Remarkable Sahara Truck Mission Demonstrates Long Range Fuel Use
Three seven ton d wheelers of the Bernard Je Pontois Scientific Mission completed an 8000 mile Sahara traverse from Algiers to Gao powered by heavy oil engines. The fleet carried 142 gallons per truck, used less than two pints of water per lorry, and logged 16 to 18 miles per gallon in tropical heat, a feat achieved across 2170 miles with supplies at Gao and a high compression no spark engine.
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Asi
Algiers
Sahara
Dunlop Ferdman Co
Agiers
Timbuktu
Niger River
Desert
Bernard Je Pontois
Peugeot
Gao
Tta
Hoogar
Salar
Lang Proposals Seek 20 Percent Government Salary Cut
Mr Lang argues New South Wales should cut government salaries to a maximum limit to meet a 20 percent reduction target. He points to preserving spending power and avoiding harm to business, noting higher-paid officials would contribute less while lower-paid workers keep circulation. He cites rising business activity and estimates saving about £1,000,090 from salaries.
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New South Wales
Lang
Witeh
Alexander Hamiton Institute
Mr. Lang
Lung
Police raid Grazier Alfred Munt's Pinecliff estate
Police raided the Pinecliff property of grazier Alfred Edward Munt on Friday and arrested Hunt and Sydney Woodbridge. They face charges of illicit distilling for rum production. A demand of 9 st'li is alleged, with portions hidden on the estate. remand was granted with Woodbridge bail set at 600 and Munt at 200.
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Alfred Edward Munt
Pinecliff
Hunt
Sydney Woodbridge
Woodbridge
Bull
Munt
Airman Mollison aborts Atlantic attempt after Darwin crash
Sydney Mond Airman Mollison set out to fly from Australia to England but found his 127 gallons of petrol too heavy. He landed at Darwin, crashed into a boundary fence, and damaged the plane beyond repair. He jumped clear and escaped injury.
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Sydney
Mond
Mollison
Australis
England
Darwin
Acros
Erib Mollison
Motor trucks to traverse inland Australia with long fuel range
The interior of Australia could become traversable at low running costs later in the day, with motor trucks carrying iron-evco rated fuel supplies for thousands of miles of travel.
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Australia
Explosion damages Wellington jewellery shop door
Residents in Wellington heard a violent blast on Saturday night as gelignite attached to Freeman's jewellery shop door on Manners Street exploded by a timed fuse. Police suspect robbery as the motive though the exact aim remains unknown.
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Sydney
Wellington
N.Z
Freeman
Manners Street
Federal Labor Party claims many leagues in N S W behind executive
Sydney Monday The Federal Labor Party asserts there are more than one hundred leagues in New South Wales behind the provisional executive.
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Sydney
Federal Labor Party
N.S.W
Dole Inspectors Under Threat of Dismissal in Sydney
Reports from Sydney Tradex Hall circles say about forty recently appointed dole inspectors face probable dismissal. The rumor centers on inspections tied to welfare programs and staff conduct within government offices in Sydney.
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Sydney
Monduy
Colonel S J Shillington Dies in Sydney
Colonel S J Shillington ex M L A and since 1926 resident magistrate and acting judge at Rabaul died in Sydney on Saturday.
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Sydney
S.J, Shillington
M.L.A
Rabaul
Boy Dies Prospecting for Gold at St Arnaud
A 12 year old boy Harold Vernon was crushed to death by a fall of gravel while prospecting for gold at St Arnaud Victoria.
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Sydney
St. Arnaud
Victoria
Harold Vernon
Unemployed Problem Highlighted by MLA Plan
Sydney Mond meeting heard Dr Arthur MLA propose solving unemployment by returning to the land. He outlined a program to train youths in farming and to aid married men with a small grant near Sydney.
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Sydney
Injured footballer ends Christchurch match over unsafe boots
In Wellington on Sunday the Association football player D Rutherland was hospitalised with head injuries from Saturday’s Christchurch match. The referee checked boots and found nails protruding through studs on all players’ footwear, and declared the match off.
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Wellington
D. Rutherland
Christchurch
Sutherland
Remains Found At Bethungra Junction Settlement
Human remains were found yesterday at Bethungra Junction farming settlement in Queensland. The body was clothed only in a man's flannel shirt under a white shirt with part of a sock. Police investigations are underway.
