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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Aug 10, 1944

Page

2

Appeal Lodged In Prices Breach Cases At Canberra Court

Charges by the Prices Commission against Eton Cuasck, a retailer in Kingston and Manuka, for selling blankets above the fixed maximum prices ended with a £25 fine for the single blanket sale and £50 for the second charge involving a pair of blankets. Costa totals were £8 0/6 in each case. The hearing referenced a 1941 order and subsequent alterations to a docket by a man named Polo, who appeared before the court alongside witnesses Jean Lillian Gray and Leonard Charles Thomas.

Eton Cuasck Kingston Manuka Canberra R. Donaldson Costa R. Phippard J. L. Maguire Jean Lillian Gray Amalle Polo More Polo Pola Cusack Pricen Commission Mr. Maguire Canack Leonard Charles Thomas

Aussies Asked to See Mae West in New York

A manuscript summary notes a quirky scene in New York where a party of 10 members of a troupe called Katherina was Great invited Mae West to perform, with mentions of Australian presence and unconventional invitation language guiding the bizarre encounter. The article then shifts to a separate case about a Maguire case, a conviction appeal, and an incident in Tolopca Park involving three boys who ringbarked a silver gum tree with an axe and tomahawk. Dennis Moore, 12, admits to cutting trees and is placed on probation.

New York Katherina Mims Weet Inc Mise West Segliger Ston Soring Austrelia Fuene Mtuire Maguire Treer Department the Interior W. ‘Davien Tolopca Park Dennis Moore

Science in war ative and new materials

A fragmented wartime science digest notes advances in conductive coatings for safety in explosives, fluoride glow chemistries to gauge molybdenum content, indoor launching test rigs, a new steel container for moving vehicles, plexiglas uses in the Willow Run plant, and a UT Texas chemist’s claim of two vitamin-like compounds aiding anemia and nervous disorders.

United I Gological Motor Company Willow Run United States U.S Exmond B. Snell University of Texas

Smithy’s Nephew Earned D.5.0 For Gallant Services

A brief notice records that Smithy’s nephew was awarded D.5.0 in recognition of gallant services. The scant text notes a decoration as further acknowledgment of his actions.

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