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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 02, 1952
Page
4
A local note laments another basic wage increase and predicts further living costs. It argues wage earners will spend the seven shillings to cover weekly bills as items like strike a light mites rise and are now 2/1 per dozen, leaving little left for other necessities.
A reflection on Royal Commissions in Australia from Queensland’s S. P. betting inquiry to NSW liquor oversight. It contrasts the volume of inquiries with use of findings, cites past commissions including 1903 federal capital site, 1921 gauge standardization, 1949 Victoria Communist inquiry, and a whimsical tale of the ratcatcher file. It notes entertainment value and the costly tendency to flood reports with little practical action.
His Excellency the Governor of NSW Lieut-Gen Sir John Northcott will officially open the 16th annual Far West Children’s Health Scheme conference at BMA Hall Sydney next Tuesday May 6. Matron E Hill says country folk are welcome to attend the opening. The gathering will include over 100 delegates from country branches and auxiliaries with reports from S C Coleman Sister Alice McInnes and others. Ninety two resolutions will be discussed including milk isolation for schoolchildren and efforts for more dental clinics and medical inspections.
The Armidale branch proposes country school and optometrist visits, adding speech and occupation therapists to country towns. May 1 at Far West Scheme HQ in Manly will feature inspections of homes and 130 patients. Jack Lang blasts the Century Youth Peace Carnival as a flop, calling the Carnival a mix of traitors and poorly dressed youths. Seventeen more national broadcasting stations are to be established in Australia.
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