Germany builds producer gas trucks to fight fuel shortage
The Dunlop Pederiga Bulletin notes Germany plans to adapt heavy trucks to producer gas using charcoal and wood to conserve petrol. Subsidies and tax breaks encourage plants and equipment in Mercedes Benz and Bussing Nag trucks. Australia faces questions on petrol availability for 775,000 autos if overseas supplies cease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ermany
Germany
So Ouer Een
Mercedes-Henz
Bussing- Nag
Dunlop Perdriga
Australia
Commonwealth
Vandalism Hits Ministerial Support Room at Parliament House
An act of vandalism wrecked the interior of the ministerial supporters' room in Parliament House. Telephones ripped from walls, papers torn, ink smeared walls and carpets ruined. Cleaners and officials work to assess damage and question visiting members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandiliem
Parliament House
Subscriptions Arrears Plague Country Papers In Advance Postage
The Cootamundra Herald notes hundreds of rural subscribers are three months in arrears while the P M G rule requires 1d postage on overdue papers. This creates heavy yearly costs per 100 subscribers, totaling about £541 13s 4d, pressmen say the issue is real not a stunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cootamundra Herald
P.M.G. Department
Return to Boorowa cemetery prompts renewed communal duty
Letter from F. B. Wilding of Orange criticizes the neglected state of Boorowa Cemetery. He urges a community working bee to restore respect for departed loved ones and cleanliness of the Lawn, calling the site a stain on the town. He signs at the end with his name and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Yours
Orange
Short Waves Aid Sleepless Britons In Hospitals
Medical reports describe new sleep aids including a radio frequency machine in London hospitals helping millions of insomniacs. German gramophone based devices and portable sleep aids are mentioned as growing trends. Doctors emphasize psychological methods to reduce worry and reassure patients about sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
National Hospital
Queen’s Square
Fines Set Over Australian Opussum Skin Case at Gundagai
Police Magistrate Mr F Grugeon at Gundagai Police Court fined Lewlie McKay James Talbot George Pigram and Frederick Hogan for possession and sale of opossum skins. McKay Pigram convicted. fines £2 per skin for McKay and £2 per skin for Talbot, plus expenses £8 7 4. Pigram and Hogan fined 10 shillings per skin. Hogan denied selling skins. Prosecution cited an organisation exporting illicit skins to London. locals warned of baits and stock losses from cyanide traps. Fines to be paid in 13 equal monthly instalments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Grugeon
Gundagai
Ora
Guniagal
Lewlie George McKay
James Arthur Talbot
George Pigram
Frederick Hogan
McKay
Pigram
Teabot
Hogan
G. E. Leary
London
Toole
Sydney
Atock
Fyne
Gundgai
Tumut
End Of World Soon Coming Divorced Man Claims Ruler Role
William James Taylor of Galong told the Divorce Court he would be ruler of a new world after Christ’s second coming. He sought a divorce from Ella Beatrice Taylor on grounds of misconduct with Thomas P. Seaton, alleged October 14 to November 10, 1932, with Beatrice Barron testifying about Seaton’s access to Mrs Taylor’s room and a concerning letter read in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William James Taylor
Galong
Taylor
Ella Beatrice Taylor
Thomas P. Seaton
Beatrice Barron
Manly
Seaton
Land for Farms Open to Settlement Doubt
A request by the Central Executive of the P P Union asks the Minister for Lands to open Upper Burringbar Cowan Creek and Bulga State Forest for settlement. The Forestry Commission says Upper Burringbar and Cowan Creek are in Nightcap National Forest and require a special Act. it opposes opening any Bulga State Forest area. Inspect the Harwood Baguhaw Super Broadcaster at Lawrence and Hodgson's.
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Mr. Buttenshaw
P.P. Union
Upper Burringhar
Cowan Creek
Bulga State Forest
Forestry Commission
Upper Burringbar
Nightcap National Forest
Harwood-Baguhaw
Lawrence and Hodgson's
Land Settlement Schemes Promoted by Carnegie Trust
Miss Lorna Byrne studied land settlement in Britain Denmark Sweden and Russia. The Carnegie United Kingdom Trust funded schemes with government help forming a Land Settlement Association to set up potton type settlements and other projects. By 1985 the program had 16 settlements transferring about 2500 people with central farm wardens and training for new families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Lorna Byrne
The
Agricultural Bureau
Carnegie Corporation of New York
England
Mise Byrne
Land Settlement Association
Potton
Durham
Mixx Byrne
Great Britain
Miss Byrne
Potten
Mike Byrne
Carnegie United Kingdon Trust
Ministry of Agriculture
Carnegie Trust
Minister For Agriculture
Mr. Elliott
Ansiat
North of England
Patterson Bros Head Office on Main Street
Patterson Brothers relocate to 70 Main Street as the head office. The move consolidates operations and positions the firm at a central downtown address. Local merchants report improved accessibility and service since the change.
