07 Aug 1933
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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 07, 1933
Page
1
A brief fragment notes Rhineberg, Choma Dover's Pharmacy, and Guimins the chemist. The item hints at a local commerce listing or advertisement with several proper nouns and a shopkeeper reference from a historical page.
Political observers believe ministers back the state lottery as a major revenue source. Despite opposition, the ministry argues abolition would divert funds elsewhere and threaten hospital finances, with £840,190 collected last year and £700,000 needed for hospital support.
With the Upper House reform vote nearing, parties have their plans in place and ballots are to be conducted under panels guiding order of choice. Dane is to serve as a guide though secret ballots allow independent voting. Many prominent supporters of the government are not expected to be elected this week.
Mrs Grant, 52, was savagely bitten when a full grown Alsatian dog attacked her in a Leichhardt shop yesterday. She was taken to hospital in a serious condition after the incident. Police report ongoing complaints of animal attacks and debate over imports into Australia.
Rev Father Mark Carlton at St Marys argued that the focus on the State Lottery ignores birth control and divorce as evils. He warned against banning games of chance while urging consistency with other moral issues. Carlton cited Queensland’s Lottery and claimed taxation is reduced by lottery profits, urging alignment with historic and biblical precedent.
The body of Figar Russell was recovered by searchers yesterday after being overwhelmed in a snow slide at Apatendhe Peak New Zealand. It lay beneath seven feet of snow.
Early this morning the body of Br est Bates was found washed from the sea near Port Stephens. He and Leslie Clements spent a yesterday fishing there. Clements did not return, and it is believed both men were washed off the rocks together. They were in the early years of their lives, and Port Stephens is a familiar fishing ground where locals know the popular spots.
Melbourne police early this morning treated a young man Ward Culcraft who faced a charge of possessing a deleterious drug without lawful excuse. An attempted ether drugging of a young woman was alleged, with two women making varied accusations. The defendant allegedly poured ether on a rug and covered a victim’s nose and mouth to render her unconscious. The arrest is expected to prompt further disclosures.
Tension in Ireland rises as De Valera orders a special police force of about 900 amid clashes with General O Duffy National Guard. Plans for a August 13 parade to honor Collins Griffiths and O Higgins spark talk of a coup. Blueshirts deny it, arguing arms shortages. Gun running rumors circulate while Republicans drill near the city.
Cloudy conditions with inland rain developing mainly in northern areas. Scattered rain elsewhere, warmer in western tablelands. Local temperature at 2 45 pm reported as 06 degrees.
The State Moderator Rev David Brandt will visit Wellington this month to dedicate stained glass windows at St Andrews Kirk funded by T H Cameron and the McLeod family. The visit includes a dawn presbytery meeting and a dinner with office bearers, followed by a public meeting at Avie Hall and a social at Georle before traveling to Nubrine and Gulyundra.
In the Armidale district yesterday, Lex Way, aged 1, was accidentally shot during a picnic when a companion’s rifle discharged amid a group gathering. The rifle exploded, killing Way as the party prepared lunch.
An archival notice indicates printing for A D Brownhill by J T Brownhill at the Wellington Times Office on Percy Street Wallington, Warneat Wellington.
Sydney police report a man, Richard Edmonds, 26, injured while operating a asphalt mixing machine at Redfern. He sustained severe injuries with potential amputation after the incident this morning. Local authorities are investigating the event and the factory remains closed.
Southern miners vote yes at meetings in Helensburgh and Waan ond to stage a general stoppage of work. They protest stone dusting and urge action, but it is unclear if other regions will back the plan.
Sydney reports two men, William Rocket twenty years and Horeie Han ven forty, a farmer and fisherman, rescued from heavy seas after drifting in an open boat for hours. They were exhausted from exposure and lack of water and food, saved by the liner Narkunia twenty two miles west of Cape Otway.
A 20 year old Marjorie Cummins, resident of Bellevue, jumped from the Harbour bridge this morning. She fell head first into the water and her body was recovered minutes later. The impact tore the shoes from her feet.
The Ballimore annual carnival will be held on the Ballimore sports ground on Wednesday October 11. An evening ball and euchre party will follow later in the day.
Harvey Brothers, jewelers and opticians, operate in Wellington with A. Harvey leading optical services. The firm offers eyewear, eye examinations, and related optometry services to the local community.
Mrt Hy Compton of Compbelia patents a thistle screen named The Simple Thistle Screen. It replaces two lip sieves and claims to last the machine’s life with double the capacity and no clogging. Frank Hennessy appointed sale agent invites farmers to inspect the device.
Allen Sinclair, 21, a telephone operator, was found dead on a stretcher in the Wallendbeen Post Office switch room with a wound to the temple. A rifle lay nearby as police search for a motive.
The cattle market was unchanged with 1740 head yarded at Homebush. Bulls ranged £6 to £13, cows £5 to £10, beef prices 40s down to 30s for good, 25s for medium, 29s for inferior. Sheep yarded 22,000, market firm. wethers 9s to 17s, ewes 8s to 20s, lambs 8s to 20s, shorn sheep 8s to 18s 5d.
The listing shows current market prices for staples in Sydney. Potato prices range from 6/6 Tasmanian to 5/9 Victorian, eggs at 1/1 per dozen with case prices 11d to 1/-, butter 1/1, cheese 8d to 9d, honey 34d to 5d, maize 4/6, oats 2/1 to 2/14, onions 3 shillings to 5 shillings, wheaten 3/6 to 5/-, oaten 3/9 to 5/4, furrene 4/9 to 5/6, hay oat 2/6 to 5/8, juice lemon 2/9 to 5/6, and wheat 3/3 to 3/8.
Sydney police detained James Arthur Hawke a 60 year old fisherman on an alleged attempted murder charge after Frederick Priest testified he developed symptoms of poisoning after drinking wine at Hawke's camp. The case centers on Hawke's alleged actions in Mildura and involves police from Sydney.
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