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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 07, 1947
Page
1
A candidate voice endorses the Playford Government stressing progress, decentralisation, and expansion of electricity and water services. He supports tax cuts to curb industrial unrest, afforestation, and new power plants, while urging support for returning servicemen and opposing liberal rolls in the Legislative Council.
A candidate for the District of Burra endorses Liberal and Country Party policy stressing primary production as SA’s backbone. He highlights soldier settlement, rail freight subsidies, forestry and Whyalla pipe line progress, and calls for housing and education improvements to support rural communities.
Hon A P Blesing spoke at Hallett on February 19 urging electors in the Northern District to reelect him to the Legislative Council. He highlighted road works completed under the 1933 program, agriculture progress, Gepps Cross and Port Lincoln abattoirs upgrades, and the Morgan Whyalla Pipe Line plus plans to link Jamestown and Caltowie.
Mr K R Loveday, Labor candidate for the Northern District, set out policy aims at Tron Knob. He urged national cooperation with Commonwealth and states on full employment, decentralisation to rural areas, and reforms to welfare, education, and electoral systems. He warned against profit-driven wage suppression and called for coordinated banking support to lower housing costs.
Mr J M Beerworth from Booborowie appeals for higher rural population in South Australia to support wheat and wool industries. He argues for government planning, fair wages, and unity between employers and workers to ensure health and prosperity in a new era.
M J Cronin Labor candidate pledges to represent Burra with focus on decentralization and rural prosperity. He cites high city wages, slow infrastructure, water and road needs, land policy reforms for returned soldiers, and improved railway and telecommunication services to support producers and keep youth on the land.
E. V. Clitt from Jamen town argues for living above cost of production, stabilizing primary industries, and better employer employee relations. He notes national importance of soil products, calls for reduced taxation, and pledges fair development of the district.
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