Annual Meeting elects Relf as Gloucester Union President
Gloucester branch of the Primary Producers' Union held its annual meeting after the death of President Arch McRae. J G Wilson and H Muddle were named vice presidents while Mr Relf became president and Mr Shaw remained secretary. Sympathy was sent to the McRae and Brarson families.
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Gloucester
The
Primary Producers' Union
Arch. Michae
Relf
Don Shaw
McRae
Mst
Shaw
McHae
Mciac
A. Brorton
Gloucester Co-operative Dairy Co
P.P.U
Brorson
H. Muddle
Mc McRae
W.J. Stanton
Wilson
M. Holstein
Children curious about new queen at Gloucester club
Gloucester Mothers' Club funds allocate for school needs and equipment. They plan to buy a book on the new queen for the Gloucester District Rural School and provide radios readers and art supplies, sharing costs with the Gloucester Parents and Citizens' Association for a duplicator. Annual meeting notes show receipts of £244 and expenditure of £159, with a strong Bazaar performance. Officers elected include President Mrs R Smith, Vice-Presidents Mesdames Hawison and McDonald, Secretary Mrs Frank Monro, and Treasurer Mrs Max Wilson.
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Guren
Gloucester Mothers’ Club
Gloucester District Rural School
Ja. W. Wilson
E. J. Laird
Gloucester Parents and Citizens’ Association
J. Hawdon
R. Smith
Mesdames J. Hawison
G. E. McDonald
Frank Monro
Max Wilson
Berseem Clover for Winter Fodder and Sowing Tips
Berseem clover, called winter lucerne for its vigorous winter growth, provides protein rich feed when scarce. It prefers fertile alluvial soils, responds to lime and superphosphate, should be sown in February or March about half an inch deep using eight to ten pounds per acre, and is an annual that yields multiple cuts on Hunter River alluvium when mown green. Use clean eradiated seed to avoid weeds.
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Hunter River
Rise In Bus Fares Affects Three Routes
An application by Form Motor Service seeks a two penny rise on three routes with singles up from 15d to 17d and return from 22d to 25d. Distances and Sundays timetables adjust with a Newcastle shuttle replaced at 3 PM and 6 PM departure. Other routes including Stratford to Newcastle and Craven, Gloucester to Tuncurry and Forster, and Farley Linich between Gloucester and Stroud see proportional increases.
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Form Motor Service
Bua
Newcastle
Stratford
Craven
McCullagh
Gloucester
Tuncurry
Forster
Farley-Linich
Stroud
Primary producers push for butter price rise to 6/2
A local meeting debated boosting butter to 6/2d per lb citing cost gaps in milk. Speaker Mr Wilson urged tying any milk price increases to butter, noting expected March milk rise. President Mr Relf and Mr Archins supported the motion amid reports of New Zealand butter imports.
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NSW. Milk Board
Wilson
Main Coastal Rivers Should Be Weired
Main Coastal Rivers branch meeting heard drought risks from last year and dry rivers. Secretary Don Shaw warned irrigation limits and water diversions threaten farm production. He urged careful river heads survey and warned of irrigation pumps ceasing on Gloucester River.
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Shaw
Gloucester
Welring
Britain’s Overseas Trade In 1951 Records Rise
Britain’s exports in 1951 reached a new record of 2,707 million pounds, vs 2,956 million in the previous year, with a net balance of 2580.5 million pounds and a 19 percent rise from 1950. Imports hit a peak of 3,916.3 million, up from 2,608.2 million, leaving an adverse balance of 1,200 million. Volume suggests exports rose 3 percent and imports 15 percent in value, with 1851 noted in historical context.
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Britain
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P.O
RADIO
A. McRae
Queen Elizabeth
Torf Mothers’ Club For Gloucessy
Berseem
Uec
Maitland
Primary Producers’ Union
Union
A. B. Wilson
Deg Ree
Ted
Lowry
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