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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 13, 1934
Page
1
Notice to trespassers on Mt Napima and Neurea Estate warning all persons trespassing will be prosecuted without respect to persons. Names D H Barton and A E Fuller appear with locations Nourea and Neurea.
A gift afternoon hosted by the Baptist Ladies Guild raised Christmas cheer for the District Hospital. Miss Salter studio performed music and recitations, followed by tea. Miss Schumach pupils joined later, with Rev James Hunter and Mrs Hunter praising the event and urging continued support for hospital patients.
Public notice regarding a matter at J. D Brownhill and Son in Wellington. The item references Percy Street and Warnest, indicating an office address and involved party for the proceedings.
Sydney Thursday report states a bill introduced this morning grants former Legislative Assembly members free railway passes equal to their length of service. The measure faced no opposition and was read for the first time.
A bill to render illegal the conduct of lottery share syndicates was read for the first time, outlining proposed legal action against organized pooling of lottery stakes and related activities.
The Flour Tax Bill passed through all stages in the House of Representatives today. Six government members voted against the measure, highlighting significant dissent within the governing ranks.
At Wellington Tennis Club general meeting five teams will enter the Country Week carnival at White City courts Rusheutler's Bay Sydney January 8 to 19 1935 Captains to be selected by players Men teams Wellington 1 Lawson Price Spratt and Cameron Wellington 2 Stavey Traynor Bremner Parkinson Read Women teams Wellington 1 Dempsey Brown Barrett Miskell Wellington 2 Dytall Holland Corby Sullivan Wellington X Smith Edols Smith Cater Committee to defray half entry fees with players paying the rest and their own expenses Holiday night tennis program announced including club nights party nights and a mixed doubles handicap tournament entries close January 1 1935.
A report from the Department of Agriculture follows a plant inquiry after a potato seed was received from Mr. Harey Williams. The agricultural instructor notes that the berries on the haulm left at the Field Branch Office appear unusual and may indicate disease.
Seventeen relief workers on the canal construction at Concord were suspended after a confrontation with the ganger. The attack occurred as the ganger was changing clothes in a shed. several men pushed him in and tore his shirt, struck him, and knocked him down. About 2000 men reported for work though police were present and no further violence occurred.
Sydney Thursday Mr James Walker president of the Glaxiers Association remarks on the German artificial wool Wollatra noting substitutes for wool exist yet current world wool stock has rapidly consumed. He saw the German product and doubts Australia must fear it. A K Treth wool authority and boss of Farmers and Graziers Co operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company questions its ability to rival pure wool.
Sydney Thursday cattle auction saw 4100 head with cows cheaper while bullocks and steers held steady. Bullocks 26 to £11, cows £4 to £9, best beef 82/-, good 27/-, medium 24/-, inferior 21/-. About 24,000 sheep penned. market slightly firmer with wethers 10/- to 21/-, ewes 8/ to 1W/-, lambs 1M to 24/-. Goldsbrough Mort and Co Ltd report cattle market opened 10/ lower.
Mr Wieford chief manager of the National Bank of Australasia spoke at a social sanction last night opposing government plans for a Royal Commission to probe the banking system. He claimed the trading community and bank customers had exonerated banks, which he said were not earning extravagant profits or found guilty of any crime.
Disastrous bush fires blaze through the Estanding district in West Australia as hundreds of firefighters from neighbouring farms battle the flames. Several thousand acres of feed have been swept away, fencing destroyed, and property losses mounting.
Commercial produce prices show a range with eggs at 12/5 and 14/-, butter around 142/0, cheese and honey listed with varying shillings, oats and flour priced between 2/8 and 8/6, wheaten flour 4/6 to 6/5, lucerne values moving from 2/3 to 5/2, and wheat quoted 2/6 to 2/11.
Part of the Goulburn Levee near Wartigal Creek collapsed yesterday. A 25 foot wide by 8 foot deep stream breached, inundating thousands of acres of low lying country. Farmers had warning and moved to higher ground.
The Post Office reports a 264 ton increase in shipments to the UK and Oceania over last year, signaling exceptionally heavy local Christmas mails. It urges early posting and proper addressing, notes perishable parcels to Sydney must arrive by December 28, and outlines rates for printed cards and envelope handling. The special greetings telegraph service runs December 18 to January 7 with no extra charge.
The body of Senor Ramon C. Fernandez, Vice-Consul for the Argentine Republic, was found in a college room at the State Theatre hint night with a revolver nearby and a bullet wound to the head. Police investigate whether suicide or foul play occurred.
Forecast calls for scattered showers on the North Coast with hot conditions inland. Temperatures rise on the coast as brisk northeast to north winds ease, and a coastal weather change moves in within 36 to 48 hours, with a southwest wind shift after.
The passage notes that true potato seeds appear only in certain varieties. Many commercial types lack viable seed, producing potato apples instead. Seeds are small, contained in pulpy matter, turning green then yellow as they ripen, with some varieties occasionally forming seed balls without true seeds.
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