Health danger in air route threats Australia mail plan
Canberra reports a confidential health assessment by Dr Cilento urges rerouting air mail from Darwin via Brisbane to Sydney to curb disease risks. He says Birdum should be dropped, warnings include quarantine needs at Darwin and Birdum, and delays in inviting tenders for the Darwin to Coota Mundra route may follow.
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Air Mail
R. W.cuento
Australia
Cilento
Darwin
Brisbane
Canberra
Garpabort
Cerrtann
C. W
Marr
Cumpston
Birdum
Sydney
Brisbane council urged to speed sewerage scheme
The Premier and Treasurer Mr W Forgan Smith stated the government would consider financial help if Brisbane City Council seeks to accelerate sewerage works. Vice Mayor Alderman Nixon Smith suggested including sewerage as a permanent works priority over the new bridge. Smith said the Premier would review proposals if the council advances them.
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Brisbane
W. Forgan Smith
R. E. Nixon-Smith
Berlin article reports drive to increase German birth rate
London dateline reports three month crusade in Germany to raise births. Campaign will intensify until population goals are met. Legislation aimed at boosting population expected next year, including taxation of childless couples.
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London
Berlin
Daily Mail
Germany
Epidemic dengue threat prompts Brisbane push for mosquito battle
Brisbane health officials warn dengue fever causes substantial economic loss through business disruption and worker absence. Dr G A Murray cites past Queensland deaths, while Alderman E P Decker urges continuous fight against the house breeding mosquito as summer nears. The epidemic pattern shows cycles of two to ten years with imported origins in Australia.
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Bribane
G. A. Murray
Commonwealth Health Department
Queensland
Murray
Australia
Fiji
Secniland
Western Australia
New South Wales
Brisbane
P. Decker
Licensing Board Shaes Builders Control Plan
A proposed Bill to create a six member licensing board for builders aims to cover licensing and registration with broad representation including Government, builders, architects, employees, the Work Department, and State Advances Corporation. Licences would be optional and deregisration possible for serious misconduct. The measure seeks to ensure good work without creating a closed elite.
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F Or Works
H. A. Bruce
Labour Party
Leensing Board
State Advances Corporation
Cay Dt
Striking Heist Sees 16000 Teeth Stolen in Sydney
Thieves broke into the Commonwealth Dental Supply Co on Bathurst Street during the weekend, forcing a door and cutting through filtration to reach the store room. About 16,000 artificial teeth of the best grade, valued around £500, were stolen. inferior teeth and other dental equipment were left untouched.
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Sydney
Commonwealth Dental Supply Co
Bathurst Street
City
£2,500,000 Loan for NSW relief works approved
Sydney September 19. The Premier announced the Loan Council approved a £2,500,000 loan for relief works to be carried out by the Water Board. AMP is the subscriber to the loan. Works are to commence almost immediately.
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Sydney
Loan Council
The
Water Board
Pe Amp
Cheaper Light and Power Abolition of Meter Rents Proposed
The government plans to fix light and power prices by council order, extending to the whole state. Meter rents will be abolished, and compensation for severance when a local authority takes over part of a private franchise area will end. A Gas Bill is expected next week with projected price reductions and metropolitan savings of 10 000 to 15 000.
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Sy Ocer
TH. A. Bruce
Labour Party
Possible Resumption of State Public Service Increments
The State Public Service may resume automatic pay increases soon with Oct 1 as a probable start. The State Service Union reported that not all increments will be fully paid, but funds should be allocated equitably. Premier W Forgan Smith offered no comment as the Budget awaits finalisation.
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Council of the State Service Union
Journal
Commonwealth
W. Forgan Smith
Scorpion Bite Fatality Leads to Inquest
An inquest into the death of 58 year old John Walker reveals he developed tetanus after a scorpion bite. Medical testimony notes no wounds on his body aside from a small puncture on the right forearm.
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Sydney
John Walker
Walker
Petition King Case for Secession
Perth September 19 a committee of both Houses to prepare the secession case recommends Parliament appoint a non Parliamentarian committee to draft an address to the King and seek Imperial Parliament action to withdraw the State from the Federation.
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Perth
Federation
Price of Gold in London Market
London reports gold quoted at 16/11/9 an ounce this morning, the same price as yesterday confirming stability for investors and buyers in the London bullion market.
