Premiers Agree Petrol Rationing Should Be Reimposed
Canberra reports that state premiers at their conference favored reimposing petrol rationing in some form and agreed to consult with the Commonwealth on control schemes. They noted powers to ration petrol and Commonwealth cost-sharing for states schemes, referencing potential refinery operations and fuel supply ahead of a possible summer anomaly.
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Canberra
Commonwealth
Chifley
United Kingdom
Russian envoy recalled amid diplomatic shakeup
Moscow Radio reported that Anatoli Lavrentiev, Russia’s ambassador to Yugoslavia, was recalled and named Deputy Foreign Minister. Belgrade observers viewed it as a slap at Yugoslavia, but Russia denied any break in diplomatic contacts and said a new ambassador would be named.
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London
Moscow Radio
M. Anatoli Lavrentiev
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Russia
U S Consulate Staff Leaving Canton
U S Consulate General in Canton to be closed and all consulate personnel evacuated. The United States Embassy and information service will depart automatically following the decision.
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Hong Kong
AAP -Reuter
United States
Canton
Embassy and Information Service
Mr Casey Re elected Liberal Leader at Canberra Conference
Delegates at the Liberal Party annual conference in Canberra re elected unopposed Mr Ro Gi Casey as federal president. Casey will remain in office until he contests Latrobe in Victoria at the forthcoming federal elections. If he wins, the party will choose a new president.
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Lanberra
Liberal Party
Ro Gi
Casey
Latrobe
Par Fayent
S A Footballers Lose By 75 Pts
Perth triumphs over South Australia by 130 to 85 in a football match reported from Western Australia. Pinal tally listed as WA 14 goals 22 behinds while SA managed 7 behinds. The article notes a prior 49 point WA win.
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Perth
Western Australia
South Australia
Pinal
RAZ “Coals
Dismantling of Pirie Gantries Nears Completion Next Week
Dismantling of coal gantries at Barrier Wharf, acquired by the South Australian Electricity Trust, should finish by end of next week. One gantry re-erected at Osborne powerhouse, others to North Field near Leigh Creek. About 100 tons of steel, timber framing, and long lengths of Bal tie timber form the remains. Trucks and laborers—twelve men plus women—work daily under C A Rawlins. No serious incidents reported. heavy wooden frame work being felled with a mobile crane. Commissioned 1917, the gantries of the Broken Hill Cooperative Coal Association had idled since 1966.
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Barrier Wharf
South Australian Electricity Trust
Osborne Powerhouse
North Field
Leigh Creek
Guy Hawsers
Gentry
C. A. Rawlins
Electricity Trust
Pirie
Broken Hill Conoperative Coal Association
Pirie City links to police wireless network tests start
Adelaide police headquarters conducts wireless tests with Mount Gambier and Port Augusta stations connected earlier Pirie street link to be completed along with Walla Roo Whyalla and other sites Local harbor board plans short wave link between office and pilot launch EB Farquhar with no inauguration date yet set
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Police
Adelaide
W. J. Delderfield
Gossichiet
Wallaroo
Whyalla
Main Reed
South Australian Harbors Board
Farquhar
Beneft
Premiers Told Australia Spends on Women and Wool Slump
CANBERRA Tuesday. Prime Minister Mr Shirley told the Premiers Conference that dollars flowed during American troops’ visits and the country benefitted little when demand waned. He noted a three-fifths drop in American wool purchases and predicted still lower demand next year. Minister of Post War Reconstruction Mr Dedman said Australia would spend about 70 million more dollars than it earned this year.
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Canberra
Australia
Shirley
Dedman
Government Workers Annual Meeting in Pirie
State Secretary J Worden chaired the Pirie branch meeting of the Australian Government Workers' Association at Oddfellows Hall. Adelaide visitor F K Nicass spoke on industrial progress and aims. Officers elected included J Kelly president and B Threadgold, J Anderson as vice presidents. A committee member outlined staff grievances and a plan for settlement sought with Pirie Hospital Board.
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J. Worden
Pirie
Australian Government Workers’ Association
Oddfellows
J. Kelly
B. Threadgold
J. Anderson
O Brien
J Anderson
H. Jerid
Tary
Pirie Hospital Board
Association
Hii
Adelaide
Tax Concessions For English Migrants
Prime Minister Chifley informs that nominees English migrants married with families still in England may receive concessional tax allowances for dependants while awaiting passage to Australia. The relief applies only if dependants are wholly maintained by the taxpayer and awaiting transport here. No rebate if the family will not come to Australia.
