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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 21, 1956
Page
8
Peter Dalley leads a monthly parish gathering in North with women from Fort Girls High School and University involved. The event features Student Christian groups and church activities, with Mrs. Mulley guiding local arrangements and speakers on community faith work.
Over the next fortnight Canberra hosts two Red Cross fundraisers. A fete at Canberra House on October 6 and a film night at Canberra University College on Thursday. Signora Benuzzi will help organise the events.
The Canberra Grammar School will be on vacation from August 23 to September 11. A student play The Tempest was staged with help from parents and Canberra Repertory Society costumes. Canberra Pre-School Society reported 18 play centres in operation with others planned, while a visiting Oxford professor, Gilbert Ryles, was welcomed to Canberra for the Australian Psychology and Philosophy congress. Softball trophies were presented at a cabaret, and Canberra teams for Country Week were announced. An afternoon musicale for the Victoria League is planned, with scouts planning a district fete at Government House on September 15.
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