Stratford P and C Association Holds Annual Meeting
Stratford Parents and Citizens Association met at Public School on Wednesday night March 18 with a strong turnout. Minutes and reports were read, revealing a credit balance of £9 17. The election chose H S Bignell as president and Bert Lowrey as a new officer. An air raid shelter will be built at the school by voluntary workers coordinated by the association.
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Stratford Parents and Citizens’ Association
Bignell
Hinman
Tull
P. and C. Association
Fitzgerald
Mub A
Air Attack on New Guinea Reported by Navy Department
Washington reports a new and smashing aerial assault on Japanese invasion forces near Sala Jnaun and Lae in New Guinea. Navy says 23 Japanese ships were sunk or crippled, including 12 warships and 11 transports, with many transports loaded. American and Australian bombers credited for victory. one Allied plane lost. Reports detail heavy damage to ships, transports, air bases, and runways, marking a significant mixed victory in the Markham Valley area as Japanese press ahead toward Port Moresby.
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Washington
New Guinea
Navy Department
Sala Jnaun
Lae
de Bryer
Linding
Australia
MarAehit
New York Times
Tide of War Turning
London dispatch notes a shift in Allied momentum as U S and British output surpass Axis production. The report cites MacArthur, war production leaders, and British American strategy while signaling Japan may mobilize about 12 divisions for an Australia attack.
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London
Washington
Renegal MacArthur
Ney
Japan
Australia
Ashington
Willmott
Escaped Witness Reports Hong Kong Atrocities by Japanese
Miss Phyllis Harrop, Hongkong district attorney dewey’s advocate and first foreign woman to flee Hongkong, describes an AP eye witness account of Japanese atrocities. She states her houseboy was bayonetted to death, fourteen Chinese in the same house killed, her amah raped, and that Europeans also suffered. She notes internment numbers for Americans Dutch and British and the deprivation of food stocks.
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Phyllis Harrop
Hongkong
Dewey
Associated Press
Mr. Ren
House For Commons
Wet canteens to open in all Australian army camps
Wet canteens formerly limited to A F camps will be established in every Australian army camp, expanding access to amenities for personnel and improving morale across the service.
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A.F
Revival of Pig Farming Prompts National Responsibility
Australian Pig Industry Council Chairman R G Watson calls for a national effort to greatly boost pig production. He suggests securing markets for increased output, keeping baconer pig prices above 6d per lb, and supplying Victoria and South Australia feed at fair prices. Recommendations to the Commerce Minister seek surplus feed sharing and national responsibility if production remains high. Producers should stop selling lightweight pigs to reach full market weights, with priority given to primary industries for superphosphate.
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Ane
Australian Pig Industry Council
R. G. Watson
Australia
Watson
Sydney
Scully
Queensland
Northern Rivers
Tasmanian
Gloucester Baby Health Centre February Report
The Gloucester Baby Health Centre monthly report details visits and services. Mothers and newborns attended, with 8 new enrollments, 72 babies weighed, 2 test meals given, and total attendances at 184 daily average.
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Publi Heath
Sydney Morris
Egg Board Criticised by Bega Co operative Store
The Bega Co operative Store condemns the Egg Board after a 60 dozen egg consign ment saw deductions exceed the amount due by 5/6. The report notes a debit of £516 for eggs including pool, commission, freight and other charges. Richmond River Herald adds that Nore Lismore hatches eggs for the Board at a loss and urges directors to replace the agency.
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Bega Co-operative Store
Freight
Richmond River Herald
Nore
Lismore
Heligoland
Peculiar Berkshire Saddle Back Sucker Reported in Marlee
The Wingham Chronicle notes a bizarre Berkshire Saddle Back piglet from Marlee near Wingham. Described as dead after birth, it reportedly lived briefly and possessed two heads and three eyes, with one eye on each head and a central eye. The farmer teased regional towns to outdo the find.
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Les Walshe
Marlee
Wingham
Wingham Chronicle
Berkshire
Coraki
Kempsey
Dungog
Winghem
Calf Milk Quirk Noted At Shell Harbour Farm
At Shell Harbour New South Wales a calf born to an A L cows dropped by Mr J J Cook yielded half a pint of milk daily for thirty days after birth before being dried off. Visitors came to see the calf milked. Professor Clunie Ross, consulted by Dr Harvey Sutton, suggested an abnormal glandular state might cause the milk secretion. It may reflect excess prenatal secretions from the mother. The calf remains strong and thriving.
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J. J. Cook
Shell Harbour
New South Wales
A.L
Cluniel Ross
Harvey Sutton
Ross
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Stratford P. & C. Assn
Mr A. Grahan
H. S. Bignell
B. Lowrey
E A. Gresham
Messrs. D. and
A. Graham
FE Planch
W. L. ‘Tull
Bignal
Tae
Bert Lowrey
Thethers
F. E. Jones
Church ST
Gloucester
H.M.V
The
Syn
S. J. Bennett
Radio and Garage Service
Hunailen
Markham
Éantack
Markham Valley
Port Moresby
Gloucester Baby Health Centre
EGG Board
Manchester
Madapolan
Flannelette
Pelaco
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