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England
Russell
M Hla
Chifley
Australia
Aunliae
Coal strike cited as tragic in Australian industrial history
Melbourne reports the interstate Australian Council of the Communist Party condemning political machinations to defeat the Labor Government at the next elections. The motion passed 10 to 3, warning against foreign attempts to embroil unions in political motives. The coal strike is described as having a political basis that pushed the trade union movement toward harsh measures and forced use of force to win coal.
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Melbourne
Australia
Australian Council of
Communist Party
Ihe
Labor
PL J. Clatey
Mllo
Eek
X Bo
Trade Unnion
No Train Home Forces Pirie Youths to Use Car
Pirie youths Iven George Murdoch and Robert Brian Mannix faced Crystal Brook court for unlawful car use after leaving the ignition key in position. They admitted taking William John Lines’s vehicle from Crystal Brook to Pirie following a football match amid a transport shortage. Murdoch fined £15 with costs. Mannix fined £10 with costs and warned on release under probation.
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Pirie
Crystal Brook
D. L. Richards
Pirie Joy
Iven George Murdoch
Benete Road
Pirie West
Robert Brian Mannix
Angle Street
Solomontown
M. P. O'Callaghan
William John Lines
Bonython
Mannix
Murdoch
Bowman Street
J. Dalwood
Staton
B. C. Merrett
D. F. Stubing Murdoch
Moody's
William N. McL
Senate Road
O'Callaghan
Flood Relief Fund Total Reaches 237 6 8 in New South Wales
Donations including 31 13 from Proprietary Football Club and Pirie Cycle Club push the New South Wales Flood Relief Fund to 237 6 8. A letter from racing broadcaster Ed Madigan accompanies a 1 1 cheque with a note about swimming the Terrace at Ellendale in a new suit.
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Proprietary Football Club
Pirie Cycle Club
New South Wales
Ed Madigan
Ellendale
Why Cousens chose Tokio Rose in wartime broadcasts
Charles Cousens, former AL major, testified he offered to die by action rather than broadcast for the Japanese and selected Mrs. d Aquino for the Tokio Rose broadcasts because her voice was the comedy type. He described his time with 1,500 prisoners and two men beaten to death by Japanese, and said he coached and recommended her for the Tokio Radio role.
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SAN_TRANCISCO
Charles Cousens
Iva Togui d'Aquino
Tokio Rose
Cousens
Mrs. d'Aquino
d'Aquino
de Aquino
Mitchell Cup team chosen for Pirie YMCA trip to Adelaide
A 12 boy Pirie YMCA team led by Graham Piller and John Fisher will travel to Adelaide on Sept 7 for Mitchell Cup inter association contests. The program includes indoor athletics, field events, table tennis, billiards, volleyball, basketball, dodgeball, and a mystery event. The trip includes billeting by Adelaide YMCA, a free day to visit Royal Adelaide Show, and a presentation by Adelaide YMCA.
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Pirie Young Men's Christian Association
Adelaide
Messrs
Graham Piller
Jobn Fisher
J. Worrall
R. Worrall
A. ‘Theologou
J. Rowe
D. Letheby
I. Edwards
P. Grocke
P. ‘Theodoros
M. Wu
Pirio
Mitchell
Adelaide University
Pirie
Pirie Association
M.C.A
Fleetfoot Club
D. M.hay
New Jet Fighter Offered for Australian Manufacture
A British firm offers the Commonwealth government rights to manufacture a new Hawker jet fighter in Australia and to supply 5,000 aluminium houses annually for outback development. Hawker Siddley representatives say production could start within four months and that the Vampire jet is already outdated. Federal Cabinet is considering the offer.
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Canberra
Australia
Commonwealth
Pacific
Hawker Siddly Aircraft Company
Keith Parl
Raf South-East Asia Station
Year of Activity Reviewed by Pole Lares of Commerce
A review by president A R factin outlines a year ending with 108 members from 106, a sound finances opening debit of £17 and closing in credit £35, with the traders section now autonomous. Meetings totaled eight with good attendance, notable projects include a potential Pirie Wirrabara road and support for direct benefits to the district, plus improved liaising with Broken Hill Associated Smelters on sulphuric acid expansion. The chamber advised on bicycle parks and contributed to town advancement committees, thanking The Recorder for publicity and urging closer contact with the paper.
