Jamboree Scout Jamboree stamp issued for 1952 53
Australian Post Offices will issue the Jamboree stamp on November 10 1952 to commemorate the international youth gathering at Greystanes near Sydney from December 30 1952 to January 8 1953. About 15000 scouts from Australia and overseas are expected. The design echoes the 1948 Pan Pacific Jamboree stamp with a Scout in front of eucalyptus trees. Stamps go on sale for about three months in red brown Henry Lawson shade, on watermarked paper in sheets of 160, with a hexagonal postmark reading PAN PACIFIC JAMBOREE GREYSTANES N.G.W AUSTRALIA.
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Greystanes
Sydney
Australia
Henry Lawson
N.G
Housing Commission of New South Wales tender call
The Housing Commission of New South Wales invites sealed tenders by 2 p.m. on Tuesday 21 October 1952 for timber framed cottages at Manilla Job S A 2270 3. Plans available from the Secretary Mint Building Sydney. deposit required. Special post office postmarking arrangements announced for the Pan-Pacific Jamboree camp area opening 29 December 1952.
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Housing Commission of New South Wales
Macquarie Street
Sydney
Manilla
C.P.E
Commission
Peel St
Tamworth
Clive R. Evatt
GPO Sydney
Pan-Pacific Jamboree
Greystanes
Nsw
Tamworth Stock Inspector notes strong spring pasture growth
The Tamworth district reports mild weather with 113 points of rain, excellent pasture growth, and abundant stock feed. Lambing is finishing on the lower country with light percentages. higher country lambing underway with promising results. Lameness in sheep due to foot abscess linked to wet pastures. scabby mouth observed in lambing flocks and vaccination advised. Notifiable sheep infestation emerging. dip annually. Fat stock sales strong: 40 573 fat sheep and 6 544 fat cattle sold. store stock demand remains steady with 36 325 store sheep and 6 518 store cattle traded. Travel of cattle from Queensland noted. Rabbits breeding. control challenging amid lush feed. Browflies and blowflies active. United Nations Day to be observed in schools on October 24. Stage money at Bank Club Ball in Newcastle.
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Tamworth
TSR
Queensland
Rabbit Harbour
Patterson
Poppy Day Sets Frame For War Veterans Appeal
The 31st annual Poppy Day in Australia is led by the United Returned Soldiers Fund and supported by RSL sub-branches. Proceeds aid the Limbless Soldiers' Association TBSA and the RSS & ATLA,Limb less Soldiers' Association. A label reads Lest We Forget as poppies are sold for Armistice Day.
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Commonwealth
RSL
Limbless Soldiers’ Association
Tbss & A
Queen Elizabeth to tour Australia and New Zealand in 1954
Buckingham Palace announced a royal visit by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh to Australia and New Zealand in early 1954. The party sails from England in December 1953, spends most of January 1954 in New Zealand, then visits Australia before returning via Ceylon. The announcement notes it is the Queen's first overseas tour since accession and her first to Australia and New Zealand as sovereign.
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Her Royal Highness
Queen Elizabeth II
the Duke OF Edinburgh
Buckingham Palace
Queen Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Australia
New Zealand
England
Scotland
Balmoral
Charles I
Princess Anne
Britain
Disposal of Goods Involving Footballers House Part
Goods disposed of all Footballers House Part refer to Wesley John Cake and Jack Kermond in a matter likely tied to real estate or personal property. The fragmentary notice implies a transfer or seizure action, naming individuals and a property context without full details.
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Footballers House
Wesley
John Cake
Jack Kermond
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Hayward
Seerloop
Gingham Plain
Shantung
Seersucker
P.D
Furnishers
SHELL
Phane
the’ Housing Commission OF
New South Wales
United Nations
Newcastle
Dry Cleaning
Cote Eee
C.S.K
M. _C. MACKENZIE & SONS PTY: LTD
Ceylon
the Fashion
Coles
California
Betty
Barclay
Horrockses Fashion
Leroy’s
Tafts
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