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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 07, 1944
Page
2
The Guyra Shire Council approved closer settlement inquiry and backed a leasehold plan to aid discharged servicemen. It condemned past soldier settlement failures and urged price stabilisation and land use reforms to improve outcomes for soldier settlers amid war’s aftermath.
Pte Stan Muldoon and many soldiers on leave with families across Guyra and vicinity. Claude Rixon visits from Sydney. Lily Newbury and Jim Matthews with relatives. Mrs Jones hosts in Walgett and Goodooga. Notes on hospital, nursing careers, and parcels from the WVS.
Mrs. E. R. Copeland organized a Tuesday juvenile dance for the Anzac House appeal and will contribute £43 6s to the fund with help from three young protégés. The event ran from 8 to 10 with a lively music program by the Guyra Do-i-Drop orchestra and supper by Tattersall's staff. Ruth Cox and Judith Hayden won the spot walk, Miss G Halt took a dinner prize, and many patrons spent the evening at cards.
Growers who have potato seed on hand must inform Deputy Potato Controller J. N. Squires by October 7 to keep the order’s guarantee active. Failure to notify shifts disposal responsibility to the grower. The reminder, issued by Potato Growers’ Association Secretary J. E. Dodds, directs contact through T. L. Caddy at the Regional Control office.
Jayra Shire faces extensive flood damage as heavy rains wash out sections from Bald Blair Creek to Waverley Causeways. Engineer A E Taylor reports collapsed approaches, scoured hills, and washed gravel on multiple roads. council to mobilize graders and trucks for two weeks, with support for Diederick and Stanley.
Reports from Coff's Harbour Post Office reveal new pen nibs are of poorer quality than before. In the last three months twelve dozen pens, including handles and nibs, were stolen from counters, prompting officials to remind customers that pens are not included with postage stamp purchases.
The Tenterden Comforts Fund branch raised £28 9s on Referendum Day earmarked for the POW fund. Parcels for the Red Cross valued at £2 were handed in. Competitions were won by local residents and the monthly meeting agreed to donate the balance of £7 17s 1d to the POW fund. The group urged Guyra District Hospital to reserve Foundation Day for local Red Cross activity.
The New England Presbytery will hold its quarterly meeting on Thursday at St Columba’s Presbyterian Church Guyra. Ministers and elders will be entertained at luncheon and afternoon tea by the Women’s Guild.
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