Notice Invite for Funeral and Cemetery Service
In Canberra the family of the late Mrs Andree Kon Casidy invite attendees to attend at St Greek Orthodox Church at 3 p.m. for the Botany Cemetery following a 2.30 p.m. service. Canberra Premera Directors Manuka in conjunction with Wood CoMil Ltd Sydney George Street Sydney.
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Mra
Andree Kon-Cassidy
Canberra
St. Greek Orthodox Church
Botany Cemetery
Pamera
Manuka
Wood CoMil Ltd
George Street
Bydney
Aerial Pageant at Canberra Set for January 27
Canberra hosts an aerial pageant on January 27 featuring aerobatics formation wing bombing and balloon bursting demonstrations by local aero clubs and the Macquarie Grove Flying School. A 20 mile handicap aerial derby includes a five mile circuit around the aerodrome with public model aircraft displays and a historic RAF plane exhibit. Air traffic control will coordinate with commercial planes as nine passenger planes use the strip during daylight. three landings are scheduled between 4:20 and 5:00 PM.
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Canberra
Broken Hill
Newcastle
Macquarie Grove
Tok Model Aircraft Air Club
R.a.af
Fla.af
Duke and Duchess Bid Farewell to Australia in Sydney
The Duke of Gloucester and the Duchess say goodbye to Australia in a nationwide radio broadcast. He departs for England on Thursday, praising Australians for their work and unity and noting their two-year stay covered over 76 000 miles. The couple thank governors, address the empire, and urge continued service as they part from a grateful nation.
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Sydney
Australia
H.R.H
Duke of Gloucester
England
Duchess of Gloucester
London
Britain
Iit
Duchess Addresses Women and Children in Australia Farewell
The Duchess of Gloucester tells Australian women and children she loves the country and plans farewell as time and tide move her family homeward. She notes visits to homesteads, broadcoat, and two young boys left behind in Yarralumla, praising climate, scenery, and shared heritage with Britain.
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Australia
Duchess of Gloucester
Yarralumla
High Attendance At Play Centres In Westlake
Westlake play centre marks a successful week with 80 children aged 12 months to 21 years enrolled and high daily turnout. Supervisors praise eager participation and plan a Causeway centre, with film shows and a future three week run if this week’s effort continues. Donations of crafts materials are requested.
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Canberra
Westslake
Westlakke
D. D. Dawson
Sydney
Dawsons
Westlake
Misa K. Gordon
Westlake Hall
W. Dunbar
Rvisora
Causeway
Causeway Hall
Westlake Play
Useway
Ally Nish
City Scotts Hardware Store
Kingston
Clarkey Fruit
Manuka
In Memoriam Norris
In memory of my loving husband and dear father who died January 14 1946. Sunshine passes shadows fall. Love and remembrance outlast all. Inserted by his wife Sadie and daughter.
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Norris
Sadie
No Week-end Move in Eviction at Ainslie
Canberra reports indicate no action was taken to bar union personnel from removing furniture and fittings at the Campbell Street Ainslie home housing Mr. G. J. Mutt. The Trades and Labour Council denied knowledge of any anti eviction move and opposed squatting. The Department of the Interior left the matter to the sheriff, aiming to hand over possession promptly. The tenant, allocated December 14, occupies part of a half completed outer suburb dwelling as the case proceeds.
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Canberra
G. J. Mutt
Campbuil-Street
Ainge
Trades and Lal ‘Council
Rhodes
Department of the Interior
Barrenger
Ue Tlatter
Daviasens
Campbell-street
Davidson
Re establishment Questions on Training and Pensions
Readers submit questions on re establishment issues. Answers cover Commonwealth Reconstruction Scheme eligibility for ex Merchant Navy members, trainees may work during full time training only with approval, and war pension eligibility under the Australian Soldiers Repatriation Act with grounds for overseas or Australian service and pre enlistment conditions.
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F.W.W
M.I
M.L
Australia
Tram Bus Strike Planned for January 20 in Sydney and Newcastle
A one day tram and bus strike appeared inevitable with stop work meetings planned to press for time and a half on Saturdays double time on Sundays and a 40 hour week, according to State Secretary J Brock of the Tramway Employees Union.
