Funeral notices and memories mix in Canberra obituaries
The clipping lists funeral details for Sydney Brown at Canberra Public Cemetery and memorial messages for Geoffrey Southwell. It notes relatives invited to the Canberra hospital service and includes bereavement messages from family members with dates in December 1943 and 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Brown
O'Connel St. Ainslie
Briand
Sydney Brown
Canberra
C. of E
HL O'Rourke
APD
Queanbeyan
Canberra views on botanical garden and Australian character
Readers argue for a Canberra botanical garden that showcases native eucalypts and Australian trees. They fear overemphasis on imported species could dull the city’s distinctive Australian identity and urge balance with world flora while keeping national character at heart.
South Eastern District Forecast With Thunder Likely
Southeast to northeast winds bring mostly warm to sultry weather. Partly cloudy with isolated thunder showers and scattered rain possible. Overall fair conditions prevail with high humidity and no major weather disruption expected.
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South-Fastern
Canberra Weather Summary For Saturday And Sunday
Weather data for Canberra shows Saturday barometer 29.01 inches at 9 am rising to 29.633 by 3 pm with a 9 am temperature of 72.2 F and a peak around 103 F. Winds NW 28 mph. Sunday records barometer 29.515 inches at 9 am with 9 am temperature about 70.7 F, max 78 F by 3 pm, and winds WNW 2 mph at 9 am.
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Pam
Dyin
Coupons Announced for Weekly Rationed Food Commodities
The notice lists new coupons valid this week for rationed items including Tea from 21 to 32, Sugar 1 to 1, Butter 22 to 24, Meat BT to 60, and Clothing coupons A and B.
Canberra Times Overview of Pacific War Move to Manila
The Canberra Times reports Allied forces nearing Manila as General MacArthur advances toward Luzon. Mindoro and Leyte campaigns broke Japanese sea control, with Americans pushing through central Philippines. The piece notes air and sea efforts to cut Japan’s supply lines and forecast expanding Allied air power and looming land assault on Luzon.
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MacArthur
Mania
Manila
Pacific
Mindoro
Leyte
Samar
Sulu Sea
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Luzon
Krfielda
Lutzon
Aar
China Sq
China
Singapore
Indo-China
Thailand
Malaya
English Author Vigeredal Laid To Rest At 85
Philip Gue Acting Go dalla, an English author and former barrister, died at age 85. He retired from public life and attended a service yesterday, with the obituary noting his presence at a Divine Service in 1985.
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Vigeredal
Philip Gue
Dalla
Pene
Divine Service
Reconstruction plan to eliminate uneconomic farms and aid displaced farmers
The Rural Reconstruction Commission fourth report urges elimination of uneconomic farms and resettlement of displaced farmers. The post war bulletin notes recommendations for debt adjustment refinancing and agricultural guidance. A detailed plan on rural credit income stabilisation and rural amenities is being prepared by the Commonwealth Government.
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Rural Reconstruction Commission
Commonwealth
Extra Admissions To Nursery School In New Year
Canberra Nursery School adds 33 children in 1945 due to five year olds moving to Infant schools. Enrolment reaches maximum. new entrants must be ages three to four years, three months. Applications invited from parents within set districts, quotas listed. After vacancies filled, future admissions depend on vacancies. two year and one month olds not registered.
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Canberra
Acton
Ainele
Barton
Braddon
Causeway
Duntroon
Forrest
Grifith
Kingaton
Molongto
Red Hill
Reid
Turner
Weatlake
Weatridge
Yarralumla
Potato Price Reduction for Growers in Three States
The acting Prices Commissioner Mr. M McCarthy announced a reduction from today of £2 a ton in the maximum price payable to growers in Victoria Tasmania and South Australia for new potatoes. The current maximum price of £16 a ton in New South Wales remains unchanged.
