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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 25, 1930
Page
2
Mr. Clapp chairman of Railways Commissioners at Melbourne wireless exhibition warns that road and rail transport face deadly competition. He says railways must operate at cost to help primary producers and justify lower rates, while road transport pays less than its wear and tear, risking national prosperity.
Retail tobacconists met at Tattersall's in Melbourne to discuss tariff changes. They kept Launee tins and pockets mostly unchanged while raising prices on 2 ounce Tobaccos and some plog tobaccos by about 2 pence per ounce. Australian leaf stayed the same, and minor capstan items saw small price boosts.
A stray episode near a Riverina station involved sheep following a string of telegraph poles after detecting scent from Meggitts Linseed Sheep Nuts. The curious behavior ended when the source of the nuts was traced to the feed, prompting a moral about feeding sheep nuts and obtaining them from the New Zealand Loan Co Melbourne.
Scattered across Australia and surrounding waters, Amalgamated Wireless runs the public wireless network. The Pennant Hill centre transmits messages worldwide, linking Sydney to New York and San Francisco. La Perouse listens to global broadcasts, from Nauen to Moscow and Milan, with ships at sea and land stations in constant contact.
A sequence of planned agricultural shows lists dates in multiple towns. The schedule notes Baloor Gorvke Notlouk Horsham Hopetoun Worracknaleal Kaniva Minvip Nhill Rupanyup Dimbeola Jeparit Kaiivaw Murtoa with events from August through October on various weekdays and weekends.
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