Twelfth Annual Country Women Conference at Wingham
The Mid North Coast Group of the Country Women’s Association held its Twelfth Annual Conference at the Memorial Town Hall in Wingham on Thursday October 1, 1940. President Mrs Mackay presided. resolutions on 2nd class sleeping cars for the North Coast Mail and more ladies compartments were discussed with Railways official Mr Harding, who promised to review timelines and enforce proper conduct. The conference elected new officers including Mrs Cameron as President, re elected executives, and set Urunga as the next conference site for October, with dates fixed for the second Thursday in October.
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Mid-North Coast
The
Country Women's Association
Memorial
Wingham
Mra
J. K. Mackay
Dungog
J. G. Kaylock
Kempsey
T. P. Savage
B. Hooke
Gloucester
W. F. Summerville
Mackay
Wauchope
Port Macquarie
Stroud
Sydney
Au Revoir
Deards
Harding
South Gyration
Dorrigo
North Coast Mail
Kaylock
Theo
Egotremea
Dedrds
Frawer
Nambucca
Cameron
Mra. Savage
Mra. Kaylock
Savage
J. G Kaylock
Mra. Hooke
Miss Pile
Bullahdelan
Mra. Fraser
Nambucca Heads
Trotter
Rudder
A. C. Beal
Sydney pig values and market report by Winchcombe Carson Ltd
At Tuesday's Sydney pig sales totalled 1500 with stronger competition for porkers while other classes showed irregular quotations. Backfarthers, extra prime and heavy pigs to 120 per head, good to 110, others 45 to 120lb. Baconers 120 to 140lb 76 to 86, 120lb to 120lb 68 to 76, 95lb to 110lb 60 to 8. Porkers 70 to 90lb 45 to 56, 50lb to 70lb 34 to 45, 30lb to bulb 24 to 34.
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Sydney
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Sydney Pig
Stratford Public School Sports Day At Stratford Park
Stratford Public School events at Stratford Park on October sth drew a large crowd. Luncheon served in tents with cold drinks and ice cream. Boys and girls competed in sprints, relays, and field events, with results listed for each category. Adults held events supervised by Sayers and Smith, including 100 yard hurdles, broom throwing, and charity relay. The P C Assn plans a children's fancy dress frolic and a Christmas party proposal awaits next meeting.
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Stratford Public School
Plense
Stratford P. and C. Association
Stratford Park
W. Baghall I
V. Tull
A. Yates
L. Drage
N. Atkins
J. Dur
Bidge
D. Yates
Tiedeman
E. Yates
J. Griffin
H. Towns
B. J. McChesney
U. Martin
S. Bagnall
E. Barley
B. Martin
N. Byrnes
V. Blanch
N. Griffin
P. Ger
Bagnall
E. Blanch
Boya
Vic Tull
W. Bagnall
B. Brereton
W. McCann
Noel
Atkins
J Griffin
P. Germon
Sack
Norma Germon
L. Gresham
H. Yates
Ted Yates
B. McChesney
Helen ‘Towns
A. Martin
A. Cameron
A. Durbidge
H.towns
N. German
Bill Brereton
N. AfRina
B. Yates
Greg Perrin
Max Drage
Hinma
Everett
Messrs Sayers and Smith
Towns
H. Lowrey
Burley
P. & C. Assn
Poisoned Cattle Damage Award in Brisbane Court
Mr Justice Macrossan awarded Harold Woden Copeland £245 4s damages in the Brisbane Supreme Court after he claimed £465 18s 10d against the Stanthorpe Shire Council for 29 heifers killed or injured by poison along the stock route near Pikedale station. The council admitted spraying the area under the Local Government Act but was found to have failed to provide adequate warning notices creating a nuisance and loss to Copeland.
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Justice Macrossan
Brisbane Supreme Court
Harold Woden Copeland
Moree
N.S.W
Stanthorpe
Brisbane
Copeland
Pikedale Station
Lometrist's Visit At Gloucester Hotel
D I McDonald of Webster Jack and McDonald Optometrists will consult at the Commercial Hotel Gloucester on Saturday November. Visit starts at 9 am.
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Lometrist
D. I. McDonald
F.B.C.A
Honoura, F.sm.c
London
Webster, Jack & McDonald
Sydney
Churchill’s Scathing Speech Against Hitler and Invaders
A Monday radio address by British Prime Minister Churchill decries Nazi aggression and urges French resolve and Allied support. He warns of Hitler’s aim to wipe out France, pledging continued pursuit across the Atlantic and solidarity with America. Ambassador Bullitt echoes the antiwar stance, calling aggressors thieves.
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Miter
Massatini
Mr. Churchill
Hitler
Europe
Atlantc
Atlantic Ocean
Churchill
Ameriif
Chicago
Bullitt
United States
Overlap in Comfort Fund Collections Prompt City Debate
Town Hall discussions reveal a shift by the Lord Mayor's Fund away from delivering individual overseas comforts. Alderman Crick urges unity with the fund while NSW requirements push goods into a general pool. Gloucester War Chest Fund operates through UK parcels to ALF members, ensuring local parcels reach serving men.
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Cal Patriotic
Trick
Town Hall
Lord Mayor
Comfrict
New South Wales
Alderman Crick
Lord Mayor's
Gloucester
UK Post
ALF
Lord Mayor's Fund
Factory worker speaks at work in reserved occupation claim
A brief item notes a factory worker asserts speaking at the job in a context described as a reserved occupation. The fragmentary report emphasizes workplace permission and employment category without detailing circumstances or outcomes.
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Hani
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