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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 21, 1940
Page
8
The listing notes a special sheep sale by Treuipy Ar Congening with Dalgety Cobbe Sydney on March 14. Prices quoted for Merino wethers and ewes reflect several grades and tooth counts, with buyers affected by a late gale and district curbs.
Questions arise over the Central Tablelands water scheme and a council meeting error in arranging questions. Answers touch on pricing, administration costs, and the proposal for a County Council to manage bulk water supply and funding, with debated figures and governance steps.
A call to Forbes residents encourages spending money in Forbes stores before seeking funds elsewhere. The message urges readers to stay local by purchasing goods in town to benefit themselves and neighbors.
The Victorian Wheat and Woolgrowers Association annual conference heard Premier Dunstan pledge government support if Commonwealth policy fails to meet growers demands. He said primary producers face hardship and that the state government will stand with them in their fight against production restrictions.
Potato growers in the Orange Crops Fair Grange district estimate losses of £10000 due to a rainless week. Some crops may remain undug for mock feed, and experts say rain on Monday could have halted the damage.
The piece notes dwindling seed tubers due to grub restrictions and deep market losses. Rain offers slight relief but drought and grub damage have torn the industry, with limited tuber harvests and some seed sold earlier at prices that rarely materialize.
In the Federal Arbitration Court on Tuesday Mr Justice O Mara ruled that workers may strike or accept arbitration but not both. He rejected a view that Pall Court’s award, which overturned Drake Brockman’s, harmed the general body of employees. After argument evidence for a new award was heard.
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