24 Feb 1936
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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 24, 1936
Page
1
Melbourne Matday reports the death of John Allan M IA former premier of Victoria aged 69. The obituary notes his service in parliament and his prominence in state affairs.
Thieves forced the front door of Mr Phinns jewelry shop at Cooma between 1 oclock Saturday night and 9 oclock yesterday morning and stole 80 gold and silver watches and 30 gold wedding rings valued at about £200 in total.
A girl told police a man in a car approached on Ox Ford Street on Saturday night. He grabbed her and forced her into the vehicle and took her to Botany where the assault occurred. She escaped and ran home to Darlinghurst.
Sydney rider Darby Munro will not appeal a one month suspension from Caulfield after a Fururity Stakes home jury deemed interference with other Norges during the race. Munro rode Cuddle in the event held Saturday and faces the ban.
John Dutton, wealthy Mt Gambier station owner, survived a 300 foot fall from a car wreck into Blue Lake after his vehicle slammed through a guard fence near Adam Lindsay Gordon monument. Rescued at night, he sustained internal injuries and is hospitalized as police, doctors, and rope teams worked to pull him to safety. Dutton holds the Australian Glassing mile speed record and has clocked over 100 mph in pursuit of speed.
Notice warns that trespassers will be prosecuted. D. H. Barton issues the warning and asserts action against unauthorized entrants. The terse bulletin reflects a property or landholding owner enforcing access rules and signaling legal consequences.
Four members of a wedding party were seriously injured when their car collided with a telegraph pole at Double Bay less than a quarter hour before the ceremony. Victims named Bertram and Ronald Ferris Mrs Eileen Perris and David Dargie were en route to the church when the accident occurred.
In Melbourne at Moonee Ponds during a harvest festival yesterday thieves entered after breaking a skylight. They ate some fruit, smeared the clock with eggs, and took the remaining fruit collected for the poor.
The article notes vacant allotments on Swift Street near the railway, with plans for up to date premises for A Wilkins and Gaim Swift Street and later for W McAtamney. It laments idle blocks and weeds, urging more building to boost traffic and give the street a busier, tidier image amid a Wellington building boom.
Five people were injured when a car skidded on a wet Path Road in Koxsrah about midnight Saturday, colliding with pedestrians near the gutter. Ambulance rushed victims to St. George Hospital. injuries include head and leg lacerations, suspected fractures, and scalp wounds among the group.
A severe cyclone hit South Queensland from Brisbane to the New South Wales border causing widespread farm damage. Loganlea railway station was blown over injuring the stationmistress Miss E Warren. a train crew helped remove fallen trees. Homes in Loganlea and Wynnum suffered severe damage including unroofed houses and a toppled church quarter. A child survived a roof collapse under a kitchen table as bricks struck nearby.
The 923rd State Lottery drawn today awards the first prize to the city and the fourth prize to Naycastle. First prize number 0,003 awarded to John Goulting of Neutral Bay. Fourth prize number 4,182 to a syndicate care of J. Donnelly Five Deck. Third prize 12,602 went to a syndicate care Tawar Dunlop Ltt Sydney. Newcastle awarded the fourth prize number 07,4hil. Next draw scheduled for Friday.
The Labour caucus backs a plan granting Prime Minister Mr Savage a salary of £200 per year with a £250 special allowance for extra entertainment duties. Other ministers would receive about £400 less, outlining a clear hierarchy of pay within the government.
A woman and her brother encountered a five foot shark in a rock pool at Angowerie. The shark seized both her hands, lacerating fingers and nearly severing one, before Samuel Gray freed her with a pinewood lever. She remained calm as helpers carried her away with blood loss but no amputations.
A government proposal would raise incomes of Labour Party ministers by about £100 each. The move aims to adjust salaries for senior ministers while maintaining budget limits and parliamentary oversight. The plan faces scrutiny over its timing and potential political impact ahead of sessions.
At Homebush today 2400 head of cattle yarded with prices rising. Bullocks £5 to £18, cows up to 29, best beef 28 to 30, medium 25, inferior 28. Sheep 19000 penned with market 1 to 8 percent dearer. Wethers 1d to 25, ewes 12 to 20, rams 10 to 26.
Tasmanian market notes list varied prices for commodities from early January to early August including potatoes oats onions maize cheese hay and wheat. Values show range movements with oats and wheat fluctuating while onions and maize hold steadier levels across the period.
Revs Paths Ryan told parishioners at St. Patr I c’s Hall Goulburn that local progress comes from spending at home and warned that money spent in Sydney or Wellington drains Goulburn. He urged parishioners to support local business during the fare.
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