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Sydney
Newcast Com
Bitnmen
The
Tramway Employees Union
J. Brock
Brock
Taxation relief urged after election results
The opposition argues that direct tax relief is overdue as revenues exceed last year despite disruptions. It contends government delay worsens industrial unrest and raises wage demands while urging earlier action to ease prices and lift production. It questions the government's fiscal judgment given Treasury insights.
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Australia
50 000 Arrests Alleged in Polish Election
Warsaw reports that Mikolajczyk, vice president of the combined Party in Poland, claims the government has arrested about 60 000 of his supporters to affect the election. He cites 2 000 arrests in Krakow, with some released then re-arrested, and says thousands of workers were pressured to vote for the government or face loss of jobs and homes.
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Warsaw
Mikolajczyk
Ton
el Na
Bice
Krakow
Moba
Associated Press
Safe Thieves Caught on Cliff Face
Newcastle Sunday report: two men spotted near King Edward Park attempted escape from police and fled down to a 30 foot cliff edge. They shouted to officers from the cliff as a 130 foot drop loomed to rocks below. Rescued and brought to the top, the pair were later taken to the police station. They wheeled a barrow containing an iron safe stolen from the Egg Marketing Board office in Darby Street. the safe was intact.
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Newcastle
King Edward Park
Egg Marketing Board
Darby Street
Miller Declines England Offer For Australian Choice
Hobart reports Keith Miller, Australian all rounder, will not travel to England for Lancashire League cricket. He has two offers from South Australia and Sydney, both made during the Melbourne Test. Miller notes both are attractive. he has yet to decide between cricket only and combined football interests.
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Hobart
Keith Miller
Teat Allrounder
England
Asstralian
South Australia
Sydney
Miller
Melbourne
Wheely
Weather Forecast for South-Eastern Districts
Scatter showers mainly along the coast and nearby tablelands. Mild to warm temperatures with moderate to fresh south east to east winds. Seas moderate and bushfire danger rated moderate.
Grim fighting expected in Indo China
Reuters reports no phoney war in Indo China as French and Vietnamese clash. French forces blow sewage sections to block troops and use manholes to launch bombs. Coffins in the Manoi cemetery repurposed for shelter as fresh fighting erupts around Hanoi. Ho Chi Minh calls for an inquiry and immediate end to hostilities. French say they hold Song La in Tongking and aim to push north toward the Chinese frontier.
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London
Indo-China
Reuter
Hanoi
Manoi
Grcen
Namdinh
Ho Chin Minh
Indo- China
Song la
Tongking
Hanai
Communists Stir Hamburg Rally At Town Hall Meet
In Hamburg a Sunday rally of about 2,000 Communist Party members condemned the British and German administrations and urged resistance. Speaker Harry Naujocka said Germans cannot be held down even with rifles amid a disputed crime claim by the British administrator. The event followed the arrest of 254 Germans for coal theft amid looting on goods trains. police in Bonn reported a fatal shooting during a separate disturbance.
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Hamburg
Communist Party
Harry Naujocka
Neujocks
Dr. Hynd
Crima
Herlin
British United Press
Bonn
Governor General and Duchess of Gloucester Leave Sydney for Port Kembla
Their Royal Highnesses departed Sydney on Saturday to Port Kembla to broadcast farewell messages to Australians. They attended Divine Service yesterday morning.
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Governor-General
Duchess of Gloucester
Sydney
Port Kembla
Australia
Transport Strike May Be Called Off In London
British Ministry of Labor planned troop distribution of food to shops today but postponed after Transport General Workers' Union chief Deakin was to address London strikers. Deakin urged immediate resumption of work for a constitutional settlement. lorry drivers at a mass meeting rejected his advice and kept unofficial strike, with union backing contingent on return to negotiations.
