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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 29, 1931
Page
5
The enrolment list shows 20 040 names on exhibition with 131 objections. About 20 070 names may be included in the remnant and supplementary lists. Final figures await Thursday next as claims and objections are processed by the Returning Officer. Poll papers are expected to be dispatched by Friday July 14 to the majority of enrollees.
A fragmentary report discusses President Hoover and a revision of the Young Plan to ease wartime debt. It argues that easing indebtedness could revive commerce, reduce unemployment, and lift global mood, while noting possible economic benefits if nations meet to agree.
The report lists varied rabbit skin prices in old money terms with multiple grades and descriptions. It notes a general good inquiry across items, with no change to valuations from the tact sale, and announces the next auction for July 1.
Snedy Bras Ltd reports a very light cattle yarding due to wet weather with little price change from last market. Best bullocks to £14 per head, steers to £8 16s, cows to £0 0s, heifers to £7 16s, store stock to £2 11s. About 3000 sheep yarded with solid competition. special wethers 18s 7d to 19s 10d, prime wethers 14s 1d to 16s 7d, ewes 12s 10d, lambs strong. store wethers 8s 6d to 10s, store crossbred lambs to 10s 4d.
Fragment from an old advertisement featuring Marion Marsh, Warder Bros. film star, praising Charmosan powder for smoother clearer skin. The note touts its ability to conceal signs of age, with a price of 2 shillings 6 pence for a large box and mentions wide distribution.
In Baulking Sparaholt and Kingston Lyle Eng Inna young men travel far for courting as villages report few single women. a Bathurst man wins a £5000 legacy after unemployment and a England passage home. In Coonamble a 68 year old man faced a court dispute over an insult with John Patterson. an apology resolves the case and they part as friends. Bundaberg shows feature performances at a show.
Minister Baddeley releases statement defending unemployment relief allocations across metropolitan and country areas. He notes metropolitan relief works top 1,220,868 pounds while country gets 1,785,240, with food relief split 66,850 and 860,150 respectively. A misreport claimed 1,014,442 excess. Colvin did not say that. Government totals show 2,353,463 spent on relief and 1,906,269 on food by March 24, with a 500,000 pound Treasury advance covering excess. The piece outlines future prospects for continued relief as funds permit.
A broken ground record at a high jump event is noted with riders and horses named among the compact breaks before the owners halt further jumps and split prizes. The piece shifts to relate a Birmingham widow scattering her husband’s ashes at High Wood and other disjointed items about London Zoo tortoises and Maori musician Marie Moffatt, then expands into political budget notes and tax yields, weaving war memory, fame, and parliamentary finance into a single column.
Fragmentary OCR text presents a motivational poem fragment mentioning effort endurance victory and life, with dubious names including Berton Braley and Jet Pryke Brothers. The readable items center on perseverance, labor, and hope amid defeat, urging forward movement and noble work.
In a village rife with gossip surrounding the St John family, Judith fears for Val and the Vicar weighs rites for Valentine. Philip St John is mourned as Valentine’s body lies unburied with the town watching a dramatic funeral as accusations swirl.
A fragmentary line shows a playful mix of phrases about wishes, diamonds, and affection. The garbled items include casual banter and references to health and with words. The piece reads like a clipped literary fragment from a newspaper page.
A reader praises Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for urinary trouble and backache. The testimonial credits two bottles with dramatic relief and urges purchasers to obtain the genuine product from McClellan Co. in Hamilton Street Sydney, warning to avoid fake copies from Joseph Thompson and Son.
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