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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 14, 1946
Page
6
Western Australia's gold mining sector contributed about £48,000,000 to the national economy over six years of war. The industry can absorb many workers once normal production resumes, despite earlier lean periods when higher costs reduced margins.
A decade of higher prices and better methods has allowed mines to use millions of tons of lower grade ore that would have been wasted. Since 1929 the state saw a decline from 12 dwts to under 6 dwts average, yet profitable trade expanded. Today leading Western Australian mines pay large dividends due to high metal prices and modern processing, with a very promising future outlook.
New ore bodies opening up around Kalgoorlie and other districts promise vast riches as engineers advance. The Golem Mulk producers show potential in yielding tonnage of ore with high profitability, while 1904 marks peak gold years in Western Australia as the contingent lands aboard H.M.A.S. Shropshire and parades in England.
In Australia the Stockowners Association of Ballarat and nearby regions sent a member questionnaire asking if they would assist in shearing and guarding neighbors sheep if a strike recurs. The response was high with many volunteers willing to help, even proposing deputies to manage farms, and wives offering to cook. The latest strike pressure follows recent 40 hour week actions, with Queensland Industrial Court approving a 40 hour week by dropping Saturday work and no rate changes for employers.
In Mayfair London a fashion outlet offers cows tails for use as hair plaits rather than food. The tails cost about £4, are sterilised and tinted to match wearers hair, and sold to supplement women’s natural hair amid a shortage of ham and traditional hair plaits.
The piece surveys Marjorie Reynolds early start at age four and her films with Valentino in a 1920s remake, Susanna Foster's rising Hollywood breaks in That Night With You, and Betty Hutton's Pearl White turn in Perils of Pauline. It notes Bing Crosby and Ray Milland cast shifts in Welcome Stranger and Take This Woman, plus wartime shifts in Bond sales and romance portrayals on screen.
Swine Fund contributions will be cut from 2d to 1d in the coming month as the Treasury Dept advance of £30,000 during the 1929 Swine Fever outbreak has been repaid. The Agriculture Dept estimates the reduced rate will cover compensation for breeches losing stock in any future outbreak, with isolated cases where diseased pigs must be destroyed.
Queensland ministers face calls to act as drought devastates five south west shires with 666 526 sheep lost and a 30 percent fall in sheep numbers for the year to March 31 1915 Graziers Association cites severe losses with individual owners reporting steep declines and requests for a 40 percent rent reduction over seven years and loan extensions.
A mid week magazine fragment mentions old remedies for coughs including a peppermint cure. The fragment lists papers and notices from multiple regional outlets and names several historical publications and venues.
The Red Flowered Gum is presented as the most popular Eucalypt for decorative uses with scarlet blossoms. It grows readily in the South Western straw regions and adapts to varied climates, widely cultivated in distant lands far from Western Australia.
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