National Mutual Life Report Shows Strong Growth despite Influenza Losses
The fiftieth annual report of the National Mutual Life Association records 151,136 policies issued and total income of £2,116,509. Claims rose to £65,315 due to influenza, while assets reached £12,601,509 with a large rise in Government Securities and a decline in Mortgages. The directors adopted the report after noting robust overall results and a higher expense ratio from increased new business.
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Melbourne
National Mutual Life Association
O.c
Industrial unrest ends. miners urged back to work
Walter Willencks, hairdresser and tobacconist of Newtham, notes the goldfields dispute is to end. Mr Cunningham SC advises miners to resume feebly paused duties and return to work.
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Walter
Willencks
Newtham
Cunningham
Northam Monster Exhibition promises large display
The Northam Monster Exhibition committee reports a growing interest from farming centres and strong local nominations. The event at the Town Hall on January 21 and 22 features agricultural exhibits, novelty stalls, a popular girl competition, and demonstrations. The Northam Co-op manager Mr SV Martin will lecture on Wheat Growing and Fertilisation Thursday at 3 pm.
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Northam Co-op
SV Martin
Northam
Miss Anderson
Carter’s
Fetter
Eastern Agrcultural
Box 51
Lost leather purse with cash reward offered
A leather purse lost yesterday contains three £1 notes, one ten shilling note, and small change. Reward offered on return to RB Robins, care Ruediger, Carrier, Northam.
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Robins
Care Ruediger
Carrier
Northam
The Rabbit Pest Rears Its Head In Rural Districts
Inspector Wilkerson of the Northam Vermin Board reports rabbits remain plentiful near Spencer's Brook and Meenaar. He found two nests with five young near Mortlock River on Me Roy Burges property at Meenaa but did not locate the mothers. A cooperative Kingston on Murray effort formed a poison association, applying systematic poison over one week with costs shared by landholders, costing 72 3d per 100 acres, and thinning rabbits more effectively than before.
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Co Wilkerson
Northam Vermin Board
Spencer's Brook
Meenaar
Mortlock
Roy Burges
Meenaa
Wilkerson
Kingston On Murray
South Australian Agricultural Bureau
Federal elections and division adjustments discussed
A fragment discusses federal electoral divisions and population changes. It references certificates and ministerial action related to state issuance and commission actions affecting each state. The text reflects constitutional or administrative procedures without clear outcomes.
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Aes
War profiteer widow secures multiple war pensions
A widow, Mrs Armanda Jackson, receives three 411 Ws pensions totaling £34 109 per month for the loss of three husbands in the war, payable for twenty years. She had married twice more after bereavements and held life insurance policies. The War Risk Bureau refuses to disclose her address to avoid further marriage offers.
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Armanda Jackson
Jones
Smith
Jones Smith
Jackson
Inquenrs
War Risk Bureau
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