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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 11, 1934
Page
1
Report notes high price for milling wheat in the city on silo terms and conditions. Bulk wheat warrants purchased at current market rates. Flour and breakfast foods advertised as unequaled.
A notice warns that anyone trespassing on the Gunnegalderie estate will be prosecuted. Names A B Barton A B Fuller and N J Green appear on the notice dated 5/10/1983. The document states enforcement without respect to persons.
A Parkes gathering of UAP delegates from Calare districts decided there is no plan to withdraw Dr. L. W. Nott and he stated he is not a Senate candidate. He will focus on Calare with a plan to live in Orange and begin intensive campaigning.
With a federal election looming, acceptance may wait for the result. If Lyons leads the government after the polls, his attendance at the jubilee celebrations is considered likely. otherwise uncertainty remains as the political outcome and timing affect plans.
Printed for J. D. Brownhill & Sons at the Wallington Times Office Percy Street Wellington by J. D. Brownhill Wa Wellington.
The Commonwealth is expected to end the year with a surplus near one million pounds. Confidence remains high as Government stocks show firm activity on the stock exchange. Last week the Government floated a new loan of 12 million pounds, underpinned by strong support for Commonwealth bonds amid low interest rates. It is believed the surplus will hold near one million pounds with little material change in coming years.
The Mest Commission considers charging fees for country killed meat amid conflicting opinions with the Government which says such im position would be unconstitutional. If the Commission proceeds, lengthy litigation is likely and court action seems inevitable.
Premier Mr Stevens called for a special Justice Department report on the late Professor Chapman. He stated an investigation into handling of public funds would be conducted and the department would issue a position report.
Australia lead after batted first innings total of 874 with Chipperfield making 99 in his first test. England's bowlers Verity Mitchell and bowler Geary took wickets while Grimmett and Grimmett took 8 wickets for 119. Sutcliffe top-scored for England with 62 as the match heads toward a likely draw.
The Australian Oversea Transport Association held a weekend meeting. no action on the general cargo and wool agreement. Pastoral interests pressed for further wool freight cuts, but no decision. Ship owners pledged to take representations to their principals, yet further reductions appear unlikely. Subsidies to foreign lines are cited as harming unsubsidised carriers, complicating concessions. The wool representatives will follow up, but prospects for cuts are dim.
At the Homebush inlex today 2800 cake were yarded with the market unchanged. Bullocks £1 10s to £0 10d cows £3 to £8 Best beef good quality 25s medium inferior 20s pence 50,000 penned. Market for good quality weaker, others 6d to 1d lower. Wethers 14s to 26s ewes 12s to 12s lambs 10s to 2s shorn sheep to 17s.
Canberra sermon by Rev Bargmann Anglican Bishop of Goulburn warns Australia faces greater danger than ever as thousands of youth drift into idleness. He notes unemployment fears, moral decline, and a looming crisis despite ample food. He calls for a great Christian awakening and strict practice of Christian ideals.
Detectives found a hut in Bankstown district containing numerous stolen cycle parts and other articles. A man is expected to be charged with the thefts as police work on the possibility that cycles were taken apart, parts renumbered, and reassembled with repainting to conceal the thefts. The incident may help explain about one hundred cycles stolen in recent months as authorities proceed.
The Rev L W Farr of the New town Congregational Church told the congregation in a sermon last night that churches focus more on politics creeds and councils than on Christ. He urged a great revival rallying people to Christ and away from organisational controversy.
The Full Court unanimously dismissed the appeal by David Jones Ltd in the case where Mrs May Willis was awarded £5 damages for a fractured leg caused by a shoe heel bought at the defendant's premises. The Chief Justice condemned Judge Curlewis's remark calling the jury verdict idiotic and cautioned against public criticism of juries.
Unofficial notice from Canberra states polling for the Martin byelection will take place on Saturday the 14th. It notes the event is unofficial and emphasizes timing for voters and candidates in the local seat.
Forecasters warn of further showers with improving coastal conditions. Inland areas remain fine but cold nights bring frosts. Cloudy intervals bring scattered showers to southern districts. South west to south east winds on the coast, variable inland, with strengthening westward. The 3 PM temperature reached 68 degrees.
Beatrice Allen, proprietress of a Kellet Street residence in King's Cross, woke early to smoke and found Frederick Poole, 72, in a burning room. Two boarders carried the mattress outside, but resuscitation failed and he was taken to Sydney Hospital where life was pronounced extinct.
Heavy rainfall drenched coastal areas overnight with totals up to four inches. The Darling River basin and western regions are expected to benefit most from the wet spell, bringing widespread moisture to the state.
Commercial produce prices list items with Tasmanian references and varied prices. Items include potatoes, lard, butter, cheese, honey, maize, oats, onions, wheaten, lucerne hay, and wheat with values shown as shillings and pence per unit or case.
The Little River branch of the CWA met at Mrs Weston's home to finalize the annual Blue and Gold dance next week. A Belle of the Ball contest and an old-time waltzing competition were proposed with trophies for winners and a Wellington dancer to judge the latter. The group asked council cooperation to build a bridge at Shire's Crossing.
Mr Justice Rogers sentenced Ernest Edwards to three years penal servitude for the manslaughter of his brother in law William McOrmish, dating from January last. The judge noted the maximum penalty was life imprisonment and he exercised clemency in passing a lighter term.
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