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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 10, 1944
Page
2
Mr. H. F. White urges Britain’s Ley Farming system to boost soil productivity and curb erosion in Australia. The method relies on crop and pasture rotation to replenish soil, with experts urged to study England’s approach for adaptation to local conditions.
Local column records illness and hospitalizations in Sydney and Guyra. Entries include Mrs L Helyar seriously ill, influenza sufferers, soldiers on leave, visits between families, and social rounds as residents travel to Sydney, Manilla, Newcastle, and Werris Creek over the period.
Mr. W A Roberts appealed locally for a public hospital fund at Guyra. Mrs. Nibbs contributed about £30, while most residents did not reply. Mr L P Dutton said the money was handed years ago and saved with interest into the Memorial Hall account. Further inquiries will trace the deposited vouchers.
Experts urge rotation of grasses and crops to replenish soil and proclaim wise land use vital for the nation's salvation. Communities like Guyra are urged to back the new farming order with strong moral and practical support.
Registrations at Guyra Post Office show rainfall up to 9 am Tuesday totaling 28 points with 9 points recorded by 9 am Monday.
Mr. H F White resigns from the Memorial Hall Committee citing travel facilities as the reason. He encloses a £5 donation and the group accepts the resignation with regret, thanking him for his service and hoping for a return when travel improves.
Letters of thanks from Pte. K. H. Martin and Pte. T. J. Martin express gratitude for Christmas hampers sent by the W.W.S. to servicemen and women. They request Mrs. H. Martin of Elderbury Guyra relay appreciation to the patriotic bodies.
Rev. Father G. Dobson of the Redemptorist Order began a week long mission at the Guyra Roman Catholic Church on Sunday. After completing Guyra he will start another week long mission at Ben Lomond and then proceed to Ward's Mistake.
Mr J B Noonan reports field bean acreages contracted in his district: Tenterfield 70 acres Deepwater 165 acres Glen Innes 2176 and Glencoe 52 Ben Lomond 312 and Guyra area 2013 acres. Beans include local navy certified small white pinto and great northern varieties with pinto and great northern grown in new crops. certified white is a superior navy line likely to be conserved for seed.
The recent technical examinations list the Guyra girls who passed in the women’s handicrafts section. Names include Joan Jones Moya Mulligan Joyce Briggs Winsome Jones Joyce Lyes Ivy Pettit Dorothy Moore Betty Burgess Irma Garrahy Thelma Heagney Edna Helyar Edith Little with stage 7 dressmaking day and stage 2 day groups.
Donations of suitable goods for disposal at the street stall on Saturday next are solicited by CUSA whose turn it is to hold the effort.
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