Harbour Bridge costs how they crew and pay
The Harbour Bridge total expenditure to date is £9,800,000 with £9,600,000 spent by contractors and the remainder funded by government. Ratepayers and users owe £8,150,000 before full payment. Original estimate was £5,750,000, rising to £6,280,000 plus £1,460,000 interest and other costs. Two thirds of cost borne by Railway Commissioners, one third by ratepayers and municipalities.
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Public Works Department
Sydney Harbor Bridge
Sydney
Manly
Mosman
Lane Cove
North Sydney
Willoughby
Kurruggai
Warringah
Hornsby
Railway Department
Ori
Ginally
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sydney Harbour Bridge financing and delays highlighted
Government estimates show rising costs from variation of wages and new awards adding hundreds of thousands, with interest, resumptions, and real estate collapse costs. Nine years of council subsidies left a large deficit. tolls and taxes expected to cover annual charges and bridge revenue of about 523,625 pounds.
Death of a Burmese missionary priest at 42
Father W H Jackson, blind director of the Mission to the Blind of Burma, died in Burma at age 42. A former curate in England, he moved to Burma in 1917 and developed a Burmese Braille primer from petrol tins. He translated God Save the Prince of Wales into Burmese Braille for the Prince’s visit, and lived modestly among locals, never suffering malaria or sunstroke.
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Burma
W. Hackson
Mission To the Blind
Father Jackson
RS. Jackson
House of Commons
England
Kemmendine
Prince of Wales
Rangoon
Eless the Prince of Wales
England Tops Nations Visiting Yosemite Camp Guests
A California State Automobile Association report shows the Yosemite valley camp guest list with England leading foreign visitors at forty five, followed by Brazil at twenty four, Japan at nineteen, Germany at fourteen, and ten each from Australia and France.
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United States
England
Yosemite Valley
California State Automobile Association
Brazil
Japan
Germany
Australia
France
Care of the Eyes and Paling's Musical Instruments Show
Advice on eye care from Webster Jack and McDonald Sydney Ltd invites readers to inspect repairs at Castlereagh Street while Palings displays at The Bridge and Easter Show promise lasting memories. Demonstrations and flexible terms offered for Paling's highly regarded instruments focusing on dependability tone quality and appearance.
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Webster, Jack and McDonald
Sydney) Ltd
Government
Savings Bank
Castlereagh Street
Paling
Palig
Echoes of a stock whip and cabbage tree hats
A reminiscence recounts how early settlers made and used stock whips and cabbage tree hats on remote New South Wales farms. The author recalls the distinctive crack of the whip, the pride in handcrafted hats, and the social aura of rural life, noting the craft, sounds, and memory of “Blue Gum” and his father.
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Monkeral
Dungog
Westerton Road
Thoughts May Kill Fear of Snakebite Causes Death
A Brisbane era column notes how fear can cause death or collapse from imagined symptoms. It cites a Gosford boy said to be bitten, uncertain real bite, and recalls Melbourne morphine hoaxes and a Sydney poet whose false teeth episode triggered phantom pains before the truth emerged. The piece discusses the brain’s power to conjure sensations from consciousness and the dangerous psychology of imagined illness.
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Gosford
Daily Telegraph
Newcastle
Melbourne
Sydney
Sydney Hospital
Mayor of Nice Embraces 700 Recipients in City Ceremony
About 1400 official kisses were shared as the Mayor presided at a decorations ceremony. Nearly 700 people received a salute with a resounding kiss on each cheek, marking the formal gesture of recognition.
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Nice
Untidy transcription notes on German crime and rail figure
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Germany crime and a late figure linked to monorail fame. References to Lous Brenn andMontreans appear garbled with dates and activities. details are unclear and partially unintelligible.
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Germany
Numnlans
Lous Brenn
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Rich Bib
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the Victoria Insurance Co. Ltd
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Flemington
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E. W. Sparke, Limited
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Paling & Co, Ltd
Hunter ST
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P.O. Box
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Sussex Street, Sydnyy
Gloucester Dairy CO. Ltd
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Mrs
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