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Tue 8 Apr 1941 - Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1907 - 1954)
Page 4 - The Townsville Daily Bulletin TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1941.
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TOEBDAY. APRIL, 8, 1M1. '
A 60-50 modern and old time dance
will be conducted at the Root Garden
to-nleht, aa advcrtlBed la thla laiue.
Fred Spark* will conduct aa Banter
carnival 50-50 dance at the School of
Arts on Thursday night.
The Saion Orchestra, esd issteting
artlsta will present a concert pro
gramme at the Centra) Methodist
Church, Stokts-street, to-nleht. In aid
ot the Metoodlit Circuit Fund.
City Council workmen have started
on the work of laying a bitumen
dressing on the approach to the Wln
tergarden Theatre In Bturt-streot.
When completed, the work will be ap
preciated by all theatregoers.
Merlnda Meatworks started opera
tions on Monday morning-, but with
only a five butcher-gang, owing to the
weather conditions delaying the
arrival of cattle. It 1s fcoped to em
ploy an eight butcher gang from to
day (Tuesday).
Good work was done by the Pottal
staff at the week-end Then they
handled the delayed Northern molls,
and also the heavy Bouthem wall
which arrived on Sunday morning. All
the first class mail matter had been
sorted by Sunday evening, and! second
class matter was nU distributed early
on Monday morning.
Mr. 3. Shannon, local Industrial
Registrar, has been advised that the
TownoviHe Sittings of the Industrial
Court which was to have been held on
April 24, has now been adjourned to
May 8. The Court will now hear at its
Townsvlllc slumps all cases aied not
later than April IS.
Great Interest la being taken In the
preparation of the slipway being: pre
pared at Mat Taylor's shed to launch
bis new motor boat Paluma. The slip
way was practically completed, on
Monday and everything la now in
readiness tor Thursday's big tide. It
le hoped the launching will be made
about S a.m.
The Executive Council has author
ised the Jobnstone Shire Council to
borrow flO.flM for electricity exten
sions, and the Pioneer Shire Council
to borrow 18,000ドル for the. Nortn Mac
kay water scheme. Road Improve,
menbj approved Included: Mackay
Habana, 2520,ドル
The output of the1 coal mines at
CollInivlUe for the past week shows
an Improved yield on the previous
week when the Consolidated mine was
undergoing overhaul for some das'B.
Last week's figures were: State mine
44C2 tons, and Consolidated mine 1045
tons; a total t-J 5527 tons compared
with 4762 tons for the preceding week.
As the result of a fall from the bi
cycle he was rldinir at the time, a boy
named William Norman, who Is em
ployed as office boy by the Vacuum
Oil Co, and who resides in West End.
suelalned a fracture of the right fore
arm and slight abrasions. A call was
put through to the Ambulance and
after first eld treatment the Injured
lad was conveyed to a doctor's eur
eery to receive further attention.
Following the success which has at
tended the use of stirrup pumps fol
lowing Nail air raids in England, It
Is possible that they will be adopted
in Queensland. The Secretary of the
TownevlUe Fire Brigade (Mr. H. B.
Marks) Is In recelot of a letter from
the Department ot Health and Home
Affairs enclosing a copy df the British
standard specification for an A.R.P.
series of stlnup pump. The letter
states that the specification has been
forwarded for the information of the
Board.
When the ease of W. S. Prior,
against Charles Mervyn HeDdley, for
carrying liquor from the licensed
premises of the Empire Hotel was
called In the Court of Petty Sessions
on Monday, a further adjournment
was sought by Sub-Inspector Con
nolly, who stated Constable Prior had
Bone to Brisbane on special duty and
had been weatherbound by the Bur
dekin being in flood. Mr. R. H. Allen,
Police Magistrate, granted an adjourn
ment to Tuesday, April IS.
The report of the Townsville Baby
Clinic and sub-centreB for the month
of March Is : TownsvlUc : Number
of attendances during month, 650;
number of new cases attending during
month, 38; average attendance durinc
working days, 84; number of new
borns notified by Registrar, 58; num
ber of new-born babies visited. 50:
number of subsequent and other visits
paid, B. Ayr : Total attendance. 216;
dally average, 27.3. Home Hill : Total
attendance, 106; dally average, 26.2.
Ingham : Total attendance, 169;
daily average, 18.7.
