05 Jul 1918
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Newspaper
Port Adelaide News
Location
Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 05, 1918
Page
1
The Premier Hon A H Peake welcomed Sir Richard Butler's note of a probable £23000 year end surplus, saying the state has turned a corner after years of deficits though higher taxes and rising costs weighed on departments. He cited living costs and charity institutions, then warned of idle wheat assets due to shipping shortages.
A fragment shows a clergyman asking if the upcoming Convention will fix Ireland with Paddy replying that opinions differ and no one knows for sure, both admitting uncertainty about the outcome.
Sir Richard Butler stated that the two dividends of 3d per bushel will go to farmers, making 3s 3d per bushel for both harvests. He noted no deductions have been made yet for tailage handling or reconditioning costs and expressed hope expenses won't greatly exceed handling and railage.
At the annual stud sheep sales prices rose for both stud and stock rams with offerings described as super. Goldsborough Mort and Co sold for Mr Thomas Millar of Deniliquin Stud Park to Land Brothers Victoria Downs Morven Q. an extra special double stud ram Stud Park No. 10 for 2500 guineas. One ram from Mr Hunter Weight Hevilsh realized 200 guineas.
President Wilson completes his history in multiple volumes. He is a busy man with many activities and a notable interest in spiritualism, reflecting a mystic inclination alongside his public work.
The Premier of Queensland plans to cut lunch breaks with modest encouragement, while Western Australia hosted the Tonga premier at a formal luncheon. Labor Conference delegates reportedly foraged for themselves amid the event.
Port Adelaide celebrates approval of Government backed shipbuilding yards at Port Adelaide to be built and equipped by Poole and Steele Ltd of Sydney. Government finances include a £40,000 advance secured by a full mortgage on the yard and plant, with depreciation and employment estimates for 200 to 300 workers. The plan aims to revive wharf activity, train riveters, and attract skilled and immigrant workers, while protecting public funds and sharing state benefits.
Practical Tailors advertise a month long sale with Indigo serge suits at affordable prices and a wide range of menswear and accessories. Items include tweed suits up to 7/10 and 9/5, undergarments, hats, shirts, socks, and all wool flannels at discounted rates.
The district visitor questions Mrs Bumps about her husband being a provider. Mrs Bumps replies he is only providing furniture if he gets money and that he will provide once he finds a job that suits him. The encounter paints a bleak scene in a stark home.
A trench party of sailors or soldiers jokes about scarce rations. They lament the lack of eggs bread and tea, imagining two eggs and fewer bread slices for a meal. The mood shifts to quiet resignation as the question of where to obtain such rations is raised, and the reply is bleak: nae place.
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