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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 19, 1950
Page
3
Notes from a Farmers Union meeting with local Road Boards consider employing displaced persons in pairs for farm work first, then other jobs. Proposals outline housing tents gear costs, wage rates, and Road Board financing recouped via wage deductions.
The notice states printing and publishing services provided by Francis L. Semmens for Coun try Newspapers Pty. Ltd at their Steere office in St. Bridge town.
New Bridge Town representative chairman H. O. Moore was elected to the South West Road Board Association on Friday. The move follows advice from Association secretary J. Glennie who noted the need to replace Mr Scott who resigned after his election to the Senate. The next Association meeting is set for January 20.
A Bridgetown sale saw a pen of calves fetch £10 per head. The owner said calves were fed half a gallon of skim milk per feed and one pound of crushed oats daily, challenging the view that calves need a full gallon of milk twice daily to become prime animals.
The mobile film unit of the Dairy Branch Department of Agriculture will screen films at Carlotta January 23 Nannup January 24 Greenbushes January 25 and Bridgetown January 26. Films include Battling Brucellosis and Analga Milk Production. John Martin and Son Wool Board Films invite all farmers to attend.
A reader from the Sou West Farmers correspondence comments on an Advocate article lampooning pre election promises by the federal government. The letter mocks pension petrol shocks and foreign policy talk while noting the oddity of child endowment and its costs before state elections. It ends urging humor and time to reflect.
Local discussion centers on permission for a temporary case mill near the cheese factory on Manjimup Road. Mr. Lack of Dairy Produce Co. argues the project could provide fruit season work while the cheese factory is closed. The board considers its power to grant permission and a timing plan faces amendment debates before a final vote.
At Bridgetown Road Board meeting, Sunyside Fire Brigade criticizes board as control officers. Secretary E C Siggins notes all board members are appointed control officers under the Bush Fire Brigades Act. Officials doubt any member will seize control, and a letter is urged to be sent to each brigade.
A motion to form a Fruit Section of the Union was forwarded for the annual conference in March. Delegates noted many fruit producers and supported moving toward amalgamation with the Fruitgrowers' Association. A sub-committee was formed to draft a circular, with R. Pearse, E. G. Hall, H. Mabey and Warner named.
The Premier Mr McLarty said the State Government approved buying a suitable property in the Cowaramup Margaret River area for an agricultural research station. The plan includes studies on stock diseases pastures and regional problems. The proposal also envisions using the Wokalup State farm as a research site.
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