Stampede for defence A call to restraint and League support
A weekly review argues that nations failing to uphold League obligations have worsened global tension. It urges Australia to avoid stampede defence spending, promote mutual disarmament, and push Geneva talks while developing education and health programs for tropical regions and debating colored labor in the north.
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League of Nations
Austra
Australia
League
Council
Nsw
Sao
Eschuario
League of Nanomi
Paris
Geneva
Davie
White Man in the Australian Tropics Debate
The article discusses a tropically adapted white Australian type in the Northern Territory. It cites Dr Haden Guest and Dr R W Cilento arguing climate alone does not prevent a white population in the north and touches on overseas settlements and training English settlers for northern areas.
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Cilento
Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine
Tropics
Australian Medical Congress
Queensland
British Medical Association
Townsville
Cairns
New York City
Australia
Brazil
Peru
South Africa
Northern Territory
Haden Guest
Far North
Peason
England
R. W. Cilento
Welcome visitor Dr Arundale tours Australia
A welcome visit by George Arundale, famed for oratory, arrives in Australia after a US lecture tour from Manhattan to Hollywood. The 54 year old Hindu wife Rukmini travels with him. Arundale criticizes Gandhi’s civil disobedience, notes fatigue with the movement, and plans to stay seven weeks before returning to India.
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George
Arundale
Australia
United States of America
Manhattan
Hollywood
Rukmini
India
Gandhi
Mahatna Gandhi
Women’s view on populating Northern Territory and colonization
The author argues that planning tropical settlement must include women’s role, noting mothers carry culture and sustain families. Cites India’s British population pattern, warns white men alone cannot populate tropics, and suggests wives should share in colonial duties to prevent sterile futures.
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Australia
India
British India
British Isles
Kilping
Tropics
Tropica
A Genius in Workaday Clothes by Henry Lawson
Frank Dalby Davison praises Henry Lawson as Australia s authentic voice and a father of tradition. He notes Lawson s artless artistry and natural portrayal of life in stories like The Bush Undertaker, shaping modern Australian writing with sympathetic detachment and vivid realism.
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Henry Lawson
Australia
Frank Dalby Davison
Advance Australia News Service
Lawson
Science and Religion Reconciliation Question Debated
Mr F W Houstine argues science and religion need no reconciliation as long as religion sheds dogmas opposed to scientific findings. He says science explains phenomena and provides laws of nature while religion offers moral principles, aiming to guide handling of new knowledge. No conflict exists between science and religion, only between religion and inflexible theology.
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F. W. Houstine
Wilberforce and Slavery in Early NSW Letters
Discovery in Sydney uncovers William Wilberforce letters to Rev Samuel Marsden from 1816 to 1818. The papers link New South Wales settlement to Britain's abolitionist drive, showing Wilberforce’s religious motive and his lifelong fight against bondage. He died soon after emancipation news reached him.
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Sydney
William Wilberforce
Samuel Marsden
New South Wales
Wilberforce
Westminster Abbey
Pitt
Fox
Edmund Burke
Force's Career Seen As Immortal Hero Story
A defense of force as a noble English figure, praising his career as an inspiring milestone in human progress. The text notes America’s Civil War cost and contrasts it with legislation in the British Empire achieving a significant outcome without war, highlighting the act as pivotal.
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Force
America
British Empire
Garden Notes on Seedling Transplanting and Germination
Garden Notes explains transplanting seedlings into beds or drills as needed, prefers box grown annuals, and covers seed viability. It notes carrots and parsnips resist transplanting, moisture is crucial at germination, and tomato, delphinium, and dahlia seeds show variable germination with year-to-year changes observed in experiments abroad.
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France
Kitchen Garden Secrets for Successful Seed Growth
The article outlines bed preparation with dug, manured soil, weed germination control, and thorough Dutch hoeing to ensure clean ground for sowing. It stresses drainage, manuring, high quality seeds, and diligent hoeing for strong yields from crops including celeriac and celery. Regular watering and fortnightly liquid manure are advised for crops like parsnip, leek, and onions.
Rainfall Averages For District 1888 1932 Reported
The record shows a 45 year rainfall average of 18.34 inches for the district and a 10.42 inch average for the wheat growing period May to October. The table presents these figures for the 1888 1932 span.
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