Faithful Service
A brief item notes continued faithful service from a local employee, with emphasis on steady dedication and duties performed across roles. The piece hints at formal recognition or retirement without detailing specifics.
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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 26, 1951
Page
4
A brief item notes continued faithful service from a local employee, with emphasis on steady dedication and duties performed across roles. The piece hints at formal recognition or retirement without detailing specifics.
Ailsa Stewart wed Dudley Mulligan at Hurstville Presbyterian Church with a large turnout and ornate decor. The reception followed at Victoria House, Bexley. Patricia McGovern and Leslie Askew wed at Gwynneville's new St. Brigid's, with Mass, choir, and a reception for 100 at the School of Arts, before the couple left for Melbourne and Potts Point.
A brief note reports imbalances in lighting charges for Tingha and Guyra areas, with figures showing King Street and local street lights under financial review. The entry cites daily costs per capita and a total tally of £2619 3 5 for the period.
Ledger style record showing available funds and loans across AMP Bank N.S.W T.P.P Uralla and invested funds as at 1/1/50 with additions assets purchases loan repayments depreciation expenditures reserves bank stamps on hand stores and materials rates charges sundry items. Shire Clerk HARDSON notes dated 14/2/51.
Forsyth F C A Aust audits Guyra Shire Council accounts for year ended 31 December 1950. Auditor states accounts are full and fair per Local Government Act 1919. Certificate dated March 1 1951 Certif No 217. Detailed statement available at Council Office weekdays 10 am to 3 pm and Saturdays 10 am to noon.
Representative Mr A G Atkins of Llangothiin street Guyin shares tailors notes about a garden garden story. Mrs Askew once a kindergarten teacher at Fairy Meadow and later on staff at Asbesta Public School. Otto Shell claims a direct descendant of the fairy tale beanstalk grows in his garden over 50 feet tall and 4 feet long. Mr Shea says seed was sent by a friend in the Middle East from an ancient Egyptian king's tomb. The tree is thought to be a herbaceous vine allied to the watermelon.
The author explains three natural time periods defined by nature: the year as Earth's orbit around the sun, the month from one new moon to the next, and the day from noon to noon or from one solar culmination to the next. The passage then shifts focus to human understanding.
A bush fire on Tuesday morning scorched acres of grass on Mr Cyril Smith's Boorolong property March Villa. Flames from logs being burnt spread through the grass. Neighbours rushed to assist and fought the blaze. fence posts were burned but no other damage occurred.
The article notes the creation of artificial time units including the week, hour, minute, and second, detailing their historical development and the roles of early scholars in shaping modern time measurement. It emphasizes the impact on daily life, science, and navigation.
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