Farmers Want Money Demands Hit Wheat Prices Rise
The Bathurst National Advocate accuses Mr. K. H. Nock, treasurer of the Farmers and Settlers, of coercing the Federal Government to raise the wheat price from 10/- per bushel to 16/1. The piece argues higher wages for miners and others lead to labeling as Communists, and warns bread prices could climb from 1d to 1/6 per loaf, forcing a per week basic wage near £14. Inverell Church reports £3500 raised for a new Manse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bathurst “National Advocate
K. H. Nock
Farmers and Settlers
Nock
Atomic gold prospects shift Australia's energy future
In Canberra discussions rise over uranium as a strategic asset with South Australian Premier Tom Playford and US experts signaling rapid development from Rum Jungle to radiium and potential peaceful energy use. Federal ministers assess economic impact, with Playford urging SA prominence and Cosgrove pressing for Tasmania ships and wheat policy amid the national crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Canberra
Tom Playford
United States
Tom Play-1ford
Glack Mountain South
Marcus Oliphant
USA
McCarthy
National University At
Oliphant
Titterton
Snowy River
Canberra Hills
Alps
Ocean
Black Mountain
South Australia
Tasmania
Ben Chifley
United Kingdom
South” Australia
Playford
Speaker
Robert Cosgrove
Cosgrove
Cosgroves
Playfords
Dam site prompts flood of NSW letters to keepit project
Gunnedah correspondent John Sommerville Smith collected about 1300 letters and telegrams from New South Wales and beyond about Keepit Dam. Applicants sought picture theatres, shops, garages, and jobs with the project, signaling strong rural settlement interest tied to meat works and local mine development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sommerville Smith
Keepit Dam
Sunday Sun
New South Wales
Port Moresby
Darwin
Melbourne
Sydney
Mr. Smith
the Dam
Sommerville Smith
George Weir
Smith
Namoi Valley
Keepit
Gunnedah
Veteran Journalist Retires After 42 Years in Gondobolin Lachlander
Veteran journalist Mr Condon, 89, retires after fifty years in the newspaper trade in Australia. He has disposed of his Gondobolin Lachlander business to Mr F Ryder-Wood of Orange, and is noted as the oldest working proprietor-journalist in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Condon
Gondobolin Lach-lander
F. Ryder-Wood
Orange
Condon
Australia
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H. A. Golwill
The
Australian Wheatgrowers’ Federation
Colwill
Commonwealth
Inss
Commonwealth Government
NEW Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency CO. Limited
Marsh. W. Meer & Scott
Revirrs
P.O. Box
Tamworth
Mento
NEW Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co, Limited
Marsh Walters & Scott Tamworth
South Australian
Port Pirie
Port Kembla
Playford's
Big Six Feet One
Tom
Cooper
Gooper
A. C. Veness & Son
m-P-e
AverRee
S.A. Mator
Holden
IS. Worth
G.M.A.C
General Motors
Clifton’s Pty
Teseth Speed
Herald
Great Britain
Adam
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