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Mr. M. McCarthy
Victoria
Tasmania
South Australia
New South Wales
Chess Champion Sydney Seals Championship Victory
Sydney Sunday reports LS rell won the Sydney chess championship with 85 points from 11 games. LSrell topped rival B Healey who scored 83 and D F Melrath with 71. Prior to this, shipa Fell was not known as a chess player after winning the State Araughta title last July.
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Sydney
Rell
T. B. Healey
D. F. Melrath
Ahipa Fell
Cheas
Higher egg prices set by Commonwealth Price Commissioner
The acting Commonwealth Price Commissioner Mr McCarthy announces a season adjust ment raising wholesale eggs by 1d or 2d a dozen and allowing retail changes. New wholesale rates list first quality hen 1/10, first quality medium 1/8, second quality hen 1/8, second quality, medium 1/3, duck 17, ungraded 1/6 a dozen, with a 4d margin if store costs exceed 1/0 a dozen.
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M. McCarthy
McCarthy
Tropic of
Capricorn
Quensland
Retiring Jockey Ted Bartle Eyes Randwick Ride
News in brief reports jockey Ted Bartle plans retirement after riding at Randwick on January 26. Also notes General de Gaulle back in Paris after a Moscow visit and Churchill declining a gift of a house valued at £9,009. The item includes a mention of a garden and Torquay in a previous offer.
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Ted Bartle
Sydney
Randwick
DE Gaulle
Parie
London
General Geulle
Parle
Moscow
Churchill
Torquay
Post War Planning Bulletin outlines A priority works plan
A Post War Planning Bulletin notes a 1.15 billion pound A priority programme to mobilize architects and engineers for public works after the war. It details site surveys and designs, aims for completion within 12 months, and projections of up to 30,000 workers on site plus 80,000 for materials. The building section alone demands 162 million bricks and 101 million board feet of timber. The Coordinator General of Works, Harry Brown, reports the war works value in A priority at 13.61 million pounds.
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Progg Famme
Une Sc
Cooordinator General of Works
Gr Harry Brown
Bis
National
Works ‘Council
Summer School of Political Science in Sydney Next Year
The Australian Institute of Political Science moves the eleventh Summer School from Canberra to Sydney due to accommodation and transport issues. It will be at the University of Sydney over Anniversary Day weekend January 26 to 28 with five three hour sessions. Topics cover Australia post war economy including world economy wool industry agriculture and industrial relations.
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Australian Institute of Political Science
Canberra
Sydney
Te New South Wales
Teonom’e Society of
Australia
New Zealand
University of Sydney
L. G. Melville
Bee
F.la
Commonwealth Bank of ‘Australia
J. P. Abbott
M.P
Australian Wool Board
Mail mix up brings oranges from judge to Hughes in Australia
An amusing exchange shows High Commissioner for Canada Justice T C Davis sending an orchardist a case of oranges, misdelivered to MP W M Hughes. Hughes replies, asking for peanuts and jokes about magic to conjure fruit, while Davis thanks Magnen for a North Australia broadcast.
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Canada
Justice T. C. Davis
W. M. Hughes
M.P
Wong
Saskatchewan
MC Hughes
Justice Davin
Mr. Hughes
Billy Hughes
Australia
Justiee Davia
Mrr
Magnen
North Australia
War Prisoners Describe Japanese Treatment
A Royal Australian Air Force officer aboard the torpedoed ship recounts brutal POW conditions in Japanese hands. Prisoners were fed little, forced to work as rail laborers in Thailand, and told escape was futile amid jungle and a vast Nippon army. The officer endured six hours in water after the sinking, describing four days and nights of peril before rescue by an American marine.
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Sydney
Nippon Army
Canberra welcomes US Naval Affairs subcommittee guests
An Australian official welcomed members of a U S Congress subcommittee on Naval Affairs to Canberra. The visit was brief with no detailed entertainment plans. The group toured Parliament House and later met the State Governor and American Consul General.
