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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 28, 1946
Page
8
One minute editorial notes unprecedented optimism in farming areas with veteran farmers saying the season opens better than in years. Prospects for grain crops and stock are high and farmers expect gains from Government price plans as harvest prices rise. The piece hopes peacetime planting and preemptive consolidation will aid future price or weather difficulties and anticipates Soldier Settlement Scheme fully operational next season.
The State Government outlines postwar plans prioritising water and power with decentralised development outside metropolitan areas. Projects aim to directly and indirectly boost districts, though delays are likely before completion. The emphasis on water and power seeks to attract industries and fuel progress beyond old centralized policy.
A record cattle sale drew 1500 cattlemen and 4300 head into Wodonga last week. Drovers from Queensland Victoria and South Australia gathered stock arranged by classifiers while Victorian Railways ran extra trains for restocking and export. Big lots included 500 Shorts and 490 Morefords from New England slopes.
Barley Board Chairman H. Tomlinson warns growers pay dearly for unsuited corn sacks. He notes oats shipped to Australia must be packed or bagged anew and that previous deliveries used super phosphate bags, adding packing costs. He also cites wharf laborers in some states refusing 4 bushel bags.
A fragmented midweek magazine notice lists publishers including Boyup Brook Bulletin Bridgetown Advocate North Midland Times Coolgardie Miner Avon Arcus North Eastern Courier Preston Mail Dow Jones Guardian Goomalling Times Harvey-Waroona Mail Eastern Recorder Damper Herald Manjimup Islands Advocate Northern Printer Southern Sentinel Mullewa Mail Northern Peninsula News Pemberton Post South Western Advertiser Bowra Crom News Tood Bayfield Western Wheatbelt Tribune and invites reader submissions for criticism or input to improve the service.
A late era medicinal ad touts Williams' Pink Pills as a cure for worry nerves and sleeplessness. The copy claims the formula redresses blood load and oxygen flow to restore vigor and confidence, enabling a swift return to normal life.
Passengers traveling from Sydney and Melbourne to Darwin will be on the road for days. The inland route will be used by the service coach at about 100 miles per hour and the journey will be slow and tedious through exacting country. Each passenger has paid £180 for the 6000 mile journey.
Report details an experimental method using fertiliser encased seeds and a centrifugal broadcaster to plant hardy forage crop seeds over about 1000 square feet at one pellet per square foot. The program aims to test dry-region germination and plans to re germinate barley crops across the country every decade.
The Civilian Maimed and Limbless Association led by B. Ritchie plans to equip all 500 limbless civilians in the state. It seeks city rest and service rooms for low cost limb alterations and repairs and to promote employment matching the workers’ abilities. A regular meeting was set for Far o ’uilsbrook with an appeal for £5000 to fund services and setup.
A count describes a conversion of a residence at 63 Helena Avenue Guildford into a class hospital under the Baptist Union. It serves post operative and city patient rehabilitation with adult treatment, furnished wards, hot water, nursing staff, and park views. Fees are 11/4 per day with vacancies. Further circulars by mail.
Wartime support group activity described with scattered readable details. Mentions a meeting at a club in Berth and a second branch in Melville. References date Friday June 28 1946.
Daisy a pet cow trotted to the Bristol agricultural show but no cows bulls pigs or sheep were exhibited due to foot and mouth disease infection reports. Officials said the outbreak affected livestock exhibitions across counties and the show opened with limited displays.
Poland exports coal to Sweden as Sweden sends prize cattle and horses in return. Cracow Deiveai Ly and Chama cattle-breeders evacuated the latest Swedish livestock consignment. Five thousand draught and stud horses have been bought in Sweden to aid Polish agriculture in the regained territories up to the Oder and Neisse.
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