IMPORTANT alley upgrades, even spotting, amusing outings and nudist congresses actuality disrupted by acerbic flies... here's what fabricated the pages of the Daily Mercury on this day, November 2, aback in 1937...
(From Our Correspondents)
MOUNT CHARLTON
The action of the Pioneer Shire Board In befitting a aliment man on the Kungurri-road this analysis has fabricated a admirable difference. The alley has been kept in acceptable adjustment appropriate through, and seeing, that about 13 lorries are carriage over this section,. It needs some adjustment work.
But the greatest Improvement is the acid bottomward of the banks, for ascertainment purposes, about the affliction bends. (Mirani Shire Council, amuse note! It has the affliction angle of all In its section).
This is confined a bifold purpose as the clay from, the banks Is acclimated to widen the road, thereby authoritative what was our best alarming area of alley about safe. And seeing that this assignment and the befitting of the alley In adjustment are being, done by one man- with the advice of a lorry for a day or so occasionally - it is not such a cher operation for the bulk of account to the travelling public.
It is a abundant benevolence that all of those big copse by the ancillary of the roads, abundance ash in particular, were not felled and done abroad with back the alley was beneath construction.
With the fires angry through the abrade anniversary year; these copse are a crisis to travellers on the road, afar from the adjournment acquired back one falls. A little over a anniversary ago a timberline was beyond the road, and aboriginal this anniversary there was accession hold-up.
The aboriginal carter to appear forth had to airing to the abutting farmer's abode to get an axe, and by the time the alley was bright absolutely a cord of cartage was waiting.
Mr. Heazlewood has confused his saw comminute to Mr. Dair's abode for a few weeks, area he Is still operating.
We accept the Mirani chef active out alert a week, carrying bread.
This Is a actual acceptable convenience.
Mr. Dair (Mirani) has discontinued his bake-apple and vegetable run out actuality anniversary week, but we are acquisitive to see him afresh in the abreast future. It Is during the hot months of the year that one welcomes the greengrocer.
Last Saturday night a cardinal of affiliation paid a abruptness appointment to Mr. and Mrs. R. Benson to congratulate them on their marriage, and to balmy their new house. Absolutely a nice black was spent. Mrs. Benson, aided by her mother, Mrs Collins, served airy refreshments to the visitors. Mr. Les Gakowskl was spokesman: and his acceptable wishes on account of the accumulation were ably responded to by Mr Benson; on account of his wife and himself. Three acclaim were accustomed for the anew conjugal couple.
Bezwar Khan, a bounded Indian agriculturalist and an aged man, met with an abnormal blow a few days. ago. He was walking forth the coffer of the brook back he slipped and fell bottomward the bank. A allotment of copse entered his neck, the end advancing out afresh several Inches abroad from area it went in. Khan was taken to boondocks by the Ambulance.
A even flew over appear Mackay on Tuesday morning; it was aerial over Mt. Charlton. This morning one flew over nearer to Mt. Omega, on its way north. We do not generally see them out that way.
Miss Betty White spent a few' canicule actuality with accompany aftermost week, and while actuality took the befalling to see abounding acquaintances in this district. She larboard Kungurri for Walkerston on Monday, area she was to absorb a few canicule with her sister, Mrs. Harvlson, afore abiding to her home at Coningsby.
Election day anesthetized off actual agilely here, cipher assuming any over-excitement. Mr. W. Turner was authoritative officer, and Miss Dendle' poll clerk. Somewhere about 40 votes were recorded, some of the electors actuality in Mackay for the day.
The Daily Mercury, November 2, 1937. Cas Garvey
OWEN'S CREEK HAPPENINGS
Harvesting and crushing operations are proceeding afterwards interruption; and the c.c.s. charcoal actual high. Both Marian and Pleystowe pikestaff Inspectors paid a appointment to this centre this week.
Hordes of files and mosquitoes are accustomed Just now.
Cucumbers and watermelons are advancing on well, although all added vegetables are about finished.
The mango copse are burdened with baby fruit. .
The new academy and area were abundant admired by the parents and visitors on voting day. Abundant acclaim charge be accustomed to both the adept and the board for the absorption apparent in the school. The pictures deserve a appropriate chat of praise, as from an educational point of appearance they are invaluable to the children.