Road deaths in New South Wales hit record high last month
No fewer than 60 persons were fatally injured in road accidents in New South Wales last month, the highest monthly toll on record. The Acting Commissioner C N Neale said authorities expect a drop in accidents after speed limits are introduced in populated areas and rural districts, with further safety measures to be implemented.
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New South Wales
Corr
Havert
Ruy North
Mamus
Viaunly
C. N. Neale
Nomenclature of Wagga Wagga Town Name Probed
A Berlin reader asks the Melbourne town council about how Wagga Wagga was named. The 1927 souvenir notes suggest Waggee from Wahgea or Wahean meaning crow, with repetition for plural. The town’s name likely derives from the Wagga Wagga Station homestead established 1842 east of Plowerdale Lagoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Wagga
BR. Macdonald
Wagea
Wagee
Owas
Robert Holt
Wagga Wagga
Plowerdale Lagoon
Country Property Sales Lead with 7865 Acres Sold
Winchcombe Carpon reports pastoral and agricultural properties in demand. Over the past month they effected sales totaling about 7865 acres across multiple estates including Montrose Singleton Berowra Coolah Melfort Glencoe and Glencoe Estate part of block 4 Gunnedah. Total receipts approached £46 960 at an average of £5 10s 5d per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchcombe, Carpon Ltd
Sydney
Montrose
Singleton
J. H
Macdonald
Southdown
Glencoe” Estate
Gunnedah
Black Lae
A.J. Studdy
P. A. Sampson
Fleming & Ross
Boo Serea
A. J. Studdy
L. J. Griffiths
R. M. Henry & Co., Ltd
Bathurst Show Shooting Injures “Fat Test Boy” Benny Peter
A bullet aimed at the “bullet proof woman” at Bathurst Show struck Benny Peter in the neck. The wound was not serious but required a special hospital bed. the event occurred in a tent after several people targeted the woman. A later note provides unrelated cooking tip about using a colander to drain steam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Peter
Bathurst
Estates Taken Over Under Hitler Regime Seeks Population Boost
Miss Byrne praised German settlement work showing large estates subdivided and repurposed. Officials inspected old estates where farm buildings became living quarters and cattle barns. The plan favored capable farmers, aiding them on quality land, with government takeover possible after compensation to owners to boost rural population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Byrne
Germany
Wedding Dwyer Smart in Sacred Heart Temora
A wedding at Sacred Heart Church Temora united Patrick Leonard Dwyer and Edna Clarke Smart. The bride wore ivory satin with lace and carried lilies and magnolias. the couple plans a honeymoon in Sydney before settling in Sebastopol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Church
Temora
Patrick Leonard
P. J. Dwyer
Baker Street
Edna Clarke
A. Smart
Miss Dwyer
Mr. V. Linnegar
Mrs. Dwyer
Sydney
Sebastopol
Notice to Trespassers on Freahfields Property
James Heafey of Freahfields Boorowa warns all persons not to trespass shoot or hunt on his property from May 17 1935. Any trespassers will be prosecuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Heafey
Freahfields
Corcoran's
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All Savings Bank of Husteal
Commonwealth Government
Country Newspaper
Boorowa Cemetery
Guntiagat
Man
Denmark
Mine Byrne
Copenhagen
Elsinore
Sweden
Stockholm
Upsala
Gottenburg
Malmo
Sit
Alan
Moscow
Kharkov
Kiev
Russia
D. Warden
W. Mortimer
Will
Olls
Sade
Patterson Bros
Boorowa, Harden and
Young
Borrowa Harden Young
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Corcoran Bros
Ryan’ S Bakery
Padman Street
Boorowa
D. Norris
Marsden Street
Mr Lady
Gibbons
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Hodgeon
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