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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 02, 1930
Page
4
A reader argues the proposed compulsory wheat pool harms private enterprise and Australia’s economy. The letter urges a federal bounty per bushel as a simpler alternative, claiming socialistic schemes fail in shipping, manufacturing, and other sectors.
The Australian Country Party at its triennial conference adopted new platform planks including Empire trade promotion through reciprocal agreements and branded origin marks, public works, a single borrowing authority with sinking funds, and constitutional reform to reduce overlapping industrial regulation. The group also endorsed tax simplification, the five-year income tax averaging system, pay for performance, and arbitration after conciliation for disputes. Conference urged full use of rool for electricity, salt/melee chemical extraction, and by profits from by products. A Federal transport council was proposed to align rail rates across systems.
An advertisement touts Victor real Machines with a delightful tone and appealing appearance. Fully guaranteed by Paling's in Sydney. Offers very easy terms for purchase.
Hurdle Race longift grosvenor kinross winner 6 to 1 Farm Stakes first division Celtic Stock Boy Sylveste winner 2 second division Gibsontoa Merrylands Starlike winner 9 to 2 St Johns Park Nursery first division Andonium Observatory Danes Law winner 7 to 2 second division Assumption Alpin Roman Emperor winner 20 to 1 Prospect Handic Killarney Casque d Or Remora winner 3 Warwick May Handicap Glasgow ed mot tax the bread of the poor. Will not set up another sat istic organisation. Will limit the amount the public will have to pay. F Hagelthorn President Town and Country Union Melbourne May 29 1830.
A satirical verse catalogs a flood of taxes from poll and wealth taxes to land, water, and marriage levies. It lampoons escalating rates, warns of open hotels and fate of households, and ends with a flourish about Special Grills and seafood at Hollywood.
In a humorous Bourke Herald piece a reader writes about Bourke life, noting droughts, mosquitoes, missing street lamps, churches without lighting, and Aldermen mismanaging water. The letter, signed Willie Jones, jokes about local quirks, amusement, and going to the pictures, ending with a playful self description and a nod to community life.
An advertisement touts Doan's Backache Kidney Pills as effective for kidney trouble with a testimonial from Mrs. E Cunningham of Wellington. She credits the product with curing back pains and kidney distress after trying other remedies and urges others to try it, noting continued good health after eight years.
The piece covers NRMA efforts including a contract service station at Gosford linking to Newcastle centre and a 95 mile emergency radius, examples of road safety, the Golden Emblem pledge, traffic rules in Brisbane and Copenhagen, and guidance for country motorists and casual chauffeurs. It also notes rising car ownership in Australia, a tyre pressure alert device, and legal conference discussions.
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