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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 20, 1932
Page
1
The Sydney market at Homebush showed cattle slightly firmer among buyers, with 1640 head yarded and bulls selling from £6 to £10 10s, cows £4 to £9, best beef up to 30s, good quality to 25s, medium to 22s, inferior to 20s. Sheep numbers around 30,000, market weaker. wethers £0 5s to £0 10s 14d, ewes £0 8s to £0 14s 5d, lambs £0 7s to £1 1s, shorn sheep £0 4s to £0 10s.
Prices quoted at the Sydney produce scales on Monday include Tasmanian potatoes 5/6 to 6/0, new inj 1/7, butter 14 28/0, cheese and honey figures, maize 4/0, oats 1/10 to 2/9, onions 25/-, wheaten 3/4 to 4/0, lucerne 4/- to 8/0, lucerne 2/6 to 6/-, wheate 2/8 to 3/7.
The report shows KOO tons of wheat and Nour moved from Sydney to Russia in a freighter as part of an 18 000 ton five shipment order, with Australian producers set to receive £250 000. State Marketing Bureau notes a possible crop shortfall and urges farmer return data to refine forecasts amid a broader 25 percent rise in the last season area sown across New South Wales. Leaders and ministers named in a provincial lineup accompany the piece.
In Canberra on Monday Prime Minister Lyons urged Australians to help create work for the unemployed. He proposed local committees to discuss employment plans and distribute aid. A Wellington mayor telegram echoed the call and urged community action to address unemployment.
In Newcastle district Sydney a one day strike is proposed for June 20 the hearing date for charges tied to the recent anti eviction riot at Tighe s Hill. Organisers push aims but doubt broad participation due to uncertain purpose and risk to employment.
Interviewed last night in Melbourne the Premier of Victoria Sir Stanley Argyle stated the Government will not shirk its duties to restore idle men to work but emphasised that full community cooperation is essential for effective action.
Sydney police report a fatal taxi collision in Parramatta last night injuring and killing 30 year old John James Tobin married man after being struck near his home. Moniuy and Sydney names appear in fragmented reports but Tobin is confirmed dead.
Melbourne authorities report Claude Hamilton aged 74 a grusier disappeared from the Inner Ovenaay sailing to England. He went missing a few hours before Colombo and is feared to have fallen overboard while travelling alone.
Witnesses in the Goode inquiry case, including former Premier J. Lang and former Attorney-General J. Lamaro, state they have no knowledge of the Departmental papers on Mr Goode. Lamaro said he handed papers to Lang’s solicitor and later took them to Parliament House. Lang said he had the report but did not read it, citing it as the AG’s responsibility. The inquiry continues.
The Royal Commissioner resumed hearings into the tin hare scandal with a crowded court and outside crowd awaiting entry. Crown counsel said full exploration would come at the next Commission meeting, as Monahan detailed the racing history and warned of forthcoming disclosures involving many people and a minister connected to gaming and betting administration.
The sixtieth State lottery was drawn today in Sydney with the first four prizes listed. Prize winners include a top prize and several subsequent awards, though the readable fragments are partial and obscure specific numbers or names.
Sydney reports that union officials plan obstruction to delay the Industrial Commission wage inquiry. They allegedly seek to cull hundreds of witnesses to oppose wage reductions and may draft counter claims for higher wages. The move signals belief that wage reductions are inevitable, following the Lang regime disruption of the commission.
A ministerial proposal discussed in Perth and Monia to reduce the size of both houses by at least one third faced uncertainty. The Minister for Works, Lindany, opposed taking a firm stand but expressed a preference for ending Parliaments entirely, with ministers remaining in power.
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