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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 17, 1938
Page
1
Local RSL Young Branch appeals with Legacy Club of Sydney to establish a War Veterans Home at Narrabeen. The plan envisions a council run facility with individual rooms, medical attention, and support to recuperate and regain independence for exhausted ex-service men.
State plans a vast NSW power grid linking Burrinjuck Port Kembla Lithgow with high voltage lines, cutting bulk charges. New stations at Burrinjuck and Wyangala add capacity 7 500 and 10 000 kilowatts, while regional mines supply lines to Goulburn Forbes Parkes Canowindra and Orange.
Businessmen in Orange Bathurst and other centres plan to bring the power supply issue to the Legislative Assembly at the next session. Orange and Cathurst experienced multiple outages from March to May with 45 minutes to over an hour total loss, sparking protests over industrial disruption and financial losses.
PRACTICALLY ALL MEN prominent In public Ife today wear glasses at least while reading They KNOW the value of perfect physical at Geen Dates of next visit Boorowa Royal Standard Hotel Saturday 25th June Young Albion Hotel Thursday 23rd June 9 pm to 5 pm Harden Carrington Hotel Friday 24th June
Mr Hicks, a missionary, halted a tribal fight between Tirwa and Atorms near Kauda in the Anglo Egyptian Sudan. He described native customs including child killing and witchcraft, and said a locust plague led to a mass burial of a witch doctor. The group then dispersed as soldiers arrived.
A Macquarie Street specialist says boredom can lead to suburban neurosis among childless housewives stuck in routine. He cites an inquest case in London of a 44 year old woman who died by gas, and notes Sydney wives have more outlets, while country women often seek active farm work to occupy attention.
Readers are advised to place orders for rubber stamps with the Bur rows News Office. The notice mentions design books and selection from available options.
The Governor Lord Wakehurst laid the foundation stone for a War Veterans Home at Legacy Park Narrabeen on 29 April. The initial unit will house 40 men costing about £15,000 with a plan to expand to 100 and aims to raise up to £50,000 for extensions. The site offers proximity to Narrabeen Lake and surf nearby, with a view to creating a community of interest for veterans and their friends. A register is kept for admission prioritizing those most in need and non pensioners are considered. Funding comes from private donations and league fundraising through sub-branches.
Figures presented in the House show applications rising across states from 1928 to 1937. Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania recorded sharp gains, with totals reaching thousands in several jurisdictions. Data cited by Treasurer Mr Casey indicate widespread growth in the number of applications over the decade.
Chief Entomologist W B Gurney warns against a second widespread grasshopper plague though this season yielded a wheat harvest of fifty five million bushels, a record in eleven years. He notes savings of ten to fifteen million bushels in one district from poison bran bait and discusses cost reductions and failed overseas parasitic insects.
The average pension approval rate was about 79 percent with a high near 80 percent. Western Australia had the lowest grant rate last year at roughly 55 percent of applicants receiving pensions.
Printed and published by Emily Maud Burns and O3man Warner Burns at their Linotype Printing Works Padman Street Butowa New South Wales. The notice records proprietors and location in a historical period publication context.
Shorter days and lower light hinder eye health. Accurate glasses relieve strain. Consult J. B and R. Bur gees Flo. Mag Optometrists at 17 Castlereagh Street Sydney on their next visit to the Royal Standard Hotel in Dowtown Saturday June 25th.
Trespassers caught entering or leaving gates or taking shortcuts on Corrings Lugurne Sunbury Graham and Sunnyside lands will be prosecuted without respect to persons.
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