ENGAGEMENTS ROBINGON SKERRY AND RELATED NOTICES
The clipping records engagements and family notices from Canberra and Melbourne. Marie Skerry becomes engaged to Joseph Robinson of Canberra, Joan Demaine to Graham du Moulin of Roseville Sydney, and birth notices list a daughter for F C Grey and a son for J E Collings at Canberra Community Hospital. Maloney memorial note marks anniversary of a father.
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Grey
Canberra Community Hospital
F. C. Grey
Collings
J. E. Collings
Heath
Peter Silver
Robingon “Skerry
Marie
Te Conolly-Demaine
Joan Alleen
KR. G. Demaine
Camberwell
Melbourne
Graham du Moulin
Hairdressers Seek New Award After War Fancy Styles Rise
Eddie Ward era article notes Sydney Union of Hairdressers and Wigmakers asks NSW Industrial Commission for higher pay and shorter hours. Bellevue Hill witness Cornelius Carr Wallace cites postwar demand for pompadour and American cuts. Proposal: work hours 4am to 6pm weekdays, 5pm to 1pm Saturdays. wages rising to 7/10, 8, and 7/15 respectively. two weeks full pay sick leave annually.
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Bydney
Tueasday
Industrial Commission
N.S.W
N.8
Eddie Ward Wallace
Akill
Lav ender Bay gaming house fined heavy penalties
At North Police Court in Lavender Bay, 24 men and 11 women were fined for being in a common gaming house. John Harris or Andrews pleaded guilty as manager and received the maximum £100 fine. William James, keeper and occupier, was remanded until October. police seized 18 quarts of beer seven bottles of assorted liquor and one bottle each of whisky gin and rum. Empty bottles were found in the yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bydney
Lavender Bay
North
John Harris
Andrews
William James
Liquor Seized in Club Raid in Hunter Street
Sydney police raided the New Zealand Services Club in Hunter Street seizing more than 400 bottles of liquor from beer to expensive liquors. An man was charged with illegal sale of liquor after officers had to use police vehicles to remove the quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
New Zealand Services Club
Hunter Street
Ice
Arman
New Farming Code For Britain
London Tuesday government to solidify wartime farming policy by permanent markets and guaranteed prices with industry self-government via County Agricultural Committees. Minister for Agriculture Mr Williams says pre war subsidies were patchy and farm workers earned about 34 shillings weekly in 1938 while farmers averaged £140 a year. Government expects conditions to persist about a year.
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London
Ase
Mr Williams
Williams
Canberra Weather And District Rainfall Report
Canberra weather Tuesday shows a 9 am barometer of 30.073 in and 3 pm of 30.013. Temperatures reach 59 at 9 am and 68.8 at 3 pm with a 24 hour high of 70.2 and low of 27.2. Winds NNE at 2 mph and NW at 8 pm. Rainfall on the Southern Tablelands includes Crookwell 2, Goulburn 7, Canberra 3, Queanbeyan 2, Bungendore 5, Michelago 6, Cooma 10, Nimmitabel 4, Bombala 3, Berridale 13, Jindabyne 20, Dalgety 10.
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N.N.E
N.W
Forecast for South Eastern districts turns Showery
A fine and mild morning gives way to a south west change with showers on the tablelands and slopes in the afternoon. Seas are slight and winds expected to ease later.
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South-Fastern
Australia must repair ties with Netherlands East Indies
Australia faces critical scrutiny over its Batavia mediation role in the Dutch Indonesian talks. The piece argues Australia has tarnished its international standing, neglected mercantile interests, and risks losing export markets, urging sincere foreign policy reforms and moral recalibration before asserting global leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Batavia
Netherlands
Britain
Japan
Buidlah
Java
East Indies
South-West Pacific
Neli
Netherlands East Indies
Alfaira
Duke and Duchess of Gloucester visit Perth WA
Their Royal Highnesses arrived at Government House Perth last night and were greeted by Western Australia Premier F J Wisel and Perth Lord Mayor J Totterell. They toured Brunswick Junction Harvey Waroona and Pinjarra meeting civic authorities ex servicemen and schoolchildren and attending a Harvey luncheon and a Waroona dairy industry site visit.