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Sydney
Bethungra Junction
Farming Settlement
Queensland
New Zealand Adopts Old Tariff for Pre-June Canadian Goods
The New Zealand Government responded to importers by deciding that all Canadian goods shipped before June 2 will be admitted under the old tariff rates. This move preserves tariff terms for shipments dated prior to the cutoff.
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Sydney
New Zealand
Canterbury Mayor Plans March Of 8000 Unemployed
Alderman Bramaton of Canterbury says active steps are being taken to organize a march of at least 8000 unemployed ratepayers from Canterbury to Sydney to protest the distribution of the unemployment tax. The route is to run between seven and eight miles. He notes Canterbury's population about 100,000 with 40,000 unemployed yet no funding received despite repeated government applications.
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Bramaton
Canterbury
Activ
Sydney
Seven
Sight Mile
Parramatta Labor Bureau Fire Damages Records
A fire last night at the Parramatta branch of the State Labor Bureau destroyed four cabinets containing food relief records and other documents. Police believe the blaze was deliberate and was fought using chemicals.
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Aydnay
Parramatta
State Labor Bureau
Lang Plan Critiqued by H P Lassarini at Albury
In a Albury speech, H P Lassarini M P accused the Lang Plan opponents of a frame up over the Government Savings Bank closure. He blamed the Bavin Stevens Butten shaw group and said Lyons Theodore and Fenton aided. He argued the bank’s closure left the public two hundred times sounder than private banks.
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Sydney
Albury
Lang
H. P. Lassarini
M.P
Governme Savings Bank
Bavin-Stevens-Buttenshaw
Messrs Lyons
Theodore
Fenton
Government Savings Bank
Narrow Escape At Kurrajong Heights With Injured Shoulder
Mrs Weston of Sydney had a narrow escape last night when she tumbled down a mountainside at Kurrajone Heights. She clung above a 36 foot drop at Cut Rock for three hours with legs over the ledge before help arrived, suffering a shoulder injury. She had left her hotel for a brief walk when the slip occurred.
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Sydney
Mongsy
Mra
Weston
Kurrajone Heights
Cut Rock
Diminutive taxicabs plan for 6d mile fare in England
A projected scheme in England proposes small taxis charged at sixpence per mile. The plan aims to increase affordability and service reach, outlining vehicle size and routes to balance efficiency with passenger demand.
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Aer
England
Finance Bulletin 21 1929 80 shows Australian debts and revenue
Acting Commonwealth Statistician Professor L F Giblin releases Finance Bulletin No 21 for 1929 80 detailing Commonwealth State and local government finances. It notes revenue and expenditure totals, war debts overseas, public debt aggregates, bank deposits and life policies, with figures for per head amounts and overseas holdings.
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Commonwealth Statistician
L. F. Giblin
Finance Bulletin No
Commonwealth
Australia
Commmonwealth
Thabacesd
Wallington Times Office Notice From Wellington
An office notice recorded at the Wallington Times on Porgy Street Wellington N W indicates involvement by the DB arom and enders and local authorities in a matter at hand. The document references the office location and parties connected to the notice.
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DB Arom
Enders
Wallington ‘Times
Porgy Street
Wellington
N.&w
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M. McLeod Ltd. Millers and Grain Merchants
Nsw
West
Royal Exchange Assurance
A. A. Dobbie
Nanima
R. C. B. Barton
Mt. Nanima
D. H. Barton
Neurea
LLER
Peron
Parsons
Bpring Valley
Parkes Road
E. Pinch
D. B. Thomson
Macquarie Chambers
Dubbo
C.P
Condabolin
Grice
C.L
Coonamble
DR. Ellison
Swift Street
P.O
E. W. Ball
Percy Street
Shakespeare
Maton
Gisborne cl
Grazier
Micit
Dole
Old Tariff
N. Z
Beard Mr
Parramatta Fire
Labor Bureau
Mr. Lazzarini
Harvey Brothers
Opticians
AA. Harvey, M.O.A
Griffiths
Deit
H.G.F. Glover
McMahon
Fong Lee& CO
F. S. Wilmot
Jeweller
Murray Bros
Undertakers
Larcombe
Maughanst
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