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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 02, 1918
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR from a local shop ad lists varieties and prices of hardwoods, mentioning Gcamttingy and Dab and Tim while noting rough dine ling amid paneea and maing. The readable names suggest a lumber or hardware retailer catalog entry with pricing and material types.
A survey of British leaders outlines varied recreations from chess and golfing to shooting and gardening. Notables such as Lloyd George Bonar Law Geddes and Devonport are noted for active habits, while Chamberlain preferred orchard watching and cigars.
The Executive held the 4th meeting of the year on December 12 2 11, reporting the Federal Government plans to establish a Dairy Department and raise Export Grading Fees. They resolved to protest the dairy department while endorsing federal industry control. They discussed cooperative cold storage, supplier steelers shortage, taxation queries, firearms tax on forestry reserves, dairy science schools, and Workman's Compensation questions.
The discussion considered who should form a practical committee from farmers organisations to draft a plan for repatriation and submit it to the Main Minister. The aim is to create an optically sound scheme for submission.
A revised timber royalty scale under the Forestry Act will take effect January 1, 18, after a six month deferral to avoid rebates on existing contracts. Minister W. Ge Ashford, seeking fairness during wartime, approves a 10 percent discount and outlines new milling, cubic, and super rates for ironbark, tallowwood, cedar, cypress, hoop pine, grey box, and other hardwoods with varying unit measures.
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