Debating Hughes Amendment on Monopolies and Regulation
The piece argues that existing constitutions fail to curb monopolies and profiteering and calls for drastic reform. It warns against excessive referendums and overbearing state control, contrasting wartime Britain and peacetime Australia, urging caution and more inquiry into Hughes proposals.
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France
United States
Argentine
Canada
Hughes
Monopolica
Royal Comminston
Australia
Commonwealth
Britain
Heilein
Chili
Peru
Amendment Referendum Debate Muddies Australian Politics
Albany dispatch reports growing doubt over Hughes proposed constitutional amendment and public referendums. Voters show hesitation on amending the Commonwealth Constitution amid political maneuvering and concerns over party influence and governance.
Sussex fowl triumph at Royal show and school reopen notice
Mr A J Collins sent Sussex stock RSVP to the Royal show securing first prize with the mate and first and champion for the female. Amith's Weekly notes Returned Soldiers Vainly Protesting remarks about repatriation delays. A notice announces the State schools reopen Monday with technical classes resuming and all students asked to report.
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A. J. Collins
Sussex
Mr. Collins
RSVP
Amith
Ocal
Echoola
Plantagenet Rifle Club shoot and Albany notices
Readers are informed of a Plantagenet Rifle Club shoot with seven shot limits at 000 yards and a farewell for Mrs E Allen in St Johns schoolroom on October 28. The town hosts travel by Mount Barker residents on October 25 to Albany, while local aviation and defence plans involve boys drill halls and Lt Hotchin. A notice on coal unloading at the deep water jetty notes about 7800 tons moved, and Hatch Bros. announce an auction on October 11 near Sutherland Street stock yards featuring dairy and beef stock and horses ahead of Royal Agricultural Show week.
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Plantagenet Rifle Club
Condittons
Mre
E. Allen
Hany
Mount Barker
St. John's
Homing
Male
Albany
T. H. Willson
W. Jarman
Bahia Cortitlo
Triin
Atoumer
Boulder
Australian
Goa
Narregin
King George's
A. Brown
Atevedore
Mesara
Hatch Bros
Sutherland Street
Jersey
Sutherland
Repatriation Committee Reviews Applications and Training Plans
The ordinary weekly Repatriation Committee meeting at the Soldiers' Institute approved a 376 acre Redmond dairy and mixed farming property for a returned man. It noted no action on Kalgan district property until the applicant provided responsibility. Several sustenance and renewal applications were approved. Col Tilney suggested collecting data from Great Southern committees for vocational training plans and a conference proposal for Albany on November 2, with delegates and branch replies to questions. Other minor items discussed.
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Soldiers’ Institute
A. Hi
Dickson
J. EL Tupping
W. Mannen
A.C. Vaughan
T. A. Meeks
Redmond
Kalgan
Col. Tilney
Great Southern
Bevara
Albany
Visit of Supervisor of Local Committees
Mr D J Wilson supervisor of Local Repatriation Committees was in Albany this week. He explained the sustenance rules for discharged soldiers awaiting work. He said most receive 42 to 66 weekly until a living wage is found, with five weeks maximum unless extensions are justified. All sustenance payments ended September 27 following the maritime strike. He promised to return to the district soon.
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D. J. Wilson
Albany
Sam
Pinnelly
Denmark
Tam Cully
Soa
Santenance
Mount Barker notes on hospital delay and soldiers memorial plans
At a Mount Barker meeting chaired by E E Warburton the hospital proposal was postponed after Dr Deane warned no need now. The group discussed a soldiers memorial and a club house on the reserve with public access, funding to follow. Chas Drage won the Sounness trophy in the Mount Barker Rifle Club shoot. J McNeil Martin left for Perth to represent Pra ingrowers Co. at a federation conference.
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Hell
Bnth
Inet
E. E. Warburton
Plantagenet Ronde Board
Mount Barker
B.A. Wright
J. F. Watson
Mra. Watson
Andrew Muir, Jr
Deane
Aooth
J. EB. Drage
E. Webster
Spodda Board
FL FL. Harper
Mer
BE. Thomas
Roads Board
Sounness
Seapal
Chas
Drage
Clu
A. T. Hooth
Wms
J. McNeil Martin
Perth
Praitgrowers’ Co
Perth Weather Forecast Shows Fine Conditions With Light Showers
Perth forecast for today notes some light showers in the south west and along the south coast. Winds mostly from 5 to 5.5 directions. Seas rough from the Leeuwin across the Bight with southeasterly guidance.
