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Newspaper
Albury Banner And Wodonga Express
Location
Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
26
The calendar lists lunar phases for June with first quarter at 2.66 p.m., full moon on June 14 at 11.55 p.m., last quarter on June 21 at 3.26 p.m., and new moon on June 29 at 2.32 a.m. The record notes times and dates for each phase.
A contemporary periodical surveys Rome Athens and Peru to show how socialistic measures like permanent dole and progressive taxation harmed virility, capital, and national vigor. It argues Rome and Greece fell when state relief supplanted individual effort and Peru collapsed under Spaniard conquest, yielding a warning about collective welfare eroding patriotism and energy.
The article argues for new branch railways to connect northern and western districts with the southern system to move stock from poor pastures to better land. It warns of recurring drought losses and notes that trucks alone won’t suffice, plus outlines broader benefits for settlement and land development.
A case of considerable interest to selectors as bearing on the administration is described, with emphasis on its implications for policy and future decisions.
In Empire Day events at a Sydney suburban school a pupil denounces the Federal Government over ammunition shortages. The piece muses on boxing earnings and a proposed university chair of pugilism. It recalls Albury youths copying acrobats and balloon stunts, and laments tariff debates joined by a Bathurst clergyman arguing free trade. It cites a Melbourne spiritualist seance and other eccentric notes.
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