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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 31, 1946
Page
8
There is sharp criticism of delays in returning men to land, with a warning to avoid past land settlement mistakes. The piece urges cutting red tape and bottlenecks, ensuring the new program moves swiftly while preventing bureaucratic stagnation and men being forced off the land.
A strong warning is issued on the surge of metropolitan road accidents, blamed on carelessness and high speed. The piece urges traffic authorities to halt the trend and calls for nationwide cooperation to prevent tragedies in country communities from spreading.
Country readers focus on the marketing clause of the proposed bill to grant the National Parliament peacetime powers for organised marketing of primary products. Mr Nelson Lemmon notes wartime controls improved incomes and markets, arguing a single national authority could sustain better conditions for wheat, potatoes, barley, meat and eggs.
Mr. Lemmon outlines a government program to stabilize prices by organizing supply and demand, licensing producers, improving quality, and surveying potential markets with scientific aids. He warns that neglecting rural prosperity will drive workers to cities and hurt primary output, urging fair dealing to raise quality and curb middlemen, with cautious marketing to avoid boom-and-bust cycles.
A midweek magazine fragment urges readers to contribute feedback to improve the paper's production. It lists multiple regional newspapers and asks for reader input to support a local education initiative and service enhancements.
A machine being developed in a test aims to build houses, barns, and sheds from concrete in about 24 hours. The wheeled device uses a steel frame the size of a house and high pneumatic tyres to be hauled to the site. Concrete is poured, and after setting the unit leaves a basic structure ready for finishing touches.
Department of agriculture testing figures indicate a sharp three year decrease in Pulorum disease among poultry. Minister J T Tonkin notes removing infected birds before mating reduces cases, while infection outside testing areas has risen slightly.
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