Beadle Report Warns of Soil Erosion Threat to Australian Lands
Dr N C Beadle's weighty NSW government soil erosion report flags rapid vegetation loss and overstocking as key erosion drivers across 150000 square miles. Alarmed by depleted carrying capacity, authorities urge firm control measures and an educative campaign to rehabilitate arid, valuable lands. War Agricultural Committees praised for farmer education and cooperation efforts nationwide.
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N. C. Beadle
New South Wales
Australia
United States
Commonwealth
Beadle
Cobram notes show many locals on leave and home
Personal Pars Mro and Mrs Gibbs Jordan spent a few days in Cobram last week, LAC Ally Pirenthall is home on leave, Mr J Quirk resumes duty after annual leave, Arthur Harris returned home on leave with a moustache now disappeared, Miss M Tomkins visited for her 21st birthday then returned to Central Telephone Exchange, Geoff Backhouse’s son Geof won the Junior St Stephens Harriers shield, Harry Carrick and Gerald Quinane on leave at Barooga, Butt brothers reunion and Leo resuming football, Pes Frank Leahy and Des Linehan on leave with parents, Tom McKay cut wood, Mrs Munro hosting son Henry and friend, Mr Ernest Eldridge and four others won money in a well known consultation, J Gemmell and A Pullar back from northern NSW reporting dryness, Sgt Peter MacFarlane on Cobram leave, H C Kermode in Melbourne, LAC Stewart Woolford returns on 10 days RAAF leave.
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Miss M. Tomkins
Miss Tomkins
Central Telephone Exchange
Melbourne
Australia Holds Less Than One Month Butter Supply
Decline in butter production left Australia with under a month in cold storage by end of May. Since December 1939, the Commonwealth Technical Training Scheme has placed over 100,000 trainees into military or industrial service.
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Australia
Digging the Backyard Garden Aids War Effort
Local and general notes urge home vegetable gardening to boost food for Australian soldiers and allies. Victoria considers inland meat facilities and names committee officers for Welcome Home and Comforts funds. Community events include fund drives, a Barooga cooperation, and preparations for an irrigators meeting with film demonstrations. Plans to welcome servicemen are refined to include Barooga personnel in Cobram’s ceremonies.
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Australia
Tokio
Murray Valley District
Mechanic's Hall
Cobram
Department of Agriculture
Welcome Home Committee
Barooga
Barooga sports report notes record skippings broken
The Courier reports official results show three skipping records tied to Barooga: Carmel Cullen set the senior mark, Marion Watson the intermediate record, and Mary Brooks the junior record, per the last issue.
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Barooga Sports
Courier
Carmel Cullen
Marion Watson
Mary Brooks
Charity appeal sparks debate in editor's mail bag
In a spirited letter from Arthur J. E. Withers a South Committee member defends mixing charity efforts with the annual Ber rigan Patriotic and War Fund appeal. He notes the fund supports Red Cross POW Comforts and local repatriation funds and praises the joint effort while clarifying it won’t hinder the hospital drive.
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Red Cross
Berrigan P
Elf
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Radclifefe’s
Bank Street
N. H. Jordan
Jordan
High Street
Rome
McCormick-Dickering
Cobram & District
Ray Eaton
Fenn and Bolton Opticians
Collins Street
Cobram Hotel
Mro
Gibbs Jordan
LAC Ally Pirenthall
J. Quirk
Arthur Harris
Arthur
H. A. Backhouse
Geof
St. Stephens
Harry Carrick
Gerald Quinane
Butt Brothers
Leo
Harry
Tommy
Herbie
Pes
Frank Leahy
Des Linehan
Tom McKay
N. McPherson
Ernest Eldridge
T. E. Eldridge
Messrs
J. Gemmell
A. Pullar
N.S.W
Sgt
Peter MacFarlane
Cobram OD
H. C. Kermode
Lac Stewart Woolford
R.A.A.F
South Australia
Norman Martin
Victorian Inland Meat Authority
W. McDonald
Martin
Inland Meat Authority
Welcome
T. N. Harris
J. Smithers
J. Millerick
W. Bethune
Callman
E. A. Cole
H. Weiss
W. R. Denson
M. D. O'Dwyer
J Jones
K. Crozier
Burke
Comforts Fund
Barooga Fund
Cobram Fund
Barooga Committee
Jas. Williams
Numuykab
Murray Valley Highway
Williams
C. W. A. Meeting
Country Women’s Association
Evans
Posses
Mesdames Jones
Haw
Haynes
Wetherill
W. Houlihan
Irrigators’ Meeting
Barooga Sports Query
Sim
We South Committee
Our Victory
Miss Rossiter
Berrigan Patriotic and War Fund
Unig
Arthur J. E. Withers
W. Ewart Cassidy
Industriki Consubir
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H. V. Evatt
H. C. Coombs
J.B. Cro F ZY
Trades Union
Spender
K.C
Constitutional League
Ned McArthur
Brown, Corre
Brown, Corke & CO. Pty. Ltd
Punt Road
Katharine R. Lyons
Cobram Pharmacy
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