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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 05, 1947
Page
2
Advertisement lists boys tweed overcoats with pleated backs in herringbone, and English corduroy jodhpurs in dark grey and Khaki. Includes men moleskin jodhpurs and fibre suitcases with various sizes and coupon prices. Also notes boys navy and grey flannel ranger knickers with pullyeverts and loops.
Warwick readers see settlement of India’s future via Dominion status for Moslems and Hindus with interim government continuing until partition. Pakistan and Hindustan’s futures uncertain. Australia advised to watch events as India’s choice shapes regional security and sea power. Warship Kanimbla farewell story and a US marriage near Sydney follow in notes.
Prize money totals £800 with £200 for the Champion Cattle Drafting. The event, at Queen's Park, runs October 11 13 and 14 and features Buckjumping Championship and novice and ladies drafts. Other attractions include bulldogging, wild cow milking, calf roping, pony speed tests and arena shows. Admission same as last year. nominations close September 4 with fees due. Overseas news notes the Warwick Daily News sources and London Times matter.
Immigration Minister argues for laws to regulate the Australian flag and elevate its place in courts and churches. The author contends patriotism and respectful use should be voluntary, not legislated, and warns Acts cannot manufacture national pride.
Forecase notes mainly fine in central and south-west border districts with cloudy conditions elsewhere. Scattered light rain in most divisions, moderate falls in the south east quarter. Winds from south west to north east, with cloud increasing and rain areas developing in Downs and Maranoa. Local moderate rain.
The report notes June 4 1947 temperatures at Warwick and details a severe fabric theft crisis affecting Australian woolen mills and tailors. It cites imports, price hikes, and widespread losses on rail shipments to Victoria and South Australia. Police estimate annual clothing material thefts in New South Wales reach hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Correspondence from Melbourne highlights Save the Children Fund efforts across Australia to aid child victims of war. Volunteers repair clothing, make toys from junk, and foster care programs while detailing poverty in villages and the desperate conditions of boarding children and day laborer families.
If you are near the coast you can buy the Warwick Daily News at Southport E M Symons Nerang Street Redcliffe O Keefe s News agency Coolangatta A Robinson News agents on the North and South Coasts offering convenient access for readers along the shore.
Tyre Service Company on Graf ton Street near Grand Hotel offers same day retreading recapping and repairs by appointment. Mr J B White supervises with ten years in Warwick. plant includes recapping moulds boiler buffing machine and air spreader enabling rapid handling from baby cars to heavy trucks. New tyres of all makes are available.
London reports continuing heat wave with a top temperature of 7 in the shade at Bury St Edmunds. Water consumption rises by 22 million gallons to a new 424 million gallon record as many areas run dry. mobile water tanks in Essex supply about 100000 households.
New District Forester W Souttle arrives at Warwick with four staff in the office plus senior clerk J McGee expected from head office in July. Forester Suttle, from Yarraman, reports 500 acres to be planted this year and 1630 acres to be fallowed, with potential increase if manpower allows.
Warwick Fire Brigade officers oppose the proposed Industrial Court award scale. Objections must be filed with the Supreme Court registrar by June 2. A special board meeting, chaired in the chairman's absence by N Permanon, backed the objection. Other boards like Innisfail also contest the salary provisions for chief, deputy, and third officers tied to population bands. Warwick lists two permanent officers, Chief Officer W E Binnie and Fireman Herb Bell.
A Lismore resident recounts how government rules bar cabbages from crossing the Killarney border gate into New South Wales. He describes circuitous routes via Stanthorpe and Barlow’s Gate, extra fuel costs, hours lost, and repeated inspections before obtaining a permit to move produce toward Brisbane and Warwick.
A Lismore man described selling cabbage and fish along routes to the Stanthorpe border and back to Legume. He argued the border tick gate should be certified as a coming place for vegetables to allow easier delivery and fair prices, noting disease free cabbages and higher margins than Brisbane.
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