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London
Debt talks open between Britain and United States
Washington reports on the war debt talks set to begin October 5 with Britain’s Sir Ronald Lindsay and Sir Frederick Leith-Ross handling preliminary negotiations. The December 15 payment totals 183,620,000 dollars, including 117,000,000 dollars and 65,000,000 dollars for the balance due.
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Ronald Lindsay
Frederick Leith-Ross
Britain
Rescued From River Near Victoria Bridge
A man named Harding, 72, was pulled from the river near Victoria Bridge after a fall yesterday. Constable Bramley and an ambulance team performed artificial respiration for over half an hour before revival, and Harding was taken to General Hospital. he previously worked for Brisbane Water Supply and Sewerage.
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Victoria Bridge
General Hospital
Brumsey
Queen and
George Streets
Constabl
Christie
Bramley
Harding
Queen Street
Rockies
Chick W Sre
Wank
Victoria
Water Supply and Sewerage Department
Brisbane
Parding
City weighs toll funded bridges amid taxpayer outcry
City works executive Alderman E Lanham Fei warns a plan to build two central bridges and fund costs with tolls would trigger taxpayer uproar and leave the City Council to cover upkeep. Alderman BR E Nixon Smith suggests alternative spending, while Lord Mayor J W Greens and Lanham call the idea preliminary and cautiously considered. Lanham states opposition to a Government built bridge recouped by tolls, citing past water and sewer projects and the Sydney Harbour Bridge as costly examples.
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E. Lanham
Fei
BR. E. Nixon-Smith
Lanham
J. W. Greens
Can Lous
Tntil
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Bond Holders Demand Protective Corporation for Foreign Loans
New York report details seven million dollars in foreign bonds outstanding and one and a half billion dollars in default. A survey of about half a million bond holders estimates annual losses near one hundred million dollars. They urge the federal government to establish a protective corporation under the Securities Act to stabilize American foreign investments.
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New York
United States
Decree Forces Five Year Service or Criminal Obstruction
In Moscow on September 18 a new decree offers over a half million technical school students the option to serve five years wherever assigned or be treated as criminal obstructors. The measure aims to overcome famine in experts and recoup training costs for the Soviet.
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Moscow
Mammoth Casket Draw in City Hall Tonight at Seven
The No 4 Mammoth Casket drawing is scheduled for tonight in City Hall. It will start promptly at 7 o'clock.
Australia wary of Daily Herald naval base report
Melbourne September 19 Prime Minister J A Lyons condemned recent Daily Herald messages as irresponsible and damaging. Canberra reportedly said a huge naval base would be built at Gladstone Queensland with north coast fortifications and that Ai Force would face special measures and compulsory training again.
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Melbourne
J. A. Lyons
Australia
Daily Herald
Canberra
Gladstone
Queensland
Meat quota urged to end by meat traders group
Federation of Meat Traders asks government to drop meat quota. A Burns of Sheffield told the meeting that imports suffer from rubbish meat from Australia and New Zealand and forequarters from South Africa. He urged prohibiting third rate meat while not interfering with the best meat.
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London
Federation of Meat Traders
A. Burns
Sheffield
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Five Year Ottawa Agreement Seen For Meat Trade
Queensland Meat Industry Board chairman Mr. F P Bunners said the Ottawa Agreement covers meat for five years and is likely to continue. He dismissed England driven criticisms as coming from a butcher avoiding Dominion products. He noted third quality Australian lamb sometimes fetches prices equal to first quality.
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Queensland Meat Industry Board
F. PF. Bunners
Ottawa
Dominions
Bunners
England
Dominion
Sunners
Australia
Dublin raid ends as Mrs Murphy fends off robbers
In Dublin on September 18 five armed men raided Thomas Murphy's hotel aiming to seize English ale stock. They were repelled by Mrs Murphy using a shillelagh after licensee’s customers protested. Nine raiders and two others jailed, hunger strike in Mountjoy noted. Two faint, two hospitalized, youths aged 16 and 17 told to desist.
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Dublin
Thomas Murphy
Mountjoy
King Affected by Neuritis Short Balmoral Shooting Stay
The News-Chronicle’s Ballater correspondent reports the King’s neuritis attack limited him to only one day of shooting at Balmoral this season. It is unlikely he will venture on the moors for the remainder of his stay.
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London
News-Chronicle
Ballater
Balmoral
Brisbane wool sale averages at Brisbane sales
The Brisbane Wool Brokers' Association reports average prices for wool at the Brisbane sale held September 11 to 14. Greasy wool realized £90 25s per bale, 18d per scoured bale, scoured £21 4s per bale, with further figures as listed.
