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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1951
Page
2
Opinion argues government boards for food and industry fail to ensure balance. It contends coal miners, wheat growers, dairy farmers, and potato producers face higher costs and red tape while industrialists gain wage victories. It calls to abolish boards and let producers run their own sectors.
A collection of short notes lists medical travel for Mr M J Stapleton of Bellevue Hill Guyra and a guest visit with his nephew in Lambert Street. Five Guild youths attend a Diocesan Camp at Gunnedah for the King's Birthday weekend. Alderman L E Dawson resigns after 23 years on Armidale City Council. W A Gelfius transfers to Sydney with C Ebert named successor. Guyra visitors Mr and Mrs Jim Briggs and family travel to Campbelltown. Mr Briggs’s father runs a cafe. Post office clerk Fred Williamson eyes Navy telegraphist role after Sydney exam. Air Craftsman Don Hiscox may move to Forest Hills and Laverton. Harvey Kilminster is at 113th RGH Concord. Rotary International 42nd annual convention in Atlantic City sees Gerald Digby elected Governor for a second term. Mrs D M Shand wife of East-West Airlines director Don Shand dies in Sydney after hospital care at Randwick.
Tamworth District Chamber of Commerce announced the Federated Chambers of Commerce of the north and north west conference will be held in Tamworth on Tuesday July 3. The town hall is booked and the Tamworth Chamber will cater and provide entertainment. Delegates from Glen Innes Guyra Uralla Moree and other towns will attend. Delegates will be selected at tonight’s meeting. The federation expects it to be the most important and successful yet undertaken.
Weeds Officer Kelvin Green of the Department of Agriculture warns against blackberry spraying with 2 4 5 T. He notes May applications miss root kill and that spring to autumn sprays cause strong regrowth, advising programs not to restart before November and December as preferable.
The argument states that universal free market principles and payable prices would transform outcomes. It posits that competition and price signals align incentives, potentially improving efficiency and adoption across industries.
The Guyra Chamber of Commerce meets at 7 30 tonight to adjust for the C W A ball. Armidale council approves 572 pounds for State highway reconstruction after last year’s heavy rains. Woolgrowers in Guyra district plan a Friday meeting at 2 pm at the Oddfellows Hall addressed by T G Manuel Graziers Association.
A correspondent describes horses near Guyra Lagoon starved across seasons with little feed and no shelter. He cites ongoing neglect, bolas of cold and hunger, and calls for action through proper authorities to halt local animal cruelty.
The Minister for the Army Mr Francis announced 3168 national service trainees would enter three NSW camps on August 6 for a 14 week training period. They will then serve three years part time with the Citizen Military Forces and six years in the reserve under favorable conditions.
Mrs Elizabeth Harriet Campbell aged 83 died at her home in Green Valley after a short illness and sleep. Born at Tangley Farm Sandy Creek she lived in the Guyra district all her life and is survived by two sisters and three brothers Mrs W Tibbs Ollera Mrs H Adams Armidale Fred Tenterfield and Bert and Phil Skinner Guyra Burial followed a service by Archdeacon E Stammer at Ollera cemetery
At the North West County Council meeting engineer J W Fisher reported the power plant operates smoothly in Guyra with no issues. New connections and line work by Reeves and Ulrich bands include 11 lines in Malpas Ollera and a new Ollera Ryanda substation awaiting full bulk supply. Tingha work shifts to Warialda with most tasks finished and more customers expected.
H N Kempton of Glen Innes won the light soil section with 128 points at the Glen Innes maize competition. Col J F Kite followed with 1233 points and other competitors, while Kempton’s crop yielded an estimated 90 bushels per acre. District Agriculturist H A Grantham announced the results noting better crops on lighter soils due to season conditions.
Extension Service Review reports that potatoes require moisture chiefly during tuber formation and development. A. C. Orman notes insufficient moisture then can reduce yield and quality while early growth needs less water. Shallow roots mean potatoes should be irrigated during dry spells with heavy 1 inch waterings when possible.
In the Legislative Assembly Mr. Davis Hughes announces plans to move on June 19 for a Ministry of Production. He argues for greater efficiency and better industrial relations to boost consumer goods output and urges data gathering on production potentials and methods. He calls for closer employer contact, incentive payments, and coordination of existing departments.
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