14 Jan 1931
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Newspaper
Burra Record
Location
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 14, 1931
Page
1
Listing of sports shoes for ladies and men with various styles and sizes, all at low bedsrock prices. Includes canvas, crepe rubber soles, leather upper options, and children's sizes. Also features pan sandals with leather soles and varying size ranges and prices.
An editorial piece questions human nature and social ills in Australia. It argues excess government and taxes coexist with misery, urges stronger leadership, and calls individuals to dedicate themselves to service and humanity in the new year.
A short, fragmented pledge urging clear minds pure hearts true faith ready hands and honest office holders. The text emphasizes honor and truth telling by public figures.
Australian wheat growers protest unfair treatment as stores hold millions of bushels and prices sag. Resolutions condemn current costs and call for government action to reduce production costs or raise wheat prices to enable sowing and future planting.
A nostalgic survey traces Australia's colorful early years from Captain Cook to the colonial era. It notes pivotal meetings, Bligh and Macarthur's clash, Bathurst land deals, Hargraves and the gold rush, bushranging, and the Eureka turmoil, highlighting license riots, rising colonial sentiment, and the birth of the Victoria republic concept.
A historical column argues free secondary education arose from loan money but warns the funding is shrinking. Dr Killian of Fort Augusta criticizes government use of taxpayers earnings for the well to do and calls for stricter education spending. It discusses bursaries for talented working-class children and compares merit-based grants in Germany.
An historical arc tracks Australia from a single wheat harvest at Parramatta to a broad industrial base. It notes early coal and whale oil, wool as the core export, and trials with wine olives and flax. Gold booms boosted secondary industries. by 1927 28 factories numbered 22 776 with 464 199 workers and substantial wages, while exports and overseas manufacture grew.
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