Australia's great record from strippers to aviation noted
An article from The Australasian Manufacturer highlights Australian engineering progress. It covers early colonial technology, Ridley and Bull stripper, stump-jump ploughs, harvester developments, the Wolseley sheep shearing machine, and refrigeration advances by Mort and Harrison. It notes key figures like Brennan and Hargrave and the rise of Australia's export meat trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ridley
Adelaide
Australia
New Zealand
Smith
Canada
United States
Coul
Mort
Sydney
James Harrison
Geelong
Harrison
Augustus Morris
Nichelle
Darline Flarbour
Mori
Tageland
Local sports and weather notes from Mareeba district
Cold spell persists with light drizzle in parts as mills run overtime on hardwood orders and daily trains haul kauri pine logs to Stratford. St Thomas’s Club at Mareeba triumphed in A and B grades while St Thomas’s tennis club beat Julatten. other local sports results include mixed fixtures and a basket picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
Mackaway
Mrn Reeve Y. Jebreen
Mise Ganley
Weue
Miss Ambrust
Dempster
Sra Newberry
Ambrust
Couper Ganley
Sheppersum Brunagrove
Broe
Porter
Sipr
Debreen
Dre. Porter
Sheppersox
Ranegrove
Weise
Mr. Edwards
Deapater
Couper
Rhepperon
Eales
Jensen
Dempater
A. Rhepperson
Coleman
Mra. Reece
Mra. Newberry
Mies Ganley
Amboast
Ie Bransgrove
Miss Branagrove
Mon Forer
Mre. Edwards
Shepperson
Woman World Traveler Feels Beetle Threat Not Bombs
London dispatch reports May Mott Smith, a globe trotter who survived bombing raids in Peking and Afghanistan, recounting her near-miss experiences and vivid escape. She jokes about beetles versus bombs while sharing how jewellery design fills her spare time. She fears insects, particularly cotton moths, and recalls begging nurses to let her watch the bombing from a window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mise May Mott Smith
Pekin
Afghanistan
Amarullah
China
Peking
Mise Smith
Rome
Cotten
Michell thrust bearing aided high speed ship propulsion
The Michell thrust bearing, invented by A G M Mitchell of Melbourne, enabled high powered steam engines and turbines for naval and merchant ships. Evidence in 1919 patent renewal hearings cited over £600,000 savings in coal and oil for the Royal Navy in four years, and Admiralty use of bearings on turbines totaling 10,000,000 horsepower during the war. Australian engineers also devised the automatic totalisator and the zipper fastener, fueling industrial progress in metallurgy and chemistry across the mining and processing sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. GM. Mitchell
Melbourne
Royal Navy
Admiralty
Australia
I . Ad
Aime
Atherton Hospitals Board July meeting notes and debates
The Atherton Hospitals Board met on July 13 with discussion on loan issues and a protest from the Queensland Producers Association over a £12,000 loan, plus a reply about not funding a dental clinic. Medical reports show hospital census, births, deaths, and staff movements, including the appointment of Sister N Gilmer at Millaa Millaa. The Finance committee reported a credit balance as of July 1, 1938.
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Queensland Producers Association
Atherton
Aresa
National “Bank Officers' Association
Yungabarre
Queensland
Millan Naa
N. Gilmer
Hinsleigh
Milles Milles
End of Year Financial Notes from 1984 Proceedings
The document records wages and payments totaling £608 plus £10, with daily averages for general, maternity, and other categories. It notes a decree tied to daily averages and references redaction and petieats figures, discussing county and shire actions, interviews, and administrative credit.
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Full Circle
NTH
Memorial Park
Innisfail
Garrick
Virginia Cigarettes
Aviation
Canberra
F. P. Kneeshaw
MLC
Milm.e
Australian Institution of Engineers
Brickfield Hil
Sydney Harbour Bridge
New South Wales
Europe
Watt
Commonwealth of Oursay
Pew
Richard Dawson
Pioneer
Brennan
Lawrence Hargrave
Sendas
St. Thoman's Club
Mareeba
Molloy
Carne
Mrs. Bowner
Armanaeg
Miss Carroll
Tye
Markaway
Grifiths
Mina Moore
Maresba
Acta
Nix Nets
J. Mitchell
Marechs
Paul Hawkins
Brooklyn Ste
Mise L. Wright
Cairns
Mrad Maconarhie
Atherton Hospitals Board
Atbor
Mauleene
T. Barrett
TL. Cenelly
F.B. Madigan
L. Moreton
Alt Martell
V. Me Geaker
A Chan Vu
J. W. Wintald
A. M. Martell
Maine
Obatetsi Ward
Chateman
Financial Report
Amance Committee
A T. Marys Girls’ School
Herberton
Sisters OF the Sacred Advent
University
Nor Ad
Ios
Cmlit Nalasce
Tial Conera
Ras Laaroly
Shires Aguinat
Athertonshire
Leif Bad
Intron Am
Ee Philco Radio
Ore Mendeks
Sun
Lone Rerf
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