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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 04, 1942
Page
5
About 130 head of fat and store cattle yarded at Forbes last Tuesday, fair quality, strong buyer competition. Steers and heifers sold to 14 to 16s per cwt with light weights 8 to 14 16s, cows 7 9 to 12 11s, vealers 5 to 8 a, dairy sorts 14 to 62 with calves at foot 49 1 to 10 14, and springers 8 10 to 8 10.
Australia may require enforced beefless days, likely twice weekly, Commerce Minister Scully said on Wednesday. The proposal signals potential shifts in dietary policy affecting industry and consumers amid ongoing debates over resource use and food security.
OCR fragment lists wool prices for hoggets ewes and wethers with assorted bids and weights from multiple stations including Islington and Peak Hill. Followed by scattered notices for Methodist and Presbyterian church services on Sunday September 8 with prayers and sacraments and remarks by Rev D A Nicholson and Rev Stanley Parsons.
The Department of Agriculture reports plans to secure about 40 000 tons of fresh vegetables for Defence forces and 91 000 acres of potatoes for the coming season in New South Wales. A civilian supply strain is possible but not critical, with market gardens and key districts in the Hawkesbury, Hunter, Central and Northern Tablelands adapting to manpower limits. Shortfalls in peas onions and early tomatoes are noted, yet civilian availability should largely hold due to new growers and seasonality.
Minister for Commerce W J Scully says reports claim potato growers fear labor shortages at harvest. The Commonwealth Government aims to boost potato production by 80 percent and will provide labor to ensure crops are harvested, preventing losses from labor shortfalls. Growers may plant with confidence labor will be supplied when needed.
The director-general pledges effort to secure labor for tobacco growing as Mr Boully reports expected substantial increases in production. Officials say discussions with the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner and the Minister are underway to secure future growth and prices.
The Minister for Agriculture Mr Dunn announces a bill to transfer powers from Pasture Protection Boards to the Minister. The measure aims to improve administration of public reserves by regulating leasing and creating better supervision, reflecting government policy for central control of agricultural affairs.
The Most round of 18 holes in botl AC and 8 grade championships was contested Sunday under favorable playing conditions. Veteran Pred Fraser and Shadow King Geelf lead the A Grade Meld with rounds of 63 as Dick James bags a food Riar in viels. Two more rounds of 18 holes remain for the next taro Buntinys. Sunday’s detailed results list A GRADE Low Ha Fraser 83 Langmead 86 Mic Lean AG McDade 0 Wilson W Gale 02 McKay 05 Rhodes 103 Ja Jones 96 Dunlop 102 Heddy 103 Reed 103 Cocksedge 105 Morrison 128. Stapleford events were won by Geolt Low and Dick Jones.
The New South Wales division of the Australian Comforts Fund marks its fourth year supporting service members with comforts from socks and clothing to mobile cinema units. Free facilities include hostels and tea rooms, with efforts expanding to new shelters in Sydney and overseas as more men go to Navy, Army, or Air Force.
The Division of Plant Industry outlines September sowing for vegetables including beans and lettuce while noting tomato wilt control via weekly tartar emetic sprays. NSW supplies set new Navy bean prices with grade by sound bean count, and forecasts expect larger Navy bean plantings to meet a 5,000 ton Australian annual demand.
Residents of Pullabooka hosted a farewell for Miss Muckel on the eve of her Post Office appointment in Poken. The event featured a chess tournament won by J Hodge and a handbag gift, with speeches praising Miss Buckel and a welcome for new Postmaster and wife H Johnston. A vote of thanks honored J Hocking hosts and the evening closed with the National Anthem.
The Hospital Auxiliary held its monthly meeting on Saturday with solid attendance. Mrs. Beddle presided as chair, a role she has held since the group’s inception, as reported by Mary.
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