Cobbora Shire roads update seeks tractor aid and repairs
At Cobbora Shire meeting Overseer CD Hannon reported sufficient grading on main and trunk roads to employ three tractors this year and requested release of W McDonald and a tractor. He noted repair costs for the Gollan to Ringwood causeway and outlined volunteering help from locals to assist grading efforts. A batch of road works and specific site repairs were approved with costs set. One ton 13 cwt salvage paper arrived and one scarlet fever case noted since the last meeting.
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Cobbora Shire
CD. Hannon
W. McDonald
Gollan
Ringwood
Mullion Creek
Spicer
Gollan-Forest Vale
P. Williams
Ross
Georie
Steel thread used in brain surgeries gains traction
A Stockholm brain specialist Dr Olaf Sjoequist has used steel thread in over 200 operations, praising its pliability and sterilisation. The article notes Australia’s wartime steel for instruments and Newcastle steelworks advances in carbide products, bullet proof steel, and armour plating, suggesting broader adoption of steel thread in surgery worldwide.
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Stockholm
Olaf Sjoequist
Australia
Newcastle
Tee
Christening at St. Patrick's for infant Tully
Bernard Francia served as godparent in a baptism at St. Patrick's for the infant son of Corporal and Mrs. T. K. Tully of the R A A F posted at Caves House Wellington. The baby wore a hand smocked frock knitted by godmother Mrs. Bill Travis and Miss Mary Veech attended as the godmother’s reader. Corporal Tully attended on leave before heading to the operational area.
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Bernard Francia
T. K. Tully
R.A
the Caves House
Wellington
Baby Bernard
Bill Travis
Parkes
Mary Veech
Caves Road
Corporal Tully
Baby Tully
Baldry Patriotic Fund hosts successful Eden Hall event
The Baldry Patriotic Fund held a June 9 ball at Eden Hall to conclude its popular baby competition. Winners and donors were thanked, with raised amounts by John Allen Evers 124 pounds 7 shillings 10 pence, Janette Cather 156 pounds 4 shillings 11 pence, and William Barber 192 pounds 11 shillings 1 pence. Expenses were 8 pounds 13 shillings, leaving 472 pounds 3 shillings 10 pence for Amaroo Shire Fund.
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Eden Hall
Baldry Patriotic Fund
Patriotic Fund
William Barber
Janette Cather
John Allen Evers
Amaroo Shire
A. Donnelly
Norman Wirth
Yeoval
Mr. Giles
Parkes
jJob
J. Hughes
Bob McLean
McLean
McMillan
Hurstville
Sutton
Heenzo Cough Remedy Praised by World Figures
Noted figures including Sir Harry Lauder, Peter Benser, Gladys Moncrieff and Captain Frank Hurley endorse Heenzo as a quick acting economical cough remedy. The ad claims mixing a bottle of Heenzo concentrate costing 2/- with sweetened water yields a pint of cough medicine suitable for adults and men.
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Harry Lauder
Peter Benser
Gladys Moncrieff
Frank Hurley
Wool and Competing Fibres Shift in Global Wool Trade
United States restrictions on pure wool were lifted allowing 100 percent wool fabrics. Blended fibres faced poor demand but may recede as cost and need shift. Economies anticipate steadier wool use, with expansion likely in China and Russia, while Australian appraisals announce 48000 bales of wool at Sydney June appraisements, June 21 to 28, and Newcastle catalogues June 23 to 25.
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United States
Winchcombe Carson Ltd
Germany
Italy
Japan
United Kingdom
Europe
China
Russia
Sydney
Newcastle
Hit and run blamed for injury to expectant mother
A hit and run motorist is believed responsible for injur y to Mrs M C Lees age 19 an expectant mother after she was struck by a motor car on Peak Hill road on Monday night Marion Bolton mezzo soprano to perform on June 26</s>
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M. C. Lees
Peak Hill Road
Marion Bolton
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Cobbora
W. Richardson
ST. Patrick's
Bernard Francis Tully
America
Great Britain
British Isles
States
Hecho
Edeleys
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