Australia Faces Food Shortages Amid Budget Changes
The piece warns of worsening food line shortages in Australia due to economic planning and a shift of labor from agriculture to urban jobs. It notes seed and table potato scarcity, flour supply pressures, and a fire at a northern mill. It says agricultural workers declined 4.4 percent from 1939 to 1951 while federal employment surged, signaling stress on food production as urban demand grows.
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Australia
Boggabri
Local Social Notes From Sydney and Nearby Towns
Mrs. W. J. Tierney of Sydney visits her son W. Tierney in Malpas Street. Mr. and Mrs. J. Prisk spend a long week-end in Sydney. Cliff McLeod John McLean Harold Stanley and J McElroy motor to Grafton for the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. J. Birmingham and son James stay at Yamba with Messrs White and Frank Carroll. Miss Beryl Cameron leaves for three weeks in Sydney. Pam Croft and John Carroll to be wed at St Mary of the Angels Church Saturday at 3 p.m.
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Mrs. W. J. Tierney
Sydney
Mr. W. Tierney
Malpas Street
Messrs
Cliff McLeod
John McLean
Harold Stanley
J McElroy
Black Mountain
Grafton
J. Birmingham
James
Yamba
Messis Aan White
Frank Carroll
Beryl Cameron
Guyra
Pam Croft
Tom Croft
Milton
John Carroll
Jack Carroll
Ollera Street
St. Mary of the Angels Church
Obituary Mrs Kate McLeod of Black Mountain
Mrs Kate McLeod died suddenly at Black Mountain after illness of about a year. She was 74, born at Moss Vale, and lived most of her life there. Survived by husband James and children Mesdames A Ross and D Matthews, sons Stanley, Percy, Frederick, and Robert, along with eleven grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral followed a Baptist Church service with burial in Black Mountain cemetery.
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Black Mountain
Kate McLeod
James McLeod
Ceased
Moss Vale
Mesdames A. Ross
Hurstville
D. Matthews
Guyra
Stanley
Auburn
Percy
Frederick
Tamworth
Robert
Deepwater
George Sanders Dies in Armidale District Hospital
Mr. George Sanders of Armidale aged about 70 died after illness. He had lived in Guyra for 50 years and was a keen gardener and active P. A. O. H. Society supporter. He is survived by four daughters Mesdames Johnstone Aberfoyle Pearson Lidcombe Woods and Brazier. Funeral at St James Church followed by interment in Guyra Church of England cemetery.
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Armidale and New England District Hospital
George Sanders
Armidale
Guyra
P. A. O. H. Society
Mr. Sanders
Mesdames A. Johnstone
Llangothlin
W. E. Pearson
Aberfoyle
W. Woods
Lidcombe
D. Brazier
St. James’ Church
Church of Engan
Guyra Cemetery
St. James
Church of England
P. Pogsioli
L.R.S.M
St Peter’s Cathedral
St. Peter's Cathedral
Guvran Musical Society
Notices and events in Guyra area preview
Small farmlet for sale in Gayra township with vacant possession invites inquiry. Cooper sheep shower on Tingha Road to dip 400 500 sheep with spray dip demonstrations for graziers. Guyra Youth Club to stage new games and dances. Chamber of Commerce to meet debating Christmas holiday date. RSL sub branch reunion dinner at Oddfellows Hall. Red Cross contributions and prize winners noted. Shearing active at Cabar Feidh Rock Abbey. Bald Blair sheds near term start.
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Cooper
Doug’ Burey
Tingha Road
Guyre
G. Walker
Oddfellows’ Hall
Guyra Chamber of Commerce
Shire
Guyra
R.S.L
Cabar Feidh
Rock Abbey
Bald Blair
Excerpts From Guyra Argus Aug 1902 and 1903 Local News
Notices describe Guyra area sale terms stock listings and prices with 600 wethers 2T and 500 wethers 2 and 4T plus 1 200 mixed weaners in February 1903. Local events include a Tamworth cricket match won by ladies and appointments in Gostwyck Shire. War news details from 1914 cover British forces Belgian events and Australian expeditionary force figures.
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Guyra
C.p
A. S. Curtis
J. Smith
Beardy Street
Armiale
Tamworth Oval
A. C. Cox
Gostwyck Shire
Uralla
Narrabri
P. H. Morton
Coff’s
Belgium
Liege
London
Britain
England
United States
Japan
Germany
Alberta
Canada
N.S.W
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
West Australia
Tasmania
Victoria Barracks
Sydney
Australia
Ronald Munro Ferguson
Raith House
Kirkcaldy
George
Upner Alcore
Dentists Tour Regions In Converted Pullman Clinic
A traveling dental clinic in a converted Pullman coach has operated for 12 months since leaving Scone. It features a laboratory two chair surgery X ray unit and dark room. The staff includes two dentists two mechanics and two nurses. Since starting 649 dentures have been made and it plans to reach Tenterfield by February next year. The subsidised scheme provides free treatment for age invalid widowed pensioners their dependents and Aborigines first started in 1939.
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Guyra
Scone
Murrurundi
Quirindi
Walcha Rd
Uralla
Armidale
Tenterfield
Hospitals Commission
Foxes Abound In One Werris Creek Litter
Mr. R. E. Wallace of Werris Creek recounts finding 12 fox cubs in an old stump near Nandiooga after a war era inquiry about a litter of 10. He returned at sundown with a shotgun hoping to shoot the mother. she arrived later and he fired first, noting it was the largest litter he had heard of.
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Werris Creek
Northern Daily Leader
R. E. Wallace
Nandiooga
Mr. Wallace
Fires Burned 19000 Acres of Timber Across Districts
Fire officials report 12000 acres burned in the State Forest 5000 on adjoining leasehold and 2000 on private property totaling 19000 acres. Estimated timber loss in the State forest at 60000000 feet with regeneration taking eight to ten years and stock losses feared.
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Lawman
Enfield State Forest
Walcha
Snakes Plague Tamworth During Poor Season
Tamworth suffers a severe snake season with numerous fatalities in homes. A Peel River Bridge repair worker killed two brown snakes while on duty, highlighting the regional danger.
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Tamworth
Peel River
Fragmentary river crossing description in a bridge area
A description notes a subject moving along the gravel on the eastern river bank then onto an embankment up to a footpath on the western side near the bridge. The length described is between four and five feet.
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P.c
P.M.G
RAND
Mrs
Baptist Church
Yesteryear
New England Agency
Gayra
S. Drew
South Guyra
Red Cross
F. K. Parsons
J. Deblin
C. Jones
HS Beesley & Sons
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