16 Jul 1948
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Newspaper
Blackwood Times
Location
Blackwood, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 16, 1948
Page
1
A discussion on price control and its removal notes the uneven effects on wages profits and necessities. It argues rents and land values are kept too low while other prices rise, urging coordinated policy to align rent and property prices with broader price controls and to avoid illegal side payments.
The Bridgetown Road Board postpones the full report on the sports ground site discussion and will continue next week.
Correspondence among Bridgetown and neighbouring road boards including Hobart Tuckey Leslie Craig and W J Mann was read. Greenbushes supported the circular by E C Sighting. Upper Blackwood and Nannup did not reply. Expenditure over £700 would require health rates in Nannup and Greenbushes. A proposed alternative asks the Government to appoint and fund a full time inspector with road boards executing his recommendations.
Bridgetown Road Board members discuss school bus safety including Don Walters corner dangers, monthly inspections, and possible road widenings funded by loans. Mr. H. J. Smith urges tougher oversight while stressing drivers' duty. chairman orders estimates for safer two way traffic.
Bridgetown Road Board approves major sports ground on Leaning Tree Hill site 24 miles from Bridgetown. The plan includes a two lap to the mile trotting track a full-size football ground and potential hockey facilities. 100 acres to be vested plans drawn bids invited and funding sought.
The Joint Dairying Industry Advisory Committee completed its annual survey of cost movements and the Government announces a 2d per lb increase in farm returns at the factory door for butter cheese and milk products from July 1. The rise follows a 1947 policy guaranteeing prices for five years and aims to reflect cost changes with a lag noted by Mr J P Norton.
A partial list shows contributors including Mrs J Hearn, C W A, Mr C Marshall, Mr J C G Henderson, Mrs Walton, Mrs G Green, Mr V A Doust, Mr E G Hall, Mr Fred Gifford, and others with varied amounts. The record is incomplete and handwritten.
Eight years after a letter dated April 1940 addressed to a European country was posted in Manjimup and censored before travel across the Continent it was returned to the sender last week. The addressee has since returned to this State and the letter will be kept as a remarkable travelled souvenir.
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