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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 08, 1938
Page
3
For the five months ended November 30 Australia shows a favourable balance of £2,728,000, down from £2,859,000 the previous year. Imports for November reached £8,786,000, versus £10,814,000 in 1937, while exports were £11,268,000 compared with £12,170,000.
Canberra Light Horse NCOs return from Goulburn Cavalry School after ten days of exams in anti gas anti aircraft map reading road traversing and tactical drills. Strength to grow to one officer and 30 other ranks. recruits must own or provide a horse of at least 14.2 hands and contact Sergeant J Kinnane Butter Street North Canberra. Annual camp set for Berry NSW from February 9 for 12 days.
At Canberra Court Mr W F Britt presided over a batch of traffic breaches. Neville Butt paid 11 with costs 8/6 for a motorcycle with no taillight. Robert Ward fined £1 with 8/6 costs for speeding through an intersection. James Summoerill fined £1 with 8/6 for an unregistered vehicle. Hayward, a butcher, faced £8 with 4/6 costs for negligent driving and a near miss at Balmain Crescent. McMillan fined £2 with 13/8 costs for failing to yield. License application for Albert Lambert denied. prior negligent driving conviction noted.
New York Wednesday reports a historic federal seizure as authorities boarded the American liner Franco and seized part of its one million dollar whale oil cargo for alleged treaty violations. A second seizure followed aboard the tanker Watertown, linked to the Franco’s cargo from Shark Bay, Western Australia. Coast Guard observer Lieut Mintyng warned repeatedly as the Franco allegedly violated rules restricting whaling of females or calves. The Franco left Shark Bay on June 26 and, after a three month voyage, returned October 1 with 000 whales killed, according to officials. Franco’s owners say whale size in the water is unpredictable, and fines for undersize catches are customary.
London report says the Chancellor Sir John Simon told the House of Commons that, under the Currency and Bank Notes Act, and at the Bank of England's request, the fiduciary issue would rise temporarily from £200 million to £230 million from December 6 to meet seasonal demands.
Sydney faced extreme heat around 85 degrees with hot westerlies as bush fires ringed the city. Blue Mountains Palm Beach and other areas saw outbreaks threatening mansions. more than 100 fire calls, with fatalities suspected from heat. Winds shifted late afternoon easing some pressure before nightfall.
In Melbourne reports reveal a dairyman used tainted milk and a syringe to undermine rivals. He offered weekly supplies to households, paid per new customer, and a quarrel led to shootings and a wounded youth. Letters allegedly urged housewives to buy his milk and discard rivals’ bottles. Also Sydney notes an Industrial Commission inquiry into brick and building-material prices.
In Cessnock on a windy morning fires broke out in surrounding hills and dry scrub. Seventy men fought to halt the blaze but flames swept through timbered country near Rothbury colliery and toward the township.
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