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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 11, 1954
Page
2
The Guyra Argus notes low interest in the three day NSW referendum on hotel closing hours six or ten o'clock. It describes a staged conflict betweenTemperance advocates and liquor trades while urging six o'clock closing and criticizing an extension as unnecessary. It calls for improved liquor service facilities instead of hours changes.
Personal and Mrs EL Whearn plan a voyage aboard the 35.1 Grid foam bound for Sydney next Wednesday. Several residents announce hospital stays and visits including Mrs Miscox at Armidale and Taurlo Hiscox at Caves sue queen. Mr RK Atkinsa of South Guyra is hospitalized, while many families travel to Sydney, Armidale, and Clarence River towns for postmaster duties, holidays, and family visits.
A mixed set of items reports political plans and local events. Topics include proposed penalties for a crime, a potential land and water dispute, fires in Sydney, a statewide liquor referendum, flooding forecasts, international tensions, an opera house site, holiday leave, and atomic age concerns.
The St James Church of England Women’s Guild announces a Spring Fair at Oddfellows’ Halls on Saturday November 27. Stalls include produce plants and ties with a special attraction linen and needlework, luncheon and amusements, plus a dance at night. Parsonage reg its requested items butter eggs and table articles for the stall.
At a local conference in Guyra a resolution condemning delay in funding and action on the coast road was approved. The chamber vowed immediate effect, while criticism targeted government procrastination and delays in mail and town improvements.
In the New England Division 20 435 males and 19 588 females are entitled to vote in the Liquor Referendum on Saturday. Divisional Returning Officer J B Gillexple provides figures for subdivisions with Armidale Parramatta Tamworth and other towns. Grand total voters 40 023.
The Guyin Post Office reports increasing daily rain with nearly four inches on the graph after a long dry spell. The forecast promises fine weather to aid pasture and crops, though some fear overdoing rainfall may occur. Weather details are modest but emphasize beneficial impact on farming.
Bundarra will receive one of the era’s most modern ditching machines, a runabow ditcher, capable of digging 1200 feet a day. The Urata Shire Council plans the trenching program with engineer Mr Jy Eaneanoe forecasting labor from proprietors and a timeline of nine to twelve months for completion. The project aims to have water supply operational by next year’s end.
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