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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 17, 1943
Page
2
An unclear text fragment mentions memorial themes and a funeral, with references to anniversaries and overseas news. The readable portion includes a memorial feel and notes about Hamilton or Daw days, and general wartime reflecting tones from a historical newspaper page segment.
Schedule lists church services for Friday June 18 and Sunday June 21 with times including morning and evening masses. Details mention specific hours and locations, indicating regular religious observances across the weekend.
The Warwick city council planned a Monday night meeting to form a sub committee of aldermen led by Mayor and Aldermen to prepare evidence for the Commonwealth Housing Commission on housing shortages. The group discussed appointing architects and builders to present a concrete case, with coordination from the town clerk health inspector and surveyor.
A second advance payment of 24 to growers for the 1941 42 wheat crop amounting to 35500 was announced by the chairman of the state Wheat Board. The payment relates to quality premiums and quotas amid stock shortages and harvesting difficulties. Delays were noted due to shipping and labor shortages, with potential further advances depending on supply and planting progress.
Warwick County Council discusses drainage project costs and schedule amid calls for revised reparation plans. Officials debate calendar timing, labor, and material needs while a ward proposal seeks continued work through winter with a $20 grant for surveying and supply orders totaling about 400 units.
The council considered offers for a second-hand truck to support works. A bidder from East Warwick had a £800 tender, with June postal details and postmark. The mayor and committees argued over inspection, delay risk, and whether to purchase, debating used versus new options before voting to refer to the works committee for inspection and a report.
The notice outlines a temporary change in public service hours stating that local offices will close earlier on certain days while a limited public telephone exchange remains available. It specifies that all dining and business operations will adapt to the reduced hours with some exceptions and a phased reopening plan.
Sunflower strips were planted in Warwick area farms including Fannyovorel Wisatiand eau Vale as a profitable sideline. Yields varied with price around 490d to 138 per acre, grown on small plots for several years. A farmer with three acres increased output, while larger plantings produced up to 26 acres of three-quarter day seed harvests. Some farmers saw returns offset by harvest losses and heat, yet sunflower acreage grew in Ev. Vole district with mechanized harvesting and weed discarding.
The Warwick School of Arts monthly committee meeting was held on Tuesday evening. President J. W. Gilliam presided as receipts totaled £21 1s 8d and expenditures £11 10s 7d. Library books issued for the month cost 14 20 and membership dues 1 6 0.
Brisbane born Lieut W P Brennan and another airman died when a carrier landing clash occurred during a ferry flight in North Australia. The incident followed a wartime ration cut in Sydney amid overseas troop movements with revised weekly allowances.
Army casualty list cites multiple names including Brown Allen Conway Dorothea Dive and Bryce Flood among others in Australia and New South Wales. Previously reported missing now listed as prisoners or dead or wounded with units and locales referenced.
The readable fragments describe a traffic issue and various vague observations but lack coherent details, names, places, dates, or outcomes to present a clear incident or timeline. No verifiable entities or actions are discernible from the OCR snippet.
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