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Newspaper
Carcoar Chronicle
Location
Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 20, 1942
Page
2
Fragmentary note indicates a change in arrangement and the proprietor Donen hopes the new manageress will receive backing. No further details on location or dates are provided.
The first issue in April announces a price reduction to 12/4 for printed copies and 14/ booked. Present subscribers should send remaining payments to align with the new rates. Free papers will be ceased from the discontinued date due to cost shortages.
Advertisement lists where to buy the Chronicle at W Clark Carcoar Buckley Mandurami J Leadeater Lyndhurst. Includes ordering instructions and multiple price points for different printed formats and livestock headings such as merino jewels and store sheep with various prices.
In the Supreme Court of New South Wales probate jurisdiction the sixth accounts in the will of Bern ard Joseph McKeon of Dunvegan Mandurama Grazier have been filed. Interested parties are invited to inspect at the registrar in Sydney by April eighth at 11 40 in the forenoon and object if desired. If unobjected, the accounts will be examined and passed in due course. Commission may be applied for for the executors. Dated 16 March 1942.
Winchcombe Carson reports 22.5 tons of rabbit skins offered at Sydney last week. Market opened firm and improved as sales progressed with closing values about 1s per lb higher. Racks to 9¾d, heavy pelts 8d to 8s 6d, various classes and damaged lots noted. Hare skins 1s to 10s 3d per dozen.
Fragmentary text mentions a great-grand daughter and baby born to Mr and Mrs Armstrong, with prior reference to experiente and a superintendent role, but details are incomplete.
Printed by Moulton and Neve at the Lachlan Leader office Cowra and published by Mrs D Dugen Naylor Street Carcoar for proprietor Pte W G Dugan NX65068 until the ceagation of hostilities.
Notices from Carcoar district row with residents and staff at Carcoar Lusurict Hospital Mandurama and surrounding towns. Discharges, transfers, hospital admissions, and staff movements include Mr D Brown from Sydney holidaying in Carcoar Mrs Formley admitted with pneumonia and Sister Smith to take maternity wing duties at Warden Hospital Canberra.
Industrialists urge to curb wages in war economy as primary producers face cuts. Bragg of Young Graziers flags rural imbalance and calls for halted transfers from wheat and wool. Cass warns national fire flow to coastal centers risks tipping the ship. issue to be taken up by the Graziers Association.
Mr Bert Corry collapsed and died suddenly while sharing tea with a friend at a Lyndhurst city restaurant. A well known local, he had resided in the Lyndhurst district for months as a guest of Mrs J Davies and participated in regional golf events. Cyril OConnor of the ALF is due for a weekend visit, staying with his parents Mr and Mrs P O Connor, while his sister Mrs Alan Blake also visits Lyndhurst.
A wartime notice from the War Emergency Coordination Committee advised farmers to divide wheat blocks into 20 to 40 acre sections and create fire breaks of about half a chain. It noted harvests are vulnerable to incendiary bombs, and smaller blocks limit total crop loss while hay options may help labor shortages. The guidance reflects suit for crop protection during hostile action.
The National Emergency Services announce a blackout from 9 15 to 10 pm Sunday March 22 for Lithgow to Narromine area including Blayney and intervening towns. Residents urged to stay off streets, darken at least one room, or extinguish all lights if possible as planes survey the area.
A terse line questions a young man’s math, hinting at a wider scandal theme. The fragment implies scrutiny of figures or claims, with terse wording suggesting intrigue or embarrassment within a social circle.
A fine day, lively band of workers and strong parent cooperation made the annual Gallymont school picnic a memorable event. Neville Stores and Mandurama suppliers donated sweets and meats, hall committee members lent crockery, and trophies from Maroubra were awarded. Winners included Isabel McVicar, Joyce Bright, Lorna Howard, Phyllis Moss, Peter Molloy, Malcolm Howard and Bill Bright among others in events like hurdle, sack, tyre and relay races, with driver and classroom activities noted.
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