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Advertising (Townsville Daily Bulletin, 22 Mei 1954)

Advertising: Mrs Dickie on the Indonesian Women's Congress, Townsville

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Townsville Daily Bulletin classified-advertising page, 22 May 1954, p. 7: mostly unrelated ads. A Building Workers' Industrial Union notice invites members and families to a film display and address on Monday 24 May by Mrs Dickie, wife of Rev. Dickie, 'just returned from the Indonesian Women's Congress'. Also a political ad attacking Evatt as soft on Communists.

Halaman iklan baris Townsville Daily Bulletin, 22 Mei 1954, hlm. 7: sebagian besar iklan tak terkait. Pengumuman serikat pekerja bangunan mengundang anggota dan keluarga ke pemutaran film dan ceramah Ny. Dickie, istri Pdt. Dickie, pada Senin 24 Mei, yang 'baru kembali dari Kongres Wanita Indonesia'. Ada pula iklan politik yang menyerang Evatt sebagai lunak terhadap komunis.

“...address to be given by Mrs Dickie (the wife of the Rev. Dickie), just returned from the Indonesian Women's Congress... WATERSIDE WORKERS' HALL ON MONDAY THE 24th.”

People

Allison Dickie

Organisations

Building Workers' Industrial UnionUnion of Australian WomenIndonesian Women's Congress

Places

TownsvilleIndonesia

Events

Second Gerwis Congress: renaming to Gerwani

Topics

WIDF and international women's movementAustralia and New Zealandcongresses and meetingslabour and workers

Tags

advertisementcongress report

Details

Date
1954-05-22
Creator
Townsville Daily Bulletin
Publication
Townsville Daily Bulletin
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
English
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Australia
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
Trove · source link
Access
open access (Trove) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Australian press (1949-1982) - articles on Gerwani and members (Trove)/Townsville Daily Bulletin (1954-05-22) - Advertising [Trove 62515384].txt
OCR / text
Poor (0.693) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Australian press (1949-1982) - articles on Gerwani and members (Trove)
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