Wonderful Record of West Australian Airways progress
The article discusses early Australian air travel expanding from Perth to Melbourne and London to Egypt, with plans for B-1000 airships and Balvl planes. It notes huge mail and freight volumes carried, rapid weekly delivery improvements, and new British Jupiter powered planes aiding services to expedite business communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perth
Melbourne
Delhi
Tion
London
Egypt
Australia
West Australia
Bourne
Tle
Long Livers Leave Singleton For Melbourne Residence
Mr. Donald McCrae of Singleton has moved to Melbourne for the rest of his days. Two brothers are not often seen.
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Donald McCrae
Singleton
Melbourne
Gardening Notes on Rockeries and Seabious Varieties
The article discusses Seabious flowers noting hardy, soft, and varied colors with a white cultivar, and compares them to pincushion types. It covers rockery design, suitable upright and trailing plants, and lists examples such as Dracenas Agaves Yuccas and Verbena along with bulb collections for beginners, including price ranges and packing.
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God Tias
Bulbs offered for garden planting in local ad
An old newspaper fragment promotes bulbs for small gardens. It mentions Freesias Daffodils Iris and other flowers from a 100 year old firm, with bulk Bulbs advertised and a note to write for the 24 bulb offer in this paper.
Ex-President To Deliver Gratis Speech Sermon Challenge
A former president, among the highest paid American writers, has agreed to perform a speech as a gratis sermon. The task is to compress the sermon into 500 words, a test many would find deceptively difficult given the need to capture essence without losing impact.
Giant Buick engine mill turns with vast machinery
A fragment describes a massive forge plant where mechanical hammers forge a Buick engine component. It mentions a hydraulic hoist, a lathe, and a colossal assembly of wheels and gears nicknamed Big Bertha, built to enable vibrationless performance.
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Big Bertha
Cattle and Sheep Market Mixed Prices and Demand
Medium to plain conditioned wethers and ewes with some prime sheep and lambs. Demand firmer for best lambs, prime sheep weaker, plain sorts hard to sell. Heavy wethers 23d to 3d, trade weights 40 to 30 lbs 3d to 3½d, heavy ewes 24d to 24½d, trade weights 45 to 90 lbs 23d, hoggets 34d to 33d, says 4d to 4¾d. Cattle yarded included 90 Queenslanders. Market mixed, improved rates for all, some quality as high as 10s above Monday. Medium to useful 5s to 10s above quotes. Bullocks and cows a strong demand, prime heavy pul locks 42s to 44s, lighter prime 48s to 50s, best Queensland beef 34s to 36s, prime heifers to 44s, good WW prime cows 36s to 38s, medium to plain cows 21s to 23s, plain rough bullocks 26s, vealers up to 56s per 100 lb.
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Queensland
New Zealand Record Nonstop Flight Dunedin to Auckland
Captain Hewett set a New Zealand record for a non stop flight from Dunedin to Auckland on March 15 in a Gipsy Moth. The perfect run was aided by Plume Appotense Motor Spirit and Mobiloil to ensure no engine trouble.
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Vacuum Oil Co
New Zealand
Hewett
Dunedin
Auckland
Plume Appotense
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CY i
Tourer Gedan
Whippet
Peel
F. K. Wood
Manilla
N.S" Overland Sydney Ltd
West Austalian Airways
Ford
Gior
Hess
A.C. Veness &jSong
Studebaker
Morris Tourer
Dese Fee Miles
Real
Bergain
White Way Service
Tamworth
P.O
Manilla P.O. Box
Avis
Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia
K.B
Victor
U. N
MORBA
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