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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1945
Page
5
Jim Lambert travels from Peakhurst to spend holidays with relatives while recovering from an appendix operation. Marriages, engagements, and a flurry of local arrivals, departures, and social events fill the week in Wellington and surrounding towns with mentions of schools, nurses, and community figures.
A notice confirms a time alteration for tonight and tomorrow June 18 and 19. Macquarie will begin at 7.50 with a ten to eight window. The change applies only to the program Marseille and Step Lively due to the length of a brilliant bone tecade.
To night and tomorrow a brilliant drama and a gay music show open with Passage to Marseille and Step Show. The program promises lively entertainment in the evening amid community theater and stage variety.
A Wellington area update confirms Montefiores, via Wellington, will gain postal delivery. Mr S Fraser submitted a petition signed by local residents seeking service expansion. The extension to include Montefiores has been approved and will begin at the earliest practicable date.
The W V S held its monthly meeting in the C of E Parish Hall with Mrs W W Savage presiding. Mrs J Chambers was welcomed as successor to Mrs C Barnett and acknowledged the inability to supply skins for woollen goods pending Far Eastern Relief measures. Amendments proposed by headquarters were unanimously adopted and a request for WVS representatives at the ACF Appeal meeting was approved. Financials showed a credit balance of £61 1seeds. Proceeds from the stall reached £37 15 0. The group planned purchasing two dozen more sleeping bags to aid impoverished European families and praised stall workers for their effort. Afternoon tea followed.
Arthur Henry Golune died Friday at Wellington District Hospital aged 74. He was a bachelor with a sister, the late Mrs E Purcell of Wellington, and a nephew Mr Purcell of Millinorle survives. Golune worked as a coal painter and was active in the Labor Party. Funeral rites were held at Letathoane and Carnole Coat verti in Wellington, with service by local officials.
Frank Cecil Bennett Smith of Wellington dies at his residence on Warte Street aged 66 after years in racing. A native of Madzee he began practice in Wellington 42 years ago and was known in polo, Wellington Race Club and the Preme Race lab scene. Funeral service at Wellington C of F and cremation in Sydney arranged by Murray Bros with remains sent by train tomorrow.
Spring weather brings growth to grass and winter feed for lambs, while graziers procure stock. Mrs. H Sheridan returns to Sydney after a holiday with her mother. Claude Hubbard resumes military duties after leave with parents at Mount Top. Driscoll family move to Emu Swamp. Master Richards shows notable improvement. W Brazier senior suffers asthma episodes. John Barrett improves after medical care. Rabbits proliferate and many young kittens are seen.
About 5000 relatives and friends welcomed 80 returned prisoners of war at the Sydney Showground yesterday afternoon. The men recently released from European camps landed in Sydney the previous morning and formed the largest batch yet to arrive from Europe.
A fragmentary and garbled weights table lists numerous horses and riders with assorted numbers, including Miss Hadrian, Mikado, Amulet, Memory Lad, and Delores among others, along with handicap figures and trainer-like terms. The degraded OCR yields no coherent narrative or clear event details.
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