Government presses Brisbane health act aim in council reply
The Home Secretary in the Legislative Assembly affirmed Parliament enacted the City of Brisbane Act to secure an adequate city health organisation. He criticized the Brisbane City Council for proposing only a part time medical officer and an epidemic board, saying proposals were insufficient to safeguard public health. The Lord Mayor pledged careful consideration, while Alderman Massey welcomed the government’s firm stance.
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Brisbane City
City of Brisbane
E. M. Hanlon
Legislative Assembly
R. Funnell
Brisbane
Funnell
Hanlon
Punnell
Epidemic Emergency Medical Board
Mr. Hanlon
City of
Cit of
J. W. Greene
Home Secretary
State
Commonwealth Health Departments
Department of Public Instruction
H. Massey
Bev
Germany Jewish refugees impact on Australia debate
Rabbi Freedman of Australia warns negative immigration policy blocks absorbing German Jewish refugees while praising Palestine as a successful model. He notes League of Nations inaction on causes of migrations and discusses Palestine mandate debate with Major Ormsby Gor and British Jewish Agency support.
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Australian Press Association
Geneva
Rabbi Freedman
Europe
London
Australia
Palestine
Germany
Palestine Mandate
Sixth Committee
Mandates Commission
Major Ormsby-Gore
Britain
Jewish Agency
Dream of aviation changes world travel within 50 years
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, in an interview at Heston airport, envisions giant airliners in 50 years flying 60,000 feet at 1,000 mph with 100 passengers in hermetically sealed compartments. Liner travel would outpace ships and rail, use crude oil fuel, have 12 to 15 engines, gyro control, radio navigation, and no human pilots.
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Australian Press Association
London
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
Daily Express
Heston
England
Lauer
America
ANZAC Square third unit to proceed in Brisbane plan
A Brisbane plan outlines the Commonwealth and State building schemes for Anzac Square. The Commonwealth intends to proceed with three buildings along Creek Street, while the State builds six along Edward, Ann, and Adelaide Streets. Groundwork is underway for a 12 month third unit, to be built by day labour, with cost revisions likely.
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Ammac Square
No Ume
Canberra
Courier-Mail
Creek Street
Edward, Ann
Adelaide
Adelaides
CommonWealth Public Works Committee
Brisbane
Commonwealth
Adelaide Street
Ann Street
Terrica House
Roads plan allocates £296,485 for main works nationwide
Minister for Works Mr H A Bruce announced the annual main roads programme totals £296,485. Distribution across divisions shows £80,033 to the northern, £92,482 to the northern division, £76,797 to the coabrgue division, £47,173 to the south western district, with plans aimed at steady employment and efficient use of plant resources.
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H. A. Bruce
Bruce
Thern
Southwestern
Coabrgue
Northern
Wis
Main Roads Commission
Missionary Says Caledon Bay Peace Mission Would Fail
Milingimbi Methodist minister Rev T T Webb condemns a 12 month delay free from police activity as needed for a peace mission at Caledon Bay. He warns most natives know only of police and a tobacco supplier, not missionaries, and urges overland preparation with careful, camouflaged approach.
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Caledon Bay
T. T. Webb
Milingimbi
Darwin
Church Missionary Society
Constable M'Coll
Ponte
F. H. Gray
Dolfuss survives Austrian chancellors chest wound
STOP PRESS Vienna reports Dr. Dol fuss was not seriously wounded after an attempted shooting. An X ray showed the chest was untouched and only a superficial arm wound remained. The assailant Rudolf Vergil, a 22 year old Nazi dismissed from the army, was struck down by the Minister for Commerce Stockinger, averting a potential crisis.
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Vienna
Rudolf Vergil
Stockinger
Land for grazing homesteads opened in Hughenden area
The Government to open 170000 acres of sheep country in Hughenden and Goondiwindi districts in 10 blocks. Crown resume from Hamilton Downs and Manuka Pastoral holdings will release about 75000 acres as grazing homesteads for 28 years at Hughenden Land Office on December 7. Selection requires stocking with sheep to capacity within three years and proof of financial standing and pastoral experience. About 50000 acres of Billa Billa lands in Goondiwindi also affected.
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Hughenden
Goondiwindi
P. Pease
Hamilton Downs
Manuka
Billa Billa
Goondwindi
Manuka and Hamilton Downs Carrying Capacity Discussed
An authority explains Manuka is a long established holding for sheep and Hamilton Downs shares open country use. Severe drought reduces carrying capacity for several years. In Hughenden, a fair living area is about 6000 sheep with roughly five acres per head. Blocks in the district appear to be small and quickly taken.