A children's apparent and adorned dress brawl was captivated In .the Owen's Brook anteroom on Saturday. The amber flit was won "by Miss L. Wilson and, Mr. C. Osbourne, and the novelty, one-step by Miss O. Stewart and: Mr. H. Williams. Euchre prizes were awarded to Mrs. E. Hansford and Mr. W. Frier (first), Mrs. A. ,Lisk and Mr. H. Robb (second). A beautifully algid three-tiered cake, donated by Mrs. -W. Vickers, was won. by Mrs. G. Watt and Mrs. R. Baker. Mr. R. Groth was M.C. Music was supplied by Mrs. H. Roche's orchestra, while extra, were supplied by Mrs. S. Cooper and Mrs. W. Fair (piano), and Mr. R. Cooper (drums). The anticipation of the adorned apparel was in the able easily of Mrs. TV. Fair and Mrs. S. Cooper, and their awards gave satisfaction.
The apparel were as follow:- Miss Fay M'Lennan (Wedding Cake) best dressed girl; Harry Chef . (Absent- Minded Professor), best dressed boy; Zoe and Lex M'Lennan - Abo and Gin), best couple; Les "Heel and Pat Cooper (Dutch Boy and Girl), additional best couple; John and Tom Frier (Abo and Hobo), best comical; not paper, Iris Chef (A Narrow Escape), appropriate prize; Joy M'Lennan (Golden Fairy), W. Wilson (H.MS. Canberra); D. Wilson (HJMC.S. Britannia), Ellen Wilson (Ferguson's Cafe), Edna Heel (Waitress),' John Roche and Catherine Jarret (Jack and Jill), Shirley Groth (On the Alley to Ruin), Alec Hansford (Robin Hood), and Don and Gladys Frier (School Boy and Girl) . A able board organised the accouterment arrangements.
The final affair of the matrons and spinsters was captivated on, Thursday, 28th, in the Owen's Brook hall. Those present were Mrs. A. Lisk (president), Mrs. Newton/Miss G. Watt, Miss-.E. Burns, Miss D. .Stewart (hon treasurer), Mrs. J. Kane and Miss h. Hobbs (hon. secretaries). They absitively to donate, the antithesis to the Ambulance:
A tennis aggregation Journeyed from Owen's Brook to comedy a. bout on the Lockiel cloister on Sunday, 17th Instant. The home aggregation absent by 28 games.
Miss J. Reedman has alternate afterwards spending an extended.holiday In the South.- Miss Leila Walz (Mackay) is at present holidaying as the bedfellow of Mrs. T. Styles.- Mr. T. Styles has alternate afterwards spending some months in the- North. - Mrs. . E. Heel alternate on Monday, from hospital. We ambition her a accelerated recovery.
Mrs. . E. Hansford is adversity from astringent burns on the chest, which were acquired by a cup of tea actuality spilt.
At 7 o'clock this morning a Stinson plane, aerial in a southerly direction, anesthetized over, while at the aforementioned time bygone morning one flew in a arctic direction. A -few months backplanes were rarities.
What fabricated the account in 1937. Cas Garvey
MEDICINAL OILS FROM OUR SHARKS
Australia may become an important' ambassador of high-grade alleviative vitamin oils if the hopes of the fisheries annex of the Board for Accurate and Industrial Analysis are realised.
Analysis at the University has appropriate that the alarmist oil of Australian adolescent and academy bluff is aloft to cod-liver oil, and if, as is expected, the alleviative amount of these oils can be established, Australia may become not alone absolute of alien vitamin oils, but additionally an important exporter of them.
Fish meal for accelerated adopting of banty and canned and smoked angle 011 a bartering and, possibly, on anexport scale, were amid the added articles which the administrator of the annex (Dr. Harold Thompson) discussed at a affair of able and antic fishermen convened by the Victorian board of the council.
Dr. Thompson (says Melbourne 'Argus') categorical his accepted affairs for fisheries development, to activate with the allotment in December of a fisheries analysis address and amphibian laboratory.
CATCHES FORECAST
The boilerplate bolt of angle for anniversary casting of the net may be predicted two years avant-garde in some places as a aftereffect of accurate study, Dr. Thompson told his audience. In added places it has been accessible to breed "foreign” angle for the account of bounded industry.
Japanese ability argument is agitated consistently to the Pacific bank of Arctic America, to area that are not acceptable for advance of the bounded oyster.
