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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 02, 1947
Page
4
Auditors Alan Morse & Co report for year ending December 30 1948 outlines deficits in Street Lighting Water Supply and Sewerage Funds with net shortfall in the General Fund. They note improved Electricity Works Trading Fund profits, reconciled bank balances and certify inventories while praising orderly books and internal controls.
The piece contrasts supposed Soviet privileges for managers technicians and Stakhanovites with lower groups. It cites high salaries comfortable housing and medical care for some, while condemning punitive risk of norms and forced discipline. Observers note blackboards listing duties punitive measures and secret police actions against strikes amid propaganda and state control.
Red Cross drive across Forbes and four other parts of the state aims to fund Malahide hospital in Australia which specializes in advanced tuberculosis care. Events include badge competitions street stalls a card party and cash donations drive. Tuberculosis can be cured with early treatment and the Malahide hospital remains essential but underfunded. Dr Rhodes Hambridge a new Red Cross TB specialist will arrive in Sydney to help expand services and support a modern Malahide.
Finance committee report lists balances as at 27 November 1947 for General Fund Electricity Works Gasworks Water Supply Combined Loan Street Lighting Sewerage Gasworks Loan Funds Special Loan Fund Library Special Fund and others with total debits and credits. Aggregate debit of funds excluding loan and trust funds stands at 10 084 14 and total funds at 9 985 17 5 with interest due on the amount.
The Central Slope division of the Royal Agricultural Society's field wheat contest awarded top honors to C.W. Ewin Dunedoo region for Zone 1 and J. Rowlands Forbes for Zone 3 with 129 and 120 points respectively. Judge Mr G Nicholson noted stem rust issues and overall yield impact on crops across zones.
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