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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 12, 1940
Page
2
Helena Rubinstein beauty consultant Miss Pamela Beauchamp will demonstrate and advise on Rubinstein treatments at Davies Pharmacy Kingston. The event runs for one week starting next Monday.
Paris reports a decree issued to bar price increases after May 11 to check the rising cost of living. The measure targets food prices and seeks to stabilize overall prices in the country.
Attorney-General Mr Hughes rejected reports that the government considered internment for communists. He said action would target conduct, not party affiliation, with options including imprisonment or fines for sedition. A militant ministry faction backs trialed internment, but is in the minority.
The third term of Professor Copland as Commonwealth Prices Commissioner expired last month and renewal is doubtful. Government may ask him to remain while consultations with the Victorian State Savings Bank occur to align price control policy before an official decision. The government values his work and fears disruption to the price control system.
Henry Leothold a 37 year old German seaman and naturalised Australian in 1932 pleaded guilty in Brisbane court on a charge of uttering seditious words. He allegedly berated soldiers about the King Queen and Australia and declared I am a true German you are fighting on the wrong side.
Four major events boost the Government Mouse Garden Fair with boxing bouts featuring R.M.L.C. Naval Station and FLAA.F. amateurs from Canberra and Queanbeyan show talent. Radio Rascal Jack Lamadaine headlines Canberra on Parade at Albert Hall. Bridge party at hotel Canberra supports Produce Stall. Mock trial at Movie Ball caps the Bayoy Theatre program.
Final tallies show Milas Peggy McLean as Queen of Commerce with 17 421 votes Wyn Gilmour leads Queen of the Air with 17 008 Joan Bale claims Queen of Sport with 1 209 and Sister Tait tops Queen of Hospital and Ambulance with 1 581 votes.
A dense listing of charity and social events across Canberra venues. Box shows, dances, tennis, and golf fundraisers run from April 5 to April 27 at Albert Hall, Hotel Canberra, and other sites to support Queen of Sport, Queen of Commerce, hospitals, and ambulances. Several dates and venues recur with varying start times and prices.
Australian export price levels remained unchanged in February with the export Index at 80.9 percent of the pre low mood peak in Australian currency and 44 percent in British currency. The figure matches January as the highest since the de pression, according to a Commonwealth Statistician statement issued yesterday.
A new import control targets nearly 300 American magazines with a universal ban on comics and many entertainment titles. Subscriptions will allow limited access to some titles, with exemptions for religious scientific and opinion publications.
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