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Sydney
U.S. Congress
Canberra
Parliament House
House of Representatives
Frank
Green
Lord Wakehurst
Party Met by U S Minister in Canberra Visit
Members of the U S House of Representatives Committee on Naval Affairs spent three hours in Canberra on Saturday before flying to Sydney. They traveled by plane and were met by the United States Minister to Australia James J Heffernan. He noted an odd link to Walter Burley Griffin, designer of Canberra, who he said had been his professor in Illinois and praised the Commonwealth buildings and layout. The group lunched with Mr Johnson before returning to Sydney.
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United States
House of Representatives Committee On Naval Affairs
Canberra
Sydney
James J. Heffernan
Walter Burley Grima
Mlllnois
Commonwealth
Sty
Johnson
Dust storms sweep across three states in Australia
A severe dust storm blanketed parts of Queensland South Australia and New South Wales with visibility down to a few hundred yards in Sydney and dust covering most of the state. The southerly change began around 1 pm easing the conditions though air travel faced diversions and delays.
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Sydney
Mr. Maren
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Adelaide
Brisbane
Williamtown
Newcastle
Canberra
Clarence Heads
Richmond
Lismore
U S Urges Joint Political Staff in Postwar Planning
Washington Saturday report notes renewed push for a joint political staff as U.S. policy on postwar Poland and borders remains undefined. The piece cites Mr Church describing difficulties in clarifying these matters amid evolving wartime boundaries.
U S Tanker Jackson ville Lost After Torpedo Explosion
The 1700 ton U S tanker Jacksonville was sunk in the Atlantic following a torpedo explosion. A destroyer rescued 73 crew members, with the remaining crew believed lost at sea.
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Washington
Suna
Jacksonville
Atlantic
War's lesson for Britain invest and save empire
Sydney report cites Sir Charles Willoughby warning Britain to invest in Australia rather than in Britain. He recalls Dunkirk providence, Tobruk duty, and praise for the North Division, noting ongoing bonds with veterans and the war’s costly lessons.
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Sydney
Britain
Australia
South Australia
Sir Charles Willoughby
England
Bir
Charles
Providence
Dunkirk
Bir Charléa
Tobruk
Moreabend
R S L Protest At Jap Toys In Xmas Stockings
RSL protest at Christmas stock stockings in Ryedney Australia. Mr J Nagle criticized business leaders for inflaming public feeling by selling inferior goods and praised national sentiment as Australia marks 100 years. Other League members disapproved motives of some traders.
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R.S.L
Rydney
Nagle
Penese
Australia
Die League
What If Christ Had Not Come Says Baptist Preacher
In Canberra a Baptist preacher asks what would follow if Christ had not come. He argues Christ’s coming makes salvation possible and exposes humanity’s need, noting that rejection of Jesus leaves no excuse. The sermon links Advent’s cost with judgment and the spread of sin and salvation.
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Ghrigt
Baptist Church
Christ
Br P Waldock
Jesus
MacArthur
Australia
Wil
Waldock
Rome
Snowy River Diversion Favored for Hay Region
Postwar water policy debate records the Postmaster-General Ashley declaring Snowy River waters should be diverted to Murbidge irrigation areas to aid development. Senator Rantey agrees Australia’s future wealth hinges on scientific water provision and segmentation of natural supplies. Civil supplies report notes wartime orders freezing village production.
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Hay
Australia
Beator Ashley
Murrumbidgee
Commonwealth
Rantey
Ress
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Alan
Astralia
R. E. “Clark, Rko
Optommntrigt & Optician
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Savings Bank
Money Order Post Office
Money Order Pos
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Canberee Times
Daily Telegraph
Wa Prena
Englan Daily Mail
Daily Herald
Daly Hxpren
Manchester Guardan
Reuters Service
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Great Britain
British
United Prem and Exchange Telegraph Agency
America
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Herald Tribune
Associated Press
United Prem Associations
North American
Alliance
the Times
Aaprosaat
Canberra Times
Jay
Bath
Rural Reconstruction Report
Justice Davis
INO
U.S
Poland
Church
Snowy River
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