Because Germans like eels, and adolescent eels advancing east from the Arctic Atlantic do not acquisition their way to German rivers, millions of elvers are taken annually in the Severn estuary, agitated by motor-truck beyond England, and alien for absolution in German streams.
Such methods may be activated in Australia, Dr. Thompson said, but the aboriginal article of the fisheries analysis was to ascertain how to advance a connected accumulation of the angle that abounded already in Australian waters. Newfoundland bedevilled about 100 altered breed of fishes. There were about 800 breed about Japan, bearing about 50 per cent, of the world's aliment angle back the industry had been developed there on accurate lines. But about Australia there were 2000 to 3000 different, breed of fish, giving affluence of ambit for investigation.
Continuity of accumulation for canning and accompanying industries is one of Dr. Thompson's alms. Accession is to absolute attention methods for Australian conditions.
JOKE
"I consistently apperceive back my bedmate has won any money on the dogs.”
"How is that?”
"Well, back he loses he throws his trousers over the bottom of the bed, but back he wins he puts them anxiously beneath his pillow.”
What fabricated the account in 1937.
NUDISTS PUT TO FLIGHT BY FLIES
Just as the Chairman of the American Nudists' Affiliation , was starting his accent at the nudists' anniversary accumulation affair at Mays Landing New Jersey, a advancing fizz was heard. A army of blooming flies- acclaimed for their abandoned stings--flew in.
The nudists accolade Into clothes, but hardly had the flies anesthetized back a cloudburst broke. And assembly In decrepit clothes adjourned the abundant nudist assembly of 1937.
SOCIAL JOTTINGS - QUEENSLANDERS' ASSOCIATION OF N.S. WALES.
Reference, already has been fabricated in these columns to the anniversary affair of the Queenslanders' Affiliation . of N.S. Wales, captivated in Sydney on October 11,' The address , of the admiral .(Mr. Grosvenor A. Francis) appear the year's activities, as follows: -
"Whatever appearance may be taken of our advance during the accomplished 12 months, one cannot but affliction that so abounding Queenslanders citizen in NJ3. Wales either are not members, or are not actively allied in the association's functions and activities, and I advance that we charge acquisition some agency to affected and change this position, and that until we do so our assignment cannot be admired as wholly successful.
"The mid-week. luncheons accept been connected through - the year - at Nock & Kirby's anniversary Thursday. .The controlling would appetite that as abounding as accessible should -make it a accurate assignment to appear the luncheons regularly. -
"Bridge afternoons are actuality captivated at the Carlton- Hotel on the additional Friday in anniversary month, and their acceptance and the appearance appearance no assurance of falling oil.
"A cardinal of functions were held, and with a abounding admeasurement of success in anniversary - of them, during the year- namely: Anniversary re-union on December 15, 1936, at the Wentworth Hotel- a actual . absorbing and blessed function, which abounding declared was our "best ever.” ' A ' musicale was captivated at .the Carlton Hotel on May 4. The agreeable program- was provided by Mr.. Clement Q.. Williams and his accomplished wife, and some of their added avant-garde pupils, calm with' other-- artists, and .the ample admirers -enthusiastically showed its acknowledgment of an excellent, entertainment. About 90 associates backward to supper and abounding old friendships were renewed. - The mid-winter brawl was captivated on July 14 in the anatomy of a dinner-dance,- all net gain actuality adherent to the funds of the Picton Lakes T3. settlement, which benefited to the admeasurement of £12/10/0. About 160 were present, and a actual agreeable black was spent, the singing of Miss Jessie King actuality abnormally appreciated.
"A. bologna was tendered to Mr. W. Forgan Smith on his>> casual through Sydney, on June 29 last, on his acknowledgment from the Coronation, and although it was abiding at very, abbreviate -notice, upwards of 60 adumbrative associates attended. Both Mr. and. Mrs; Forgan Smith bidding themselves as actual pleased.,
. "Hi accession to the- above,: our affiliation abounding in force at the Coronation 'luncheon organised by the affiliated associations, upwards of 140 of our associates actuality present, and basic far the better representation.
This was the added fitting, as the ample acquisition was actual ably presided over by Mrs. Hubert. Fairfax in -her accepted blessed and adroit manner.
"Our acknowledgment are- due to Mrs. G.; S. Hawkey for the connected success of the arch afternoons, due so abundant to her activity and organising . skill;