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Brisbane
Sterling Exchange Quote At 79 15-16 To The Pound
The exchange rate for the pound is quoted at 79 shillings 15 16 pence, reflecting market conditions and currency valuation. The figure indicates the current bid for sterling against the pound, with traders watching fluctuations in the foreign exchange market.
Buyers strike at municipal fish market ends in deadlock
A buyers strike was declared at the municipal fish market as Retail Fishmongers pledged not to pay more than 32.6 a box for trawled flathead while sellers would not sell for less than 42 a box. The result was a deadlock.
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Sydney
Control tipping and illegal betting conference action
A Sydney inter-State conference of Ministers urged drastic controls to curb illegal betting including restricting wireless broadcasting and tipping for gain. Proposals aim to bar telephone use for betting and delay publishing betting odds until races end, with newspapers and broadcasters under similar limits. The Commonwealth would be asked to amend regulations enabling telephone refusals and licences if used for illegal betting.
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inter-State Conference of Ministers
Sydney
Commonwealth
New South Wales
New South Walesa
Chaffey
Frotaiaionel
Voigt
Victorian
Queensland
Posts and Telegraphs
Kitto
Japan Ex Envoy Denies Territorial Ambitions
Viscount Ishii in Colombo declares Japan has no territorial ambitions and seeks only honest peaceful trade. He defends Anglo Japanese friendship and downplays fears of aggression while explaining anti British protests stem from industrialists hurt by Indian government measures. He cites Hankow and Manchurian events to contextualize alliance.
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Japan
Viscount Ishii
Colombo
Pacific
Courier-Mail
Asiatic
Pacific Islands
Matsuoka
Mr. Matsuoka
China
Likely Competitors Named For MacRobertson Air Race
Aviation circles expect a strong field for the England to Australia MacRobertson air race next year with pilots Dolitts Captain Frank Hawks Captain Neville Stack Mrs Victor Bruce and possibly Sir Alan Cobham and Captain Helmore among the likely entrants.
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Australian Cable Service
London
Dolitts
Frank Hawks
Neville Stack
Victor Bruce
Alan Cobham
Helmore
England
Australia
Plotters Arrested in German Castle Clash
News-Chronicle reports 41 alleged plotters, including Wurtemberg aristocrats, captured at a Heldenheim castle as Nazis search Hamburg’s Red quarter. Berlin Times note cites limited weapons found and no current armed counter‑revolution prospects. A special German Embassy poll guard in London guards against threats to Hitler regime.
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London
Berlin
News-Chronicle
Heldenheim
Wurtemberg
the Times
Red
Hamburg
Carlton House Terrace
Lieutenant Clarke Held Under Army Court Martial
Lieutenant T H W Clarke of the Royal Artillery aged 27 is under open arrest at Woolwich awaiting a general court martial decision. The Daily Mail notes he travelled abroad during a holiday trip after obtaining permission and visited Russia. The charge concerns foreign travel requiring special War Office authorization.
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London
T. H. W. Clarke
Royal Artillery
Woolwich
Clarke
Rusain
Daily Mail
War Office
Queensland official links betting to telephone services plan
Mr Hanlon stated tonight that outcomes from the starfing ee conference hinge largely on Federal Government action regarding telephone service and broadcasting. He warned that telephone access is the major factor behind illegal betting in Queensland.
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Sydney
Queensland
O E
M. Hanlon
Gard
Queensland Golden Casket share tickets sold interstate
The Mammoth Golden Casket Art Union plans to sell half and tenth share tickets through Iden Investments Ltd as agent for outside Queensland markets. Chairman Mr. C O Chuter states the Golden Casket Committee originally barred Queensland sales but may review cross state selling to protect business. details appear on a government leaflet issued in Brisbane.
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Mammoth Golden Casket Art Union
Queensland
Crisket Committee
Golden I+vestments Ltd
Casket Committee
CO. E. Chuter
Brisbane
Mammoth Art Unions
Wolder Casket Art Union Committee
W. G. Noble
Specia Mammoth Art Union
Iden Investments, Ltd
Chuter
Ucketa
Golden Casket Committee
Golden Invesments
Magegerome
Eensland
Golden Investments
Gema
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Federal Health Department
Singapore
Cuento
N.S.W. Relief Works
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U.S.A
Washington
America
Constable
Works Executive
U.S.A. Bondholders
Mammoth
Damage Australia
King
Sterling Exchange
Russia
Mr. Hanlon
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