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Newspaper
Portland Guardian
Location
Portland, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 16, 1952
Page
4
A speaker pleads for adult led clubs to engage youth, stressing family and community duty. He cites costs of street disorder and urges church civic and police collaboration plus stronger parent involvement to offer constructive activities and reduce crime.
Sir Albert Land praised young honest men for Parliament and urged support for Country Party candidate Mr Walliker. He defended Walliker’s wartime service and council record, urging voters to back the candidate for Kim.
The piece explains tuberculosis once called consumption, its transmission through germs in saliva and dust, and how infection may lie dormant for years. It notes most cases affect ages 15 to 40, with X ray surveys underway in Victoria and five centers in Melbourne offering free tests.
The readable fragments describe a competitive event at Gordon Motel in Portland with mentions of AM and MEs. The text is fragmentary but implies a contest or meeting involving multiple attendees and a local venue. No clear outcome or dates are present.
A Grovese event presents gowns from 28 to 100 years old modeled by Mrs Beverley Thomas and others. Attire ranges from modern to antique with bridesmaids and young models, musical numbers, and thanks to Presbyterian Ladies Guild. The evening ends with the National Anthem.
Fragmented OCR reads like a catalog of weights from light to medium and navyweight with prime hearvenignin Comes, prices quoted in pounds shillings pence. Mentions trucks for the week ending at Murton, Coteraine and Nhl, plus various odd jargon and misspelled terms.
The note traces Riverina and Lower Darling wool flows, mentions premature shorn sheep, and hints at a near closing rate. It records market shifts and cautions about price changes affecting suppliers and buyers in the season.
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