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Manuka
Downs
Hamilton Downs
Hughenden
Big blocks opened for prickly pear reclamation at Goondiwindi
In Goondiwindi a 98 000 acre district near Hamilton Downs and Manuka will be opened for prickly pear development and grain homestead selection on November 23. Blocks range from 11 700 to 26 000 acres with fenced allotments and at least one permanent improvement. Areas are deemed small for a full-time farmer unless pastoral prospects improve. officials note large low rent tracts are needed for viable starting points.
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Goondiwindi
Hamilton Downs
Manuka
Gun Superior War With Armour and Penetrative Shells
London report from October 3 notes a naval correspondent stating that gun fire currently defeats armor. New shells pass through 16 inch plates even at oblique angles and retain bursting charge and fuse, enabling catastrophic interior explosions. Few battleships carry armor over vital areas, the correspondent adds.
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Australian Press Association
London
Daily Telegraph
Bunchy Top Disease Controls Expanded South Coast
The Minister for Agriculture Mr. F. W. Bulcock warned of a serious risk of bunchy top in the South Coast area. He announced an additional officer will monitor the disease for the next three to four months, expanding from one to three officers. The control district will stretch from Southport to the border, including the Currumbin Valley, with HQs at Southport Currumbin and Coolangatta.
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F. W. Bulcock
Bulcock
Southport
Currumbin Valley
Currumbin
Coolangatta
Beef and Cotton Talk Between Japan and Queensland Leaders
Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha manager Mr Kawamura voiced Japan’s growing interest in Australian beef and cotton. He met Premier W Forgan Smith in Brisbane, discussing beef exports to the East, ship space challenges, and a potential cotton supply boost as Queensland eyes Japan as a market. Interviews with industry heads were promised on his return.
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Kawamura
Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha
Brisbane
W. Forgan Smith
Queensland
Kawamire
Japan
Cina
Korea
Australis
England
Great Britain
Australia
Egypt
India
America
China
E. F. Gunners
Queensland Meat Industry Board
R. J. Webster
Queensland Cotton Board
Casket Funds Disbursements and Bank Details
The annual report shows total casket disbursements of £2,566,605 between July 1 1930 and June 28 1933 for hospital care maternity wards clinics and child welfare. It notes commissions of £49 800 and drawing costs of £433 with ticket sales of £1 060 000 and 128 staff at year end. Golden Investments acts as agent for the Prudence Trust and Finance Co and runs the Queensland Golden Casket outside Queensland.
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T.B
W. Noble
Brisbane
Prudence ‘Trust
Golden _ Investments
Prudent Trust and Finane Co
New South Wales
Golden Investments
Queensland
Golden Casket
Stribling Dies Of Injuries After Auto Crash
Stribling heavyweight boxer W L Young Stribling died this morning from injuries after a Sunday motor cycle collision in Masonga Georgia. He was 21 and had visited Australia last year.
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Masonga
Georgia
W. L
Young") Stribling
Stribling
Australia
Queensland Walnut Featured in Duchess of York Visit
The Duchess of York praised Queensland walnut during her Dominion tour and prompted Messrs Kolister and Bandes to craft radio cabinets from the timber. Betty Joel Ltd will secure supplies of Queensland walnut and maple and silky oak for furniture. The Acting Agent General, L H Pike, is campaigning to promote Queensland woods to middle-class furnishers as designers display their cabinets in shop windows.
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London
Duchess of York
Dominion
Messrs
Kolister
Bandes
Queensland
Tty Joel Ltd
Betty Joel, Ltd
Suesos
Walnut
L. H. Pike
Queensland Woods
Brandes
Air Mail Policy Sparks Debate On Government Role
An Imperial Airways official argues air mail policy should follow America’s model. He notes the American post office subsidizes £6,000,000 yearly, while Imperial Airways receives £500,000 from all sources, including Air Ministry. The Post Office provides none, under 1919 Treasury rules, hindering air mail development unless government aid creates separate mail and passenger services.
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Chamber of Commerce
Imperial Airways
American Post Office
Air Ministry
Post Office
Treasury
Post
Seafarer II Crashes After Cross Wind at Wasaga Beach
Seafarer II failed to take off as cross wind twisted its undercarriage causing a plunge from five feet during a second attempt. The craft, after traveling about two miles, dropped to the ground. Mrs Mollison and another occupant exited unharmed.
