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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 25, 1934
Page
1
Readable notes advertise popular cakes and pastries now available in the grocery department. Special pricing for weekend purchase includes per pound offers and a marketing push for kitchen bowls and spoons. Details mention a four-bowl set at a promotional price and a free item with purchase.
Clyne, badly wounded from a severed artery, was admitted to hospital after being found in Redfern. A bloodstained cobbler's knife was found at a nearby house. Police questioned a man and two women who claimed Clyne fell on a broken bottle.
Sydney dispatch notes low odds of a September election with election timing tied to Cabinet decisions. Ministers oppose rapid polling while party meetings forecast, and redistribution plus marketing policy stir debate. Opposition leader Scullin plans a censure motion on interest rates, likely to become a lively parliamentary focus. The federal House will convene Thursday but pause for a Budget review.
Thieves in broad daylight drove a car into the yard of H Green berg grocers and wholesalers at Darlington. They removed store room door panels, stole about £30 worth of tobacco, cigarettes and cigars, then fled after failing to bypass the alarm. A crowbar and burgh tools were found. police suspect a returning tobacco gang behind prior robberies.
Three youths riding a billy-cart on Godville Road Granville were struck by a car that fled the scene. Alfred Bailey 14 and Harold Desborough 12, both of Merrylands, were admitted to hospital with a fractured collarbone and concussion and abrasions. Police search for the motorist.
Printed for J. D. Brownhill and Sons at the Wellington Times Office on Percy Street Wellington by J. D. Brownhill Warneat Wellington.
Sir Claude Reading, chairman, stated the Commonwealth Bank Board did not set any fixed deficit limit. He said the board had no authority to apply part of the £2,000,000 relief to deficit reduction and that the Loan Council could approve any defert amount it deemed fit for 1984-45.
The report says H. J. Solomon a former Young Nationalist will run as a Country Party candidate for Bass opposing Assistant Customs Minister Guy. Dr. Page travels to Melbourne. Wilmot may see a CP challenger to Lyons with Labor possibly backing a CP foe to defeat the prime minister. Solomon, a solicitor and son of a former Tasmanian premier, polled well last election.
Police praise quick response after a safe at G. J. Coles Ltd. on Moonee Ponds premises was blown open by burglars. A water man alerted authorities who traced the blast to St Kilda where two men and a woman were arrested and £180 in notes and coins recovered.
The board urged ending Treasury bills for deficits citing favorable market conditions after two successful loans. The Loan Council agreed to finance this year's deficits partly on the market, with at least half raised by November 31, 1934 and the remainder by June 30, 1935, though it did not inform the Loan Council of deep concerns over requested funds.
Sir Thomas Bavin told the Salvation Army that settling the unemployed on small land blocks could provide subsistence and a better use of relief funds. He condemned taxation of workers to fund ongoing unemployment aid as hard on taxpayers and demoralising for beneficiaries.
Splendid rains across most inland districts end months of scant rainfall. The downpour enables immediate wheat sowing operations and improves grazing with forage for winter. Water reserves are augmented, easing drought concerns in grazing areas and boosting general productivity.
The State Government asserts 176000 people have gained employment since coming to power. Official returns show factory employment exceeds previous levels by over five percent.
Police entered a Randwick home after a shot was fired into the air in the backyard and found six revolvers, a stiletto, hundreds of rounds, housebreaking tools, lock-fitting instruments, and a knuckle-duster. An arrested man said he kept the weapons for protection after being attacked once and feared another assault.
A small launch off Bon di yesterday was hit by a large wave that shattered a window and flooded the craft. The engine quit, crew were soaked, clothing ripped, and flares lit before Captain Cook’s steamer rescued them without serious injuries.
The weights for the Epsom and Metropolitan Handicaps, key races of the A C Spring meeting, were announced. Epsom features 141 entries with top weights including Chatham 10.9 and Winooka 10.7 while Metropolitan totals 134 with Regilla 41 and Master Brierly among leading weights for a 1 mile 5 furlongs distance.
In Gratton at a vivie reception, Archbishop Mowll addresses a troubling situation as youths struggle to obtain employment, urging action to improve opportunities and support for new entrants to the workforce.
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