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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 17, 1934
Page
1
Notice reads that trespassers on the Neurea Estate will be prosecuted. Signed by A E Fuller of Neurea. The terse missive warns shooters or others trespassing will face legal action. The notice uses archaic capitalization and a terse plea for compliance.
Commander J. Bayliss of the Corns Guard departed Honolulu by cutter in search of the uninhabited Johnstone Island about 720 miles southwest. He will continue the hunt for the missing Australian aviators Messrs Ulni Littlejohn and Skilling.
On Saturday night a motor car with seven people collided with a horse drawn lorry at Parramatta road and Mullett Street Camperdown. Injured include Mrs Doria Gruer eighty six Viola Greer three Mary Alingsworth seventy six and Andrew Levy forty five. They were taken to hospital with various injuries while Levy the driver was admitted in a trial condition at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
A severe storm in Sydney caused a lightning strike on the GPO tower the city’s highest point. The bolt lit the central lightning well blinding telegraph staff and panicking telephone workers. Trains were delayed as lines were blown out at several stations and an electric train near Wao Stonecraft halted. Brighton le Sands saw a vivid strike and 11 year old Maria Henderson was found unconscious on the sand later admitted to hospital.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia chair announces a one quarter percent annual cut in fixed deposit rates for three and six month terms, with unchanged rates for 12 and 21 months. New and renewing deposits from December 17 reflect the lower rates, including three months at 1 percent and 12 months at 2.4 percent. A further quarter percent cut applies to Commonwealth Savings Bank deposits up to £500 starting January 1, 1933, with higher balances up to £1,400 remaining unchanged.
Gerald Griffin was released from Lupssnatta Gaol after bail terms were adjusted on Saturday night. The solicitor Mr M Rosenblum said the Commonwealth sought release conditions lawful under law, with threats of mandamus and false imprisonment avoided. Bail totals involved cash deposits and surety, and final clearance depended on court documents and contact with authorities at Central Police Court.
A young man named Leon Lionel Anderson, believed missing after leaping from St Kilda pier in Victoria, left a note to his mother before the plunge. His body was later recovered, and during the search the body of a second man about 45 was found in the water.
P J Perry of England comments on his defeat by Quist in the Wimbledon final stage of the Victorian championships. He says mental staleness affected him and that his explanation is not an excuse but how he felt after the match.
Don Bradman, still recovering, attended a hospital fund function in London with wife Mrs Bradman. He received a gold cup from Dr J R Lee for hospital services and announced he will not play cricket until next season. The Bradmans plan to join a hospital extension fund in five guineas and will travel to Paris for Christmas, then the Riviera before disembarking at Adelaide.
Printing notice states it was printed for J. D. Brownhill and sons at the Wellington Times office on Perry Street Wellington by J. P Reenenhill of Wernest Wellington.
The Belgian steamer Jean Jadot and Cunard White Star liner Ascarte aided lifeboats from the stricken Unsworth after its foundering in the North Atlantic on Friday. Captain J. Beinett of Ageonid led rescue efforts as crew members were saved or drowned. Lifeboats from Jean Jadot and Ascarte reported attempts to contact the Unsworth, with several sailors and crew lost in mounting seas and heavy rain.
First payments to wheat farmers under the 4,000,000 pound relief scheme will be made through the State Department of Agriculture early in February as Sydney reports.
At the Homebush salon today 2720 cattle were yarded with the market unaltered. Bullocks 45 to 51. cows 410 to 8/10 per head. Sheep 30,150 penned, market very firm with wethers 24/- to 26/-, ewes to 24/-.
Tasmanian potatoes ranged 14 shillings to 16 shillings per unit while Victorian prices listed at 19 shillings. Eggs and butter show notable figures, with eggs easing to 11 pence and butter around 142 shillings 48 pence per unit. Other staples include honey, swate, onions, chaff, lucerne, hay, and various grains with regional price spreads.
Mrs ayto tay chartered a motor schooner with the British Consul at Hong lulu to search the Islanos near Hawaii for Ulm and his companions believing they may still be alive. Naval authorities reportedly agree the ten could be alive on the islands and approve the plan as practical.
Pilot Jack Chapman guided the DH 50 of Codatta Northern Air Liners Ltd with three passengers aboard to a forced landing four miles from Manly Golf-Binka. Though the craft crashed into a bank and the skid shattered, the plane remained otherwise undamaged and the pilot's safety motto was to avoid risk when possible.
A boy clung to a capsized boat as water police rescued William Browie, aged 11, near Fort Beresford Harbor. The youth endured immersion and shock, while a man accompanying him disappeared. A later report states the boat had been stolen, with unclear motives and no further details.
A Singer car overturned two miles from Dubbo on Wellington Road causing a total blaze. Driver L J Rolley and his wife, two young children, and his mother in law Mrs E Lark escaped with minor injuries. Ambulance treated injuries then took Mrs Lark to Dubbo. Car burnt with belongings lost.
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