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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 08, 1945
Page
2
The Hedlson proposal in the Legislative Assembly outlines a 48,360,327 expenditure for education development in New South Wales. It aims to modernize facilities and ensure equal opportunities for rural and urban children, with emphasis on improved, well lit schools and recreational spaces.
J R McIntyre of Black Mountain urges caution before condemning a hospital site. He says the Memorial Hospital site was selected by a capable, conscientious board after due care to public funds, and despite possible doubts, was the best decision given the circumstances. He notes the information was available to the correspondent on request.
On Saturday Messrs A A Brown and J R Carroll offered a yarding of fine young draught mares. Bids were slow despite quality. The best price reached £20, with other sales from 12 pounds upward.
Miss L Sole spends holiday in Sydney while Pte Jim Williams visits his family in Guyra. Pte Ron Marshall returns from Japanese captivity and awaits discharge in Sydney. Sergt W B McDonald dies in Borneo camp. seven days’ home leave granted to Pte George Davidson. Mrs Mann and daughter Pat leave Guyra for Sydney to start a new life.
The L W A C met in Shire Chambers on Saturday with Dr W Youman presiding. Members discussed release requests for a 4 hp petrol engine for a shearer, a Farmall A tractor, and oxygen and acetylene gas. 16 petrol tickets were issued to members. An inspector from the Department of Commerce and Agriculture visited Guyra to review tents and camping gear pricing for disposal to the department.
Reports from Guyra detail deaths of two local servicemen in Japanese prison camps. Pte James Edward Moore of Sandakan Camp Borneo died in July after five years in service and capture at Singapore. Pte Arthur Marshall also died at Sandakan Camp Borneo on June 5. he was among Guyra’s early enlistments and left behind a widow and two daughters. Sister Nance Harris, a Guyra native, was murdered by the Japanese in Sumatra after a nursing career in Sydney and Hornsby roots.
A shooting party member, Garnet Cox of Ollora Street, narrowly escaped a serious injury at Falconer when his automatic rifle was bumped by a companion. The bullet pierced his underarm near the elbow as he fired at a rabbit. Cox and companions walked back to town seeking treatment, aided by Thomas Lord and Mr. C Heagney who carried him part of the way to a cricket ground for care.
The horn is described as the earliest wind instrument next to the reed. It notes that horns were first made of horn and later of brass, then fitted with keys to play semi-tones. The passage traces this development in a concise historical account.
The Memorial Hall committee, with L. P. Dutton as president, voted to provide a room to the Guyra branch of the Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen rent free. They approved enlarging the card room, replacing flooring, and ratified a Katinka Library books contract while enforcing fines for late book returns. A rules committee will draft card room regulations. The treasurer reported £90 10s 1d, plus £89 16s from Honour Roll Ball proceeds, totaling £212 for the Honour Roll Fund. Dutton donated a card room table.
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