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Newspaper
Wingham Chronicle And Manning River Observer
Location
Wingham, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1946
Page
3
Messrs Winchcombe Carson Ltd report at Sydney ple sales on Tuesday. Dreers values were firm while backladlers and stires showed irregular activity. About 1705 heads penned, including around 400 stores. Prices ranged with backlottem and heavy classes selling firm. baconers and various weights fetched from general ranges noted in the sale.
Over three hundred delegates from 33 NSW Rotary Clubs attended the first postwar conference at Katoomba. Governor Harold Jones led the event with Rotary International’s J M A Hott and other district leaders. Activities included social gatherings, tours to Jenolan Caves, bowling and golf, and papers on Vocational Service and International Affairs. Key speakers urged clubs to strengthen fellowship and global awareness amid rising unrest and wartime food shortages.
Marie Perkins and Brad Morrison from Newcastle Cluny led a Rotary gathering with a choir contest demonstration and prize pot distribution. The closing Sunday featured a church service by Padre Rudi Dillon followed by Gordon Younes’ youth paper and Bertie Deane’s conference summary, with resolutions carried and thanks to the Katoomba Club.
Saturday events at Marlee drew strong crowds with varied athletic trials. Winners included J Schneider and J Moore in open bending, M Cameron and W Allan in match races, G Walshe and FR Grem in scrubbers, and FR Miller in match records with Coral first.
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