30 Jun 1942
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Newspaper
Braidwood Review And District Advocate
Location
Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 30, 1942
Page
1
Fragmented OCR reads like a historical schedule note with dates in June. Mentions June 14 and Quarter June 32 and June 2. several garbled personal names and places appear, but the readable items point to a sequence of events or deadlines in June.
Fragmentary lines echo a distant future and moral contrasts. The piece juxtaposes wrongs and virtue in a cryptic, poetic note.
The parish bid farewell to Rev. Dean Devine and Rev. Pr Dow Pry amid a large, mostly non Catholic gathering. Attendees praised their ten years of work building churches and improving the community, with heartfelt remarks and cheers for the departing priests.
In Araluen the community bids farewell to Father Downey and Father Devine. Parishioners praise Downey as a devoted curate and servant to the people, while Devine is lauded for his progressive work and church building contributions. Residents express deep gratitude for their spiritual guidance and hope for continued prosperity in their new assignments.
A humorous local remark recounts a plumber's patient teasing as he investigates a water pipe obstruction. The dialogue emphasizes persistence and practical problem solving in a small-town maintenance scene.
The Director General of Man-power Mr Worth orders no further withdrawal of labor except for military group staff and a few others. Large properties in the Worth and Northwest Australia deploy many Aboriginal workers to meet shortages. About 24,000 laborers are affected across several stations, with some properties employing thousands. The move aims to adjust with the directorate’s guidance while on site work continues.
Discontent over brown-tint conditions in Canberra surfaced at the ACT Advisory Council monthly meeting when notification arrived of an ordinance limiting speeds to 20 miles per hour after sunset. The chair warned hospital staff would face more abrasions from falls and vehicle impacts as complaints were aired. Officials discussed lighting, bus driver nerves, and increased use of women and girls in labor tasks including fruit packing and bee keeping.
Chairman Me AW Bhatmore noted the Women’s Land Army advisory council weekend meeting as the group expanded its reach into farm guides and poultry work. Heine COMME praised, highlighting women serving in many phases of production and training for future tasks at the Mott farm.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls a pioneer pressman and references to the era’s newspapers and editors, mentioning names like Charles Kataen and local publications. It also hints at a fatal or injurious incident when a rail fence was struck by a runaway vehicle, affecting a widow.
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