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Perth
Leeuwin
Pear shipments to England face misleading claims
A Mount Barker Fruits Growers Association letter challenges Prime Minister statements on pear shipping conditions to England. It cites past shipments of Winter Nelia and Vicars varieties, notes a 100 lane Winter Nelia voyage, and complains about space allocation and officials’ knowledge, urging accurate information to protect future exports.
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West Australia
England
A. T. Booth
Mount Barker
Somerset
Victoria
Winter Nelia
Josephine
Vicars
Mount Harker
Thames
Albany
Berrima
J. Mitchell
Increase In Old Age Pensions In Budget Speech
Melbourne reports the Acting Federal Treasurer H A Poynton outlined in the House of Representatives that the Budget shows a surplus of £4,558,412. He said the government is considering the burden on old age and invalid pensioners and will introduce a bill to raise the weekly rate from 12/6 to 15/-, to take effect on and after January 1 next year.
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Melbourne
How. A. Poynton
House of Representatives
Grants for services Melbourne Tharmsdiey Ties on Estimates
The estimates list new service grants with items such as Perth Telephone Exchange for 25 pounds, Perth extension of Postal Stores for 4740 pounds, Woodhill Post Office for 40 pounds, Coralton Post for 1 000 pounds, Perth West Office for 60 000 pounds, and the Kalgoorlie Port Armitsto railway at 197 pounds. The figures suggest ongoing funding allocations in this period.
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Melbourne
Tharmsdiey
Perth
Woodhim
Offtes
Coral Ton
Perth West
Kalgoorlie- Port
Federal Elections Hover As Prime Minister Teases October First Vote
A terse Royal statement hints elections may occur on Saturday October 1 as the Prime Minister advises war concerns. Paris reports Free Governed powers press Count von Bismarck extradition for culpability in wartime deaths.
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Melbourne
Thireuiss
Cntief
Paris
Count von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck
Viskenignores
Completion of Steamers Not Desired By Cable
The Australasian Merchants' Aviation Advisory argues no government tracing would be cheaper than private enterprise and condemns central government action as costly and inefficient. It asserts private Australian services oppose the completion of the Commonwealth Government's scheme as unnecessary.
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London
Aviation
Adv Paxeed
Commonwealth
Tm Duseri Tral
Alwayea
Amd Imefivic Ae
Srers
Baltic Evacuation Talks Face German Reply
Paris reports the Supreme Council has rejected evacuations in the Baltic provinces and instructed Marshal Foch to send another note to Germany. The protracted exchange indicates tensions over postwar arrangements and Allied strategy.
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Paris
Chet
Counil
Germany
Baltic
Foch
War Trading Primary Products Sales Across Melbourne
The Poiae Minster outlined war time trade figures in Melbourne noting wool sales valued at £315,700,521 and combined wool and wheat value exceeding £2,394,000,000. The wool clip is a major contributor, with wool and wheat together accounting for more than two thirds of the war debt.
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Melbourne
Poiae Minster
Death of a Great Australian statesman Alfred Deakin
The report notes the death of the Hon. Alfred Deakin, Melbourne born in 1856 and a towering figure in Australian politics. It traces his career from journalism with the Age to attorney general and multiple terms as Prime Minister, highlighting his roles in federation, irrigation advocacy, and Imperial Conference involvement.
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Melbourne
Grammer School
Melbourne University
Deakin
Melbourne “Age
Dive Syme
Byrne
Wakin
Patterson
Jyme
West Bourke
Newt
Service-Berry
Australia
America
India
London
Australis
Italy
Eye
Syme
Federal Council of Australia
Wass
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Ballarat
Federal House
Eee
Mr. Deakin
Edmand Barton
Labor
Watson
Deakin Agaiy
Fisher
Railway Workers Demand Higher Pay in New Framing
Unclear OCR text suggests railway men push for higher pay with references to bonuses and work days. Limited readable details mention standard rates and a proposed prorated scheme, but the segment is fragmentary.
Conference on NSW Coastal Shipping Terms Rejected
A Sydney conference between seamen and coastal shipping owners ended with the union declaring the owners terms unsatisfactory after refusing to follow the Melbourne agreement. A larger meeting of union officials will decide on accepting the proposed terms.
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Conference OF Owners and Seamen
Sydney
Thurday
New South Wales
Miners decide not to strike in northern fields
A late report from Sydney notes miners in the northern fields have chosen to study the dang system and avoid output restrictions that would curb shipments to New Zealand amid a concurrent strike there. The piece-work dispute and broader labor dynamics paint a tense economic picture across regions.
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Sydney
Oulfields
New Zealand
Carn Po
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