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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 30, 1947
Page
2
A partial report notes a federation statement claiming the miners accept a state board in New South Wales and anticipate ongoing undertakings on mine mechanization. A minister remarks that the commos have dirt and asserts continued control similar to the joint board.
In Wellington opposition figures denounce the budget as for show and warn it serves no real purpose. The Agriculture Minister outlines plans to boost food production for Britain, backed by primary producers. London reports note Janet Attlee’s engagement and Margaret Truman’s artist guild application in New York.
Burma's leader Thakin Law Baw said after a conference that Burma plans to seek a loan from Australia to finance trade purchases. He noted potential shipments of Australian wheat and farming machinery and discussed payment methods, including barter with Burmese goods, to aid rehabilitation after wartime devastation.
Government housing plans in the ACT spurring cement tile orders. A Quinbeayan firm will supply tiles in multiple colors, with 1400 tiles awaiting delivery as machinery comes online. The Arm manager and a tiles spokesman note most production now hand made, with full output to rise once machinery operates.
In New York the American Legion Convention proceeds with discussions on policy and member participation. Leaders indicate openness to broader collaboration despite ongoing debate over procedural cases and resolutions.
The keeper, aged 58, faced retirement on the eve of the incident. Visitors to Paria witnessed a fatal event linked to a brown bear encounter near the sea, with the keeper involved in managing security and safety efforts at the site.
Airs plane was remanded charged to day with bringing foreign currency into the country contrary to the Customs Act. He Wan Augustine Desmond Cahill Capill, 37, alleged to have brought 960 English bank notes and many dollar bills from India. Mr Webb for Cahill said Cahill had complete defence.
Friday state Ministers for Agriculture and Wheat Growers' Association representatives will convene in Canberra to review a proposed wheat stabilisation scheme. The plan, drafted by NRW government, guarantees a price for ten years and has won support from wheat growers groups in the state.
Locke maids financial terms for a Q-holen challenge against Norman Von Nida set for October 10 in England with a £1000 guarantee. In London, Friday, reports say two American flying instructors Truman and Evans arrived in Croydon.
A fragmentary OCR line cites a sailor or storyteller with garbled text about a day and a possible saving act. Names and details are unreadable, leaving a murky scene of memory and rumor.
Heavy freight flight from Canberra carried 2136 pounds of household effects to Melbourne by Trans-Australia Airlines yesterday. The load was shipped on 32 joints of cargo, then flown to Melbourne by successive passenger planes.
Sydney Friday detective testified Andrew Gordon Kilpatrick, 24, shot during a police chase after unlawfully entering Edwin Hunt factory at Blakehurst on April 17 and damaging machinery. Kilpatrick, described as possibly crippled, faced charges of breaking and entering and machinery damage amid the confrontation.
US dispatches one of its highest officials, Lay Henderson, rector of the Office of Near Faster and African Affairs, to Greece by air to assess conditions during a spate of events.
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