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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 17, 1945
Page
3
Stoney Tuesday report notes Canberra High School student W Marding received the sole honour in the Leaving Cerusente honours list. Mare J Bisin is also mentioned in relation to the ceremony and recognition.
The Poultry Farmers Association and General Secretary Aumelation (A C Armitage) report record prices failed to reach a 28 year high due to drought. Wholesale costs, transport, and feed shortages push margins, with producers warned of potential business closures if adequate supplies remain limited and costly.
London dispatch details a harsh rehabilitation experiment for Japanese war prisoners in Beitah barracks near porton. Ex-prisoners, convicts of wartime experiences, faced harsh routines, lack of training progress, and medical neglect. Several men collapsed, some later recovered enough to be evacuated for care.
Investigations by the chief agtostalogist of the N W department of agriculture, Mr J Whutter, on fodder supplies for Australia note early hay crops spotted in some districts. A Canterbury region harvest is expected to supply. Merchants expect 300 tons to depart Lyttleton this week and a further 1 000 tons to be sent to Wellington over the coming months.
Auckland workers in the Waikato dairy sector have begun a strike in support of wage demands. Unions plan a conference with Labour Minister Webb while the Prime Minister Fraser urges continuance of production. Steps include mobilizing the army to substitute workers and appeals for volunteers to maintain factory output.
Readable text describes a home made cough remedy recipe involving concentrated ingredients and water. Mentions adults children and family use. Tone resembles a wartime or household tips note.
A. Kate Eurponstar, an anti fascist author and writer, died recently in Melbourne after a life that began in Vienna and included exile under Nazis. Dr. Adolph Joseph Starter, a physician and collaborator, led an early resistance before fleeing to Bhanghal. He later settled in Australia, arriving in December 141.
A jumble of notices and amendments dominates this fragment from a Canberra area page. Items include a rental notice for a furnished house, an Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Seiners notice, a quarterly meeting announcement, a Canberra League cafe event, a Legacy Club event, and references to an amended Use of Direct Ordinance 1996 1548. The page also mentions a lecture in Palestine and academic admissions applications.
In a terse notice university authorities seek two inch specimens for scientific purposes. Each specimen yielded will be paid for, with specific prices set for minor and major items. Deliveries should go to the Lecturer in Solony at the Institute.
An American paratrooper Karl Guntay Hust age 22 stands charged with murder in a civilian court in Belfast after allegedly hiring a driver to shoot a man named George Edward Meath and driving the victim’s wallet theft. The trial began amid historical precedent and some disputed evidence.
The report lists bowls events with major and minor championships including reenwood Waterman and Tilly Marshall Forbes Joyce and others. It also shows job notices seeking a Newsagency assistant and Parliament House staff with wage details and contact instructions.
In the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory probate is sought for the will of Thomas Roark McCulloch. The notice calls for claims and details to be forwarded to Carruthers Farran and Company and Davieh and Woods Solicitors, with authorities for service and the period specified. A reward is offered for a found purse, a cyclone water container, and a poultry alert.
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