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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 07, 1931
Page
1
Electors qualified to vote include those away from their state on polling day or unable to reach a booth due to distance travel infirmity or maternity. Postal vote forms available at election and post offices with guidance to apply to the divisional returning officer. Voting is compulsory and penalties apply for absence without valid reason.
Keen disappointment swept bowlers last week as the Ritch cup first round was postponed due to rain. A and B grade championships proceeded with Zichike defeating Adlington 21 to 14 in A grade while Morris beat Adlington 21 to 4 in B grade. Other matches featured Collison, Preston, O'Brien and Campbell amid a sea of unclear notation and names from the obscure report.
Sydney speech records Mr McCristal branding the King as a rooster and accusing him of exploiting wartime to tax the public. He claims Queen Mary and the King earn 110000 pounds yearly and warns that electing Tyons and Latham may spark revolution as hundreds of thousands of returned soldiers in New South Wales stand ready to oppose Campbell's New Guard.
Sydney crowd heard Mr E G Theodore claim responsibility for Beasley's cabinet appointment but admit he used an assassin's knife phrase to attack the Labor Federal Government. Interjections interrupted his address during the Balmain gathering yesterday.
Mr J J Graves secretary of the L P comments on the municipal elections noting Labor faced overwhelming odds yet results are surprisingly satisfactory. Sydney Monday reported the sentiment amid cheerful reactions from Labor supporters despite losses.
A string of heavy wheat trucks derailed on an incline near Manildra early today after leaving details. Guard Dave Tatton leaped from the brake van to the road and struck the punch, injuring his back. Derailment blamed on a broken axle.
The market shows cattle yarded around 1700 for sale with firm pricing. Bulls range £5 to £11, cows £4 upward with best animals at 80, good quality 26, medium 22, inferior 20. Sheep total 20,000 penned. lambs and wethers mixed, with lambs firm, ewes 11/4 to 35, shorn sheep 4 to 10, overall market steady.
Secretary J H Higgins of the Federal Labor Party accuses Lang of craven political spirit and lack of confidence in the plan Australia was urged to adopt. He says postponement of city elections and municipal votes reflect cowardice and signal the plan’s unpopularity with the public. Higgins warns Lang that elections may doom his grand soviet scheme.
Commercial prices list various items including potatoes from 5 shillings to 6 per cage, new laid eggs 1 shilling 6d, cheese up to 8d, honey 44d, maize 2 shillings 10d to 8 shillings 6d, oats and onions at assorted rates, chaff and hay segments, lucerne and oats price shifts, with several items showing declines or rises in price.
In Fifield near Trundle an argument between two men over a gold scare ended with James Halt, 68, an old age pensioner, being shot in the jaw and listed in serious condition. Police later arrested an Italian named Sare Montoriani.
The Twenty-Second State lottery drawn this morning awarded prizes to four holders. First prize 22926 went to J Currie of Govt Savings Bank Woollahra, second BB2054 to Arthur Went of South Kensington, third 87407 to Harry Bear of Newcastle, and fourth 82061 to G W Walker of Pitt Street Sydney.
In the cricket match South Africa and New South Wales, New South Wales bats. Bill Morkel out to Bell for 10, Fingleton out to Morkel for 2, McCabe out to Bells for 28, Bradman remains 6, 61 on the score with Marks not out. Sundries show a total of three wickets for five.
Norman Dillon, 13, was found severely injured beneath Buranda State School after alleging a night drive with two men. He says one man flung him from the vehicle when he asked to alight, leaving him in agony with serious back injuries. he remains in a critical condition.
Sydney Monday reports show a Labor rout in local government elections with decisive swings in industrial centers Lithgow and the Northern and South Coast coalfields. In Lithgow, A Luchetti lost the Macy auaric seat in the municipal council race. Parkes saw J Howell, ALP vice president, defeated. Newcastle district remained under non-Labor control as Labor failed to seize a council.
The United Australia Party outlines a platform to boost agriculture and reduce costs and taxes to raise farmers' prosperity and national income. It predicts stronger trade reciprocity with Great Britain and the Dominions, aiming for cheaper rail and utility costs, expanded production, and a hopeful postwar economy. The piece cites critics of the Scullin Theodore Government, likening it to a bobtail bull in a morass, and notes the impending election on December 19.
Forecast calls unsettled north coast and northern border with more rain and thunder. Warm and sultry, turning cloudy and unsettled, with thundery conditions in the west extending eastward over the state. East to north winds, fresh and squally at times. Today’s high reached 85 degrees.
A large crowd gathered at the Alexander Theatre last Friday for a coin admission event supporting the local Hospital. Several aspirants for municipal honors spoke, including A. E. Fuller and J. Dowd, though attendance was off crowd levels. Speakers faced questions within tight limits, with some overrunning.
Printed and published by the proprietors J D Brownhill and Sons at the office of the Wellington Timer Percy Street Wellington New Zealand.
The annual pupil exhibit at the Convent School in the Kindergarten School showcased a wide range of projects. Younger children presented card work and silhouettes while older pupils offered bed spreads, dresses, and kimonoes plus poker work, leather bags, and chairs. The display impressed visitors with neat needlework, artistic finishes, and patient craftsmanship across both girls and boys.
The racehorse Simba valued at 2000 pounds disappeared on arrival from New Zealand and has now been stolen from its Alexandria stable. Other racing results from Warwick Farm on Saturday include Malden Nuressy Handicap with winner 20 to 1, and several other named races with listed winners. Wally Beart lost on points to Fitzpattek at Dubbo on Saturday night as the local father carried a heavy weight.
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