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Newspaper
Carcoar Chronicle
Location
Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 17, 1942
Page
3
Fragmentary text shows garbled words likely naming a person and relation. readable parts mention a son and possible residence or status. No clear event, date, or organization is distinguishable from the damaged snippet.
fragmentary OCR notes hint at a local government matter concerning parcel arrangements and a possible conveyance. unclear names or dates limit precise identification. appears to reference a municipal decision or negotiation, with no concrete outcomes stated.
Our Sydney correspondent notes Arthur Calwell urges a National Security Act regulation to fix rural wages via the Arbitration Court. The piece argues farmers face tight finances and calls for mobilised prices to sustain fair pay, urging Calwell to consider the farmer’s burden and the need for decent living standards.
A reader argues that war and economic strain curb larger families. They call for cheaper children clothing and for doubling or tripling child endowment payments to make big families affordable, noting moral factors and the need to remove disability faced by the family man and woman.
A broken passage discusses national aims to boost family sizes and the idea that each child is valued highly. It questions Australia’s lack of formal recognition of this belief and hints at broader endorsement versus official acceptance. The fragment references reward concepts and a perceived misalignment with Australian policy.
The Bathurst Advocate attacks the New Zealand Labor Government for backing a coalition to extend Parliament and for refusing a referendum. It condemns Labour leaders across Australia for betraying working people and losing public respect during the war era.
The Army releases Malayan casualty lists noting missing Lieut Col C G W Anderson VC of Crowther. Anderson earned the Victoria Cross for gallantry in Malayan fighting. The notice lists his name among those reported missing as the casualty roll is published.
Premier McKell announces approval for the Rural Reconstruction Board to use State funds to adjust debts owed to the Rural Bank. The move removes long standing obstacles to rural rehabilitation, allowing farmers to compound mortgages and continue essential production without delay.
Dubbo High School may turn away about 150 of its 250 prospective pupils as the 1943 term opens due to severe overcrowding. Principal G W H Perkins admits the accommodation is acute and suggests adding four portable classrooms to allow seven to eight classes.
Winchcombe Carson Ltd report demand for pins was well sustained at Tuesday's Sydney sales. The Ting was 2600 and prices for backfatters remained firm with some advances. Rates for baconers were unchanged and values for porkers very firm with multiple quoted figures across grades and weights.
The Arc oar Chronicle reports threats of legal action over NS.W. Railways rebates to four country flour mills aimed at competing with metropolitan and export trade. Critics argue the rebates violate Government Railway Act sections on undue preference and prejudice to trade, risking the country milling industry.
District agents for JV McKay Massey Flarcie Famous High Grade Machinery and Australian Fertilisers Ltd stock a range of fertilizers including superphosphate mixed fer tilizers Woolmax Aminac Sayer's Famous Drenches Blue Nik and Tetra Chloride and Sickle Brand Sheep Dip with stocks on hand and available.
The S.M.M. proclaims the height of absurdity in assuming Australia can rely on domestic labor for all war work. He notes other belligerents mobilize vast manpower and questions guarding of prisoners and government custody. The Herald backs the stance, urging an end to pretended gentlemanly inaction.
Notices list service times for Carcoar and nearby towns with Evensong at 7 30 pm and Matins daily, religious instruction Saturdays at 10 o clock, daily communion at 7 20 am midweek, and names Rev W T Pearce and Rev H McDonald with locations Carcoar Garland Mandurama and Jurat Yards with 3 pm and 7 30 pm services.
Announcement says Saidie Margaret Thompson, third daughter of Mr and Mrs W Thompson of Tichborne Forbes district, will wed Lieut Roy Brown, son of Mr and Mrs Brown of the Commonwealth Bank Woodstock.
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