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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 29, 1947
Page
3
Federal Country Party Leader Fadden urges broader tax cuts after £26 million Commonwealth surplus for 1947 shows Chifley delayed reductions. He cites £45 million promised reduction as first instalment and accuses the Treasurer of pessimism and delaying tactics harming production and elevating cash reserves to sway voters.
Gloucester Football Club aims to withstand Dungog’s onslaught this Sunday in a Cup Football doubleheader for the Wally McNeil Shield. Two matches listed at 1:45 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. with proceeds to Gloucester Ambulance and a push for a record turnout.
Five bowling pairs won trophies donated by J. Campbell after Saturday matches. Nichols and Beattie defeated Boorer and Carolan. Wilmen and Highfield beat McNaughton and Andrews. Fitzgerald and Whateon topped Chaplin and Laurantus. Campbell and Hawdon triumphed over Vidal and Woodward. West and Kendall defeated MecIntos and Laurence. Beattie Hawdon and Woodward Hoebblewhite tied head to head. Kempsey accepted Gloucester challenge for August, needing 12 players. selections to meet next Saturday to finalize arrangements.
Semi finals for B Grade set for Saturday with Rockhurst facing Factory on Park 2 and Barrington 1 meeting Park 1 on No 1 park court. A Grade playoffs follow with Upper Barrington versus Narraweema for fourth place and Copeland versus Park 1 in the semi finals, plus Narraweema meeting the playoff winner. Minor Premiers Church of England 1 challenge the Wanders on park courts tomorrow.
NAMLA notes an all time high in year ended June 30 with 2576 members up 15 478 and total country metro figures 40 451 above wartime lows. Metropolitan patrols logged 177 863 cases up 63 percent and 453 000 miles traveled. Illegal use of cars prompts minister to consider three month jail term. NRM A secretary criticizes leniency and urges deterrence amid famine shortages and repair delays.
Motorists at Werb display extraordinary faith by leaving doors unlocked and engines running while parked. This invites theft. take precautions and consider theft-proof devices.
Commercial BOMUMUSH stock sales report. Cattle yarding from Winthcombe Carson Ltd and Pitt Son and Badgers Ltd with 1949 and 1940 yardings, best venters to 3s, steers 62s, heifers 55s, bulls 61s, cows 8s per 100 pounds cattle. Mixed yarding of 800 fat cattle and vealers, bullocks up to £20 12s, cows to £16 11s, vealers £10 13s 1d average, calves light but demand keen and market firm. Pigs about 300 with varied prices, backfatters to £11, heavy bacon to £6 4s 6d, medium £7, suckers to £2 6d.
Lucerne hay production shows moderate autumn yields in the Central Rivers. Agriculture instructor J M Pitt urges widespread sowing on aluvial flats to deter black beetle and boost fodder. Macleay district reports exceptional fodder cane crops with some estimates above 40 tons per acre. Turnips for cattle feed noted with up to 10 tons of swede.
A letter from Jack Frost of Dallas argues against a drive to breed a smaller Hereford in the United States. He notes professors packers and some breeders push a calf around 350 to 400 pounds at weaning, while ranchers prefer a 500 pound goal for better feeder economics, though the smaller animal is harder to finish.
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