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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 08, 1944
Page
2
Dorothy Edna May Brownhill of 97 Warne Street Wellington acts as executrix of the will of the late Frederick West Brownhill. Printed for J. D. Brownhill & Sons at the Wellington Times office 76 Percy Street Wellington.
Bruxner attacks Labor subservience to unions and outlines Country Party goals for NSW rural advancement. Proposes nationwide electricity reach, flat charges for towns, water and sewerage expansion, ten new provincial university colleges, land settlement favoring returned soldiers, low-interest land, repatriation and training policies, private abattoirs, hail insurance, and expanded local government powers.
Mr Brux stated the Country Party would review railway freights and fares at the earliest opportunity. It would decentralize hospital administration and services, build modern base hospitals in country centers, and establish convalescent homes and aged care facilities. Education proposals aim to reduce compulsory school attendance to seven, expand subsidised schooling in sparsely populated areas.
Snow was plentiful in Orange last week with six foot drifts at Pinnacle Rock and Mount Canobolas, six inches elsewhere. Rain total reached 150 points. Bad track conditions forced Saturday races to be abandoned.
Farmers await rain as unsettled weather continues with no precipitation reported. Master Harold Woodley visits home from All Saints College Bathurst for school holidays with parents Mr and Mrs H Woodley. Geo Mawhey returns from Colioca after a three week holiday with relatives. Mrs B Tweedy returns from Sydney after months away. Mrs Bruce holidays with relatives in Sydney, daughter Mrs Larence of Orange joins. Frank Whitlock kids discharged home from hospital after illness.
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