In the Court of Petty Sessions on
Monday, betore Mr. R. H. Allen, Police
Magistrate, the case was called in
which the Council of the City of
Townsville It proceeding against Mrs.
Beatrice Bloomer, or 5 vVnlker-street.
Townsville, that on March 21 she un
lawfully assaulted Felix Howard
Brazier and Norman Saunders, em
ployees of the Council. Mr. A. E.
Dean, City Solicitor, appeared for the
Council. A son o- the defendant ap
peared In Court and stated his mother
was flood bound by the Burdekln. By
consent, the bearing was adjourned
to Tuesday, April lo!
Captain L. J. W. Taylor, Area
Officer, states general recruiting for
the armored division of the A.I.f! will
not be opened until about the middle
of 1941. Recruits, however, are being
sought from personnel willing to en
list, and learn a trade, also from men
wishing to enlist for service as cooks
Tradesmen are at prosent bring en
rolled and will he selectd to attend
technical schools, commencing in
April. Prospective cooks may enrol,
but will not be called up for enlist
ment until further notice. Personnel
dssirout of enlistment as tradesmen
should lodge their applications as
early os possible.
The Kirk Diggings, In the Ravens
wood district, at one time a prosper
ous mining area, site of the famous
Three Sisters, which produced 30.000
ounces of gold, the Hadlelgh Casfle
and other prominent mines, Is at the
moment entirely abandoned. It is the
llrst time in 68 years that The Kirk
haa been without prospectors. At the
period of peak prosperity the diggings
hud b population of 400. There waB n
school there, and the community was
quite a lively one. In recent years
Ihe Himalava was gat into working
order again as a result of the activity
of Mr. S. N Williams, and a battery
was placed on the mine. An unsuc
cessful attempt was also made to re
stHrt the Hadlelch Castle. Govern
menl assistance Is still being soujrht
hv Mr. Williams in connection with
the Himalaya.
Thr Ambulance received two calls to
the waterfront on Monday morning
(o attend to vvi^enuderB who had been
injured Irv Uieftoume of carrying out
their work. The first call was receiv
ed shortly after 10 o'clock to a man
named Sid Elliott, a resident of
North Ward, who had suffered « con
tusion to the third flncer when that
member haa been cfiueht under n
heavy case of Roods. He received first
aid treatment bv the Ambulance -mi
was Hdviepd to consult a doctor. In
the sreon-d case, which occtirred later
in I lie day. a man nunied Roy Tierce
of Allen-Btreet. South Townaville, sus
lained a large contused wound on the
forehead. He, had been working on a
ahlp In port when he bad been
struck by a piece of timber. First aid
was rendered by the Ambulance and
on the removal of the patient to the
hospital it was found necessary to In
sert a number ttt etitchea In th-
wound.
A lady doctor of Malaya who was a
passenger on the flying boat which ar
rived at Townsville from Darwin on
Monday afternoon was Dr. E. M.
Purleston-Jones, who has been in a
medical practice In Malaya since
1B31 and who now Is on a visit to Aus
tralai -» Join her children who are at
school in Sydney. Dr. Purlcston-Jones
explained that her husband was also
a medical practitioner and was in the
employ of the Government. They were
posted to a coastal district where the
chief Industry was rubber. For her
part, she devoted most of her lime to
child welfare and as a result of the
work of the medical profession this
rate of mortality had been reduced in
recent years. Dr. Purleston-Jones said
that her husband was chiefly engaged
in mosquito eradication work and also
research into diseases caused by the
bite of tha mosquito.
There are tremendous shipments of
pineapples from Singapore and the
Malay Peninsula to England according
to Mr. A. C. Donn, accountant In the
Mercantile Bank of Singapore, who
was a passenger on the flying boat
which arrived at Townsville from Dar
win on Monday afternoon. The canned
pines had been securrd by the British
Ministry of Food and also some were
being exported to Canada. The fruit
waa grown all over the peninsula and
the chief planters were the local Chin
ese. The chief company owning a large
pineapple plantation was the Lee Pine
apple Company in Jobore. Tiicy owned
an extensive area and the labor was
supplied by Chinese. The pines In
Johorc especially were grown on soil,
which had only lately been cleared of
thick Jungle and was virgin land In
every respect. The pineapples were
planted on this soil before the land
had been cleared of the remaining
stumps of trees and all the labor was
by the hoe. The fruit grown and canned
was mostly rough skins. They were
canned In Johore nnd sent overseas.
