25 Mar 1949
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Newspaper
Port Pirie Recorder
Location
Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 25, 1949
Page
1
WANTED urgently house or part house by ex serviceman, wife and child. wanted furnished rooms by young married couple with no children. quiet applicant seeks private lodgings in Pirie West or central. FOR SALE block of land in Solomon town. Apply to this office.
Canberra reports no fixed date for implementing the Pharmaceutical Benefits Act as delays aim to give medical practitioners time to familiarise with the formularies. About 3,200 doctors who returned forms will be reissued. Also notes a Gamboa case appeal and Flinders Football Association field umpire applications closing April 11.
Applications invited for two central umpires for the 1949 season starting April 24. Apply by April 11 to the secretary. Applicants must state fees and expenses if needed. Successful candidates to umpire at Peterborough and Terowie BR. G Adams, Hon. Sec.
Multiple local job notices: Waitresses needed for Railway Refreshments Rooms at Adelside Riverton Bowmans Gladstone with sick and long service leave benefits. Apply to Supervisor Refreshment Services Adelaide or manager of rooms. Additional postings seek a Napperby garden helper, a smart youth for shop work and messages, a cook for Royal Exchange Hotel, a boy for a bakehouse, a casual helper for Friday shifts at The Don Mille Bat, and an entry for Plaza Cafe.
German experts examine Leigh Creek gas plant site in a State Government report. They compare Port Pirie Port Augusta and Leigh Creek Adelaide, favoring Port Augusta for location due to water, rail costs, and workshops while noting pipelines could bridge distance from Adelaide. Pirie advantages include proximity to consumers and potential synergies with gasworks and smelting operations.
Sydney reports the Clyde Engineering Works Granville to shut after a three week crane driver strike. About 1,000 workers stood down and one administrative staff will receive notice. complete closure halts locomotive rolling stock and bus production. Canberra: Australia to cut dollar spending further under PM Chifley review.
A new car for the Pirie branch of District and Bush Nursing Society will be officially presented in front of the Low Tall. Mrs Middleton the mayoress will receive it on behalf of subscribers, then Mrs C R Hannan will hand the keys to sister W Ward. The car will be on view at 2 o'clock at the town hall.
After two years as ledger-keeper at Pirie branch of the National Bank of Australasia Ltd, Mr PF Waterhouse leaves today for Brisbane. He is succeeded by Mr JN Caddy. The staff held a leaving gathering and the manager C V Mullighan presented items in their name. Mrs M Huxley of Brompton Park and Mrs B Huxley of Exeter are guests of Mrs B McCauley of Jellicoe street Solomontown. Hospital patient John Preer of Squire street Solomontown has been discharged from Pirie Hospital surgery ward.
At Memorial Oval last night Royal Redney won the Pirie Handicap from end to end and Weight's Pride took the Mines Handicap. The meeting featured a £227 gate with total receipts of £1,154 across seven races, a strong night for trotting and a mishap when Lucky Norma fell in the Bates Handicap but caused no injuries.
A three hour Red Cross Carnival will be held tomorrow at Woodward Beach starting at 2:30 pm with stalls, afternoon tea, sideshows, pony rides, races and decorated prams. The drive ends with a barbecue at Solomontows Beach Thursday, backed by local butchers and bakers and led by the Federal Cricket and Sports Club. Australian defence talks may see Sir Frederick Sheddon visit London and Ottawa if Predertok departs April 3.
The Pirle Cricket Association final between South t minor premiers and North will start at Memorial Oval tomorrow at 1 pm, five innings, umpires H Sanders and A Benn. Earlier at 9:30 am high school premiers and North play the B grade final in the same format. Teams listed include Norths H A Martin, H Webster, J Davies, G Neilsen, G Schwartz, D Rohrig, D Cunningham, J Connnelly, L Manuel, M Penny, D Wilson and Souths S Grewar, H Grewar, C White, V Holthouse, J Madden, L Hargreaves, H Sharpe, J McHale, A Nunan, G Baverstock, D Pettman, W Petagna. Also Ramblers vs Colts at the oval and yacht races with Lewis Cycle Works trophies and other sailing events planned.
Nanking reports the new Chinese Nationalist Cabinet will telegram the Chinese Communists urging prompt delegation to peace negotiations. It proposes a time and place for further talks and calls for serious discussion to end hostilities.
Secretary C. J. Saylor said the Butchers’ Association decided that after this month shops would not open on Saturday mornings. Starting next month shops will open Wednesdays in the afternoon and hours will run 8 am to 6 pm Monday to Friday with a 12:30 to 1:30 daily closing.
River tides and arrivals list ships and loads of lead for the United Kingdom with vessels from Gibbs Light & Co. and Dalgety & Co. Ltd, including Panam Olga Moonta City of Dieppe and others. Police approve erection of a Stop sign at Alexander and Gertrude streets in Pirie Town.
New terms of settlement in a ten week dispute between storemen and packers were agreed at a conference and will go to a mass meeting next Wednesday for endorsement. If accepted, the ban on removal of wool hides skins and tallow from brokers stores in Sydney Newcastle and Goulburn will end immediately affecting about 34 million pounds worth of wool and 20 000 workers in the industry.
Protests at granting Sunday sport use of Globe Oval as Rev R J Shanks of the Pime Ministers Fraternal laments in a council letter the majority’s stance while praising those who resisted the move. The council vows to enforce provisions ensuring religious services nearby are not disrupted.
Daily readings show tonight sunset and sunrise, tomorrow’s times, and Sunday’s. Temperatures range yesterday and Wednesday with city figures for Adelaide Melbourne Sydney Perth Brisbane Hobart. Barometer readings recorded morning and afternoon. Forecast calls for light rain in northern parts, mild to cool on coasts, with southeast winds and light to moderate seas. Moon phases list new, first quarter, full and last quarter with dates in April. Horse racing meetings and fields at Morphettville, Melbourne and Sydenham detail hurdle and steeple events with horses and jockeys listed.
About 406 Beruta WoW Cubs Girl Guides and Brownies welcomed World Chief Scout Lord Rowallan at Woodward Park. The visit featured a civic reception, a banquet, and speeches by local officials including Mrs Middleton, Dr. Dey, and Mayor Middleton. Rowallan praised scouting, stressed unity across races and creeds, and highlighted its role in forming citizenship and international peace.
The State Department issued a strongly worded report alleging Moscow feared exposing its people to real American freedoms and living standards. It cites the failure of postwar plans to exchange students, scientists, and publications with the Soviet Union.
Northern District selects Mr ROR Wilson as Liberal and Country League candidate for the by election to fill the late Mr P Blesing in the Northern Division seat. Latest Solomontown Methodist Sunday School ugly man competition totals show Doug Wilsdon leading with 7,520 votes, followed by Bob Laube and John Jose each on 4,080, J Francis 2,904, total value £778 8s.
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