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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 10, 1943
Page
4
H L Johnson NRMA secretary urges authorities to curb glass on roads threatening tyres. He notes motorists are the only group pushing for action and asks road users to report glass accumulations. NRMA has secured removal after reports and asks for continued vigilance.
Sporting notes review Wellington owners and trainers at a Parkes Club meeting with Red Terry nearly winning the Handicap before being edged out. Many horses in training at Wellington as racing shifts from Orange. Upcoming programs target June 30 with potential event reductions to five, while Confin ed Racing Club praises recent meetings and ground improvements. Valent’s recent win, local entrants for Melbourne and Caulfield Cups, and Kindergarten’s comeback prospects in Australia are noted alongside Parkes Diggers Cup results and trainer moves between Orange and Wellington.
Official channels in Australia report over 7000 Australian Forces prisoners of war held by Japan. Many are interned in camps in Borneo Thailand and Malaya with exact locations still uncertain. Names surfaced include W J Campbell Guest successor to Basil Burdett as Australian Red Cross Commissioner in Malaya and Lt Colonel J K Staley noted as interned in Malaya. Staley once ran a rubber plantation in Teluk Anson and led the Perak Battalion of the Volunteer Corps at invasion.
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