22 May 1953
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Newspaper
Wingham Chronicle And Manning River Observer
Location
Wingham, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 22, 1953
Page
1
Readable items list wool blankets in various sizes with prices from five shillings to eleven pounds and a note about a lay by system. Men’s trousers in Merting bone Geb at five pounds fifteen shillings, flannelette pyjamas in sizes from small to XXL, and blue football jerseys priced at 32 shillings and 36 shillings sixpence.
Notes from the North Coast describe Brunswick Heads and Lennox Head thriving with new developments while Yamba enjoys rising construction at the Clarence mouth. Dyal Singh, Lismore’s contractor, bulldozes sand hills to lay out streets and dwellings near the deluxe Hotel Pacific, amid rising resort prices and a flurry of suburban growth. The piece notes surrounding progress at Craf on and Kiama, the Labour party visit to Sydney, and a NSW Stamp Diller Act sparking transfers to Victoria and Queensland, with legal opinions criticizing the measure's impact on small property owners.
The article fragment cites large wartime production figures and trade concerns in the USA and Australia. It mentions 167 million pounds of work in books and 190 million yearly sugar til, with references to A C Marshall of the Shires Association of NSW and a note about George Bernard Shaw sending Churchill a message.
Annie Wells, longtime resident of Tinonee and widow of Alex Wheame, died Monday last week. Born in Cavendian, she lived in Victoria, then Tinonee for 12 years and was nearly blind. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Church of Hyland and Tinonee Cemetery. many friends paid tribute to the memory of the elderly woman.
Obituary notice records the death of Amelia Beatrice Sowter aged 60, with family details including daughters Mina Sowter Candlstown Mys Paar eweastie and others, and mentions relatives in Old Bari Wm. Macleay River. The text notes grandchildren and extended family across New South Wales.
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