A Melbourne Letter on Pens and Public Halls
The piece notes the fountain pen boom with many brands selling out, rationing by agents, and price concerns amid a dollar crisis. It laments Melbourne’s lack of public halls, suggests shared spaces in a new Library and National Gallery, and reflects on wage pressures and rising costs shaping 1948 expectations for households and women’s groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Library
National Gallery
Princes Bridge
Yarraponga Names 1948 Football Coach
The Yarravonga Football Club appointed A White as coach for the 1948 season. White, a former Essendon forward and noted left foot kicker, plans to begin work as a professional runner at the Mulwala Explosives Factory in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yarrawonga Football Club
A. White
Essendon
Melbourne
White
Mulwala
Sailors Sleep On Park Bench With Sign About Fleet
Two sailors nap on a park bench with a sign hung on their feet reading Dont disturb the fleet s dll. The incomplete note hints at a maritime theme and a playful moment in a city park.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN COBRAM COURIER
A brief adage from Cobram Courier touts advertising value. The poem contrasts the codfish laying many eggs with a homely hen laying one, praising the boldness of advertising to tell the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobram
Courier
Former Cobram minister hopes to return to Australia
The Rev Ball, once in charge of St Margaret's Cobram, now at Hilmdon Rectory, writes of longing to return. He recalls Cobram friends, snowbound winters, and a grey stone church and rectory on a hill near the village. He notes his children Mary, Joan, and John, and his wish to visit Cobram again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ball
St. Margaret's Church of England
Cobram
Hilmdon
Mary
Barclay’s Bank
Joan
John
Australia
Will General Monty resign amid defence cuts and reform
Defence plans have been streamlined to a minimum manpower and equipment level but faced repeated changes under pressure to economise. Montgomery, famed for El Alamein to the Rhine, opposes a mere “make do and mend” Army and may clash with Cabinet and industry over cuts. He returned early from a Far East tour, signaling his alarm at the pace of reductions and his role as a key adviser to War Minister Bellenger. The Services argue needed manpower cuts are essential, yet Montgomery remains a strong public figure opposing overzealous downsizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alamein
Rhine
Sellars Csexanteatiere
Far East
Hong Kong
Gedisson
West Africa
Uate
F. J. Bellenger
Australia
C.S.S
Nero
England
Jem—li
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Telea
R, Bannon
Battle OF the Fountain Pen
Yarrawonga
Rev
R. A. Ball
Mrs. Weathersill
Monty
THE
London Pictorial
Janet's
Chicago
Joodnigh
Bovel
Frith
Victoria
Riverina
Ardmona Fruit Products
Co-Op, Co, Ltd
Mooroopna
Wiltshire
Station Street
Carmel
Mustica
Broadway Street
Geo. Ferries
Castlemaine
L. G. Hamilton
RADIO
J. Sumner
Market Street
T Cobram
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