17 Jun 1952
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Newspaper
Braidwood Review And District Advocate
Location
Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 17, 1952
Page
1
A clipped note lists moon phases for June with last quarter on the 16th and new moon on the 2nd, alongside a peculiar entry for James 1 Garvey Ood, Wallace Sitesi and phone 101. The fragment mixes calendar data with an unclear personal or place reference.
A Tuesday June 17 note prints a verse about standing against wrong and aiding the future, urging action and resistance. The brief piece emphasizes collective duty and moral intent, framed in a period newspaper voice with a call to support the good.
The Church of England Parochial Council on Friday approved Mr W Cross of Sydney to roof the Parish Church with slate. Copper gutters will replace galvanised ones. About 5,000 slates from North Wales will be used. Estimated cost around 2500 pounds, with half already raised. work to begin soon and be completed in six weeks to two months.
A couple from the bush traveled to New York after 40 years and visited the Empire State Building. The wife gasped at the city skyline and the husband joked about buying the whole sight. The item reflects a brief anecdote in a colonial newspaper style.
At Braidwood Court of Petty Sessions, M. E. Henricks pleaded guilty to driving under the influence. Constable Stivers said he was found driving in the wrong lane on 27 March after sharing a bottle of whiskey with friends. Henricks appeared unsteady but claimed minimal impairment. Garvey urged leniency citing six years in the Army, no prior convictions, and current poor conditions after a long drive from Goulburn.
Local Land Board at Court House Braidwood on 12 June dealt with numerous applications for conversion and grants of Special Leases in Moruya and nearby areas. Recommendations favored granting with rents set. one extension postponed. an unauthorised enclosure case in Port Wog Wog resulted in a £10 fine and 20 days hard labour for the offender.
Readable snippet lists blankets with sizes 8 by 2 and 86 by 63, dates 4/19/11 and 8/11, Lac enka and Nomchong’s names, prices in pounds and shillings, and Ai Paul. Indicates a catalog-like sale item with multiple entries and monetary values.
Mr C A Penny has inspected Crookwell and certified three dwellings as unfit for human habitation. Certificates lodged with Council, reviewed by Town Works Committee, to be referred to full Council for decision. The report notes wooden buildings rising in the brick area and questions town planning uptake.
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