Sixty-Second Annual Meeting of T and G Mutual Life
The Australasian T and G Mutual Life Society held its sixty second annual meeting in Melbourne. Chair J T Thompson reported 161 562 new policies across ordinary and industrial business, total income 5 842 pounds, policyholders funds at 29 252 711 pounds, and over two million pounds paid to policyholders. Assets heavily invested in government securities and first mortgages with a record surplus of 944 062 pounds.
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Melbourne
Australasian
T. & G. Mutual Life Society
J. T. Thompson
Australia
New Zealand
Labour’s social welfare drive and Santa Claus faith
A Western Australia Labour speaker argues the movement far beyond unions, highlighting child welfare clinics, school medical care, maternity hospitals, and housing for the poor as evidence of social justice. He quotes Santa Claus and Virginia to emphasize hope and humanity amid calls for cautious industrial expansion under British policy.
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Labour
Commonwealth
Labour Movement
Labour Party
Brotherhood of Man
Labour Movement of
Western Australia
J. R. Watkins Company seeks salesmen for 1939 expansion
The J. R. Watkins Company, established 1868, invites applications from ambitious men aged 25 to 45 to join their outdoor selling force. A large scale expansion is planned for 1939 with permanent promotions for successful salesmen. Full information from Perth Brasch.
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J. R. Watkins Company
Perth Brasch
Santa Claus Letter Highlights Press Duty
A 1907 letter to the Sun editor Charles A. Dana is cited as a classic example of newspaper work in a community. The reader praises Dana’s sagacity and the editor’s simple, noble spirit, calling the message timely to the season and enduring over decades.
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Charles A. Dana
New York “Sun
Dana
Trends in Business and an Appropriate Policy
Mr. Robert W. Gillespie, president of the Bank of New South Wales, warned that despite high production across Australia’s main industries last season, export prices sagged and export income declined. He cited drought reducing spending power and warned business activity would fall without appropriate measures.
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Australia
Robert W. Gillespie
Bank of New South Wales
Christmas Stanzas For a Joyful Christmastide
Poem of warm wishes for joy, sunshine, blessings, hope, peace, friendship and happiness on Christmas Day and into the New Year. Authored by Chas. A. Richardson in 1938, expressing hopes for many future happy years.
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Chas. A. Richardson
Is There a Santa Claus Virginia O Hanlon Letter
A letter from Virginia O Hanlon asks the editor if Santa Claus exists. The Sun responds that belief is common despite scepticism and that minds, large or small, have limits. A jagged fragment follows, quoting Dana and shifting to economic commentary on deflation, Australian industry, farming, and cost efficiency.
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West Ninety-fifth Street
Santa Claus
Papa
Virginia O Hanlon
Dana
Virginia
Spellato Ho Review by Judex in Australia
H E Bates superbly sketches Bruno Shadbolt in Spellato Ho, tracing his rise from a clod to owner of Spella Hu. The novel blends harsh social truths with tender pathos, detailing key relationships, brutal scenes, and Bruno’s ultimate solitude, praised for writing strength and absorbing chapters.
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Australia
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Forrest Place
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Speila
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Bruit
Manson
Teloase
Depith
Spella Hu
Mr. Bates
Lowe
Gerda
Jenny
Virginia
Judex
Dry Guillotine and Helbenoit’s Journey Through Fear
A fragmentary appraisal of a memoir by Belbenoit detailing escapes from terror hunger and murder including cannibalism. It notes the author’s survival and travel with the manuscript across hostile lands to the USA. Foreword by William La Varre offers a portrait of Belbenoit’s early life and the implied path of reform after punishment.
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U.S.A
William la Varre
Belbenon
Kelbeno*t
la Varee
Helbenoit
Dry Guillotine exposes brutal life in Devil’s Island penal colony
Jonathan Cape publishes Rene Belbenoit memoir in English, detailing fifteen years of humiliation and suffering under brutal guards and corrupted system, with vivid accounts of vice, sexual perversion, and four attempted escapes on Devil’s Island.
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Jonathan Cape
Rene Belbenoit
Robinson
Forrest Place
Perth
Belbenoit
Tour of South Australia planned for primary producers wives
Mr RB Dyer SA Government Tourist Bureau representative in WA announces an inclusive three week tour of South Australia leaving Perth on March 10 1930 and returning April 8 1930. It visits Lobethal Victor Harbor Warracoorte Mount Gambier Renmark Burra Clare Port Pirie Iron Knob Whyalla with rail travel first class accommodation and about 2000 miles of motor car travel. The fare is about £55 with details to follow. write RB Dyer c/o WA bureau.
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Government Tourist Bureau
W.A
South Australia
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Adeide
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Broken Hill
Port Pirie
RB. Dyer
S.A
W.A. Government Tourist Bureau
Forrest Place
No Santa Claus Lives Forever in Virginia’s Heart
A nostalgic passage contrasts belief in Santa with unseen realities, then shifts to economic policy urging sustained public works during a spending contraction. It defends faith, beauty, and imagination as enduring, while highlighting a debate on stimulus and employment in the face of falling exports. Virginia is named as the cradle of enduring belief in Santa.
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Virginia
Santa Claus
Samia Claus
Mary
Galilee
Titer
Gillespie
Country Party decries profiteering and proposes conflicting policies
The Publicity Committee of the State Country Party argues profiteering harms consumers and critiques a Western Australia bill. It says evidence for the measure was lacking and questions government aims to spur industry while limiting prices. It condemns high duties and warns that restricting competition harms the public.
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Western Australia
Labour
Bureau of Industry
Wester Australia
Australia
State Country Party
Preserve Fruits Vegetables Meats for Year Round Use
A promotional piece urges housewives to preserve fruits vegetables and meats at home to save time and money. It describes sealing apples pears tomatoes and other produce in bottles with simple steps and lists suitable fruits vegetables and other items for bottling. It promotes N S W Vacola bottling and suggests buying during peak season for cost efficiency.
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Paw Paw
Cavniry
Tin Farm
Queensland
N S.W
Wyndham
Vacola
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