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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 06, 1952
Page
2
The Gryra Argus reports State member Mr Davis Hughes highlighting hurtful government cuts to main roads grants amid rising transport taxation. He warns districts face job losses and deteriorating roads as local revenues strain under wage pressures and higher rate levies. The piece critiques Labour policy for redirecting funds from road maintenance to other uses, urging accountability.
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Manser of Bradley Street. Mr John Nipperess of Dubbo visits Mr and Mrs C P Lyes of Bradley Street. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs George McCanna of Prisk Street. Miss Pam Caddy and Miss Betty Lyes are holidaying at Coolangatta. Miss Brenda Parry of Tubbamurra discharged from Armidale hospital. Mrs Ross Ayre of Tenterden Street returned from Sydney after her son John’s marriage.
Norman Stafford Simpson of Llangothlin Street pleaded guilty at Guyra Court to negligent driving after backing a motor lorry into a stationary car. Police said the parked car was eight feet from the kerb. Simpson said his rear view was obscured. He was fined 2 pounds 12 shillings and costs.
Ted Cullen publicizes the annual poppy day appeal by the RSLS Soldiers and Sailors Association. The Guyra community and district have long supported the effort, now with greater need, as the RS.L. and Guyra Junior Red Cross seek a generous response to aid those unable to help themselves.
In Guyra Court of Petty Sessions Norman Cecil Seaton of Concord West and Charles Douglas Robinson of Rosewood Guyra fail to appear and forfeit 5 bail each. Percy Robert Campbell of Llangothlin also failed to appear on drunkenness charge and forfeited 10 bail.
The writer urges electors to question candidates on their deeds for the country warning that deliberate government neglect of roads will be punished at the polls. The piece frames roads as vital to communities and stresses accountability from those before the electors next year.
Messrs Mulligan and Sons Morven Guyra finish third in the State ferson Ewe Championship 1953 conducted with The Farmer and Settler and NSW Department of Agriculture. First prize to Gatacre Claverly Wanganella. second to Jackson Marsden Rylstone. fourth to Woodhouse Berridale.
Young Danish physician K Thyge Madsen subjected himself to 17 operations to test gut used for stitches. Injections produced incisions up to four inches long and depth, with tests comparing catgut and sheep gut. Painful experiments included tissue stitches and abdominal sites.
Four Guyra district competitors depart Monday for the P.S.A.A.A. State athletic championships in Sydney. The team includes T Walls, Shirley Taylor, S Vicke, and R Kane from local schools. Headmaster J Whitford expects Taylor to challenge the state record.
Thomas Arthur Ward a P M G employee of Armidale was cited for 55 mph in a built up district on the New England Highway near Guyra. A constable followed 30 yards for five tenths of a mile recording 55 mph. Ward claimed he was en route to fetch a meal. He faced a £4 fine with 10 days in default.
The Hon D B D H Drummond MP will visit Guyra and district centres on November 11. He will be available for interviews at Black Mountain at 10 am Tenterden at 2 pm and Guyra at 3 30 pm. Interviews can be arranged through the branch secretary of the Country Party.
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