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London
Ministry of Labor
Transport General Workers’ Union
Deakin
London Transport
Deakins
Boor
Shouta
Mr Forde Arrives in Canada as New High Commissioner
Mr Forde F M Forde arrives in Vancouver with his family aboard the Rabaul after a 35 day voyage through rough weather seen in 200 trans Pacific trips. A hurricane near Hawai i caused 12 million dollars in damage and Christmas events were postponed to Boxing Day. Forde is met by federal and provincial officials and says the British Empire rests on Canada and Australia. He will remain in Vancouver until Tuesday before traveling to Ottawa.
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Vancouver
F. M. Forde
Canada
Rabaul
Robert M. Scott
Hawai
Storma
Forde
British Empire
Australia
Ottawa
Smertenko Refused French Passage Over Entry Ban
The Paris Evening Standard reports Prof Smertenko, vice president of the American League for Free Palestine, had his Air France reservation Le Bourget to London canceled at the British Embassy's request. Reuters quotes him predicting Jewish forces would attack military targets from England to Palestine, threatening action near warships at Gibraltar or Malta if possible.
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London
Air France
Professor Smertenko
le Bourget
Paris
Evening Standard
Smertenko
American League For Free Palestine
England
Reuter
New York Herald, Tribune
Urgun Zvai Leumi
Palestine
Gibraltar
Malta
Lewis Appeals Against Fine in Coal Strike Case
The United Mine Workers Union seeks to set aside a 3 5 million dollar fine and leader John L Lewis 10 thousand dollar penalty for last year's coal strike. The government argues to uphold power to prevent irreparable injury to the nation. Supreme Court hearing fixed for February 14.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United Mineworkers’ Union
John L. Lewis
Pawnbroker Robbed in Broken Hill
A major robbery struck Harry Burleigh’s pawnbroker shop in Broken Hill on Sunday night. The back door was used to enter, with about £3000 in £100 Commonwealth bonds, £450 in cash, and jewellery stolen. The crime occurred within 40 minutes of the shop being left unoccupied.
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Broken Hill
Harry Burleigh
Governors Tribute Acclaimed Royal Visit Across Australia
NSW Governor General Northcott led tributes saying the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester forged a real link between the people and Britain. Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania governors praised the couple’s influence, acts of kindness, and the strengthened empire bonds during their stay.
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Sydney
Duke and Duchess of
Gloucester
New South Wales
Northcott
Commonwealth
Queensland
John Lavarack
Outback
South Australia
Willoughby Norrie
Adelaide Oval
Western Australia
James Mitchell
Australia
Tasmania
Hugh Binney
Independence Week Parade In Rangoon Signals Burma Talks
In Rangoon on the eve of Anglo Burmese talks in London the People's Volunteer Corps paraded Ranboon Street shouting Down with blood sucking imperialism. Reuters noted the demonstration heralded Independence Week, as Thakin Nu spoke of continuing the effort indefinitely.
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Rangoon
London
People's Volunteer Corps
Ran- Boon
Public invited to see stars on U S Embassy courts
Canberra residents are invited to watch top international players, including Gardnar Mulloy, Bill Talbert, L Brodie, Max Boner, Mik Nell Hopman, and Miss Market Play, compete in an exhibition at the American Embassy courts. The event, hosted by Ambassador Mrs Robert Butler, starts at 2 30 pm and will be filmed. Spectators should bring cushions or rugs as seating is limited to about 150 chairs.
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Canberra
Gardnar Mulloy
Bill Talbert
L. Brodie
Max Boner
Mik Nell Hopman
Miss Market
Amcan
Robert Butler
Fox Movietone News
Butler
University Post Absorbs Deep Cabinet Interest
The Minister for Post War Reconstruction Mr Dedman stated that any appointment at the Australian National University of Professor Oliphant was not a government decision but between the Interim Council and the professor. He noted the University Act vests administration in the Interim Council and that government will closely watch negotiations with Oliphant and the Council due to strong interest.
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Dedman
Australian National University
Oliphant
Mit
J. Dedman
U.S. Selects Amateurs for Walker Cup Team
The United States Golf Association named nine top amateurs to travel to England in May to defend and recover the Walker Cup in the first postwar renewal. The squad is led by National Champion Stanley Mh Bishop.
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New York
United States Golf Association
England
Stanley Mh Bishop
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