Australia’s Anniversary Celebrations Set for Heritage Display
Australia plans dramatic pageants and exhibitions to mark 160 years of nationhood. A grand opening cavalcade will showcase period costumes and naval reviews, with a fleet week in Sydney and an all Australia Exhibition and Trades Fair from April 2 to 20, 1938.
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The
Organisation of Australia
Anzac Dayah
Lays
Mpentlio
Notenol
Auatralia
Plac Peopagania
Astral Fein
Ayo Wardetick
Ceryiew
Avetralin
Hylere Oremsyon
Wreasien Amd
Malyon
Australia
Sydney
Empire
Railway Department
Harbour Bridge
Wynyard
Government House
Angac
Public Debt and the Burden on Society
A Bank of New South Wales circular argues that public debt is only a burden if the funds are squandered. If borrowed money funds productive works, debt can yield returns through income or social gains. It critiques past public works policy during the $824 boom, suggests cautious future lending, and notes political factors may shape borrowing even with economic considerations.
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Bank of New South Wales
Neney Bee
The Lambing Flat Riot and White Australia Origins
The article recounts the Lambing Flat goldfield riot of 1863 driven by white miners protesting Chinese competition. It links the conflict to the rise of a White Australia policy and notes leaders William Spicer Cameron and Stewart, government inaction, police deployment, and eventual military involvement.
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William Spicer
Adjungbilly
Cameron
Stewart
Lambing Flat
Cowper
John Robertson
Spicer
Asia
Ss.w
League
Dodor
Main Street
Ald
Sydney
Population boom urged to boost Australia’s economy
Australia faces urged population growth to lift industry and exports. Paul Cheyne notes higher factory employment could expand demand for farm products and raw materials, boosting markets in Britain and beyond. A freak lamb with four ears and extra eyes is reported from Wambanumba.
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Australis
Japan
New Zealand
Canada
Australia
W. Rayner Hebblewhite
Canberra
Rose Valley
Wambanumba
Boorowa Post Office Holiday Hours On Anzac Day
On Anzac Day Monday 26th April the Boorowa Post Office opens 9 am to 10 am for ordinary business except Money Order and Savings Bank. No town mail delivery by postmen. public may call at counter. Town letter receivers cleared 9 to 10 am. all mails closing after 10 am will close at 10 am. Radio needs at Lawrence and Hodgson's.
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Savings Bank
Lambing Flat deed seen as a Magna Charta of Australia
The piece argues that the Lambing Flat events established a new principle by ordinary laboring men, comparable to Magna Charta, later accepted by government and foundational to Australia. It notes 1960 as a lull after a peak of prosperity, with wealth from gold fields diminishing.
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Northern Daily Leader
Australia
Bishop of Central Tanganyika to Broadcast on 2BL Sunday
The Bishop of Central Tanganyika will broadcast on the National Programme 2BL on Sunday April 18 1957 at 8 40 p m for five minutes. He will recount the Australian mission of goodwill to Tanganyika by twenty six Australians and the Anzac spirit in peace efforts. The broadcast, aligned with League of Nations duties, follows a previous London broadcast on November 1 with strong reception. Central Tanganyika is described as Australia’s sphere of influence in Africa and a follow up is set for Sunday at 6 90 p m.
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Central Tanganyika
2BL
Tanganyika
Africa
League of Nations
London
Bournemouth
Australia
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