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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 28, 1956
Page
3
Curtailed service until 5 80 pm and AnniVersary Day on January 20 1068. Public notices list bus schedules lost items and requests for contacts at Rotary Hoeing Lawn Mowing and Canberra community groups. Includes Canbera Darts Association call for club registrations and school transport notices for Yarralumla Hopeeton areas.
Federal Golf Club notices members of the annual meeting set for Friday February 17 at Gorman. Secretary provides details and urges member attendance.
A garbled note attributed to a George McManus origin parodies speaking style with a mock tribal line about labor and laziness. The fragment hints at a cartoon caption or panel exchange, reflecting early 20th century newspaper humor.
A dense listing shows a Saturday program slate with breakfast, sport, cricket, music hours, and entertainment segments. Major items include cricket updates from Australia and Victoria, racing counts, and a range of concerts and talk shows from morning through night alongside news bulletins and a community Hymn Singing segment.
The listing shows a Sunday lineup including Sacrad Musi at 7.00, Radia' Service at 9.30, World Attacks at 10.40, Magic of Melby at 12.0, The Showmen at 468, Sunday Opera at 2.00, MozAb PASTIVAL, 4.10 Sunday Concert, Prelude to the Great Fire at 9.20, Plain G aviationly at 7.15, and Sydney Syshonomy Trehcare at 8.00 with further programs into the evening including Window On the World and Sunday Night Cates.
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