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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 31, 1948
Page
4
The National Fitness Council plans 59 national play centres opening next Tuesday to serve 7000 children for three weeks in city and country districts. About 260 trained supervisors will run games art crafts and community activities. Free milk will be provided daily. cost estimates are unavailable though last year each centre cost about £130 per child.
At the last Municipal Council meeting a Town Clerk report summarizes receipts from the Forbes Olympic Pool from opening to Dec 15. Totals show adults 5174, children 10308 including 3121 school pupils at concession, and 6814 ticket holders. Revenue from admissions £909 14 11 and from ticket holders £128 17 6. A further £30 15 6 was received from costume hire, making total revenue up to Dec 16 £62 7 11.
A fragmented note mentions a morning after feeling and a reference to a S/. packet of RAGR and spooning it out like sugar with unclear context. Names and concrete details are incomplete.
Raymond Nottage notes Britain's Treasury commissioned Sir Ernest Gowers to simplify official language. Parliament debates Government English criticizing long words and pompous phrases. The Plain Words guide urges plain, concrete wording, brevity, and avoidance of unnecessary terms.
The Textile Research Institute of Princeton hosted a New York luncheon on November 17 to mark the start of an four year internationally sponsored wool research program. Dr. John B. Dillon outlined goals to study chemical and physical wool differences to enable finer yarns from medium wool, aiding a global wool shortage. Master samples, equipment purchases, and periodic Textile Research Journal updates were noted. Senator J C O Mahoney praised cooperation between industry and government amid market expansion. American Wool Council President H M Devereaux emphasized a global cooperative effort with growers in Australia New Zealand South Africa and the U S, supported by USDA and leading American textile buyers. USA wool production this year was at a low not seen since 1867 while consumption rose 7 percent over pre war years, heightening reliance on British dominions Argentina and Uruguay for 70 to 80 percent of wool consumption.
The Minister for Education Mr Heffron told the 30th annual Teachers Federation conference that about half the Commonwealth uniform taxation revenue was used for state education. He cited current year spending at £21,906,000 with a further £10,445,833 from the education estimate and additional loans. He noted bottlenecks in completing a £2 million school building programme and criticized tender delays.
A local council debates budgeting for 1949 with a deficit of around 700 and shifts to raise rates. Street lighting, water charges, and a new cemetery fence are cited as potential targets, while proposed roadworks and saleyard improvements face delays. The town plans an engineer led review by year end to push action over promises and seeks to upgrade facilities amid rising costs.
A fragment reflects on Father Divine’s followers praising peace while noting little of it. The author consults The Shorter Oxford Dictionary to define peace as freedom from war and disturbance, highlighting various senses from treaty to inner calm, and argues for defining and implementing true peace rather than relying on current conflicts.
From January 1 the title His Majesty's Australian Squadron will be changed to His Majesty's Australian Fleet. Navy Minister Mr Riordan said the change marks the growing importance of the Royal Australian Navy.
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