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Newspaper
Carcoar Chronicle
Location
Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 13, 1942
Page
2
Subscribers are informed that the Carcoar Chronicle will cost 12/6 in advance and 14/ per copy from April 1942 until further notice. Existing payments will be aligned with the new rates. Free papers will be discontinued due to newsprint shortages and production costs.
An unclear local report notes transfers among highway workers during the past week. It mentions individuals including Mrs Cowen and Agnes Cowrs, plus brothers Matthew, Gladstone, and William, with Jean Wil placed among the parties involved. The event spans several families and unnamed motor lorries.
Personal notes from Carcoar recount community movements and illnesses. Mrs Livermore visits Harden. Mrs Bright holidaying at Tamworth. Miss Byrnes recovering from a motor accident at Canowindra. Several residents report illnesses, recoveries, holidays, and family visits, with mention of harvest festival plans at Carcoar Presbyterian Church and a Sydney bar visit by Marie Fagan. A death is noted for G S Hay in Brisbane, and Private Ben Woods returns home from service amid a feathery insult incident.
Public aged 18 to 60 must enrol for military service under Australian Defence Regulation 147A by March 18 1943. Exemption rules apply for non British subjects residents absent from Australia and certain officials. Penalties include up to 420 or imprisonment up to three months for non enrolment and changes must be reported promptly to local Area Officer.
A fragmentary column parodies romance and public life with garbled lines about kissing, mustaches, food, and trains. It recalls soldiers, photos on Carcoar Hill, and mooning with a playful, nonsensical tone unusual for a clean newspaper item.
Claude Wells and Phyllis Busty wed March 4 at Neville in a ceremony led by Rev Tredernick. Attended by bridesmaids Shirley Ellery and Eileen Bird, best man H Wells and groomsman Lesley Ellery. Reception at bride’s grandmother’s home. couple to live at Mandurama.
Church notices list services for March 15 including Manduramp Lyndhurst Burnt Yards and Carcoar with Holy Communion Evensong and archdeacon Needham. Printed by Moulton and Neve at Lachlan Leader office Cowra and published by Mrs D Dugan Carcdar proprietor Pte G ROCEatD until hostilities end.
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