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Pole Lares of Commerce
A. R. Factin
H. A. Calnan
L. C. Moody
Pirie Corporation
Pirie District
Pirie
Wirrabara
Eeassall
Broken Hill
Tirie
Broken Hill Associated Smelters
T. Playford
Bhlas
Messrs
R. T. Burgess
J. D. Hoffmann
L. ©. Wundke
National Safety Council
E. L. B. Sparks Moody
Comet
Weather Snapshot and Coastal Conditions Update
Local and capital city temperatures show cooler overnight with Adelaide at 66, Melbourne 53, Sydney 4, Perth 68, Brisbane 73, Hobart 47. Isolated showers are possible along the west coast and later across the south and southeast coasts, otherwise pleasant with cool to moderate temperatures and NE to NW winds.
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Capital City
Adelaide
Melbourne
Sydney
Perth
Brisbane
Hobart
Four NSW constables dismissed and charged with assault
Four constables dismissed by Commissioner Scott were later charged at Central Poller Court in Sydney. Saverd Burold Shorrock and Jack Rayne Dowd, aged 21 and 27, pleaded not guilty and were remanded until August 23 on verbal bail. Mervyn Albert Vance and Robert Alexander Waller, ages 31 and 26, were charged with assaulting Frederick Box on August 12, causing actual bodily harm. Both were formerly attached to Regent Street Police Star.
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Sydney
Scott
Central Poller Court
Eee i Mie
Kenneth Choss
Saverd Burold Shorrock
Jack Rayne Dowd
J . Hodgson
Saulted Frederick Box
Mervyn Albert Vance
Robert Alexander Waller
Regent Street Police
Pirie branch elects J F OBrien secretary treasurer
At the annual Pirie Australian Government Workers' Association meeting J F OBrien was re elected secretary and treasurer for his thirty fifth year A life membership certificate was presented to G Reynolds for twenty years service to the isolation. H T Lighton and H W Glenney from General Motors Holdens visited Pirie on business. D L Richards presided at Pirie Local and Police Courts yesterday and will sit again today. W J Delderfield and Goss left Pirie after departmental business and W Neste begins duty as ex clerk of Northern Police Division L Butcher transfers to Fort Broughton. Gladstone Northern Firefighting Association accepted the resignation of A J Watt and thanked him for service. Cfr Emery discharged then readmitted after leg injury. J Porter of Florence Street noted.
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Pirie
Australian Government Workers’ Association
J. F. O'Brien
G. Reynolds
Pirie Hospital
H. T. Lighton
General Motors
South Australia
H.W. Glenney
D. L. Richards
W. J. Delderfield
Goss
Wireless
South Australian Police Force
Whyalla
W. Neste
Port Broughton
Northern Police Division
L. Butcher
Hawker
Fort Broughton
Gladstone
Northern Firefighting Association
A. J. Watt
Hundred of
Pire
Man claims five week prefab houses from table-top unit
Port Germein man J H White says two 18 by 10 ft movable table units will form outer and inner wall sections for five room homes. He plans to begin building this month with two assistants, targeting £1100 per house, far below typical costs, with three weeks from setup to completion and ready for habitation in about a fortnight.
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Pirie Estate
J. H. White
Port Germein
White
Ora
Pirie
Ths
Des Crete Mortarless Wall System From Cambridgeshire Firm
A London report unveils a new mortarless wall technology called Des Crete from a Cambridgeshire company. Interlocking concrete blocks are produced to precise sizes, eliminating cracking due to movement and needing no mortar. The system saves labor, suits various constructions, and offers weather resistance with paintable or waterproofed external faces. Blocks come in several colors and sizes, with customizable lengths for special cases and some international manufacturing under license.
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London
Emuch Seas
1400 Endeavorers For Perth Conference
A party of 120 delegates passing through Pirie on the way to a national Christian Endeavor Union convention in Perth was hosted at lunch by Pirie South Baptist Church and nearby churches. The group toured Pirie, then held a musical and testimony service at Pirie South Church. The convention runs a week with 1,400 delegates from all States.
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Pirie
Christian Endeavor Union
Perth
Pirie South Baptist Church
Central Baptist
Solomontown
Pirie South Church
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