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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 20, 1949
Page
6
Western racing stalls as war boom fades. Walkes club suffers a wetback setback at a two day meeting while larger clubs like Orange and Bathurst fare better though all struggle with horse shortages. Metropolitan tracks face similar declines and a picnic rage record highlights a Australian meet.
Conciliation Commissioner Donovan in Sydney ordered wage rises for shearers in all states except Queensland where a state award applies. The increases start May 16 and affect several job classes with weekly thresholds noted, including higher rates for tallers and shed hands and adjustments for cooks and station hands. The Australian Workers Union secretary Ah Shute cited the new rates align with current pay scales.
At Young, ALP speaker A N Fuller Labour member for Hume voiced confidence in increasing his majority. He praised the Curtin government as having done more for Australia, argued the coming federal election would test nerves, and asserted Labour’s honesty against Communist fears while stressing wartime and postwar prosperity under government policy.
Police seized five cans last week from different drivers charged with operating motor vehicles while intoxicated. Defense counsel FEJ Maedonats Josfetter argued the beer shortage affected the defendants, claiming the restricted supply reduced their intoxication merely briefly.
A notice warns that any person found removing wood hunting shooting or trespassing without authority on Springfield Boorowa estate late EG Spicer will be prosecuted. The alert names Springfield Boorowa and the estate owner.
Warning to any person hunting or taking bees on Narral Allan property without permission. Trespassers will be prosecuted. Stevenson & Co.
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