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Perth
Turaday
Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
Government House
Western Australia
F. J. & Wisel
J. Totterell
Navy
Army
Air Force
Brunswick Junction
Harvey
Waroona
Pinjarra
Pilot Kills 12 Boys In Stunt Crash At School
In Amsterdam a Dutch military plane crashed into a school killing 12 boys and the pilot while injuring 13 others. The pilot died on his first solo flight after veering from the aerodrome to perform stunts over his mother’s home. The mother died of heart failure when the crash occurred. The death toll rose to 21 as nine more boys died later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
United Preas
Hague
Officers Found Guilty Of Manslaughter In German Joyride
In Tierloh Germany on Tuesday Captain Colin Park son of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keil Fark and another British officer were found guilty of manslaughter for injuring a 10 year old German boy during a joyride from an armoured car after a party. Park claimed he did not know anyone was hit while firing blanks during the drive. Sentences to be promulgated later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tierlohn
Germany
Colin Park
Keil Fark
Park
Black Watch
Eileen Joyce protests bias at Geneva concert judges
Australian pianist Eileen Joyce left the judges panel at the Geneva international competition amid claims of outside influence in awarding first prize to 16 year old Austrian Friedrich Gulda. Belgian rival Louis Back, expected to win by Joyce, finished second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eileen Joyce
Reuter
Geneva
Miss Joyce
Friedrich Gulda
Louis Back
Joyce
Aluminium Commission reports on Tasmanian ingot project
The Aluminium Commission’s first annual report covers the 3 million project to start aluminium ingot production in Tasmania. It outlines economic aspects and projected output of 6 000 to 10 000 tons per year, power supply issues, production methods, and potential plant sites. The document was sent to the Minister for Munitions and will be tabled in Parliament after the new session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Aluminium Commission
Tasmania
Drakeford
House of Representatives
Relaon
Australia Seeks Durable Global Peace Structure at Peace Conference
Paris dispatch reports Australian Minister Beasley outlining aims for a unified peace framework rather than piecemeal national settlements. He advocates reviewable treaties, reparations aligned with capacity, and a Court of Human Rights, while pushing for a conference mechanism to revise treaties by two thirds approval and extending aid to Ethiopia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Australia
London
Beasley
Evatt
Australis
Ahe
Bansley
Britain
France
Russia
America
Ethiopia
Arabs to Probe Land Sales to Jews Near Haifa
Ten Jews and two Arabs were injured in a clash over land ownership at a Jewish settlement near Haifa. Arabs entered the settlement and attacked Jews, while the Arab Higher Committee announced an investigation into Jewish land sales. The government reportedly does not plan action against the new settlements established overnight in the desert near Ni.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Haifa
Arab Higher Committee
Ni i Tt
Election count may end next week in Australia referendum
Troop ballots and civilian votes are being counted with about 60 000 servicemen casting ballots nationwide. Results show Labour leaders and Liberal parties trading seats as referendums on social services marketing and industrial employment proceed.
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Labour
Reid
C. A. Morgan
Morgan
Lang
Martin
F. M. Daly
Libersl
F. M. Jacoba
Parkes
Haylen
Richardson
Commerce and Agriculture
Scully
Gwydir
Franklin
Tasmania
Front
Falkinder
Senate
Queensland
Australian House Elections Snapshot with Candidate Totals
A fragmented list of Australian House of Representatives candidates by electorate shows figures for multiple seats including Calare Eden Monaro and Macarthur Onslow. The data presents candidate names, party labels, and vote totals in a dense, OCR like format.
Australian state totals reveal party groupings by region
Election data from New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia and Western Australia shows Group A and Group B tallies for each state. Figures list Liberal National Coalition Labor and allied groups with ungrouped totals varying by state.
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THE
Senate
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
West Australia
No Compensation for Fight During Working Hours
The case before Judge Rainbow in the Workers' Compensation Court ruled that William James Dwyer, 41, of Pitt Street Redfern, injured May 7 1946 when a coworker named Lowe struck him, is not compensable. Dwyer sought £10 for two weeks' pay from Westinghouse Rosebery Pty. Ltd. Waterloo. He fell at a lathe, injuring his left ribs and missing two weeks of work. The judge held the injury occurred outside the course of employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bydney
Rainbow
Workers' Compensation Court
William James Dwyer
Turner
Pitt Street
Redfern
Westinghouse Rosebery Pty. Ltd
Waterloo
Lowe
Dwyer
Air service plans for Lord Howe Island approved
Two Sydney applies seek licences from the Department of Civil Aviation to operate an air service to Lord Howe Island. One applicant, Mr Bridgewater, heads a company linked to sound systems and broadcasting and has bought Catalina flying boats for conversion to passenger and freight use. The other, Mr P G Taylor, is named as head of the second applicant company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Sydney
Department of Civil Aviation
Lord Howe Island
Bridgewater
Catalina
Mspossia Commission
P. G Taylor
Girl Citizens in Training by YWCA Canberra
Canberra YWCA enrolls 27 teenage girls in a program named Girl Citizens to learn citizenship duties. They assist at Canberra Community Hospital on Saturday mornings and take junior nursing duties to help relieve staff shortages. The group was enrolled at a candle lighting ceremony with mothers present, led by Chief Counsellor Miss Molly Loudon and assistants Margaret Duncan and Esther Hudson-Jones.
