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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 01, 1948
Page
4
Bulk loading trucks to Sydney and Newcastle markets began yesterday December 10 and will run daily except Fridays. Peas must be delivered at Guyra Station by 4 30 p m. each day. General merchandise includes farming material and seeds. Insurance offered for crop fire hail and other policies including household and workers compensation.
Special stamps for order now promote writable labels for pea growers. Available through the vagus Office with attainable wording and custom options.
The Electricity Authority reviews bulk supply from Tamworth to Inverell and Moree, notes the Ashford coal deposit site offers fuel savings but requires a 90 mile transmission line and mine development. It argues for three regional bodies for distribution and cautions delaying large capital until load growth and alternative hydro options are assessed.
The Yorkshire Evening Post reports Australia House officials are surprised by claims that Yorkshire wool textile operatives who arrived in Sydney in March 1947 under a three year contract with John Vickers Ltd are unhappy with conditions and returning home. Officials say migrants were described as very happy earlier. Huddersfield couples Mr and Mrs Hargreaves said they were heartbroken by factory conditions. They described work as terrible and prehistoric and said locals were unhelpful. They claimed cost of living was twice that of home. Australia House is investigating the mill where the Har greaves and 60 other Yorkshire workers labored.
The English poet and squire William Scawen Blunt died in 1922 at Crabbet Park aged 83. He bred Arab horses on a large scale, founded the Crabbet Club, and hosted annual social events with notable visitors including Oscar Wilde. He supported Egyptian nationalists and once went to prison in Ireland for aiding evicted peasants.
William Thomas Moore aged 38 former proprietor of the Aussie Cafe at Toowong appeared before Mr Landey S M in Brisbane charged with abducting a 13 year old girl from Tingha on April 23. He was represented by P I Roach and remanded on bail of 100 pounds with one surety.
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