Regional Missionary Congress in Newcastle February
Regional Missionary Congress preparations span Australia and the Pacific with Newcastle as the host city in February. Bishop Gleeson attends fortnightly meetings, railway concessions will aid visitors, and Congress Badges are sold to support the event. A Commonwealth statistician notes births and marriages trends for 1935.
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Maicland
New South Wales
Commonwealth
Islands
Pacific
Newcastle
Congress Committee
Maitland
Dr Gleeson
Histordship
Gleeson
Australian workers earn far more than Italians and Germans
University of Cambridge statistician Colin Clark told a Sydney University audience that the average Australian worker earns about three times an Italian or German counterpart. He placed the United States and Canada at the top, with England, Holland, Switzerland, Australia, and New Zealand following. He noted India and China held most of the world’s population with incomes under Aust 40 a year, while Japan stood higher and improving. The talk, arranged by the Sydney University Department of Economics, discussed productive efficiency and Japan’s rising status.
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Australia
Italy
Germany
Japan
Czechoslovakia
Colin Clark
University of Cambridge
Sydney University
United States
Canada
England
Holland
Switzerland
New Zealand
India
China
Department of Economics
Planting of Potatoes Care and Cutting of Seed
The article explains best practices for potato seed handling to prevent decay and promote healthy sprouts. It covers storing under cover, retaining original sprouts, avoiding greening, selecting and cutting methods for seed sets, sun and wind exposure risks, corking after cutting, and the benefits of certified small seed for late crops. It notes greening slows sprout development and emphasizes rapid healing after cutting to protect germination.
Woman Survives Four Day Ordeal In Australian Bush
Mrs Jack Deery 28 was lost for four days in bush near Heslesville and Dindi Creek. She wandered 27 miles from Healesville with her timber worker husband, faced exhaustion, near starvation, and torn clothes. Rescuers found her near a ravine after tracking chocolate wrappings. She was taken to Dindi mill and Healesville Hospital in a delirious, drenched condition.
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Jack Deery
Heslesville
Dindi Creek
Mrs. Deery
Crocodile scare at Daly River mine truck incident
Miners Maxwell McMillan and George Bennett returning to Darwin faced a near fatal moment when their motor truck slipped into deep water at Daly River crossing. A 12 ft crocodile loomed near the truck as the crew crawled back to safety and fled. Constable Turner organizes a hunt for the predator.
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Maxwell McMillan
George Bennett
Darwin
Iron Fletcher
Gully
Daly River
Bennett
Mateh
Constable Turner
Returned Soldiers Make Good In Dried Fruit Industry
Returned soldiers have become successful in Australia’s dried fruit sector amid strong marketing by growers. About 6000 ex-soldier growers exist, with Red Cliffs in Victoria the Empire’s largest settlement. Over 700 men on 12,000 acres have blocks bringing full bearing at about £2000 each, with over 100 percent repayment of government advances and land clear of debt.
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Australia
A.B. Hammoet
Red Cliffs
Mildura
Victoria
Statue to Melba XV proposed by NSW Shorthorn Society
Delegates at the New South Wales council of the Australian Shorthorn Society meeting in Lismore supported erecting a statue or permanent tribute to the famed Melba cow for setting a world butter fat record. The recommendation goes to the 150th Anniversary committee and includes boosting cattle herd recording and show stock exhibition, expanding judge panels, and naming LT MacInnes honorary councillor. The meeting also urged a compensatory tuberculosis loss scheme for farmers and sought broader cooperative effort with agricultural societies.
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A.S
New South Wales
H. R. Gould
North Coast
Royal Agricultural Society
Sydney
Federal Council
MacInnes
Bel
Railways Agree To Two-D Day Wage Increase
United States class-one railways have agreed to a wage increase of 2d per hour, estimated to cost about £20,000,000 annually based on the 1936 payrolls.
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United States
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Hendersons
Price
Regional Missionary Congress
PG Grace
Tighes’ Hill
Congress
St. Mary's
Commonwealth Statistician
Relani} Wilson
Joe Riggs
Hubert McGee
Tiberta
McGee
Gloucester
Gloster
Gloucester Advocate
P.O. Box
Xmas Ham
Hutton
Sheffield
Garners Cash Store
P.O
Crocodile
Melba XV
A.L. Breeders
Gloucester Electric Supply CO. Ltd
Phone &1
Arrow Archer
Mercer's
Capper
Faten
Capper’s Pty. Ltd
Aerly E. P. Capper & Sons
West Maitland
Gloucester Hotel
F. M. Smith
Savings Bank Buss
Austra
Conmonwealth Savings Bank of
Fustraia
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