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Newspaper
Tambellup Times
Location
Tambellup, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 01, 1917
Page
2
The Perth Chamber of Commerce urged the Premier to address a looming shortage of imported foods due to lack of interstate vessels. It argues many items could be produced locally, noting dairy products dominate the September import list and urging farmers to shift from wheat to butter and bacon production for state benefit.
News notes Pvt H Byrne of Katanaing has been promoted to Lance corporal. The Federal Commissioner of Taxation in Melbourne extends war time returns deadline to January 9 due to conscription pressures. James Mitchell MLA received the insignia of CMG in private by the Governor General. Non stop engine test covers 1057 miles in racing Overland from Perth to York and back, with a refuel delay. Ravensthorpe Road Board reports survey plans for a direct track from Ravensthorpe to Katanning to aid water conservation and bring Ravensthorpe residents within 100 miles of Nyabing railway.
Katanning posts list Sunday and Wednesday mail deadlines at 9 30 pm via Great Western railway, straying stock by laws, Christmas week market notes, repatriation aid for NSW soldiers including widows housing, Girl Guides and Boy Scouts tea gathering, shipping reductions, Baptist church farewell, Captain Lionel Carter MC news, and war casualty reports from King George Hospital and London General Hospital detailing Pvt George Layton King and Corporal Leslie N Oliver.
The Tambellup Road Board met with full attendance chaired by Mr. O Saggers. They called tenders for gravelling ending riverside work, canceled Gordon Bridge road contract, and prepared a yes vote Referendum plan with a public meeting set for December 1.
Mrs. R G Tree has been advised that her son Lieut R G Tree of the 3rd Anzac Camel Battalion was mentioned in despatches for conspicuous bravery. He served in Gallipoli and Palestine, was wounded once, and sick in Malta, with further postings to the 10th Light Horse and later the Machine Gun Section of the 7th Battalion.
A reader supports the Katanning Bacon Factory idea and argues higher profits depend on better pig breeding. He cites Hawkesbury College tests, notes wheat feeding values, suggests four factories in major districts, warns against many small plants, and urges more expert discussion to boost breeders and the factory. Katanning, November 26, 1917.
Mr W Richardson, organizer of volunteer fire brigades, has built a 19 member Albany unit with reserves and plans to form a similar brigade in Wagin after completing the Albany task. He urged Katanning to engage him to advise the Road Board on fire safety, but the proposal was rejected. The piece laments slow local action on life and property protection amid past urban progress.
Mr Bonar Law declares annual increases in pay for the new army and navy will total 65 millions. The announcement outlines the scale of raise across the armed forces and implies substantial fiscal implications for national defense spending.
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