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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 16, 1935
Page
5
A retrospective on Dubbo’s origins recounts early leaders and settlers who shaped the town’s growth. Key figures include W. E. Morgan and G. H. Taylor, whose efforts united farmers and townspeople for the 1800 government-show prize and the village’s evolution into a city. The piece notes the town’s water woes and rising taxes as ongoing challenges.
The weekly bulletin of the Australian Country Party reports Labour criticism of Commonwealth wheat legislation. It cites Parker Moloney admitting constitutional limits on a compulsory national wheat pool and notes State cooperation and home consumption price impacts on harvest profitability.
Local figures relentlessly pursue every grant and federal aid avenue to finance public buildings. The town has secured multiple funding streams, ensuring essential facilities receive needed renovations and new construction without overburdening residents.
A letter argues against government funding for new town hall construction in Dubbo. It criticizes bypassing public money, notes the cost of £25,000 for recently opened baths, and urges a park-side, architecturally suitable town hall near the railway station to reflect the town’s importance. The piece warns borrowing is tied to political pressure and questions financing by the current government.
At a recent Alebury PLP board meeting the group moved to remove Patterson's Curse from the list of noxious weeds. The decision follows declarations of exemptions for Hume and Colairn shires, and aims to adjust weed control responsibilities.
Store Creek Catholics formed a committee to raise funds for a local church, aided by Kathleen Quirk and Gwen Edwards as secretaries and a team of volunteers. A fundraising picnic, refreshments, lucky dip, and prize offerings drew wide support, with net proceeds of £25 6s 5d and total takings of £29 11s 10d.
Fragmented OCR text mentions measurements and names in a jumbled sequence. It references bust and waist measurements and a person or place labeled Duce ali with scattered terms like Shue URL Sede and Moen Se Se Eel, yielding no clear event or context.
In France car production declined from 253800 in 1925 to 181000 in 1934 while imports fell from 222400 to 176000 due to heavy taxation. In November NRMA touring aided 1826 motorists with itineraries totaling over 1.2 million travel miles. NRMA warns of rising holiday travel during Christmas and notes growing motor camping with 1678 campers served. New Zealand remains a major British car buyer with £334090 saved since 1954. Bridges on Prince’s Highway progress. a new reinforced bridge at Brogo River and culvert work on Pacific Highway with tar paving reducing dust. A London magistrate jokes about six weeks without a conviction after a license endorsement query. A cold-proof petrol promises easier starting in cold weather. Global car production figures show 3745000 cars and lorries in 1932, 1979000 in 1929, 6416000 in 1989. Britain and Germany lead auto manufacture. Pedestrian footpaths in Holland fail to deter 69 percent from walking on roads.
Professor Murdoch at Bremantle Town Hall argues there is no natural law fixing economic conditions, only humanly devised systems. Fourteen Social Credit supporters elected in New Zealand Parliament. Tasmanian report cites money creation as a policy tool. Commentators in Canada and Australia discuss monetary reform, banking credit, and prosperity myths amid controversy.
An elderly reader reports severe rheumatism for eighteen months preventing turning in bed or walking. After starting Wrune Balin, he regained strength, left the bed, and resumed work. The ad blames sharp edged crystals from sluggish eliminations as the cause and promotes Kruvchen products to dissolve them from the system.
Letter by James Reed argues for full employment and fair wealth distribution amid rapid Australia wide social and technological change. He warns against temporary evils and urges remunerative work for all, noting abundant resources, skilled labour, and the risk of unrest if needs go unmet. Ancenh Thomioren and Son Undertakers, Manghan Street.
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