Disposal Goods Sold For £13,000 Report
A brief notice records the disposal of goods for thirteen thousand pounds. The fragment mentions related details about the sale and valuation but lacks full context or complete names.
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 05, 1950
Page
4
A brief notice records the disposal of goods for thirteen thousand pounds. The fragment mentions related details about the sale and valuation but lacks full context or complete names.
A historic Canberra item discusses the growth of hostels postwar, arguing for a survey of facilities and tariffs. It notes increasing public service employment, the likely shift to permanent residents, and concerns over amenities and cost, urging careful, evidence based ministerial action.
A discussion by Mrs T W Nott highlighted the opening of the Baker Gardens play centre in Carrol Park. Community leaders expect the centre to bolster family welfare and child development while plans for completion and ongoing support from residents and local departments were discussed.
Fragmentary weather notes show failed readings and scattered times. Variables include temperatures, wind speeds, rainfall inches and daily sunrise and sunset estimates. The damaged text references a Monday date and regional forecast cues without clear values.
In Melbourne a large tramway workers meeting overwhelmingly rejected a militant bid to call a 24 hour stoppage from midnight, opposing the tramways union leadership. Reporters were barred as the session turned rowdy with boos and jeers while the union faction aligned with the ABU and other militant unions faced strong resistance.
KATOOMBA Sunday a party from Ke-inomba found the decomposed body of a man lying 1,000 feet below Point in Jamie Ron Valley. Harold McNulty and a 32-year-old council employee located it during a hike. Police deem extraction too dangerous to attempt now due to the rugged terrain.
A fragmented OCR item mentions an operation on Bevin and a medical condition. Readable terms indicate a surgery context with Bevin as subject, but details, dates, and locations are unclear in the garbled text.
An incomplete fragment notes a Washington FBI agent involvement and references a person named Kanon in connection with a friar Fuchs. The context is unclear due to missing text but centers on FBI activity and a named individual. Further details are not readable in the surviving clipping.
A sermon on the New Movement denounces modern church splinters and Allied tactics. The Moderator laments youth enticed by secular parades and Sunday practice, urging revival across Christian branches to rekindle faith and spread the gospel.
The Civic Theatre hosts a Melbourne Australian premiere of Twelve O Clock High with an invited audience including the Governor General the Prime Minister cabinet ministers diplomats and members of parliament. Fox Movietone camera crews will film the event as public attention focuses on the screening tonight.
A blaze at a Melbourne migrant camp early today injured fifteen New Australians while about 250 others were relocated. Fire alarms woke residents. authorities fought the flames with local brigades and provided clothing and food as they arranged temporary shelter. Several thousand pounds in damage reported. twelve doctors stood by at a nearby hospital.
Official figures show rapid Canberra housing expansion with government and private developments lifting home completions. By May the government and private builders advance thousands of new dwellings, hostels, and suburbs, including a West ridge plan, shops, and a community centre.
Lt General Sturdee served as head of the Australian Military Mission in Washington from 1942 to 1944. He later led Australian forces in New Guinea and to command the hth Division after promotion from colonel, succeeding General Bir Mrudenull White.
The Vatican and the Pope issue a warning about the Cold War threat and urge the great Roman family to unite in common effort to ease international tensions and promote social education.
Sue-Toyik Tom, four year old daughter of an American woman and Chin ae Waller, died yesterday from a bullet wound in the head. Police said the mother, now in a mental hospital, would face murder charges.
Obituary notes the death of a prominent welfare worker Mes. Colla Kilnabeth van Mt ig, long active in women’s groups and philanthropy in New South Wales and Canberra. It details her marriage to Sir W. J. Swan, leadership roles with the Red Cross and Women’s Auxiliary, and her charitable work with the Sisterhood Homes and related societies. Her survivors and the cremation arrangements in Canberra are listed.
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