Grazier and salesman fined for drinking and driving in Canberra
A Canberra Court convicted a Nass grazier and a Queanbeyan salesman of driving a motor vehicle under the influence. Both were fined £18 each. Police testimony described a stationary vehicle in Commonwealth Avenue and unclear sobriety. The magistrate cancelled the grazier’s licence.
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Canberra
Olen
Bowley
Queanbeyan
Kevin Patrick Rankin
Campbell Street
Quean‘beyan
Kingston
Rankin
Commonwealth Avenue
Bonds Set In Cheque Offence Cases At Canberra
Michael Thomas Gogarty of Hotel Acton Canberra was convicted on four counts of passing valueless cheques. Bonds were set for small sums and one larger bond for £7 to K G Harris. Another man, Philp Henry McMahon of Yarralumla, was convicted and ordered to bond £50 for good behaviour to compensate Alexander Hutchison within 14 days. Gogarty admitted awareness the cheques would not be met.
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Canberra
Monie
Michael Thomas Gogerty
Acton
Bank of New South Wales
Pantopoloun
Ingston
King Alexander Hutchison
Williamson
Poker Machine Tax Method Under Review
SYDNEY Monday the method of taxing poker machines is likely to be altered soon to make big clubs pay more Government members feel that the present method is unfair when clubs with an annual profit of £40 000 are taxed at the same rate as small clubs A flat rate is levied on each machine based on the amount of investment Two proposals are under consideration One is to impose a tax on the turnover of each machine The other is to tax clubs according to their members A turnover may have to be seriously considered if any move was made to alter the taxation method It seemed unfair that small clubs whose members used machines only at the weekend should pay the same rate as clubs where machines were used every day
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Sydney
Cannes Casino Bank Breaks Records in Baccarat Spree
Cannes society searches for the gambler behind a week of huge baccarat wins at the Palme d Or casino. Tourists amassed tens of millions of francs as Jack Warner the American producer won about £49,000, a Brazilian visitor £10,000, and Darryl Zanuck £20,000.
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Cannes
Reuter
Baccarat
Gamplers’ Hick
Palmeach
Jack Warner
Darryl Zanuck
Austria Triumphs 3-1 Over N S W In Sydney Soccer Match
In Sydney at the Sydney Sports Ground Austria beat New South Wales 3 to 1. Austria led 3 1 at half time. Crowd of about 700 marked a poor turnout for an international match as Austrian manager Max Gould criticized Australian officials. Nemec Baumgartner Malik scored for Austria with Morrow scoring for N S W.
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Sydney
Austria
N.S.W
Max Gould
Nemec
Baumgartner
A. Malik
B. Morrow
Man Dies After Fall From Pitt Street Building
Sydney report says 63 year old Gustave Bernstein fell from the 150 foot Dalton House on Pitt Street early today and died instantly. The man plunged to his death from the top of the building.
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Sydney
Dalton House
Pitt Street
Gustave Bern- Bernstein
Radio Thriller Writer Peter Foulkes Dies at Newport Beach
Police found Peter Foulkes 39 in his car at Newport Beach with a hose leading from the exhaust through a window. A note was taken from the body. The Saltpan author of Dark Stranger and Radio Cab had been in ill health for some time.
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Sydney
Newport Beach
Peter Foulkes
Saltpan
Foukes
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