Editor's wealth teased by wedding jokes and obituaries
A lighthearted observation explains editors' wealth through wedding notices and obituaries. The piece notes editor earnings from church rites and obits, then shifts to report J Wearing Smith of Shell leaving Melbourne for America to study bitumen in road making and Clyde refinery extensions enabling new bituminous materials.
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J. Wearing Smith
Shell Company
Melbourne
America
Australia
USA
Wearing Smith
Shell
Clyde
Nsw
Institution of Engineers
Cobram Pig and Calf Sale Prices Steady Despite Dry Weather
Cobram Younghusbands reports strong baconer prices at the Cobram sale with top bacon at £9 4 6 to Frank Dulley Cobram. Heavy baconers £8 19 6 to £8 4 6 while medium to light range from £7 18 6 to £5 10 6. Sows heavy £13 14 light £8 18 to £5 14. porkers £5 5 6 to £4 0 6. stores £4 0 6 to £2 10 6. Calves yarded heavy. prices eased. Next sale October 16 at 10:30 a.m. Now you know Mac is back.
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Younghusband Ltd
Cobram
Frank Dulley
W. A. McTaggart
A Melbourne Letter on Scarcity and Civic Reform
A Melbourne letter laments postwar shortages with traders rationing goods and price pressures. It notes a Phar Lap cafe in North Melbourne and supports right of way reform under the 1944 Town and Country Planning Act to curb nuisance lanes and land grabs by property owners.
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Melbourne
Victoria Street
Acros
Atlantic
Pymbert
Australia must confront inflation with real production gains
The article argues Australia faces a crucial inflation test, claiming real national output lags despite rising money supplies. It cites price-adjusted gains in primary and factory production, condemns mere monetary growth, and warns against relaxing controls while urging continued efforts to fund Commonwealth loans.
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Australia
Bamp
Billy
Federal Reserve Board of USA
Banking and Currency Committee
Senate
Congress
Ant Bers
Infla
Commonwealth
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