National Road Safety College opens in Knightsbridge London
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents acts for the Ministry of Transport and opens a National College in Knightsbridge for free use by schools clubs and police. £25 000 worth of equipment is available for classes visiting the college with Gibben Secondary School Willesden among the first groups shown alongside the traffic quiz hosted by Mary Giles.
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Royal Society For the Prevention
Britain
Ministry of Transport
Knightsbridge
London
Gibben
Willesden
Mary Giles
Central Office of Information
Vickers Viscount World’s First Turboprop Air Liner
The Vickers Viscount, Britain's first airscrew turbine air liner, leads the noiseless travel era. Powered by four Rolls Royce Dart engines about 1200 hp each, it carries 32 passengers in fully pressurised, air conditioned saloons at heights up to 30 000 feet. Photo courtesy Central Office of Information, London.
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Britain
Central Office of Information
London
Train Services Expand on Central North Coast Route
The Manning River Times reports a new train plan for the Central North Coast area, effective June. A daily Byrdney to Coffs Harbour service will operate Sunday to Friday from Sydney and return Monday to Saturday from Coffs Harbour. The Brisbane Express will gain a second weekly division from Sydney to Brisbane on Saturdays and from Brisbane on Sundays, with Taree passengers allowed on the second division.
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W. A. Baker
ALP
Manning River
Central North Coast
Kempery
Kempsey
Byrdney
Coffs Harbour
Sydney
Coff's Harbour
Bri
Brisbane
Taree Ers
Taree
Transport
Yate
Winter Tennis Draw Sets Saturday Matches
The winter competition draw starts Saturday April 2 with A Grade matches including Park Reds v Park White and Ward's River v Stratford 2. Park teams list captains and players across Red White Green Blue Brown and Gold, with social play slots and a reminder for winning captains to report results to secretary Glen Easton.
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Park Reds
Park White
Teachers
Ward's River
Barrington
Park Blue
Park Green
Bowman Farm
Stratford
Park Gold
Extville
Rovers
Gangat
C. of
EK James
L. Boureville
N. Smith
W. Atkins
RF. Street
E. Wade
F. Smith
M Smith
W. Gibson
J. Flannery
Mra. Gibson
A. West
B Coomber
G. Easton
5. Brennan
Mra R. Smith
M. Pile
N. Hebblewhite
M. Atkins
A. Hazelwood
Bill Merchant
Mra. Beuzeville
Advocate
Maitland Cattle Sales Sees Largest Yardings This Year
About 1200 fat cattle sold at Campbell's Hill yards amid steady demand. Prime weighty bullocks to £93 1s, good to £23, light £19, best cows to £20 10s, vealers more plentiful. Calves penning steady with prime weighty to £6 5s, good £2, medium £24/6, light £14 6s.
The Easy Life of a Newspaper Publisher
Mathias P. Harpin of the Rhode Island Pilot discusses the idealized view of publishing a newspaper. He lists endless perks such as on time payments, accurate proofreading, perfect ads, and universal praise, then notes the irony of how hard real work actually is, quoting a New England Printer reflection.
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Mathias P. Harpin
Rhode Island Pilot
West Warwick
New England
Exceeding Speed Limit Upheld By Sydney Courts
NRMA and RACA note harsher penalties in Sydney for speeding in built up areas. Fines range five to twenty pounds and licences may be suspended until expiry. Repeat offenders face temporary licence loss. motorists told to obey the law regardless of personal views on safety.
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Sydney
NRMA
RACA
Get Well With R U R Daily Dosing
An advertisement from Garners Pty Ltd promotes a daily dose of R U R in a two packet package. It urges readers to spoon out sugar and take the treatment as a wonder health remedy.
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R.U.R
Garners Pty. Ltd
Bad Manners Endanger Health
Public health advisory condemns random spitting in pubs, on wharves and in transport hubs. Under the Health Act, offenders face fines up to £90 for spitting in public places. Doctors urge action, noting spit can spread influenza, diphtheria or tuberculosis and calling for witnesses to help enforce the law.
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Ita
J. Grahame Drew
Metropolitan Medical Officer of Health
Kempsey Lime Deposits EIG DEVELOPMENTS PROPOSED
The Co operative Lime Society plans a Yessabah plant costing £50000 with capacity 70000 tons yearly subject to finance. After meetings with W D Wallace of Newcastle, engineer, the plant and estimates were prepared to boost production. Equipment could be installed within two years to meet rising lime demand and address output shortfalls of about 3000 tons annually.
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EIG
Co-operative Lime Society
Yessabah
W. D. Wallace
Mewcastle
More Road Trains from the Centre
Following a conference of Queensland New South Wales and South Australian governments the NT Administration and the Australian Meat Board announce another road train trial for cattle from Central Australia Cattle would be moved by road to Mount Isa and Alice Springs with expanded cattle yard capacity at Mount Isa The board will charter three road trains to form complete cattle trains at Mount Isa or Alice Springs The Commonwealth Queensland and South Australian railways cooperate to speed cattle transport by road and rail Local growers in Central Australia are invited to express interest and desired lifting numbers and destinations
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Queensland
N.S.W
N.T
Australian Meal Board
Central Australia
Meat Board
Mr. Shute
Mount Isa
Alice Springs
Shute
Queensland Railway Department
Mt. Isa
Australian Meat Board
Kurt Johannsen
Commonwealth
South Australian
Catte
Church Notices From Gloucester Town Schedule
Sunday church notices list services in multiple denominations in Gloucester and nearby areas. Details include Anglican services at Gloucester and Bowman Farm with times around 7.30 pm, Presbyterian junior fellowship at 10 am and evening 7.30 pm led by Rev H A Shaw, Methodist services at Stratford and Gloucester plus Friday events, and Congregational meetings at Gloucester Barrington Copeland led by Pastor E C Dean
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Church of England
Gloucester
Bowman Farm
Fortescello Ash
David R May
H. A. Shaw
Stratford
E. C. Dean
Barrington
Radford‘s
F. W
Copeland
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20S Carroll
Catherine McLeod
Roland Winters Chan
Warren Helge
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Ellen Drew
George Macready
Pius
Don Castle
Audrey Long
Brian Carolan
Taylor’s
Church ST
National Road Safety College
Commercial
Homebush
Winchcormbe, Carson Ltd
Garners
Mullens Cordiala
Victor Ice Cream
Bonniebelle
Bethool of Arts
B. Hazelwood
Thermos Flases
Kreisler
Linen Press
Ekeitchen
Garden OF Roses Cafe
Jim Karikios
Alf
Gloucester ‘Phaons 2
Garden OF Roses
Spik-N-Span Dry Cleaners
Church Street
OWL Store
Gordon Dombkins Och
Boot Repairer & Saddler
Leslie Rye
Gloucester Advocate
Denison Bt
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