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Newspaper
Burra Record
Location
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 06, 1943
Page
3
A wartime-era projection urges capable leaders to organize postwar changes across farming and industry. It notes Britain’s mechanised farming surge with 2,000,000 horsepower from tractors, expanded manufacturing, transport, and the need to use immigration and domestic wealth to rebuild.
An exhibit shown at ARTERN A Relic of the Past features a 12 inch long shark tooth with serrated edges found near the River Murray during excavations by Mr. Bob Puss of Burra North. The tooth, now petrified and pale in color, suggests vast areas of Australia were once underwater.
Mt Bryan East School weekly test results list lower grades with John Maxted June Maxted tied, Levi Hughes. Grade VII shows Glenda Gareist Margery Dare Reuben Thomas tied for second.
Dr A F Callaghan urged rural producers to unite for payable prices while warning fixed prices risk surpluses and inefficiency. He contrasted cost plus in war industries with farming, saying profits cannot be guaranteed to all farmers. production must align with demand to avoid overproduction. The talk, at the Victoria Chamber of Agriculture, analyzed international and national agricultural policy and suggested a small paid secretariat to defend farmer interests.
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On Monday next Mrs Isabel Halls will mark her 84th birth anniversary. A longtime townswoman she remains in good health. Her elder daughter Miss Betty Halls lives with her grandmother.
Burra market report notes economic barriers affect education funding and this year’s sale saw subdued demand. Prices ranged for lambs and ewes with many lots recorded, including 4 fat ewes at 22/6 and 124 wether weaners at 19/10, as sundries completed the sale.
Medal winners include Natalie White in VO. Ian Hersey in IV V. Jorreine Jeffery Coln Fisher Ross Gilbert in II. Peter Fatchen and Jean ette Kelly in I. Also notes a Harrisburg speech by former ambassador Grew and a stray military leave anecdote, plus British blade exports data totaling £700,000 and 12600 miles.
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