A serious endeavor to establish the
tea industry In Upper Burma has been
made within the past two years by the
Bombay— Burma Trading Corporation
which, for years, has handled large
quantities of teak and other timbers.
This information waa given by Mr. D.
M. Brown, who with his wife and five
months baby girl, was' a passenger in
the flying boat which arrived at
Townsville from Darwin on Monday
afternoon. Mr. Brown stated that his
corporation had erected two large fac
tories for drying the tea in the 3hon
States. The tea was grown chiefly for
uome consumption, there being a move
throughout Burma to make the
country self contained, and also for
the armies In Burma. He bad been
using this tea for some time and con
sidered it to be better than Ceylon tea.
It was done up both In packets and In
tins. There was every probability that
the industry would expand In the near
future. His corporation also bad tea
Interests In India on a large scale as
well as cotton In Burma.
The lot of a nursing sister In Malay
is a happy one, according to sister
E. M. Try from that country who
waa a passenger on the flying boat
which arrived at Townsville from Dar
win on Monday afternoon. Slater Try
told an Interviewer that the quarters
for the European sisters were good.
Each sister had a room to herself, but
shared a room. They worked an eight
hour shift., which usually ran 6 a.m. to
2 p.m., 2 p.m. to 10 p.m., and 10 p.m. to
8 a.m. For sport there was plenty of
golf to engage their off duty houre and
there was also much swimming to be
indulged in. Thr slaters as a vholo
were generally a happy contented lot
When asked whether she preferred life
In Malaya to life in her native Essex,
Sitter Try said that she would nrcfer
to Be at home so Jar as her profession
went, m England, there was more
practical work to do, whereos in
Singapore, with bo many native nurses,
the work of a sister was more or less
of a supervislonary nature and conse
quently there was more danger of
boredom than In a place where one
would be more actively engaged.
One, who may be classed as the flret
of tile new generation of returned
soldiers to reach Townsville, is War
rant Officer L C. A. Fry, -who prior
to Joining the AXF. in October, 1939—
ho second draft — was an employee
?ere of the Railway Department.
Warrant Officer Fry has been return
ed to Australia aa the result of n
wound he received during one of the
Nazi raida on London last November.
A fragment of a bomb struck him on
the side of the left sbln and finally
odged in the flesh of the calf o! the
eg. The piece of bomb fragment was
Immediately removed, but It neces
sitated Warrant Officer Fry being in
an English hospital foi- 11 weeks after
which he was invalided to Australia.
At the present time, he explained, he
Is enjoying leave, but emphasised that
ne had not been discharged and ex
pressed the hope thnt In a short time
ho will again be sufficiently lit to ioln
his comrades. In chatting to War
rant Officer Fry, It was noticed that
ho wore his badge of rank— the Eng
lish coat of arms enclosed with a
wreath of laurel— on the leather band
of his wristlet watch. The fact thai
he was wearing a short-sleeved shirt
precluded It being worn on the cuff.
The business of conducting a fashion
salon In Kuala Lumpur in the Feder
ated Malay States Is a profitable ono.
natd Mrs. IS. O. McGulneas, who was a
passenger on the flying boat which ar
rived at Townsville from Darwin on
Monday afternoon. Mrs. McGulncss
said that she was at present visiting
Australia on a buying expedition. Orl
glnally, she lived in Sydney, but had
been In Kuala Lumpur for four and a
half years). When asked if there m
heavy duty to pay on dresB goods
which were purchased In Australia,
Mrs. McQulness staled It was 10 per
cent. She only handled ladles' goods
and had no Chinese in her clientele.
She mentioned in passing that the
rich Chinese dressed with very expen
sive cloths, chiefly beautiful brocades
of startling colors. The Chinese ladles
in Kuala Lumpur wore a long dress
with a high collar and a skirt which
was spill about 14 Inches above the
ankles. The startling colors which
Chinese ladies wore certainly set off
their dark. hair. Mrs. McGulness stated
that her last visit to Australia was in
March of 1840 and said that the ex
change with Australia was favorable.
