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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 28, 1948
Page
3
The readable text mentions Gloucester and Barrington Tope, with references to highways and railways and a growing popular rise in the state, but the fragment is heavily garbled and lacks a coherent event or source details.
Officials report rising building materials supply in Tasmania with 1896 homes under construction. Premier and Mr Dedman push a large housing program aiming for completion within 12 months, plus 90 for Australian News hint and 100 for migrants. Senator Ramley pledges sufficient shipping routes between Tasmania and other destinations to handle cargo.
A garbled catalog of items and wants appears, listing diverse goods and services such as dinnerware, watches, cameras, tennis racquets, musical instruments, and lingerie. It mentions selling, buying, and wanted notices in a motionless, ink-stained urban marketplace. Names and places hint at a local Australian setting with scattered personal requests and antique interests.
Notices call for applications at University of Melbourne allied college in Canberra seeking a Principal to lead the new college with broad duties under council oversight. Salary £1,900-2,000 plus equivalent benefits, five year term, applications due by May 130N May 94a with details via university offices and embassies.
Commonwealth Government invitations details vacancies with act provisions. Applicants must provide date of birth and education qualifications, experience, present employment, and war service. Include copies of certificates as required by the Re employment and Employment Act 1940.
Commonwealth Prices Branch Canberra invites applications for Grade 2 positions at £86 salary. Qualifications favor commerce or economics degree for accountants but consideration given to applicants without formal qualifications who can perform investigator duties. Applications to Commonwealth Price Branch, Panteria, Westlake Point. One applicant seeks after school job Saturday mornings in a trucker’s shop.
A historic medicinal claim highlights Woods' pepperman remedy said to ease Callaren's hacking cough. The article notes local usage, claimed efficacy, and notes on sourcing and preparation.
A collection of chaotic OCR notices from 1868 includes liquor and store advertisements, railway timetables, government tenders, tenancy calls, probate announcements, and club meetings. It lists dates, locations like Canberra, Sydney, Queanbeyan, and various departments, with calls for tenders, housing projects, and social gatherings. The fragmentary text preserves names and places such as May Dorothy Kirkpat Pack, Colin Campbell, and the Inter national Knitting Group, with various dates and meeting times.
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