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Newspaper
Longreach Leader
Location
Longreach, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 30, 1952
Page
7
Weekend sale advertises double bed sheets 90 by 86 with multi colored breakfast cloths, infant bonny and cream doctor flannel, wool blankets 100 by 80, cotton towels and mohair door mats. Also offers undergarment flannel and knitted socks, stockin gs, order by mail with postal notes and money orders, catalogues available.
Scout notes report growing Cub and Scout groups in Longreach with calls for more assistants. Recruits include Bill Scott Ian Framer and Gerald Wilson as leaders encourage further training and warrants. Seniors plan for Sydney Jamboree with about 15 000 scouts. efforts include a Mile of Pennies reaching £220 per mile during Diggers Week.
The Bank of New South Wales Review notes three years of high wool prices hid falling food exports. Causes include farmer price dissatisfaction, export contract constraints, rising costs, high taxes, labor shortages, and underutilized land. Policy should shift to intensive farming in good rainfall areas, pasture improvement, and a freer market for meat and dairy to secure supplies.
Secretary H J Cummings said the Sub-Branch expects an official building type notification by the June 20 meeting. The RSL League planned a club, but in February Mr Jones notified the Bur-Branch of time permits and coves being allocated, with ongoing discussions due to stable conditions.
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