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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 09, 1954
Page
2
The debate centers on directing licence fees to the Country Main Roads Fund rather than Railways. Advocates say road users should pay for roads and bridges, and petrol tax revenue should boost highway construction and maintenance, with governments expanding road transport support to avoid bottlenecks.
Mr and Mrs Clift Starr and Norton Starr arrive home from overseas and stay with relatives in Guyra. Stan Cox and family visit Tamworth then return to Guyra. Mrs Ron Parry and Paul back from extended holiday with H Starrs in Werris Creek. Constable Lloyd Goddard returns from escort duty to Newcastle. Mrs Goddard visiting Marrickville. Mrs Cyril Menzies recovering after Sydney operation. Terry Wells completes R A A B duty and moves to Slail of the Ways bust Allice. Pam Briggs home from Presbyterian Ladies’ College holidays. Billie Bourke visits from Tamworth then returns to Guyra. Marie Whitley, granddaughter of J Wells, passes away. funeral details noted. Mrs Giles Izzeara dies at Uwera Street. Mrs L Goodwin visiting in Uralla. Mr and Mrs T Lawlor holidaying in Lunga. Christmas party for older folk held by Methodist Ladies’ Church Aid Society with gifts and bouquets.
A Scot ch Fair at Odd Fellows Hall raised 310 pounds for the McKie Memorial Hall Building Fund and a new piano. Stalls cleared early with over 100 attendees at luncheon. The event featured cakes goods and various stalls plus a fleece competition with 26 entries and awards in wool sections.
A man was trapped for forty minutes in the cabin of an overturned roll lorry in Sydney. He suffered petrol burns and shock with injuries to his shoulder arms and legs. Police to act against motorists who sound horns unnecessarily as nuisance complaints rise.
Survey of Aboriginal tribes in New England district noting reduced hostilities, smugglers and dispossessed hunting grounds, and rising settler tolerance. The report counts natives around five to six hundred, praises Wandsworth Ol leras residents for employment and intercultural study, and highlights police protection and magistrate growth as aiding welfare. It closes with governor and officials commending protective efforts toward Aboriginal people.
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