Hotel Managers Mull Beer Rationing Across Canberra
An ACT advisory council meeting discussed beer supply shortages and rationing at Canberra hotels. Hotel Canberra and Hotel Civic managers reported extended service hours and experiments with continuous beer service as stocks fluctuated, with mixed success over the past weeks.
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A. E. Gardiner
Act
Canberra
Sanberra
Clarks
Hotel Civic
Vince
Kingston
Jongha Hotel
Homebush Stock Sales Report Shows Mixed Prime Demand
The market for prime stock in Homebush eased slightly with prime sheep and hoggets trading at lower rates. Prime bulls and cattle fetched varied returns with some prime lots selling up to 120 pounds for bullocks and 18 pounds for prime steers, while general quality remained fair.
Gosford butcher fined for coupon surrender and misweighing
Wallace Roy Bruce a Gosford wholesale and retail butcher was sentenced in the Federal Court to one day for failing to surrender 334 141 coupons to the Fat Taxing Commission between September 30 and March 8. He also received a £20 fine for not weighing and stamping the weight of carcases slaughtered around May 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Wallace Roy Bruce
Gosford
Escapee Navy rating flees near Hawkesbury River
Sydney reports a Royal Navy rating awaiting escort near the Hawkesbury River leaped from a Brisbane express and escaped into the bush. The man, named Jeffrey Smith, 20, asked for the lavatory and did not return, prompting guards to break the door and confirm the escape.
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Sydney
Brisbane Express
Hawkesbury River
Royal Navy
Scort
Jeffrey, Smith
Jacob
Municipal Amalgamation Pledged to Cut Costs and Boost Work
Premier lauds amalgamation of local bodies as a cure for municipal waste and high administration costs. Officials say merging councils will reduce overhead and allow larger, more essential projects to proceed, easing burden on communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Carraphool Hire Council
Schell
Premair
Man in court over offensive letter found with rifles
Sydney police report Lawrence Henry Berison Greene a manual worker at Balle vue Road appeared at the Central Police Court for sending a grossly offensive letter by post. He was alleged to be an escapee from a tentedome and was found secreted in a dwelling with three rifles, remanded for further inquiry into unfounded charges against a country hotel keeper and a wife.
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Sydney
Lawrence Henry Berison Greene
Ballevue Road
Central Police
Greene
Steven Dove
Herve
Quesion
Juan
New Zealand Official Urges Stabilizing Measures for Primary Industries
Mr J G Barclay Commissioner for New Zealand urges stabilisation of primary industries through levies on high price meat, dairy support, and imported protective foods. He notes £9,000,000 in reserves, aims to boost local consumption, school milk schemes, and Canberra Pact benefits for Australia New Zealand relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Barclay
New Zealand
Ion Wechan
Saa
Barclay
Canberra
Australia
Ile
Women demand education reform amid hotel spending critique
A Sydney report notes Australian women urged action at the Australian Women's Charter Conference. They argued Australians spend more on hotels and alcohol than on education. They called for modern equipment and better schools, framing education as society’s Cinderella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Fiaid
Men Education Fellowship
Misa C. McNamara
Women's Charter Conference
Mina Lucy Woodcock
Wife Charged With Attempted Murder In Sandwich Incident
Thelma May Dunn is charged after her husband Archie Harold Dunn reported poisoned tea and a bread sandwich with phosphorous fumes. A chemist testified to finding phosphorous traces on bread and a bitter taste exposing the alleged act on Swan Hill.
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Swan Hill
Laurores
Latharine
Thelma May Dunn
Archie Harold
Dunn
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Clea
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Java
Percy the Mhon
Homebush Stock Sales
Gosford Butcher
Sconomic
Sealand
Mir
J. G. Barchay
Widheary
Annus
Byoney
Thia
Spero Johan
East Sydney
Bay
Johan
Sas
Weatera
Xuma
N.8
Gertrude Campsell
Sirfpra
Yin
Utting
Collare
Phat
Rydney Water
Boy Scouts A
Saabette Nota
Bova Sante Kingston
Quembeyant
A.C
Rack Layne
Gillette Razors
Company (Pty) Linite
Clover i. Ssdarp
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