22 Feb 1954
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Newspaper
Inverell Times
Location
Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 22, 1954
Page
1
In navy and bright hues, yards of lawnette cloth, tartan checks, stripes, floral silks, organdie and more are slashed in a special clearance. Towels, tea towels, pillowcases and curtains also marked down, with urged inspection to prove genuine reductions and no obligation to buy.
A Coast flood toll lists 18 dead and notes Duke becoming an R.S.L. member. He urged the Commonwealth to fund a relief scheme on a pound for pound basis with New South Wales, seeking shared aid.
Report outlines widening Soviet purges from high to local ranks, with Ab Reria and First Secretary roles cited. Describes widespread disaster impact including drownings, destroyed homes, power outages, impassable ridges, and relief efforts. Army units from Paris aid through storm conditions toward Casino, while families suffer losses and searches continue.
New plastic manufacturing processes have expanded the market for tallow in Sydney. Values have jumped up to 50 in the past ten weeks. Dalgetys quoted prices on Friday show tallow at 1 to £8 per ten, with inferior grades lower and prime, good, and fair descriptions fetching higher rates, reflecting a dramatic rise in demand and prices.
Fragmented OCR shows a string of names and addresses linked to lottery draw lines including Sydney, Newtown, Petersham and Alexandria. The passage lists multiple suspect syndicate individuals and last names with place cues but lacks coherent event details or dates. The readable items suggest a historical lottery syndicate notation rather than a clear news report.
Salvation Army teams in northern New South Wales and Southern Queensland mobilize to aid Hood disaster areas. Trucks carry clothing and bedding to Lismore Casino and Tenterfield as donations flow from Inverell and surrounding towns.
The Britannia sails from Portsmouth on April 1 for a 12 day return voyage to meet Queen Elizabeth II on her 21st birthday. Prince Charles and Miss Catherine Peebles accompany the children. Nurse Miss Lightbod helps aboard during the maiden overseas trip. The ship, launched by the Queen of Glasgow, will call at Malta and Gibraltar on the homeward leg and features stabilizers for rough seas. The market report from Homebush notes lambs, hoggets, and sheep steady, cattle yarded totals and price ranges for bullocks, steers, cows, heifers, and bulls per 100.
A fragmented market report shows prices reaching into guineas for several horses. Buyers bid strongly on Elsmere stock with top lot described as a fine animal. figures include specific quotes and references to other bidders and lot details.
A garbled OCR style fragment describes a flood affected area around Armidale with scattered names and unclear events. Mentions of five Crown titles, Malet Masege, Forbes, Bradbury, Seeman, and others appear amid disrupted text. The piece reads as a chaotic collage of possible notices, personal names, and place references with no coherent narrative or verifiable facts left intact.
Reports say Nehru pushed a peace move to halt the eight year Indo China war, surprising State Department and Western diplomats who had no advance warning of such a lead. The outline and prospects remain unclear as officials weigh potential terms and regional impact.
A cryptic shuffled text fragment appears to reference a train killer search and various names and places, but the readable content is fragmented and unclear. The item resembles a stray OCR capture with scattered proper nouns and partial phrases, lacking coherent narrative or confirmed events.
A German woman says she wed the self confessed killer Chesney by a form of marriage and has arranged a burial for him after police found his body in a location described as the Bulited tu ue Tih Min Landon wieder al Tye ed.
In Kenya's Emergency a major clash near Alderde Forest, Thika district, sees Mau Mau fighters ambush Kandura Police Post. Troops and police kill several, wound about 40, with two guards and one tribal policeman among the wounded.
The Inverell Council backs an unusual show by the Inverell Horticultural Society with a park display featuring dahlias sitiniums and cactus. Judge T Young praised the blooms while Municipal Engineer Mr. Bates and Parks Supervisor Mr. Sharp noted the council’s staff effort in arranging the flowers and members praised horticulture as a community highlight.
A garbled report notes the dissolution of a commission tied to UNO with scattered references to New York and May events. Unclear names and dates appear amid disrupted text, leaving the core claim that the commission ceases to operate.
The fragmentary forecast notes a southeast to southerly wind trend with moderating temperatures and showers likely in southern tablelands. It mentions rough seas or rough conditions along coastal regions and a flood warning for the Barwon River area. Names, dates, and precise locations are unclear due to damaged text.
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