Bush fires hit Tasmania in fierce day of destruction
A dramatic Tasmanian day saw factories and homes destroyed while a Melbourne family escaped a bushfire near Ferntree Gully by taking refuge in a pool. Mrs Clarke and her two children survived with scorched faces as the fire burned to the water’s edge. Nearby Beech Forest suffered multiple outbreaks threatening mills and houses as volunteers battled fires driven by a strong northerly wind.
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Melbourne
Ferntree Gully
Clarke
Beech Forest
Fires Ravage Tasmania as Six Reach for Safety
In Yulong and Hobart areas bush fires cause extensive damage with thousands evacuated. The postmistress organizes relief while residents shelter amid black smoke and embers. Four factories, an apple shed, and two homes burn at Huonville. urgent rescues occur for smoke suffocation risk in Fitzgerald.
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Momart
Hobart
Huonville
Fitzgerald
Liv
Explosion and murder raise alarm at Gulargembone store
Sydney reports a violent explosion at the Lewin store in Gulargembone last Monday night. Lewis is found dead with a throat wound some miles from town, a note suggests he visited a solicitor. Bertram Lewis suffered serious injuries and a detective is sent from Sydney to investigate.
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H. J. Lewin
Gulargembone
Lewis
Bertram Lewis
H. J. Lewis
Tum Been Seni
Sydney
Roosevelt seeks regulation of securities and commodities markets
President Roosevelt asked Congress to regulate exchange operations and curb speculative use. He left drafting to Congress, acknowledging market value but urging a national policy to restrict purely speculative trading in securities and commodities.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Inchanges
Conkredy
London Bank Rate Raised
London reports a bank rate increase from 28 percent to 3 percent to discourage gold withdrawals for the United States.
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London
United Star
France forms a national unity cabinet after clashes
A proclaimed government truce announces a new cabinet led by Doumergue with Le Brun as president and M. Warthou as foreign affairs. The National Union cabinet excludes Socialists and Communists and aims for a sweeping majority. In Paris rioters attacked St Ambroise church. police and cavalry dispersed them, killing one officer.
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Doumergue
France
M. le Brun
M. Doumergue
M. Warthou
M. Cheron
M. Surraut
Marshal Petain
M. Petri
Air
Denaint
M. Germain Martin
M. Berthod
M. Lamoureux
M. Mallarme
M. Lava
M. Queuille
M. Flandin
M. Maria
M. Rivollet
Lazar
M. Marquet
Mercantile Marine
M Bertand
Miniatera
French political crisis sparks small cabinet plan
Reports say a dictatorship party believed capable of averting revolution proposes forming a compact national cabinet of leading figures, possibly ruling without Parliament. Clashes erupt near the Interior Ministry as crowds fire revolvers and infantry is called in to clear streets. The Federation of Labor threatens a 24 hour strike in defense of public liberty amid heightened tension. Doumergue, former French president, is greeted by cheering crowds as events unfold in Paris.
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M. Doumer Ue
France
Godallat
Nay
Kt v
Ministry of the Interior
Federation of Labor
Land Hunger 169 Applications For Mundows Homestead Farm
Land hunger grows as 169 applications lodge for 278 acres in Mundows parish Mitchell. Area lies 15 miles from Wagga Wagga fronting the Warsaw Urana road, 64 miles from Belfrayden station. Land Board at Wagga will ballot ownership at month end under Crown Lands Act.
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Mundows
Mitchell
Wagga
Britain imposes 20 percent duty on French goods
Britain, citing noncompliance by France with restoring UK quotas, issues an order under the Import Dat e Act. The new duty of 20 per cent ad valorem applies to certain French produced or manufactured goods and takes effect February 18.
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United Kingdom
France
Gold price hits new high at 28 12 68 per ounce
The Electrolytic Refining & Smelting Co of Port Kembla New South Wales declared a new record price for gold at 28 12 68 per fine ounce, surpassing the previous record of 8 108.
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Reining & Smelting Co
Port Kembla
Fragmented political note on policy shift and dictatorship
A damaged passage discusses a speaker's journey from skepticism to supporting a new policy aimed at returning to Republican doctrines. It references reforming the Constitution under a declared dictatorship of 890 deputies, a term attributed to M. Doumergue.
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M. Doumergue
Plane crash kills two men during Centenary air race in Sydney
In a morning crash near Mascot airfield two men died in the plunge into the river. Sergeant William Brown, 40, an Australian Air Force flying instructor, and J A Bundy, 26, a pilot from Castlereagh Street, Sydney, were preparing for the £10,000 Centenary air race. Despite rescue attempts, both were submerged and drowned. Bundy served as chauffeur to the Lord Mayor. Brown was an experienced airman in training flights.
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Sydney
Cooks Weer
Mascot
WiIiam Brown
Avrodrome
Bonnie Doon Roure
Antral
Vette
Bundy
Brown
Herd Testing Wagga Wins State Prize
A. R. Martins Narooma Jersey Stud of Wages won the state herd recording prize in the latest Department of Agriculture contest. He entered 12 Jerseys averaging 583.26 pounds with age allowances. His six year old Kelvinside Bros Tuatra produced 948.57 pounds of butter fat, earning a special award for highest production. M. G. Chapman of Corein-Lob also earned praise with a seven Jersey team averaging 480.29 pounds with age allowances.
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Hydney
A. R. Martin
Narooma” Jersey
Department of Agrculture
Martin
Dregdare
Kelvinside Bros Tuatra
Hich
M. G. Chapman
Corein- Lob
Wagea
Anes
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