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Newspaper
St George Call
Location
St George, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 01, 1910
Page
7
A letter-writer mocks early railway plans and celebrates the mile-a-minute express while criticizing Kogarah road conditions and municipal road policy. He urges better road construction and warns against costly town hall schemes as local councils face rate rises and borrowing debates.
A letter from the editor sympathizes with Kogarah's anti motor mayor who blames road defects on motor traffic from Europe. The piece notes his plans to award medals for faulty road work and hints he may buy a car, signaling a shift in local road policy as motors continue to travel over cracked surfaces.
A discussion denounces protective tariffs as injustice harming nine tenths of workers while enriching a few. It argues Parliament lacks power to shield labor and urges Messie. Fisher & Co. to use constitutional powers to safeguard worker interests. A brief aside recounts two Barrow-in-Furness friends meeting in a Landing scene.
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