24 Mar 1954
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Newspaper
Port Pirie Recorder
Location
Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 24, 1954
Page
1
More than 400 Pirie schoolchildren with teachers visited Adelaide yesterday for a combined display by metropolitan and country schools before Queen Beth II and the Duke of Edinburgh at Wayville showgrounds. Schoolchildren have been granted a holiday today.
Neville Quist brother of Adrian Quist will present a Davis Cup film at the Pirie town hall hosted by Dunlop Rubber Company. The free public screening also features notable incidents from last year’s Redex motor car trial.
A day of royal events in South Australia culminated with 100000 schoolchildren cheering the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at Wayville. Earlier 25000 ex servicemen and women greeted them at University Oval before the Parliament opening. The couple praised the peace lessons learned.
A likely PMO aligned Indus trial Commission report today urged the State Government to remove all restrictions on air petrol and motor inventories. The commission’s findings suggest fiat freedom would boost trade and may influence policy before a legislative session.
Waterfront workers suspend 130 men today prompting idle operations at West Melbourne Stadium. A meeting will discuss further action as labor tensions affect ships including Arcadia and other vessels sailing from Fond to the region.
In Pirie the Liberal candidate Thumi Stephen Chee mud is endorsed by Liberal Party for the Grey seat in the May 29 federal election. The Australian Labor Party has backed E A D Russell MLA the sitting member. Chee beat Rd McAuley of Commodore Stalin between Legh Creek and Hawt.
Selections listed for upcoming trots feature horses including Dan Pateh Mindy Regal Lad Blue Harold and various stakes. The program references Raider's Court Misswarra Wrack and notable entries such as Memorial Honalieny De Meg sk and Sir Dimitrios.
Fragmentary weather notes list temperatures for multiple locations such as Perth Brisbane Hobart and Melbourne with mixed numbers and odd spellings. Barometer reading given as yesterday at 80 and a late afternoon time is shown, but many words are garbled and unreadable.
Fragmented OCR reads as a family lament with references to a husband, wife, and children. Details are unclear but suggest a personal grievance or tragedy conveyed in garbled lines.
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