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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 12, 1951
Page
2
Notice for a display at Burtons Yards 113 Albion Street offering Bracelets and cabins with all conveniences. Includes today Wednesday and dates with weights and prices in January. Bring them in. Rosentaal.
During June all area rates and accounts must be paid or the Council will issue summons. Penalty interest of 3 percent will be levied on arrears. Shire Clerk Sterne signs the notice.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a committee of direction of fruit marketing, including references to jam melons and melons from Cor and Nerthoate. The text implies a policy discussion or oversight role by a fruit marketing body, with unclear specifics due to corrupted print.
Relatives and friends invite attendance at funeral services for George Fatvick Mayon, George Patrick Mason, and Robert James Turner, with service times, church and cemetery details, plus a memorial for Lillian Edithara dated 1933, noting passings and familial relations.
Forecasts for eastern districts indicate clouding and increasing rain from the west with some moderate falls near the south-west border and along the eastern border later. Mild temperatures and northerly to northwesterly winds, with freshening in the Warrego and south-west regions.
Overseas news from Warwick Daily Australian summarizes dispatches from Telegraph Agency New York Times Herald Tribune Associated Press United Press and North American Newspaper Alliance. highlights cover diplomacy markets and conflicts with brief nation-by-nation notes.
Warwick editorial critiques the Australian immigration stance and deportation threat by Minister Holt. It urges new arrivals to respect laws, condemns knife-related offences, and defends immigration as a constructive national project while cautioning against disruptive elements.
A quarrel over clothing and a small sum of money were stolen when Classic Dry Cleaners premises were broken into midday Saturday and Sunday morning. The robbery occurred about eight o clock on Sunday. Very little money remained overnight. Beity was gained through the rear door with glass broken and the lock forced. Police are making inquiries.
Detectives Beck and Stevens of the CIB observed a pickpocket press close to a victim amid a crowded paddock, recovering £260 and arresting the man. The case involved pursuit by a second car and led to charges against three men in Parramatta for possession of stolen money.
Colin Patrick Langmaid, 22, native of Tasmania, pleaded guilty in Bramthorpe Court to having insufficient lawful means of support and was sentenced to three months in Brisbane Gaol. Senior Sergeant Marchant prosecuted, noting Langmaid arrived three months ago, drank in hotels, abused people, associated with disreputable others, and had prior Rockhampton convictions including a four year term with hard labour for breaking and entering, suspended after six months.
The Slade School honored founder J H S Barnes with a tablet unveiled at Barnes Building. Archdeacon Glover and Headmaster Bro B W Roberts praised Barnes for his energy, charity, and leadership, noting his lifelong service as a builder of the school and his cheerful generosity. The ceremony recalled his funds and devotion and reaffirmed Old Boys links to Slade.
Jubilee celebrations across the Commonwealth drew keener public enthusiasm than Inglewood with April 30 festivities. The program opened with tree planting on Princes Street, a 50 year Cavalandie district pro for the past 50 years, and a school children sports carnival followed by a night street carnival the town's first. Nearly every local group joined the procession including the Junior Red Cross Float with Unrec drags Dave and Mabel on horseback and three blacks on Dorsetwek.
A nightlong misadventure left residents and officials, including Deputy Mayor Ald. L Biery and Town Clerk R F W Smith, coordinating a search through dense scrub before conditions lightened. The Associated Mayor and Empire Youth celebrations were noted in the scene as authorities reassessed the situation.
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