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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 20, 1945
Page
2
A meeting of the Service Personnel Welfare Association denounced sending returned soldiers to mental institutions. It urged protest to the Repatriation Committee, arguing rehabilitation must be funded and properly managed with up-to-date homes, medical staff, and steadfast public support.
A busy run of home visits and leave reports from Guyra features Jim Holmes of Tamworth calling at Mr and Mrs J R Helyar. Many service members and relatives travel between Sydney Brisbane Wellington and Timor with notes on leave, hospital visits, and arrivals from PNG Borneo and the AIF Royal Australian Air Force and HMAS Australia. Mrs McLeod and Mr Parry marked losses while Local families host returning servicemen including Frank Williams and Geoff Atkins as Navy enlistments are noted.
The author argues against labeling inmates in mental institutions as inherently insane. Viewing them as sane but temporarily afflicted may promote recovery, while branding them as inmates could foster inferiority and stagnation. Nerve disorders are capricious and distressing, and compassionate care can aid progress.
A letter from A. C. Foster of the Australian Potato Committee to T. L. Cuddy of the New England Potato Office thanks him and his committee for loyal cooperation in wartime methods. It notes shared sacrifices, extended contracts to 1946, uncertain subsidy duration, and acknowledges contributions to victory and the organisation's achievements.
The recent rain across the northern area of the State reached 114 points, benefiting pastures yet leaving fields soggy and delaying cropping. Mild conditions persisted throughout as registrations show.
Staying with his parents in Ollers Street Mr and Mrs J T Mulligan hear that their son Flight-Sergeant John Archibald Mulligan will be busy this week as part of a Catalina crew dropping to prisoners of war and transporting others from the Pacific. The notices also announce engagements of Eileen Jones and Valerie May Mulligan, both in the Guyra area, linking families across Deepwater Glenore and Northbridge.
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