Sir John Bowser, Australian politician, was the 26th Premier of Victoria. He was born in London, the son of an army officer, and arrived in Melbourne as a child with his family. He grew up at Bacchus Marsh and when he left school got a job with the Bacchus Marsh Express. As a young man he went to Scotland and worked on newspapers while studying at University of Edinburgh. Returning to Australia, he settled in Wangaratta, where he farmed and managed the Wangaratta Chronicle, which he eventually bought.

Headlines from June 10, 1936

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Gives Up Three of His Seven Cabinet Posts

REBEL AT DELAY ON NEW YORK POLL; Delegates Backing Landon Insist on Count Today -- Resent Hint of 'Trade.'

KANSAN APPROVES PLANKS; Platform Draft Declares for the Return of the Gold Standard.

BLUM SUBMITS BILL FOR 40-HOUR WEEK; Acts to Calm Workers by Also Asking Laws for Collective Contracts and Paid Holidays.

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