Gladstone F F C F closes after six years of war effort
The Gladstone unit of the F.F.C.F. held its final meeting at the Institute after six years of hard work. They forwarded all monies and goods to headquarters amounting to £2052 11 10 and shipped 788 pairs of socks and other items to Adelaide. President Mrs. L Harris praised helpers, notably hon treasurers J G Deeble and L Giersch, for their leadership in supporting the fighting services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
F.F.C.F
L. Harris
L. Giersch
Adelaide
Harris
Red Cross
Messrs
J. G. Deeble
A Political Year In Review Of 1945 In Australia
This year end reflection notes the war’s end as the standout event while criticizing the federal government’s economic progress and industrial turmoil. It advocates production, enterprise, and hard work as paths to prosperity, endorsing the Liberal and Country League’s plan for decentralisation, living wages, and industrial peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor
Commonwealth Bank
Commonwealth
Australia
Liberal and Country League
L.C.L
Jamestown Primary School Open Day Highlights Sixth Grade Work
Friday morning event at Jamestown Primary School invited parents to view student progress. The sixth grade manual work impressed attendees while Miss Rosemary Porter received top marks. Gifts were exchanged as students presented parents with handmade tokens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. McLennan
J. C. Kumnick
E. Tidswell
Mothers’ Club
Rosemary Porter
Unveiling Roll of Honour at Belalie North Memorial Hall
A large crowd attended a Sunday ceremony in Belalie North Soldiers Memorial Hall for the unveiling of the Roll of Honour honoring World War I and II soldiers. Senior Chaplain Darcy Dickson spoke, Mrs Penhall performed the unveiling, and the choir sang the hymn King of Kings after the national prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belalie North
Song of Australia
A. D. Bray
Darcy Dickson
Dickson
Penhall
Policy and hopes for 1946 in Commonwealth governance
The piece argues that the coming year's outcomes depend on the people and government policy. It invites readers to obtain the S.C.L. policy from the League secretary as a guide for steering the State through the storms expected in 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
S.C.L
League
Gladstone District Council Meeting Minutes Report
The December 7 meeting notes present Crs ONeill Potter Lines Heaslip Page and Messrs Cockburn Thomson with reports from A W U N D C A Minister of Agriculture and others. They reviewed flood damage assistance prospects, floodwater crossing at Rocky River, accounts and audits, and Red Cross postwar planning with health notes on whooping cough at the primary school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crs
J. F. O'Neill
J. R. Potter
C. H. Lines
Heaslip
M. H. Page
Minister of Agriculture
A.B.C
Bank of &.A
L.G. Dept
R.5
A. P. Blesing
Gladstone
Food For
Davis
Lines
Potter
Mr. Fleming
Messrs. Blesing and Lyons
H. Osman
A. Harvey
Dr. Heaslip
Dr. Page
L.T.O
Cr. Page
Cr. Patter
R.S.L
Benbow
Cr. Heaslip
Red Cross
Wedding Bells Clavell Harris Featured in Gladstone Ceremony
A December 6 wedding at Gladstone Methodist Church united Miss West Marie Harris and Arthur Raymond Clavell of Adelaide. The couple, 70 guests, travels to Adelaide for their future home as Mr. Clavell, a former RAAF NG member, begins married life with Miss Harris in attendance of family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwen
Connie Harris
Tir
Jack Munro
Robert Clavell
Joan Budge
Miss Budge
Adelaide
Driver Bert Creber Spends Leave in Gladstone
RAAF driver Bert Creber is spending leave with his parents Mrs. J Bowker and family in Gladstone. Creber and his two children recently returned to Laura from a holiday in Adelaide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Creber
RAAF
Gladstone
J. Bowker
Laura
Adelaide
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Gladstone F.f.cf
J. S. Wurm, M.P.S
Gladstone and
H.C. Sleigh
Owen Ece
Laura Ice & Produce CO. Ltd
THE
Secre
Taries
Commonwealth Securities
Ofer Pictt
Jamestown Primary
Jamestown
National Library of Australia
Areas Express
Grenfell Street
EJ. Kranz
Caltowie
Dominion Kerosene Refrigerator
Lester
Jamestown Jaikies
Claudette Colbert and
John Payne
Betty Grable
Victor Mature and
Jack Oakie
Inglis
Beecham
Nla.gov
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