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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 23, 1947
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a person named Ison and a place or event with uncertain context. The readable bits show little concrete detail and no clear dates or organizations to identify.
Report covers a Victoria vs opponent cricket match with tallies for bowlers Lingwall Siler Brookes and others, plus a detailed stock sale at Homebush Flemington yards noting prices for prime beef and cattle lots, with names like Lambert Harvey Ring Carrigan Freer and Loxton. It also mentions Sydney news of Murray Wile and estate events.
An ad-like fragment promotes Dr Marse’s Indian Root Pills as a remedy for headaches caused by indigestion bile and liver issues. It links headaches to broader digestive ailments and positions the pills as a cure-all option.
unreadable OCR text mentions numbers and names but lacks coherent facts. remaining readable fragments do not establish a verifiable person, organization, place, date, or event to summarize into a proper news item.
The bout between Lea Winans and Ken Murphy concluded abruptly in the seventh round when Murphy was declared the winner by knockout. Referee Jor Wallis consulted during the stoppage as Willismx and Molam Whae described the ear drum injury to the right ear.
Local newspaper page fragment lists events and sales in Canberra area including mixed notices for an auction of two cottages and land near creek and ocean, furniture and instruments for sale, and a Christmas box art display. Also mentions dental clinic, transport schedules, and lost items with brief details.
Trade commission seeks bids from patrons at Canberra box 5 by December 3. wording references age and end of reference warded for official action.
Classified notice inviting applications for Commonwealth government positions. Details include qualifications, pay scales including diver’s pay, eligibility of ex-forces members, and preference under the Reestablishment and Employment Act. Applications to be sent with date of birth education and wartime service.
Melbourne location notes indicate applications to The Secretary, Attorney-General's Department, Canberra by 1 January 148 for a senior post. The document requests a transcript of a high speed verbatim record.
Salary 6891 6721 per annum duties include preparation and review of draft ordinances and regulation of laws of Papua and New Guinea for coordination. Applicants must be admitted as barristers or solicitors of the High Court or Supreme Court of State, with temporary appointment by the Department of External Territories. Applications to the Secretary Attorney General's Department Canberra by 1 January 1948.
A clipped notice notes an Australian writer who has just returned from the United States seeking urgent lodging on the south side prepay. It asks interested parties to reply with the number 9.
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