Cooby Creek Water Scheme Plans Get Council Backing
Sydney Suburbs Swept By Terrific Gale. Toowoomba council approves a £25,000 loan and a similar subsidy to fund works on Cooby Creek dam. The plan favors rocks dam with a 1570 feet supply level and a 60 foot wall. Delays in drawings prompt urgency to expedite tenders and begin work this year.
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Cooby Creek
Toowoomba
Ald
J. D. Annand
Department of Irrigation and Water Supply
Toen
John Robinson
Department of Irrigaton
Robinson
New Coinage Designs Moves in Australia Plans
A Canberra report says Australian coin designs will be completely revised within months. A cabinet sub committee will meet in Sydney to consider changes. Treasurer R G Casey favors artistic designs and expects all old designs scrapped and new Crown pieces in circulation by Coronation day.
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Canberra
Sydney
R. G. Casey
Commonwealth
Premier pushes sugar export rise to 100000 tons
Queensland Premier W F P Smith urged preserving Australia raw sugar exports in an interview. He noted pending conferences on overseas trade and a Canada Australia trade talks aimed at revising the agreement. He called for increasing sugar exports to 100000 tons and mentioned a League of Nations conference likely around April 6 with Commonwealth delegation involvement.
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Melbourne
Australia
Queensland
W. FP. Smith
Canada
Mr. Smith
Sydney storm claims four lives and leaves hundreds injured
A ferocious gale swept Sydney and suburbs causing extensive damage across Botany Marrickville Mascot and Matraville. Four people died including a 10 year old boy and a 21 year old worker. hundreds injured and thousands of buildings unroofed as storms toppled walls and machinery. Dozens of tractors and vehicles buried under debris while power and telephone services failed.
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Botany
Dai
Mascot
Bor
Ald. W. Hereford
Marrickville
Gallagher Brothers
Wool Brokers
Aylesbury-street
Colin Chisholm
Redfern
Fred Howell
Gallagher's Works
Chisholm
General Motors
Holden's
Marrickvile
International Harvester Company
Concorde West
Edward Langford
Eastwood
Ryde
Langford
Ryde Hospital
Castle Him
Martickville
Matraville
Botany Bay
Arthur Mileton Green
Sydney Hospital
Prince Henry Hospital
Severe storm hits Surat and surrounding towns in Australia
A powerful storm at Surat caused high winds and uprooted trees, flooding the main street to a foot deep, with telegraph and telephone lines down. The siege of damage extended to Cobb and Company store, Garah Hotel, and a cyclonic wind hit Garah with about 400 pounds of damage, as heat-related deaths rose to nine with a Longreach woman passing away.
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Brisbane
Surat
Longreach
Man Killed by Lightning at Herberton Bank Manager
A storm at Herberton on Sunday afternoon killed Mr W M Saul, manager of the local Bank of Australia. The incident occurred during the thunderstorm as residents witnessed the fatal strike.
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Cairns
Herberton
W. HM
Saul
Bank of
Australala
Stability move by bankers and economists review
London market notes bankers urge export growth and foreign lending while wary of over expansion. Prospects hinge on commodity prices tariff changes and potential domestic recession around 1938 39. Grain and metals markets fluctuate amid investor nerves and external shocks.
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London
BE. 5
Orme
Martin's Bank
Edwin Fisher
Barcidys Bank
Itd
J. M. Keynes
Britain
United States
Germany
Westminster Bank Review
Melbourne
Tragedy Witnesses Highlight Bradford Flight Death
Miss Ilay Bradford, a pioneering Australian pilot, died in a Sydney plane crash. Her 15-year-old son, husband Shephard, and younger son survive. the elder son is cared for by friends in Queensland. Bradford, once the only Australian woman with a fire class pilot license, planned a flight to England but funds failed. Her husband Francis Roy Shepherd died years earlier, a Gallipoli veteran.
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Brisbane
Ilay Bradford
Sydney
Mr. Shepherd
Queensland
Lorraine Mertin
Rosebery
Miss Bradford
Martin
Bradford
Emerald
Aero Club
Scott
Brain
Australia
England
Klemm Engle
Adelaide
Ruby Vale
Central
Francis Roy Shepherd
H. Spencer
Post and Telegraphs Department
Gallipoli
Mt. Capson
Mackay
Harry
Clermont
Prank
Spencer
Mammoth Golden Casket draws prize list Brisbane
The next Mammoth Golden Casket offers a first prize of £20000, a £500 consolation, and £50 for near misses. Prizes include four at £6000, five at £1000, five at £500, and many smaller amounts. Tickets are 10 shillings.
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Brisbane
Wage Increase Expected in Canberra Over Next Fortnight
Canberra Morulay reports that general basic wage rises tied to living costs could be announced within the next two weeks. The Brabate rate is expected to rise by 2 shillings.
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Canberra
Morulay
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Iain
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Powell
Tarnan
Oxford
Toowoomba Council
David Ackers
Camperdown
Stanley McNamara
Albert Smith
Gamperdown
Peacock Jam Company
Ackers
Smith
McNamara
R. Woolridge
Rozelle l Bay
Review of London Market
George Gordon
R. Hood
Gordon
Hood
Gou
Kingaroy
Hel
Frances
Iol
Henley
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