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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 29, 1954
Page
5
A clipped OCR style list shows ten prize values and corresponding price figures in pounds. The numbers follow patterns like 40, 4572, 1180, and 20685, with additional sequences including 28697 34814 35 87 51969 54531 60944 and further groups of prices such as 30 31432 19979 31582 33283 39524 44030 56373 73403 86898 94044. Other tokens resemble defaced marks or catalog codes.
Fragmentary listing mentions oats and winter fodder categories with brands and batch notes including Algerian and Broad ids. References to poultry feed brands PERTILIS and BOWDLER appear among terse product mentions and mixed place names. The readable items suggest a trade ledger style snippet with product seeds and bagged goods.
Fragmented OCR text shows names and percentages with party labels but is unclear. Mentions Gort, Westphalia, State, Christian Desirees, Democrais, Soviet Democrats, Democratic Party, Sentre Par Party, and various percentages. The exact outcome and context remain unreadable.
Wellington reports reveal former Labour Prime Minister Peter Fraser asked West Coast police to refrain from prosecuting working men’s clubs to avoid coal mine strikes. Witness Sergeant Robert William Hope described a secret 1949 letter to his reef ton superior with instructions. He recalled hotels warned before raids and officials excused by colleagues who knew hotel owners.
Reports say members of the New South Wales Parliament will receive a £100 annual increase to cover expenses for transport in electorates and parliamentary duties. The MaLA will get an £8 monthly rise plus payment of three quarters of home telephone rental.
London reports on UNESCO funded plans to develop arid regions in Somaliland Protectorate. British researchers Golding and Stoddart toured the area, installing wind gauges and proposing windmills for water, solar heated water tanks, a small steam engine run on waste, and solar cookers, noting storage limitations require combining energy sources for reliable local power and daytime cooking demonstrations.
CAIRNS A covered diver working off Fitzroy Island about 18 miles east south east of Cairns was mauled by a large shark around 430 pm yesterday. Marsters Akex 30 single was diving for shells when the shark bit his right shoulder and then his right arm. He was brought to Cairns Hospital by ambulance after first aid and was in shock with severe wounds but not considered critical. The full extent of injuries remained uncertain at midnight.
In Melbourne a £30,000 damages claim by 37 year old Haig Rook against Mrs. para Wolmes was settled out of court before a Supreme Court jury. Rook, permanently injured, said the injuries prevented any employment. Lawyer Mr Stark stated the case details and the date of the incident was March 5 in Albert Park Melbourne.
Melbourne reports Dr L By Bul, senior Shield of Division at CSTRO, retires after 20 years as Chief of the Division of Animal Health and Production. He led work on pleura pneumonia, tick fever, abortions, and mastitis, and contributed to myxomatosis control in rabbits. He stays on as Senior Research Fellow and joins CSIRO Advisory Council. D A Gill to succeed him.
Police pursued a speeding motorist through a network of hedges and fences in a dramatic chase. The driver abandoned the car in a paddock and was arrested at gunpoint after racing through two police road blocks.
A former Sydney man, J. C. Braund for the Prosecution, described plans that would have spared MacDonald from fear of the Taxation Department. An officer has been suspended and action will follow. MacDonald faced charges of forging applications for group certificates, forging a declaration, and forging two cheques drawn on the Commonwealth Taxation Drawing Account. Braund stated MacDonald began handling tax returns for others in August 1952, forging separation clearance rules and rebate applications, then pocketing the excess when it came through.
In Mackay Walkers Ltd manager Mr A D Goldsmith reported that all trades people have returned and work is proceeding normally. Some workers suffer minor accidents while others face tasks requiring a week's notice. Overtime may be considered to overcome a strike.
A man admitted he hid injuries to his father and claimed a struggle led to the incident. The son described a confrontation during which the father threatened him and a fall occurred. Police reported the case and the hearing was adjourned.
A local union wins a show holiday for workers who must be paid their average daily earnings if they refuse to work. The ruling stems from a dispute over a holiday entitlement and affects gaselial gt Fay and Fay by 5 as a show holiday costs. Local farmers are among those affected by the decision.
Ten players arrived in Brisbane for a training camp ahead of the test. England selectors will pick one prop forward and one second row forward from Bowden Wilkinson Henderson and Silcock Briggs. The squad also faces Central Queensland at Rockhampton tonight while three wingers Turnbull Castle land and hooker Harris are reported injured.
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