State Schemes to Link Up Marketing Powers
A Canberra conference of the Australian Agricultural Council discussed replacing the Commonwealth marketing scheme with cooperative State schemes. Attended by all State Ministers for Agriculture and chaired by the Federal Minister for Commerce Dr Page. An early next year meeting will work out details. The new schemes would mirror the broad plan used by the Commonwealth before the Privy Council defined marketing powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Privy Council
James
Canberra
Australian Agricultural Council
Dr. Page
Commonwealth
British Overseas Investments Quotations in 1936
Sir Robert Kindereley surveys Britain's overseas investments in the Economic Journal. He estimates total UK investments abroad at year end 1936 at £90.764 billion, up from £30.188 billion the prior year, with income from these investments in 1926 at £184 million. He cites Australia at £505 million and New Zealand at £108 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Robert Kindereley
Economic Journal
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Northern Territory to be tax free for twenty years
A Northern Territory Investigation Committee report recommends exemption from income petrol and customs taxes making Darwin a free port for twenty years as part of a 25 year development plan. It urges faster investment in pastoral mining agriculture and transport to raise productivity and living standards while cautioning against the Adelaide Darwin railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Territory
Darwin
Northern Territory Investigation Committee
Central Australia
W. J. Payne
Queensland Land Administration Board
J. W. Fletcher
Queensland Grazier
Australia
Commonwealth
Adelaide-Darwin
Cloncurry
Queensland
Derby
Wyndham
Vanderlin Island
Mr. Abbott
Barkly Tablelands
Nazi arrests shake Hamburg traders over currency rules
In Hamburg a wave of arrests of lending merchants over currency regulation violations unsettles the business community. Directors of major firms are detained as Goering orders an independent probe and the Chamber of Commerce protests to Governor Kuffmann. Allegations appear technical and the arrests threaten credit, with speculation of economic sabotage. Harr Lademann of Emden and Sons dies by his own hand in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
General Goering
Chamber of Commerce
Herr Kuffmann
Harr Lademann
Emden and Sons
System of marketing and aviation control changes
The passage describes marketing control nearing Commonwealth level results and aviation control deemed invalid due to overreach of Commonwealth constitutional powers on intra state services, noting replacement by a Commonwealth and State arrangement.
Buttenshaw Keeps Seat as Parliament Man and New Co op Chief
Sydney report notes Mr Buttenshaw after 21 years in Parliament begins as managing director of the Farmers and Graisera Co operative Company. He says it is a full time job and he aims to give best service. He cites Lands Department revenue of two million pounds yearly and discusses officer pay and tenure. He has not considered moving to the Legislative Council. Born at Young sixty one years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Buttenshaw
Farmers and Grassera’ Co-operative Company
Lands Department
Cenes
Tyra
Legislative Council
Cabaret Manager Fined Fifteen in Aula Case
A cabaret manager was fined 15 with time to pay refused. The note indicates nonpayment was not allowed and payment deadline was denied.
Doom for Natives at Groote Island Air Base
Ion Idriess and Dr Donald Thomson condemn a proposed flying boat base at Groote Island. They warn the natives would suffer doom and hazard to all, lamenting the impossible choice between harm to natives or to settlers.
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Sydney
Ion Idriens
Melbourne
Donald Thomson
Groote Island
Mr. Thriess
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Seneral Motors
Peters Edmonds Motors
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MR. Buttenshaw
Young
Groote Island Air Base
Ion Idriess
Nestle
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Nestle’s
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KE. Cox
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Q'beyan
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Cooma
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