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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 09, 1934
Page
4
Sydney reports a government backed plan to aid home building with low weekly payments and small deposits. A £500 home could cost £75 upfront with 11/19 weekly payments, supported by Rural Bank financing, government credit, and a 15 percent purchaser share. Employers may fund the deposit, boosting employment and housing revival across metropolitan and rural areas.
The Australian Country Party welcomes the appointments of Mr Alexander Bell and Mr Peter Tait to the Commonwealth Bank Board. The bulletin highlights their balance of experience in finance and country affairs, noting Bell’s past as Dried Fruits Export Control Board chair and Tait’s rural expertise. Rumors of political appointments were unwelcome but independent picks are seen as boosting confidence and stability.
At a mass AWA meeting the Chamber of Mines offer to resume mining this week was accepted with a pledge that no unnaturalised foreigners would be employed. Six more Kalgoorlie cases involve theft and possession of illicit items. all remanded. Yugoslav vice-consul M Raich visited Kalgoorlie to reassure foreigners and promise relief. Many families have returned from the bush. The WA Premier disputed an Italian paper’s misinterpretation and vowed strict pursuit of rioters.
Paris mobs charged the Chamber of Deputies provoking police fire and widespread destruction. By nightfall rioting renewed mainly in Place de la Concorde as official tallies listed six dead and about 300 wounded, with others estimating far higher. Troops entered Paris, Parliament was besieged, and the government faced accusations of financial scandal involvement.
Premier M Dalaaier condemns an attempted coup against the Republican regime. He notes that bands armed with revolvers assaulted police and guards. arrests prove the threat. The government vows to use legal means to ensure security and regime independence with national collaboration. CARE OF THE EYES urged for all, and readers told where to seek eye care and repairs.
The La Tribuna in Rome protests riots on Australian goldfields. It denounces narrow minded trade unionism and nationalism that blocks foreigners. It urges punishment for those responsible, reparations, and future safeguards while warning against xenophobia amid regional tensions.
Rex Research Fellows reveal how female mosquitoes bite for blood to lay eggs and spread diseases. Aimed at protecting health, they urge using a fast, economical liquid insect spray and caution against inferior substitutes.
A readable fragment notes that music at home brings happiness and social pleasure through a well built player piano radio. It references new or factory reconditioned units from an established supplier.
Census figures show Turkey’s population rising from 14 million in 1927 to an estimated 18 million now. The six year period reflects a rapid expansion in the country’s demographics due to natural increase and migration factors.
French hotel keepers warn of falling British tourist numbers as travelers skip Paris on routes through the city. An expert cites heavy taxes on visitors as a cause. In London four winter cricket training schools have opened, one with 1000 pupils, including forty women.
Mr Richards of Bellingen visits Nymboida power station and writes in Ralph Sun about the small facility supplying Clarence River region including Grafton Lismore Coffs Harbour and later Bellinger River area. He notes three generators two pipe lines and the longest high tension span in Australia while praising staff and ongoing extensions.
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