Upper Manning Kitchen Tea For Miss Carter At Bretti Hall
On February 17 a large gathering of about 120 friends attended a kitchen tea for Miss Daphne Carter at Bretti Hall. The event featured speeches by A. Breese, G. McDonald, E. Fraser, W. Barnes, and others, a formal presentation of gifts by G. McDonald, and music by J Bartlett and A. Breese. Mr Breese noted Miss Carter’s popularity and listed her favorable qualities before the celebration concluded with supper and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Carter
Messrs
G. McDonald
E. Fraser
Barnes
Pod
T. McDonald
Messrs. J Bartlett
A. Reese
A. Breese
M.C
Co-op Dairy Payments and Butter Output Rise
January payments record 1/1d per lb for choice butter and 1/0d for second grade from Wingham Oral Coop Suppliers. The Clarence River Picn ot Co-op Dairy Co Ltd reports six months ended December 31 with 752 tons butter produced, up 65 tons from the prior year, and turnover in butter at £123,289 versus £111,794 last year. Camden Haven Co-op Dairy pays January 1/1d per lb butter to cream deliverers with freight free to withers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingham Oral Coop, Society, Limited
Clarence River
Picnot Co-op. Dairy Co. Ltd
Ve Company
Peter's Creameries
Camden Haven Co-op Dairy Company
Hero of Stinson Rescue Faces New Camp Arrival
Bernard O'Reilly, famed for the Stinson rescue, remains alive and well. He rode from his mountain home to Beaudesert to join the 2/14th Light Horse, fully equipped and in excellent health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard O'Reilly
Bernard
Stinson
Beaudesert
Ban on Super Petrol Sparks NAMA Leader Remarks
J C Watson president of NAMA said on Monday that high compression engines can run satisfactorily on primary grade spirit, and the government may not impose petrol rationing except as a last resort. He noted sacrifices are in the national interest and expressed confidence that most users will not rush to abandon motoring despite a ban on super petrol.
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NAMA
J.C. Watson
Mon
Ofa
Aera
Australia
Sone
Standart
Sydney
Domage
Plymouth
Pirehasme
Biel
Shortage of Cattle and War News Brief
War notes report a cattle shortage in Queensland with prices rising for three year old bullocks and smaller mobs. scarce Northern herds under offer as Fatstock buyers switch to single consignments. International briefing cites storms hindering Turkish Soviet frontier reports and the Polish Czech independence stance. The piece references provisional military actions near Vilnius, Danish and Austrian air reconnaissance, and political statements from Churchill and Hitler on broader European tensions.
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Istanbul
Turish
Caucasus
Turkey
Europe
Charberlain
Birmingham
Briain
Herr Titler
Iit
Rome
Glornalealia
Vilpini
Bjorke
Txland
Ny Wilpuri
Jine
Palestine
North Sea
Scotland
Shetland Islands
Royal Air Force
Thursoe
Piday
Austria
Boroni
Peaijue
Pekin
State Department
Iswl
Britain
TANNA
Ex Forte
Crea Importa
Queensland
Brisbane
Courier-Mall
Clermont
Kidman
Georgina
Adelaide
Burnett
Forfeiture Rule in Life Assurance Explained by AMP Policy
In a rare discussion of life assurance, the AMP Society explains the effect of missed premiums. If two years pass without a payment, a debt accrues but the policy is not forfeited unless the total debt, with interest, surpasses the surrender value and vested bonuses. The society then pays the net sum with interest to the date of death.
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H. Be Lampeih
Vivi
Nsw
Jie Frwmie
Winn
Lingworth
Hooey, Ly
Tregioniue
A.M.P
Increase in New Business of AMP Society
AMP Society reports 1939 new assurance total 29,403,313 pounds, split 22,419,571 in the milinary department and 6,988,742 in the industrial department. This is 298,630 pounds higher than 1938, a one off record.
Sweet Potato Vine Danger at Gosford Orchard
An orchardist reports sweet potato vines as cow feed and spinach but a Sydney expert warns growth stages affect safety. Some vines contain a glucoside that can release prussic acid, linked to pig deaths in Queensland years ago.
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Gosford
Syiney
Queensland
Bully beef origins traced to naval soup and Bouilli
Australian troops abroad will learn bully beef serves as food and an unofficial currency. The term likely stems from naval soup and Bouilli. Dangar brothers pioneered tinning in 1850 near Newcastle, packing beef in four pound tins printed in London.
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Austral
Dangar
Newcastle
N.S.W
London
Admiralty
War Office
Isbour
Australia
Comforts for the ALF appeal to Australian people
A Palestine message from Second ALF soldiers asks Australia to send illustrated papers and comforts as shops are scarce where they camp. The appeal urges immediate action by patriotic, war and comforts funds and local meetings to organize regular supplies to troops abroad before the ALF leaves their current location.
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Palestine
Hore
ALF
Australia
A.lf
Saaociations
Middle East
Legless Pilot Bader Returns as RAF Flyer in England
Flying-Officer Douglas Robert Stewart Bader, legless from an eight year old accident, regains RAF pilot status. After two artificial legs and civil aviation training he flew an aeroplane by using false limbs to steer. Initially refused in peacetime, his wartime reapplication was accepted to fly single-seaters. He was a Hendon aerobatic pilot and played rugby for Surrey Harlequins and RAF, also active in golf, dancing and driving.
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Douglas Robert Stewart Bader
Royal Royal Air Force
England
Bader
Air Ministry
Hendon
Surrey
Harlequins
Royal Air Force
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Upper Manning
Bretti
New Zealand
Loudante
G. A. Dan Bargain Arcade
Gloucester
R. Walden
F. H. Thrift
SCONE
A. Dolman
F. H. Thriets
Andrews and Johnston Electric
Church Street
Skullders
A. Johnston
A.M.P. Assurance
The
Air Force
Young & Old
Shier
Kayser
Berlei
Corsefiere
Pelaco
Sovereign
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