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Newspaper
Carcoar Chronicle
Location
Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 27, 1942
Page
1
Lyndhurstshire Council expressed strong support for diplomatic ties with Australia and Soviet cooperation. The letter calls for full cooperation and notes sacrifices tied to real debt and freedom, urging continued Soviet aid to secure national interests amid a tight financial situation.
Fragmentary OCR describes a local meeting where rates due were remitted for a prisoner and other financial matters. The text is garbled but implies decisions made by a council on remittance and related credits.
Lyndhurst Shire Council decided to transfer unsold land blocks to the Council when offers failed to meet reserves. The Clerk reported offers received by auctioneers showed many blocks failed to reach reserves or had no bids, prompting private treaty sales and Council ownership to avoid sacrificing value.
Council approved increasing the subsidy for the Carcoar school bus service from 10 shillings to 20 shillings per week. The route now serves Carconry, expanding aid for additional pupils from Hazelwood and nearby areas, with support noting daily student payments do not cover total costs. The clerk and president cautioned that expanding services could necessitate future reductions if more routes start.
Lyndhurst Shire Council reports at March meeting by Engineer G S Gerty. Expenditure cut to about £1000 from £1400. Main Roads also reduced. Contract 1941/1 with Rd Maintenance and Contracting Co. delivered slab to BH No 6. 1947 gravel use total 23 027 cable yards. Brust and Power Grader refurbished and to be sent to Moorilda for prior works.
The Carcoar District Hospital secretary thanked Lyndhurst Shire Council for pumping equipment assistance used in the water supply. The hospital asked for electricity charge reductions, citing financial stress on public hospitals. The council declined to reduce charges, proposing only a direct donation, with a request to amend regulations under consideration.
It is hoped bitumen work will begin soon as dry weather worsens dust. Main Heads Department has withdrawn equipment to other centres where work proceeds. Local shire completes a few small unfinished jobs.
Lyndhurst notes report Mrs Straud and her daughter returning from Dubbo after the Freestone Ballantyne wedding. Mrs Bruce Death remains in Sydney with her husband post operation. Mr and Mrs Jack Emms back from a fortnight at Blackheath with relatives Mr and Mrs Toshack. Congratulations to Mrs Stammers Snr on her second birthday. Mrs Tuckwell of Strathfield visiting. Mrs Burns Morungla has news from son Pie Wally Burns in Palestine that he is back in Australia. Mrs E Fuller Strathmore confined with a bad leg from a stick injury.
An old classified style ad lists Hill and Crofts with multiple occurrences of CROFTS and references Sulsemee Averiments and valuators, plus agents for Australian Fertilisers Ltd. It mentions superphosphate and mixed fertilisers including Weolmax and Amisac as available products and services.
A collage of cheeky quips and sly jests about parties romance and blackout era propriety. The loose snippets mock social missteps warn of scandal and hint at secret meetings broken promises and whispered plans among teachers soldiers and lovers in a lively if risqué urban scene.
The snippet records visitors and relatives including Mr Lag beaters aunt Mrs Thornty and Mr and Mrs Honey staying with Mr and Mrs C Wilson. Nurse Rita Holman is home on holiday from Cowra Hospital.
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