union action, an arbitration path was pursued after prolonged delays and perceived injustices amid a broader pattern of seniority disputes among workers.
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