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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 22, 1952
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text references a birth and firearm safety topic at a Vint location with unclear details. Names, dates, and actions are unreadable, leaving only disjoint fragments about birth or local events and a possible firearm related note.
The Interior Ministry discussed a proposed cost of living adjustment for compensation and base wages. Mr Shakespeare led a motion in June 1951 noting anomalies in Tourist Bureau wages and a subsidy for rentals. A tribute was paid to deputy member Mr Ivo Charlesworth. A survey to protect water pipes from soil damage was endorsed.
A Canberra goodwill presentation for London citizens will be made to the London Council by the Australian High Commissioner in London Sir Thomas White. The Advisory Council and Sir Thomas White will present the message and discuss Canberra plans. The meeting will cover garbage collection, hygiene ordinances, and welfare updates across states and Jervis Bay proposals.
Eugene Surbiton, 35, fined and imprisoned for driving while intoxicated after an alcohol incident at Canberra Avenue Eyre Street. Narbutts convicted on a similar charge. sentence not recorded. Others faced adjourned or withdrawn charges for drunkenness and unlicensed driving. Multiple defendants listed with bail forfeitures and pending adjournments.
Two New Australians, Jerr Koel and Jonna Nopolly, were charged after a taxi theft linked to a murder in Darwin. The murdered taxi driver George Grantham was found with fatal wounds near a Darwin road. The pair were remanded on application by Darwin police.
A Moscow conference summary notes Communist China signed a treaty worth 23 million dollars with a Western country. Traversing delegates from Britain and others attended the rentonte conference, with arrivals in Peking during the week end.
Management notes show the BW LU and ACT object to piece-work contracting. New union branches formed in Tasmania and Victoria oppose the BW LU, naming high costs and registration hurdles as motives. McCauley cites about £10,000 in expenses and aims to unite carpenters and joiners against piece-work.
Brundarl, a former Leipmie rede tal commissioner, was freed from Long Bay after serving time for a 1949 assault in Kent Road, Hose Bay. A Supreme Court jury ordered Brundatt to pay £5142 damages to Herbert Dell and his wife.
Mr J. W. Sheeran, an Australian supervisor, recounts harsh conditions in Perak Malaya. Children carry firearms under patrol, natives face terror and tension, while British forces clash with communist threats. He notes apathetic locals and a strong police presence amid unrest and labor in mines.
In Brisbane today the Industry Board said waterside workers who refused overtime on Friday may be picked up without suspension. Shipowners reported 32 of 822 men refused to work, tied to a union ban from April. The board will decide today if those reported will return to work, avoiding a general stoppage.
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