Tariff Reform urged by Country Party leader at Grafton
Dr Earle Page called for urgent tariff reform and broader trade agreements to lower costs and boost employment across Australia. He linked tariff concessions to wool sales, factory costs, and higher demand, praising the Country party’s election showing despite heavy spending against them. He cited Mr W C Thompson’s strong New England result amid concerted unseating efforts.
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Country Party
Earle Page
Cowper
Grafton
Page
Australia
Commonwealth
New England
Poe
W. C. Thompson
Thompson
United States 15 Importing Wheat from Argentina in Melbourne
The Melbourne wheat market notes what may be the first recording of US importing Argentine wheat due to tight US harvests. Small Canadian wheat imports also enter trade, easing Argentina’s surplus in British and Continental markets. Chinese purchases of Australian wheat are reported as significant, marking early Chinese demand despite US-Canada weather impacts.
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Melbourne
United States
Argentina
China
Trade reprisal and Belgian ban on Australian exports
Official confirmation in Canberra informs that Belgium will impose a ban on Australian meat and cereals starting October 1. Prime Minister Lyons announces portfolio holders as the government seeks a favourable settlement amid renewed appeals from local producers.
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Ganmet
Lyons
Commonwealth
Belgium
Canberra
Investigation finds wage disparity in Japanese textile industry
A Geneva report on Japan's industrial progress shows a 1922 Japanese weaver working 11 hours daily produced 1400 yards of cloth, while in 1932 the same worker, now with 8.5 hours, produced 5000 yards. The report notes low pay for workers in smaller factories with men paid 1/10 and women 1/-.
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Geneva
International Labor Office
Japan
Snake in pulpit preacher fights death after rattler bites
Albert Tester of Sylva NC was bitten twice by a rattlesnake in his pulpit last Sunday. He refused medical aid, saying he is a disciple of God. The incident ends as he endures the pain while declaring continued faith. Meanwhile Woolwich Arsenal stops work at thunderstorms but pays workers for lost time.
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New York
Albert Tester
Sylva
North Carolina
Woolwich Arsenal
Wedding Bells for Churen and Stroud in Stroud
Grace Enid Yoo and C. Churen were married at the Stroud church on a Wednesday ceremony filled with floral decor and choral blessing. The bride wore white crepe and blue sash, attended by Mavis Dicker and others, with Rev. Bohanna presiding and the couple departing for Maitland and Newcastle for their honeymoon.
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Churen
Stroud
Esd
West
AL & Pam
Grace Enid
C. Yoo
Neil Marshal
W. S. Planch
Craven
Lolrinna
Circuit Minster
Liver Lane
Armadiler
Mavis Dicker
Jane
Betty Jansson
Howard Blanch
Exinn Green
F. W Margery
Margery
Mateh
Upper Macleay Dairy Co pays and costs figures
Mr F Freer, manager of the Upper Macleay Co op Dairy Co, presents factory cost and selling charge figures. Manufacturing cost averages 1d per pound while selling costs, including depreciation, cartage, freight and PU fees, total 1 1d per pound. Suppliers received 81d per pound on average over the year and selling price averaged 10d per pound. The factory has paid total bonuses from February 1927 to June 1934 of £3392, including 1d per pound this year.
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Upper Macleay Dairy Co
F. Freer
Upper Macleay Co-op. Dairy Co
P.P.U
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Church St. Goucester
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Thelr
DH. Page
USA
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Ita
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