First Australian Wireless Beacon Opens at North Brighton
Amalgamated Wireless opened the Rural Radio Range Beacon at North Brighton near Mascot on Monday 27 April, enabling aircraft to navigate from up to 200 miles away via four directed beams toward Canberra Newcastle Dubbo and the Tasman Sea. Minister Archdale Parkhill praised the project as a major advance in Australia’s aerial navigation and predicted further beacon stations across the Commonwealth.
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Amalgamated Wireless
North Brighton
Mascot
Archdale Parkhill
Defence
E.T. Fisk
Aw.a
Canberra
Newcastle
Dubbo
Tasman Sea
Mascot Aerodrome
Parkhill
Australia
Defence Department
A.W.A
Essendon
Melbourne
Amalgamated Wirflexs
Commonwealth
Fisk
Highlights of the Livestock World and Merino Prospects
The piece extols livestock reporting over stage exploits and notes Merino sheep in Australia increasing in size and quality. It emphasizes livestock’s centrality to human clothing and hints at nationwide improvements in animal breeds and production.
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Garbo
Mae West
Australia
Sydney
Global meat trade and pig production trends noted
The article surveys world meat production and consumption, noting 50 of 56 nations at a Geneva conference produce their own meat. It highlights China as leading pig producer and emphasizes pigs as a key asset for settlement, with the British Empire absorbing about 80 percent of meat imports.
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Geneva
China
Trade and pig meat in the empire era discussion
The article argues that only about twenty percent of traded meat is grown within the Empire while tariffs and veterinary quotas curb imports. It notes rising pork and lamb consumption since World War I, lists European producers Denmark Sweden and Holland, cites 1935 farm profits and pig meat imports, and describes Denmark’s farm sizes and agricultural colleges as well as pig to land and animal ratios.
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Europe
Denmark
Sweden
Holland
Renmark
Germany
Beef and Lamb Trade Across the British Empire
The article surveys sheep and cattle production in Australia New Zealand and Britain noting 112 million sheep and a shift to meat lambing ages 12 weeks and Southdown studs. It cites NZ as a top lamb exporter Britain breeding beef stock and Australia 9 million cattle with 125 pounds per person yearly consumption. It highlights shifts year round lambs and veal demand and Argentina as a leading beef producer.
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Britain
King George
Windsor
Edward VIII
Ves
New Zealand
England
Canterbury
Argentina
Australia
Uruguay
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Pama
Stockworld
Edmund Burke
cHad
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Semoor
Ces
Roney
Arettin M
Bowraville
W. Karswood
Pexaco
E.G. Stone
Fromy Power
Eco Texaco
Stoddart and Hayward Ltd
Turner
Queensland
Great Britain
Old England
Newcastle District
Abattoirs
N.A
Te Pert
Owcastle
Vico
the Chee
Newcastle AT Abattoir
USE Ally Elected
Scottish House
Hunter Street
Waratah
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