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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 25, 1950
Page
6
Canberra residents heard from Red Cross officials about current aid efforts and plans for a Twilight House appeal. Local clubs announced meetings, presentations, and concerts with guests from Canberra and across Australia, including Burns commemorations, artist society talks, and cricket luncheon updates.
The High Commissioner for Canada former Mrs Rasomorsaw and others plan a Far conference tour from Canberra to Singapore and Djakarta. Mr A D Rows leaves Canberra with holiday trips to Honadulla and Sydney. UK High Commissioner J Williams returns from Melbourne with Mrs Williams and a Canberra junior teas team member.
Y W C A reports week ahead activities with King’s return. Preparations for re opening all clubs including Married Women’s Teams. Meetings schedule: Thursday 7.30 pm start with Mire McGrath at 2.30 pm. Friday gathering with Kevrin White. February 6 pm gathering. cricket and fitness plans for February and March. Building work and music festival planning noted. migration assimilation discussions at conference attended by officials.
Australia’s Adrian Quist and John Bromwich were upset as unseeded Matt Maggin and David Yates won 6 0 8 1 8 0 at Kooyong in the doubles. Other results include Nancy Bolton defeating Mrs. Hawton, and Hart beating Hopman in women’s singles. Mixed doubles and men’s doubles also featured notable upsets and close scores.
Fragmentary OCR yields unclear text about a football figure named Moran and engagement postponement related to a California event. It mentions a man uneasy with a partner and two women players. Details remain obscured due to damaged source.
Melbourne buyers remained active as lambs wool prices fluctuated around mixed demand. Trade notes show Australian sellers and brokers like Cunoe, Australian mild, and B.A. supporting trends with strong interest in Aussie varieties. Lambs wool prices reached around 1810 with fleece at 3, amid broader market fluctuation and notable comeback in certain lines.
The notice lists Stage 1 and Stage 11 exam timetables for Technical School examinations in Sydney. Names such as Diraamating, Stage 1 participants Crows, Sumane Grocott, Deig Ryan, Judy Ryan, Buses Smith appear for Stage 1 while Stage 11 includes Kathleen Burke, Anne Grocott, Irene Marion, Hi Newman, and others.
Sun shines on Country Juniors as Country 1 faces AW Gren Shield reps in a tense match. Harvey of Newcastic shines early before bowled. C King scores a century for City, while Mosman fourth graders Boores and others pace City to 183 declared. Eastwood, Plunkett, Metcalf, and Hawke star for Country in reply, with strong spells from Huray and Hud son.
Competition matches planned for Saturday include Toms Ticknervy against Withera v, Cuthbert son, and others among the four team event. A separate set features Dunner, Smith, Chate, Metchen and related bouts with Song ar Loan and Maiin. Optical and piano services advertised nearby with dates for eye tests.
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