By the Douglas 'plane on Monday
ilr. R. a. Bowman, BA, of the
University of California, arrived, on
a vUlt to North Queensland. Mr. Rn,v.
man has already travelled over most
of Australia. Hts mission i« to enquire
Into how people live on the land in
various parts of the world, why they
live there, and what their problem la
On his return to America he will make
a report to an Advisory Committee
set up by President Roosevelt. When
nterviewed recently In the South
Mr, Bowman stated that maize was a
crop much more casually grown in
Australia than In the corn belt of
America. 'Your casual treatment of
maiee struck me as curious because
In America, we regard corn as beinc
juBt as worthy of Bltrntion and scien
tific handling as you in Australin
would regard the sugar crop.' ;.lr
jowman, who was rnet on arrival by
Mr. H. McHugh (Primary Producers)
was ahmvn various polntn of Interest
nround Townsville this afternoon H'
had Intended vlslline the Avr and
Home H1U districts', but ou-lne 'o the
flood conditions win travel North
Mr. Bovrmnn will visit Innisfal.
Cairns, the Tableland and then cross
over to the Gulf country, travelllns
i'i-i Cloncurrv and fjorwireach back lo
Brisbane His tour of Australin has
already occupied about, four months.
Probably the first of the Australian
war correspondents lo return to this
country fiom any seat of hostilities
iti the present war. is Mr. G. W. HRr
riott. the representative of the 'Svd
noy Morning Herald' In the Middle
Last, who arrived at Townsville by
flying boat on Monday afternoon. Mr.
Harriott left Australia's shores with
the first contingent In February t-(
last year. During Uj« greater portion
of his time abroad be had been with
the Australian army In Palestine and
Egypt but, of latter months, he had
been with the Greek army in Albania.
The Greek army, he said, was doing
marvellously well against a more
powerful— in numbers— and better
equipped army which Italy possessed.
Since the battle ot Libya, however,
the Greek army had been- supplied with
much of the Italian equipment -which
bad been captured in the battles In
Cyrinaica. The morale of the Greeks
was high, and Greek officers and man
bed told him that they were quite
prepared to stand up to tha Gersxuuu
it only they had the support of Brit
ain, which was now available, air.
Harriott, on the way borne from
Albania to the place where be Joined
the flying boat, bad been on & vessel
which had been torpedoed and, as a
consequence, he only possessed the
clothes In which he was standing, as
the flying boat reached Australia.
Miss E, M. Try ,a nursing siBter-of
Singapore, told a 'Bulletin' represen
tative on the arrival of the flying boat
on Monday afternoon, of the condi
tions which exist at the large general
hospital In that city of which she was
a staff member. Sister Try 'stated
there were 40 European sisters In the
hospital, several Chinese nurses and
also some Tamil (Southern Indian)
nurses. She explained that all the
sisters were European, but the Cbln
efie and Tamils were never raised
above the calling of nurse, since the
examinations which they bad to pass
were not considered to be of a suf
ficiently high standard to take the
higher responsibility. Sister Try said
that she bad been three and a bait
years in Singapore and the work for
Europeans was 'mostly of a euper
-viBlon&ry nature. It was seldom neces
sary for a European sister to engage
in any of the actual work of nursing.
Each elster was responsible for a
vrard. The Singapore General Hos
pital was also a. training centre and
the time of probation was six years,
which included obBtetrics. Chllo wel
fare could also be learned, but at a
separate hospital to the General. When
asked what class of patients the Chin
ese and Malays were, Bister Try said
that there were a lot of the Chinese
and other races frightened at the
very thought of entering hospital. The
chief diseases were malaria and den
srue. Chinese, aa a rule, did not enter
hospital till rather late and aa a re
sult the mortality rate was high.
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The Townsville Daily Bulletin TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1941. (1941, April 8). Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1907 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved March 13, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61478828
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"The Townsville Daily Bulletin TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1941." Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1907 - 1954) 8 April 1941: 4. Web. 13 Mar 2025 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61478828>.
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1941 'The Townsville Daily Bulletin TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1941.', Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1907 - 1954), 8 April, p. 4. , viewed 13 Mar 2025, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61478828
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{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61478828 |title=The Townsville Daily Bulletin TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1941. |newspaper=[[Townsville Daily Bulletin]] |volume=LXIII, |issue=85 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=8 April 1941 |accessdate=13 March 2025 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}

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