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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 26, 1935
Page
6
The text notes that most people have moderate incomes and suggests true financial independence comes only through steady ownership. It emphasizes that few escape future problems and implies broad-based effort is needed to achieve economic self sufficiency.
London reports recount Mauretania's storied career from launch on November 16, 1907 to wartime service as a hospital and troop transport. The Cunard liner set speed records, ferried troops, and carried vast gold shipments amid submarine dangers, later switching from coal to oil and remaining a symbol of British maritime prowess.
A Blackburn firm claims a new cotton yarn process yields a silk sheen fabric with superior finish and wear, usable like ordinary cloth. The yarn, suitable for warp two-folds, is woven for home markets and exports to India, China, and the Empire, and used in hosiery knitwear.
The City of Nagoya unveils an extensive exhibition at Grave Buildings York Street Sydney featuring textiles crockery electrical fittings motor parts clocks musical instruments tools toys and more. Some items prove of Japanese origin while others resemble European American or Australian goods. The display includes a large woollen goods section and a robust crockery pottery range.
A massive new Oxford Street complex by D H Evans and Co will replace an entire acre of buildings with a seven storey steel and glass tower. The project features 6000 tons of steel 250000 tons of concrete quarter mile of shop windows and a projecting shelter over ground floor windows. Two escalators plus lifts will serve all floors and a 100 seat restaurant plus a staff welfare floor for 2500 workers. The plan, chaired by Sir Woodman Burbridge, aims to create the tallest store in London with a vast interior free of walls for panoramic shopping.
The Premier delivers a broad policy address focused on country development. He highlights irrigation projects, road and water works, and a push for state powered electricity. He discusses land reform, rural banking, and support for small graziers, with plans for mineral surveys and improved country town amenities.
A broadcast report cites Sir Keith Smith predicting aeroplane cruising speeds of 300 mph and English designer Sir A V Roe forecasting 21000 mph at higher altitudes. He says future air travel could link Sydney and Wellington in under six hours and Sydney to London in about 24 hours.
Hin Son and Radwery report Homebush sale on Wednesday offering 84450 sheep and lambs. Lambs to 21/4, ewes weaker, cattle to 10d, other stock cheaper. Mention of two Dorrigatis pushing pigeon post venture amid postal survey.
On return to the office the subscriber can see at a glance who rang up in his absence, with the number of the caller recorded for quick reference.
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