Local notices and social updates from Port Pirie
Income tax returns are due with forms for wage earners and primary producers. A and B returns due July 31 and August 31. Limbless Soldiers’ Association badge sales net £538 in Pirie. Rev Maeers obtains a lethal box for humane animal disposal by R S P C A. City Council seats guests at Memoial Oval. St John Ambulance thanks council. Varieties of 1954 loses two leads. replacements step in. Two sisters trained at Port Pirie Hospital win gold medals. top state ranking achieved by Sister P M Wilson and sister C M Thorn quest.
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Pirie
G. C. Purdie
Pirie Division
St. John Ambulance Brigade
Memorial Oval
Ald. L. Havis
Port Pirie Hospital
King Edward Hospital
Perth
P. M. Wilson
C. M. Thornquest
M. Atwell
Ingdwivery
Transport Ore Train Crash at Ellen Street Crossing
A semi-trailer driver, Frederick Richard Schulz of Risdon Park, escaped with a bruised leg after his vehicle was struck by a train approaching Ellen Street from Pirie South yards. The offside wheel was torn off and the steering column bent. vehicle damage estimated at £200. Cement load bound for Kimba was transferred to another trailer before 7 am.
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Frederick Richard Schulz
Hackett Street
Risdon Park
Lee Transport Co., Ltd
Norman Street
Ellen Street
Pirie South
Kimba
Ships Refuse Watch Program Approved by Council
Council to deploy two health inspectors for ship refuse disposal prevention in harbor area. Inspectors to work mainly outside office hours with a council vehicle provided if needed. Six month trial at £300 per year with £100 to council and £100 to each inspector. The department cites grave concern over disposal at outports.
Agitation for Line Removal Moves to Premier Playford
City Council adopts parks and highways committee aid to Pirie Chamber of Commerce Trades and Labor Council and Bulk Handling of Wheat Committee to nominate delegates for a deputation to Premier T Playford seeking reinstatement of a line removal project. The effort targets joining council members to press the case.
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City Code
Pirie Chamber of Commerce, Trades and Labor Council
T. Playford
Health officer seeks larger serum containers
The health officer replies to a Central Board of Health letter declining to supply over 1 c.c. serum for anti tetanus campaigns. He argues larger phials would enable mass injections and that contents would be used immediately. The State board letter seemed to come from a lay member, prompting a renewal of the request.
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Central Board of Health
State Board
Day To Day Weather And Temperatures Report
Forecasts note light showers over southern ranges easing to fine tomorrow. Day to day temperatures include Monday high 58 and low 43 with yesterday 59 and 46. Capital city readings Adelaide 52 two Perth 61 Brisbane 65 Sydney 57 Melbourne 54 Hobart 52. barometer around 30.450 yesterday with times 8:30 am and 2:30 pm. Rain yesterday 4 points. Winds mainly south to southwest at modest speeds.
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Pirie
Capital City
Adelaide
Perth
Brisbane
Sydney
Melbourne
Hobart
Safety Council Inspection at Pirie Branch Meeting
At a Pirie branch Safety Council gathering an adjournment followed a viewing of traffic flows in varied parts of Pirie. Attention centered on ore shunting on Ellen Street with an ore train entering Ellen Street about 200 yards from Pirie South yards, hindering the driver’s view around a bend.
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Ellen Street
E. Slavoy
Esas Epcatttencah
C. J. Davis
MBP
Pirie
Netonal Safety Council
Pirie South
Reading
Motorists damage new kerbs on Balmooral Road
Balmor al Road in Risdon Park sees 100 ft plus kerbing damage as crews replace sections up to three times. A truck driver allegedly damaged 20 ft of kerbing and a fence amid vandalism across several municipal areas. Warning signs to be placed and action to be taken against offenders.
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Balmoral Road
Risdon Park
D. E. Slavey
Someaa
J. L. Williams
Memorial Park
Women Cyclists Struck By Utility In Solomontown
Two women cyclists Mrs Mavis Olive Leckett of Three Chiia Road Solomontown and Mrs Marjorie Helen Saxby King Street Solomontown were struck by a utility driven by Max William Barry of Pirie as they rode together on Main Road Monday evening. They were treated at Pirie Hospital with rear wheels buckled on their bicycles.
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Main Road
Solomontown
Mavis Olive Leckett
Three Chiia Road
Marjorie Helen Saxby
King Street
Max William Barry
Pirie
Pirie Hospital
Influenza Cases Reported to Pirie Local Board of Health
A report to the Pirie Local Board of Health shows 68 new influenza cases during the preceding fortnight. Health officer Dr. G Viner Smith notes no other infectious diseases were reported.
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Pirie
Theft and Theft-Related Charges in Port Augusta Court
Ronald Cecil Denne, a Victorian, jailed for 12 months in Port Augusta Police Court for unlawfully taking a utility owned by Sam Amato of Pirie. He also received concurrent six-month sentences on four counts of larceny after admitting prior convictions and claiming an Adelaide man paid him to deliver the vehicle to a Port Augusta hotel.
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Port Augusta
Ronald Cecil Denneson
Sam Amato
Pirie
Flinn
Amato
Florence Street
Connole
Adelaide
No Special School Buses For Solomontown Children
The Solomontown Primary School area faced bus issues as a 3.45 pm service crowded with up to 20 children left behind. Mothers' Club urged City Council to act, noting spillover from St Anthony's School and crowded vehicles with a teacher riding to prevent overcrowding. Council referred the complaint to Pirie Bus Service proprietors for an inquiry.
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Solomontown
Ellen Street
St. Anthony's School
Moorhouse Street
Solomontown School
Ald. L. H. Davis
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Adolphe Monod
Maéers
Mr. Maeers
R.S.P.C.A
Broken Hill Associated Smelters
Tim Madigan
John Pelzer
Felicia House
Town Hall
Les Willson
Joyce Castle
Joyce Widger
Pire Board
Safety Council Inspection
Mothers’ Club
City Council
Service
Ald. Davis
Ald. C. Howley
R. EK. Cole
Pirie Bus Service
Prests Limited
Price’s
Onight
Onkaparinga, Warrnambool, and
Laconia Brands
Prests
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