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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 11, 1948
Page
4
A conference gathers about 380 shire representatives to discuss a petrol tax. The debate centers on using road levy funds for road works and compensating councils for rates paid by the Crown, with dissent over broader reform and government policy on taxation.
Canberra dispatch reports uneasy national sentiment as rising prices, scarce materials, and industrial friction destabilize postwar Australia. Government actions like wage policy and planned Parliament gains meet blunt public skepticism. Rising unemployment looms if export demand falters.
Winchcombe Carson ltd reports irregular trading at the Sydney pig sale with only 1000 pigs listed. Prices varied with Diraclefattern difficult to gauge, baconera and Parkers achieving strong rates, prime heavy backtatters fetching around £1 and lighter animals around £8 to £18.
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