Drift to City Fostered by Educational System
A Junior Farmer Club conference in Sydney heard rural youth drift to cities encouraged by current schooling. Speakers urged decentralisation, more agricultural courses, and larger school playgrounds. Tasmanian schools, model centres near Launceston, and farm experiments were cited as examples. The motion called for immediate rural education reform to align with postwar needs and agriculture, including courses in technical colleges and consolidated rural schools with better facilities.
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Junior Farmer Club
Sydney
Drummond
Launceston
Kyogle
Began
Parkes Cowra
Forbes
J. Skinner
Maclean
Prosecution Planned Over Rabbit Destruction Failure
A Caroorar district landholder faces prosecution for failing to destroy rabbits after repeated warnings. Rabbit Inspector A. Cooley recommended pursuing action on behalf of the board, noting multiple chances given to comply. Tomorrow’s urgency ties to war savings incentives and National Savings notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carooar P.P
A. Cooley
Cooley
Letter on Central Tablelands Water Scheme Funding
Minister for Local Government replies to Cahill on the Central Tablelands Water Supply Investigation Committee. He notes Premier's in principle approval and compares options: a County Council subsidy at 25 shillings per head versus bulk water sales to councils. Deputation seeks lower per capita charges, which would raise the government subsidy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cahill
M.L.A
Central Tablelands Water Supply Investigation Committee
Central Tablelands
Government monopoly on purchase of pork
A wartime policy discussion details a government subsidy for the Central Tablelands Water Scheme and pork purchase controls. It outlines per capita funding, potential cost uncertainties, and rates of 25 shillings per head as a fair maximum. It notes meat restrictions to support military needs, with pork slaughter banned from Sept 1 and beef cutbacks to two thirds of 1942 levels, while mutton quotas stay unchanged. The plan urges local councils to form a County Council for water distribution after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.S.W
Army
Navy
Air Force
Merchant Navy
Rich Areas Face Destruction By Wind And Water Erosion
Mr. Clayton of the Soil Conservation Service of New South Wales warns that sixty million acres across the state are undergoing erosion. Victoria also suffers as wind and water erosion strip fertility, with photographs illustrating soil loss and a looming risk of an American dust bowl scenario. The piece urges action to halt ongoing soil decline threatening Australia’s agricultural heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Jenner
Cowra
New South Wales
Clayton
Soil Conservation Service of
Victoria
Victorian Journal of Agriculture
H. Hanslow
State Rivers and Water Supply Commission
Cyrenaica
Palestine
Syria
China
America
Hanslow
Mr. Hanslow
Mallee
Australia
Football Brawl at Orange Ends Game Amid Wild Scuffle
In Wade Park Orange during a Rugby League match two Old Boys and Factory players started a second fight near the cent of the oval. Supporters flooded the field as fists flew and brief clashes erupted before the crowd dispersed. The referee could do little as the disturbance spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Park
Orange
Old Boys and Factory Clubs
Oval
Portly Gurkha Sergeant Receives Victoria Cross At Mareth
A vivid wartime vignette tells how a short portly Gurkha sergeant, famed for a single night’s decapitations of fifty seven Germans at Mareth, pinned the Victoria Cross on his tunic after reconnaissance. He did not smile at the king’s words, then reported the position could be taken. The scene is described amid wartime reporting and a broader reflection on postwar farming and national policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
George
Mareth
N.Y
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Central Tablelands Water
Eme
My Department
Joseph James McMahon
Tors
Moulton and Neve
Macquarie Street
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