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Canberra
Y.W.C.A
Canberra Community Hospital
Molly Loudon
Margaret Duncan
Esther Hudson-Jonea
Moulders Issue Notice Amid Foundry Dispute
In Melbourne on Tuesday 60 moulders voted to issue notice, departing from the Chamber of Manufacturers stance against mass resignations until all industry sections study the issue. The Moulders' Union meeting decided to press for better conditions and to end overtime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Chamber of Manufacturers
Blazing petrol blaze roars near Nuremberg rail sidings
Two million gallons of petrol in railway tank wagons are ablaze in sidings off the Munich Nuremberg line eight miles from Nuremberg. The grove lit up the streets as heat forced diversions in rail and road traffic.
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Nuremberg
Munich-Nuremberg
Nurem
Patrick Drops Country Tour Planned in Vic
Patrick may cancel his planned country town tour in Victoria as manager Em McQuillan says Englishman Ron James will depart England tomorrow. If so Patrick must begin training immediately. Patrick visited Forster last week.
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Sydney
Vic
Patrick
Em McQuillan
Ron ‘James
England
Forster
Jena
15 Year Plan to Conserve State Rivers
Report from Sydney outlines a 15 year program to water and conserve rivers across the state. Premier Mr Bickel announced four dam sites on the Namola and Murrumbidgee rivers. Farmers back the scheme as a major conservation and irrigation effort.
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Tali
Sydney
Mr Bickel
Ter
Narte
Namola
Murrumbidgee
British and Australian defence plans praised by Chifley
Prime Minister Mr Chifley described the British defence set up as broadly similar to the Australian system. He noted differences in designations and emphasized the shared structure of defence bodies. He cited the British White Paper on Commonwealth cooperation and said both nations' proposals were in harmony.
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Chifley
Australian Council of Defence
Becaum
Army
Navy
Defence Department
Strict Control Of Bonus Share Issues In Australia
Announcement by Prime Minister Mr. Chifley states that applications by companies to issue bonus shares based on revaluation will not be favorably considered except in special cases. Where new issues are proposed with market values above par, premium issues will be examined case by case and applicants should show reasons if opting not to issue at a premium.
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Mr. Chifley
Inadequate to Protect Children at ILO Conference Montreal
Delegates from Australia New Zealand and New Zealand voiced disappointment at the second report of the Committee on the Protection of Children and Young Workers. They argued many proposed articles do not go far enough though New Zealand laws already ban late night work for minors in shops and restaurants. The report was adopted with amendments to come in the plenary session.
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Montreal
Committee On the Protection of
New Zealand
J. H. Thompson
Benator Grant
Thompeor
Australia
Drought May Spoil Record Harvest in Australia
With an estimated yield of about one hundred million bushels, a record harvest for Australia this season hinges on crops succeeding in central and northern New South Wales. Queensland shows mixed prospects with optimism in the south and poor outlook to the north, while Victoria and New South Wales report varying state estimates around thirty to forty million bushels.
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Australia
Queensland
Department of Agrculture
Wagga
Cp U
Victoria
N.S.W
Prohibited Import Declared For Memoira of Hecate
The American book Memoira of Hecate was declared an indecent prohibited import by authorities. Officials say it was not submitted to the Book Censors Company which reviews literature. Reviewers questioned the book’s character and judged it unsuitable for import.
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Edmund ‘Wilson
Hecate
Mven Ta Aid Esters
Tomas
Coa
Australia
Oberon
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Maloney
Dad
Badiy
Clare
Fred
Eddie Ward
Commonwealth Oil Refineries Limited
OH Mae
Peart
Kerman
Lara Keres
Romer
Jeereens Gerson
Canberra Times
the Times
Delly Telegraph
Defy Wall
Dally Herel
Dally Exprea
Manchester
Rectors Service
Associated Press of Great Britain
Exchanges Telegraph Agency
Americas
New York Times
Harald Tribune
Associated Press
North American Newspaper Alliance
Efei
Commonwealth Electoral Office
Social Services
Jyven
Calare Breen
ALP
Howse
Lik
Roberts
Ind
Thorby
Eden-Monaro Backhouse
Brown
Fraser
MacArthur- Onslow
Osborne
Campbell
Beckett
Blaxland
Riverina
Gosling i
Langtry
Lethbridge
Robertson
Bendigo
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