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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 20, 1951
Page
2
A December 20 1951 reflection notes a sudden shift in NSW Parliament from bitter infighting to cordial decorum. The piece questions whether festive goodwill or rapid pay raises in the Bigger Salaries Bill explain the newfound harmony, even in the upper house, as ministers and members see increased emoluments.
The wedding is set for St James Church in Guyra with Beryl Cockburn youngest daughter of E T Cockburn and Donald Drew eldest son of A and Mrs Drew of South Guyra. Also noted are Christmas travels and family visits across Armidale and nearby towns and a birth announced in Camberwell Victoria.
Prime Minister Menzies attended the wedding of his chauffeur Reginald Allan Pearson to Shirley Anne Sturgess at St Martin's Church Hawksburn. Pearson, 27, has driven the PM's car in Melbourne for two years and served in New Guinea and Japan. The couple will honeymoon in South Australia.
The Women's Hospital Auxiliary reports stall results including hampers lucky envelopes and a dance fundraising event that netted £23 for the hospital fund. MacIntyre Shire lists £18,000 spent on highway maintenance by Main Roads Department. Guyra Shire takes possession of a four berth caravan for Tingha road crew, with three more due. A 64 year old woman begins pilot training in Auckland. A Munich inventor patents a car air conditioning system with perfume options. Australia’s population reaches 8,431,391 with natural increase and migration figures for the year to June 30.
Sister Lou Marshall of Nambour returned to Australia after logging over 560 hours in R.A.A.F. air ambulances ferrying wounded from Korea to Japan. She has cared for more than 1000 wounded, including Australians and foreigners, since early this year. She joined the nursing service in 1943 and served in Darwin during the war.
The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Williams of Waratah Guyra was marked by a Mass at St Mary of the Angels and a dinner in Oddfellows Hall. The couple, their seven sons and one daughter, and many friends attended as priests and local dignitaries offered prayers and toasts. One son, George, fell in Greece in World War II.
In Tamworth the New England Trout Acclimatisation Society president O. Bennett urged all branches to provide brood fish and brood ponds at the Serpentine hatchery in Ebor for the next spawning season. He cited high ova loss from long distance transport and pressed completing brood ponds and building experimental fingerling ponds. He also proposed a fish ladder at Dungowan Dam during construction.
The Minster for Local Government announced endowment allotments for shires for 1952 to 1954 led by Cockburn at £1650 Peel £1450 Guyra £1400 Apsley £1350 Barraba £1070 Dumaresq £1450 Mandowa £1300 Nundle £950 Namoi £900 Uralla £950 Tamarang £700 and Liverpool Plains £550. Cockburn President Dr R J Mesherihan said the figures likely disappoint councils amid economic crisis and inflation, noting road costs in mountainous areas are high and government aid remains limited. He urged acceptance of the small contribution available.
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