03 Dec 1938
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Newspaper
Wagga Wagga Express
Location
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 03, 1938
Page
1
Report from an Allied briefing notes mounting friction as the Big Four ponder possible actions. General Fragow approves a pact at Packers Maha while Britain and Austria face pressure over grain and imports.
Sydney retail trade boosts Christmas business as shoppers flood stores. Sir Sydney Snow, president of the febril Trad yst Association, says the volume of business last night was a record.
A controversial claim argues Australia can absorb thirty million settlers while proposing to accept only fifteen thousand Jews. The stance is blamed on Sydney gentry and elites in six other major towns who prefer British settlers over others.
A plan to establish an extensive motor car assembly plant in Sydney with a £200,000 investment. The project includes acquiring 2 acres of land and creating work for 60 men.
The federal government fixed the flour tax at five pounds fifteen shillings per ton after passage of the wheat stabilization law. Regulations require returns and information, payment, and review provisions for the levy.
Fragmentary lines report Britain buying wheat and a mention of a deal with an American seller. The text hints at private wire negotiations and a large shipment context but lacks clear dates or entities. Overall, it records a wheat purchase shaping trade though specifics remain unclear.
Hubert Opperman arrived in Sydney amid cheers at Parramatta Road and George Street. He broke the 60 km record in 24 hours 24 minutes and set an Australian 48 hour distance record, with a new time of 72 minutes for a mile in the novelty stages.
In Australia pensions for the elderly have grown by about 9000 annually and invalid pensions by 2000. On November 2, there were 237,126 old age pensioners and 87,143 invalid pensioners.
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