Park nurses discuss dancing while wheeling infants
Two nursemaids push a stroller in the park. One asks about the dance tomorrow. The other declines, confessing fear to leave the baby with its mother, despite enjoying dancing.
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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 17, 1953
Page
4
Post Office Building Programme Under Government
The current year appropriation for post office buildings totals £3.8 million with anticipated full spend. Construction-ready works amount to £7 million. major projects span three to four years. From 1951 to 1962, 448 new buildings were completed, 153 under construction, 257 requisitioned, with numerous exchanges and depots completed or underway across multiple electorates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ICL
Anthony
Ford
New South Wales
Bennelong
North Ryde
Ryde
St. Leonard
Casino
Grafton
Coffs Harbour
Coffs Harbour Exchange
Ar Eis
Levy Evang
Ashfield Line
Ashfield Exchange
ZCO
Cowra
Albury
Gwydir
Gunne
Wellington
Duggo Exchange
Jowe
Burwood
Epfield
Lyne
Wauchope
Smithtown
West Kempsey
Taree
Gloucester
Macarthur
Bowel
Kiama
Springwood
Penrith
Mackellar
Aval
Narrabeen
Balgowlan
Mitchill
Wetherhill Park
Windsorhine
New England
Glen Innes Exchange
Tamworth
Armidale Exchange
Parramatta
Nth
Pennant Hills
Peterson
East Maitland
Maitland
Singleton
Richmond
Mulumbimby
Tweed Heads
Mullumbimby
Bang
Drunken calls threaten Randwick races and a famous harbor tale
A jittery office line records repeated intoxicated calls asking about Randwick races. The voice, increasingly inebriated, jokes about entering the bar and being barred. The piece also notes Sydney and Bridget, two white cats on the Sydney Harbour bridge pylon, and mentions a new influenza vaccine claim and Britain’s busier rail system with 40,000 daily trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.J.C. Wag
Skuse
Randwick
Saterdee
Sydney
Bridget
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Banquet Oddities Prompt East Asian Guest to Speak
A Stes at a banquet attempts conversation with a Chinese guest who remains silent. After courses he asks awkward questions like "Likee soupee?" and "Likee Tishoe?" The visitor replies only with a beam, then later answers in perfect English to a toast and comments on his discomfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Par East
Also Mentioned on This Page
MW. G. Rackenzie & Sons Pty. Ltb
Manilla Street
Manilla
General Motors
Spacet
Eeerew Streets
Hanes
Hall Wien
Rattenlen
Teehee
Mts Pty. Limited
Hoover
Clintons Pty., Ltd
NEW Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency CO. Limited
Marsh Walters & Scott
Auctioneers & Stock
P.O. Box
NEW Zealand Loan and Mercantile, Agency Co, Limited
Marsh Walters
Scott Tamworth
Australia
Fough
Burgess & Tanner
Ford Motor Company OF Australia Pty. Ltd
Holden
Cliftons Pty: Ltd
British Railways
Lodays
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