Wedding at St Laurence's Church Broad Meadow
The marriage of Joan May Gardner and Rory M F Paff was celebrated at St Laurence's Church Broad Meadow with Nuptial Mass. The bride wore a white Panama crepe gown and carried white flowers. bridesmaids Joan Paff and Anne Gardner wore blue and pink frocks with matching accessories. Best man was Les Gardner. Reception at the bride's home followed by a honeymoon at Nowra. future home at Maxwood Park Gloucester.
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St. Laurence's Church
Broadmeadow
Planagan
Joan May
Mra. F.gardner
Hamilton
Rory M. F. Paff
Mra. B. Paff
H. J. J. B Paff
Bulby
Joan Paff
Anne Gardner
Les. Gardner
Repatriates Report on Tokyo Prisoners
The Saturday Evening Post quotes ARthemise Goertz detailing American POWs in Shinagawa and Zentsuji camps near Tokyo. She notes limited visibility, alleged mistreatment and limited Red Cross access, with comments from an Australian Red Cross official on noncompliance with wartime POW conventions.
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Shinagawa
Entsuji
Japan
Tokyo
Saturday Evening Post
Arthemise Goertz
Far East
Gripsholm
International Red Cross
Zentsuji
Ja- Pan
Red Cross
Miss Goertz
Treasure-trove Mystery in Parkes Chest
A Parkes man bought an old chest of drawers and renovated it himself. While working he found a secret drawer and tried to open it. After a bump the drawer sprang open revealing only a boy's catapult, leaving him unable to close the chest again.
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Parkes
Champion- Post
Heenzo Cough Remedy Promises Quick Safe Economical Relief
An old advertising blurb touts HEENZO COUGH REMEDY as a fast acting safe option for adults and children and claims it costs 2 to produce a pint of remedy with water. The note urges purchasing from stores or chemists and references coughs colds croup bronchitis sore throats and influenza.
Allied Invasion Brings Broad Success Says Stalin
Stalin in Pravda interview calls Allied invasion of Normandy a brilliant success. He notes history will record it as a high order achievement, contrasts with Napoleon and Hitler, and says only British and American forces carried out the vast Channel crossing with honor.
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Marshal Stalin
Normandy
Pravda
Moscow Radio
Stalin
Napoleon
British Isles
Hitler
Bank Account Raids Spark Taxation Debate
The S M Herald editor argues that the Taxation Department should seize private bank deposits only after due process. It warns against arbitrary power and urges warrants from a magistrate to protect taxpayers from capricious confiscation while ensuring evaders face justified action.
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S.M. Herald
Taxation Department
Toema
Spitfire Pilot Rescued After Forced Landing in WA
A Spitfire forced to land on a salt pan near Lake Beermullah Western Australia was rescued by Volunteer Air Observers Corps member A B Edgar who located the plane after the pilot reported trouble. The pilot uninjured except for shock, fuel shortage blamed, aircraft damaged. Edgar guarded the craft for 24 hours until a RAAF crash party arrived and was praised by an RAAF spokesman.
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Western Australia
Volunteer Air Observers Corps
Perth
A. B. Edgar
Gingin
Lake Beermullah
Mr. Edgar
Edgar
VADC
Air Force
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Gloucester Electric Supply Co., Pty. Ltd
Gloucester
Walsh
Clem Walsh King Sr
Thomas Cowan& Co
Street & Parish Pty., Ltd
Bowen
Box 40
Taree
R. Irwin Ih & Carry
Australian Associated Press
Paff—Gardner
Red Army
Saya
the Times
Moscow
France
Nsw
Australian Institute of Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries
Copland
Queensland
Dares
Mesatzsh Bryan
C. H. Lang
SSW
G. McGillvray
Dairying
Wiles
J. B. Timbs
McCilivray
Dare
Vaoc
Clem Walsh
E. Weekes
Treas
Garden of Roses
Choice Fruit & Confectionery
Peter Moutzouris
Tom Hicks
Queen Street
Imperial Super Diesel
ImpErial Milking Plants
A. B. Campbell
King Street
A. H. McDonald & Co, Pty. Ltd
Harvey Ivers
Church Street
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Sydney
Winchcombe House
Bridge St
Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd
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