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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 15, 1944
Page
4
War dispatches describe an Australian patrol behind Hollandia in North Guinea. After repelling a Japanese retreat, the column killed 52 enemy in a marauding foray as they confronted a native hut meal and river crossing. The tally includes four Japanese counted by a police boy and an Australian corporal aiding an Owen gun team.
If back aches come from tired kidneys, Doan's Backache Kidney Pills provide relief. The ad claims kidneys filter blood every 15 minutes, removing wastes, and warns against progression to pain, fatigue, night awakenings, ankle swelling, and dizziness.
A terse notice states SSERS caught on GLEN ELL will be prosecuted. A. MECONOCHIL is referenced in the fragment, indicating authorities pursue charges related to the incident. Further details are unreadable in the fragment.
Wellington Central School Library Fund has reached 170 pounds 17 shillings toward a 190 pound objective. P and C Association lists recent donations from M. E. Pearce 2/2, R. G. 2 2, A Beckett 1 1, Wellesley Lodge Rh ykes 1, and others totaling 170 pounds 17 shillings.
The Commonwealth Repatriation Commission invites former renters of the Services to seek suitable employment and provides an abowartee payment while awaiting relocation.
Sturt leads Evans by one point while Oxley remains last in the standings. Mitchell and Sturt show strong results in boys softball and football. Highlights include Sturt 64 softball win, Mitchell 5 softball boys, girls 15 10, Evans 6 4 basketball, and progress points with Sturt leading. GB wins spirit cup. SBB and 4A win dling cups.
The Minister for Transport Mr O Sullivan writes to Mr C G Roberson M L A that a 50 percent rebate on fodder for starving stock will apply in the Wellington district until 30 June 1944. The rebate, under Railway By law No 989, follows a Department of Agriculture report on conditions from Cummock Yeoval to Wellington area of Molong district.
The Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme provides free vocational training with tuition, maintenance allowances for living costs and books, and equipment for ex service men and women. It notes spares and plumbing work as examples and mentions Norman Owens at 22 Maughan Street as a contact.
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