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Newspaper

Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Mar 04, 1939

Page

6

Deciduous fruit shipment to Germany via Cape Town docks

Deciduous fruit will leave Cape Town docks within months for Germany as part of a new exchange contract. The move aims to boost direct shipments and open the American market. The Union Government considers a trade deal with the United States, while the Shipping Board looks into direct trans Atlantic shipments.

Capetown Gery Deciduous Fruit Exchange Germany Union United Sates Shipping Board Con Trans Atlantic

Record Production in Rand Gold Mines Reaches New High

December revenue figures show higher average gold prices and record annual output. In December, production reached 220 ounces with 87 ounces below a previous high, while the year's total output rose to 12,156,029 ounces valued at £84,203,580, marking a historic peak in the gold industry.

Jupan

Inland Industrial Push in Nationalist China

A Hankow speech by Dr. Wang Men-hoo outlines Inland Industrialisation as vital to Nationalist China. The drive includes rural cooperatives, experimental plants, and foreign aid for railways, power, mining, and refining, aiming to lift peasants and workers through evolutionary change amid war pressure.

China Wang Men-hoo Hankow Hone Trempeda Ishal Nuional Shang Hia Kuomintang Chinage Communist Party Wang Rar Japan

Spay Water Weather Fragment Signals Warming Start

A fragmentary OCR item notes mild warmth at first with terse references to spray water. The readable text is incomplete, leaving uncertainty about location or event details and no clear follow-up actions.

Jewish colonists in Palestine a boon to Britain and Arabs

Dr Bengion Rhein on a Christchurch world lecture tour claims Zionist efforts will keep Palestine within the British Empire and build a Jewish national home. He notes four hundred thousand Jews entered since WWI, developing agriculture, cities, and harmony with Arabs despite currents of unrest.

Enemien Great Britain Palestine Ty Denver Jerusalem Hebrew University Rheinin India Penang Singare Java Australia New Zealand United States Shein Switzerlan League of Nations AML Sheln

Advertising Tourists Boost Durban Natal Coast Trade

A Durban Publicity Association report credits advertising for a record year of tourism to Durban and the Natal Coast. Expenditure totaled £1,851 on newspaper ads, new publications, and posters, including targeted mailers to Transvaal Free State and Cape addresses. Overseas visitors drove summer hotel occupancy, with about 70 percent of guests from foreign countries.

Durban Natal Durban Publicity Association Tranavaal Free States Cape Engilah

Flemington Pinf Hurdle Race And Other Races

Jumbles of horse names and race times from the Victoria Racing Club meet list several events including the Flemington pins hurdle two mile start at 145 and a Newmarket Handicap with multiple entrants. The page lists odds or weights and a long roster of horses across several stakes with varied start times and participants.

Selections and Placings From Local Race Meet

A list of entrants and scores from Pine undies dolly Promadale to Brunswick Stukey shows final placements. Notable names include Sir Maslin Anishak and Spear Chief Red Sails Bourbon, with results across Newmarket Steepiew and King's Cup events.

Pines Dolly Boy Promadale Sherekhan Wilson Newmarket Anishak Ei Goles Dindain Vic Steepiew Sir Maslin Decekard Scanitin Spear Chief Red Sails Bourbon Brunswick Stukey Tampant Micawber

Moorefield Three and Four Years Old Handicap Start

At 1.25 am Mimma 89 Lithgow 71 leads the field in a quirky race card. Fold Spark Ban Laat Chance 717 Anlotation Rathlin au vane Lort Vilen Tagy Curia Rowtine Vntalizer KV Ceunidas itt Minn BO Lettre appear in the scrambled listing with little readable context.

Mimna Lithgow Rathlin

Housing plans show state expenditure total at 25 million pounds

In Johannesburg the Union Government commits itself to 1 266,000 pounds for slum elimination housing. Central Housing Board will oversee further spending next year, with additional funds to be allocated. Amid racehorse race listings, various handicaps and horse names appear in a separate racing section.

Johannesburg Statcomen Central Housing Board Fae Thomic

Government housing plans amid slum clearance and loans

A scrambled report outlines a major slum clearance program with capital expenditure and loans. It cites government figures for sub-economic housing, rehabilitation costs, and housing loan redutions against provincial schemes and central funding, noting totals around 13 000 000 and 5 000 000.

Hevaedi Nent

Order of Favouritis at Newmarket Handicap

Melbourne notes list entrants for the Newmarket Handicap with horses such as Unishak and The Trump. The report references Aurie and Kanuri among others, noting betting interest and expected contenders while记录 mentions riders and officials.

Fevoutihiom el Golea Unishak the Trump Aurie’'n Bhar Hamurah Pamelus

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