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Wasaga Beach
Ctober 1
Kingsford Smith Heads for Australia Hop-Off
London October 4 Sir Kingsford Smith departed Heston for Lympne this afternoon to prepare for his dawn flight to Australia tomorrow morning.
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Kingsford Smith
London
Sir Kingsford Smith
Heston
Lympne
Australia
Marriage notice appears in midday update
A brief marriage notice is listed during the lunch hour, noting a couple's union and related details. The entry records the names of the parties and the event time, reflecting a concise public notice in the period’s style.
Anglo-Finnish trade treaty cuts Finnish butter 10 percent
The Anglo-Finnish commercial agreement was signed at Helsingfors and will take effect three days after ratifications. It guarantees Finland a butter minimum of 198 000 cwt annually, a 10 percent cut, while Britain gains extensive customs duty reductions on British products. The three year pact preserves most favoured nation status and adds concessions on Finnish specialties.
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London
Helsingfors
Finland
Britain
Threat of food shortage sparks New York crisis
Washington reports a looming food shortage in New York as 20,000 truck drivers strike. Officials cite flour shortages and a lorry dump incident as disruptions grow. Henry Ford and W Green address labor policy while the National Recovery Administration begins a nationwide payroll canvass. Coal miners' strike ends as Stel Corporation accepts union terms in a Johnson-facilitated deal.
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Washington
New York
Merrie Edgewater
Henry Ford
W. Green
A ‘Ashington
National Recovery Administration
Stel Corporations
General Johnson
National Recovery Administrator
France's Aim and European Arms Talks Amid Tensions
Britain and the United States reportedly back France in resisting Germany's demand for large military forces. Paris dispatches claim Daladier faced rumors of resignation, with critics accusing the government of selling Frances. French aims center on dissolving the Reichswehr while maintaining 200,000 home troops and 200,000 colonial forces under a four year supervision plan.
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Paris
Pertinax
Geneva
France
Germany
M. Daladier
Frances
London
Morning Post
Reichswehr
the Times
Offiisl
Franceix
Dalby Team Qualifies For Final At Brisbane Exhibition
Seven railway ambulance teams competed at Spring Bluff for South Dalby with Fitzpatrick leading Dalby to 470 points and final selection for October 12 at the Exhibition Grounds Brisbane. Ipswich A Townsville Rockhampton A and Maryborough also advance. Warwick won the silver cup and junior shield while T Smith of Dalby claimed the individual test with 470.
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Toowoomba
Spring Bluff
Dalby
Fitzpat
M. Fitzpaterick
F. M. Boyle
F. W. Elphick
T. Smith
Exhibition Grounds
Brisbane
Ipswich
Townsville
Rockhampton
Maryborough
H. Walker
Carriers’ Association
Austin Price
Brisbane Railway Ambulance
N. Kenny
W. Wheat
Murphy's Creek
J. Prawley
Conference Ordered in Collie Coal Miners Strike
Perth October 3 The State Arbitration Court president has called a compulsory conference over the Collie coal miners strike. The Australian Labour Party state executive will assume control of the dispute under party constitution provisions, despite railway unions being vitally affected.
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Dwyer
State Arbitration Court
Collie
Australian Labour Party
Australia Wins Non Permanent Council Seat At League
Canberra reports Australia has been elected to the League of Nations Council as a non permanent member with 69 votes. Denmark and Argentina also secure seats, Australia replacing the Irish Free State. Britain and other powers show support for continued dominion representation while talks of a new seat proceed.
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Denmark
Argentina
Australia
Norway
Guatemala
Irish Free State
Portugal
Turkey
Weir
Bruce
All Nations
Ta Water
Canada
Free State
Council
Geneva
Australis
Bryce
London
Senor Madriaga
Spain
League Assembly
League
Critica
M. Paul Boncour
France
Constitution OF Assembly
Canberra
Council of the
League of Nations
Commonwealth
M. Bruch
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Germany
China
Czechoslovakia
Mexico
Panama
Poland
J. G.matham
Antiwar Conference In Shanghai Delayed By Authorities
In Shanghai on October 2 European delegates and Chinese officials blocked a world antiwar conference. A meeting of about ten delegates and a Korean and a representative of the 19th Route Army convened in an empty house within greater Shanghai to discuss China’s problems. They planned a manifest to be issued later, as safety concerns and government pressure mounted.
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Australian Press Association
Shanghai
China
Lord Marley
Mmita
Vladivostock
19Th Route Army
Ates
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Council of the Sens of Nations
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