Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), Thursday 27 November 1952, page 2


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While city folk are pushing and shoving their way towards what promises to be a record

Unratmas ooom, we Bute's primary producers will also have good reason to rfmytwiyr Christmas. 1953. Following good spring rains andbumper sowings, nearly £2Sm. additional wealth is flowing into the Btate's revived land IndusixleSb sivins many a f arooer sis best Christmas cheque for years. Only in the far northwest does tragedy still stalk the land. There sheep and cattlemen are nearing the end of their second year of drought. By the end of this month, the butter returns alone to dairymen will be worth nearly £9m, and though there has been a big drop in onion and potato prices following a record crop, the returns are still well up on prewar figures.Despite Despite wranglmgs over prices and quality, tobacco growers have produced over 3,600 tons of leaf for a return of more than turn. A £10m. wheat crop is already more than two-thirds harvested and the wool men are expecting about £24m. for their year's efforts. A spectacular recovery in sugar crops with a nearrecord production and a higher average sugar price wiH gross growers nearly £40m. All of this adds up to a pretty happy Christmas in any man s language and with more and more farmers adopting the new methods of production, using brains as well as brawn, the prospects for a prosperous New Year have never been brighter. Tiny Hospital An 80-year-old grazier. Mr. W. R. ('Pop') Johnstone, and his 75-year-old wife, known to all as 'Mother _' are busv onerat

mg wnat is oeuevea to oe Australia's smallest hospital. The 'hospital,' a oneroomed, fully-equippedbuilding, building, nestles among gum trees four miles from the Brisbane GPO in the new suburb of St. John's Wood. Built by 'Pop,' he and 'Mother' are kept busy treating voluntarily the cuts and bruises and other

doubles ot the hundreds of children in the new suburb. They also treat many adults. 'Pop' has been a St. John Ambulance bearer for 53 yean and in the past eight rears the hospital has had 3.000 patients on its visiting list. There are at least 30 patients a week. The Red Cross helps, but Mr. and Mrs. Johnstone supply most of the equipment and medicines themselves. All treatment is free and there is always a local medical man on call for an emergency case.Why Why do they do it? — Great grandparents themselves, they say: 'People write us the most wonderful letters of thanks, and it pays us Just to see the young ones wen again.' * + * Last stolen or strayed: Nine five-ton waggons belonging to the Queensland Railways have been posted 'missing' among the 33,000 travelling the State system. An employes have been ordered to keep a sharp look-out for them. Local humorists are suggesting the Railway Commissioner might find them on the 'missing link' between the Northern Territory and Queensland. .

Russia has vetoed the Indian plan for Korean peace.

Russia has vetoed the Indian plan for Korean peace.