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Newspaper
Benalla Ensign
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 01, 1951
Page
5
The gathering highlighted developments in agriculture from plough to modern mech farming. Speakers cited soil improvement, crop production advances, and new machinery while local farmers shared questions about thrash and yield impacts.
A Sunday Feast on First the King saw Catholics across Australia protest Communism. Read at St Danes Church Benalla, bishops and priests urged governments and the UN to act for persecuted Catholics and other victims in Eastern Europe and across the world, urging Australia to back humanitarian action.
An old public health notice urges regular chest X rays to detect tuberculosis. It stresses that germs spread by those who are ill and that many feel fine yet are infectious. It calls on young people and their contacts to get screening as a protective measure.
The Dads Association and 108 Lodge prepare a large Remembrance gathering in Benalla on Sunday November. World War II veteran Mr Conk 4 leads the remembrance events as crowds gather at the hall and mall for morning and afternoon ceremonies. Women's Auxiliary reports active fundraising with sewing stalls planned for November 23 and a Melbourne trip on November 28.
At the Benalla Institute annual dinner president Mr Harell outlined plans for a new building and extensions funded by a £350 overdraft with more £1500 in a forthcoming order. The event honored Keith Lebley for service, featured performances by Alma and Rob Allman, and heard remarks from Mr Hicks about council responsibility.
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