Winnijup Farmers Discuss Board Allowance
The Winni jup Branch of the Farmers Union met on Tuesday August 16 with a smaller turnout. They urged the General Executive to pursue an arbitration court case over resident farm employee board of 25 per week noting costs risen 58 to 65 percent and wages up. A two hour film on farming topics and use of Goldfield Pictures Ltd projector was proposed for Bridgetown.
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Winnijup
Farmers’ Union
Bridgetown
Goldfield Pictures Ltd
North Bridgetown Farmers Hear Union Matters at Meeting
A Kangaroo Gallay School gathering of the North Bridgetown Branch of the Union discussed the Recrye Fund receipts, tax deduction for keep in tax returns, and a visiting organiser. Pilot payments, cream substitutes, publicity plans, butterfat prices, and the South West Power Scheme were reviewed with unresolved debates on communism.
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Kangaroo Gallay School
Lloyd Faulkner
W.A.G.R
Fruitgrowers Association
Henderson
South West Power
Advyccate
Zone Council
South West
Collie
Record baconers price highs amid Western Australian markets
Elder Smith & Co Ltd reports record local prices for heavyweight baconers at Bridgetown 232/ with sales also at Balingup 230/ and Manjimup 226/ to 226/. Market details show heavy and medium weight baconers selling across Manjimup Balingup and Bridgetown with porkers and chopper sows in the mix. At Midland Junction last week's sale, 800 more yarded, slight overall rise, Goldfields demand keen, shorn wethers set records with Pimbee stock bringing up to 71/1 and 64/7 average.
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Bridgetown
Elder, Smith & Co., Limited
Balingup
Manjimup
Elder, Smith &Co. Limited
Chopper Sons
Balingup Market
Pimbee
Carnarvon
Midland
Local Printing Note From Francis Gemmens Firm
A brief imprint shows Francis 4. Gemmens printing for Coun try Newspapers Pty. Ltd at their Steere office in Gridge town. The damaged fragment highlights publication details and ownership.
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Francis 4. Gemmens
Country Newspapers Pty. Ltd
Steere
Gridgetown
Cows Bring High Prices at Bridgetown Sale
At a Goldsbrough Mort & Co sale in Bridgetown last Thursday, yarding reached 124 head with strong clearance. Prices rose for good quality cattle as buyers from Bunbury Dardanup Greenbushes Pemberton and others competed. heavy cows to 27 pounds 16 shillings and steers to 26 pounds 10 shillings, with heifers and young stock showing solid demand.
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Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Limited
Bridgetown
Bunbury
Dardanup
Greenbushes
Pemberton
Pig Prices Rise at Moss Farm August Pig Sale
Goldsbrough Mort and Co report August 18 yarded 243 pigs with 231 sold. Light baconers and slips gained 15d per head amid strong competition from Bunbury and nearby towns. heavyweight baconers reached £10 18s, medium £8 10s, light £7. store baconers to £3 8s. weaners to 60. Sheep yarded 347, all cold. Corriedale wethers 7s 7d, Merino wethers 7s to 7s 6d, crossbred hoggets up to 6d, crossbred ewes to 6s 2d.
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Goldsbrough, Mort & Co., Limited
Yornup Farmers Meet Discuss TB Compensation and Grass Strain
The Yornup branch holds its August meeting with 14 members. They oppose a levy to fund TB compensation, urging government responsibility, and debate a future approach at Zone Cowner. Harry Moyes urges development of a WA climate suitable grass strain and asks Agricultural Dept to pursue it.
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Avon River
Harry Moyes
Foreign Matters To the Editor Deny Lin
A reader reports receiving pew trees from the Eastern Binies with hessian wrapping housing foreign weeds and prickles. The writer urges inquiry into whether packaging from the East contains noxious plants and asks officials to assess risks to WA farming and to incinerate similar parcels.
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Deny Lin
Lncal
Steere Street opens after coal miner return
Comic note reports temporary filling of open cuts on Steere Street after miners go back to work. Chorus says no coal remains in Steere Street and the board failed to locate any coal, but Steere Street is restored to the residents.
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Steere Street
Fisher
Steere St
Can You Beat Farm Yields At Local Sheds
Farmers page notes August 18 Bridge Town Advocate reports fruit supplied from local packing sheds for factory use. Inquiries directed to Ape and Paar Toward. No large loads were rejected or dumped. Factories used mainly early varieties with Granny Smith exported or sold locally.
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Bridgetown Advocate
Ape
Paar
Jesser
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Pick James
Cream Substitutes
Geo. Heywood Plumber
Co-operative Ltd
Balm and Taubman
McCormick-Deering
THE
Bridgetown Motor Transport
Coriredale
Union Air
Yornup Farmers
Yornup
Merober
Mayes
Manolas Hampton
R. Urquhart Bridgetown
Wilkinson
Armstrong
HE. V. McKay
Massey Harris Pty. Ltd
Tractor Tyres
Hampton Street
Sherbrooke House
Catering
Rennet Taylor
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