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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 18, 1950
Page
3
An overview notes Australian apple prices amid mixed overseas reports from the United States and England. It cites an editorial alleging Ministry of Food policies pushed Italian and Nova Scotian apples into allocation, causing losses for fish growers and retailers while English apples rot in back sheds.
At the Bridgetown Agricultural Society ordinary meeting last week a pope said you can have my resignation after two members proposed improvements to parking at the showground. Apologies followed and resignation was not accepted.
Secretary of the Federated Chamber of Commerce reports a reply from the Minister for Labor regarding a Bridgetown Chamber of Commerce resolution on farmer insurance agents. The minister states the Factories and Shops Act 1920/28 does not apply to insurance agents and cannot compel farmers to join insurance companies registers.
Open air town dairies in Los Angeles operate intensive landless farms near the city with milking sheds feed stores and foreman homes in rows. They yield 80 90 percent of gross income from milk sales and rely on cheap seaborne feed and a dry healthy climate. Continued next week.
Discussions at the society meeting criticized unequal wheat distribution and debated first preference for wheat farmers and top-dressing users. Attendees referred to recent published properties and plans for the South West Conference at Busselton. Conference attendees included Warburton Bagshaw and Walter. The group decided to redirect orchard funds to better use and plan a president’s room with a Cullen memorial inscription.
Vermin inspector E R Heath reports some farmers prosecuted for poisoning order breaches while magistrate shows leniency for lack of pollard or fires as excuses. A new policy inspects each farm and plans up to a year of work to reduce inspections and curb ignorance, aiming for a steadier country cleanup.
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