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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 08, 1938
Page
5
The readable text references machines and industry, a political figure Monahan, and a parliament context with mentions of senators and duties. It reads as a garbled OCR fragment from a historic page, lacking coherent narrative or clear event details.
Canberra Court proceedings include verdicts for debt against Samuel Bray and for wages to Esther May Richardson from Nicholas Healy fish shop. Breach of award cited over time sheets. Hospital board and rent claims decided, licensing list announced for Canberra venues.
Lord Privy Seal Sir John Anderson outlined a public handbook on national service to be distributed to all households by the third week of January. He announced local national service committees per county and borough, an emergency national register mechanism, and denied a recruiting authority cost. Debate touched on compulsory service forms, protections against flagging resources, and potential property regulation. opposition urged fuller information. The session adjourned sine die.
Paris reports a frank admission by M. Jouhaux that factory occupation has failed as public opinion opposes it. The Confederation of Labour may become impotent if agitation continues while France’s industrial scene shows 180090 employed in Valenciennes and 118000 on strike in Lyon. The Chamber’s Finance Committee rejected a general amnesty bill by 26 to 14.
Employers are warned that hiring non journeymen or non indentured workers in listed trades is prohibited under the Apprenticeship Ordinance. Penalty up to £20. Trades include Carpentry Jannery Painting Plumbing Bricklaying Woodworking Machining Plastering Electrical Fitting Electrical Mechanics Fitting and Machining Blacksmithing Tilelaying. City Apprenticeship Board chairman Daley presides. Also invitation to urgent swim pool meeting tonight at 8 p.m. for northern suburbs at the new Ainge School.
The Australian Broadcasting Commission annual report to Parliament shows rising public appreciation for orchestral concerts, chamber music, vocal and instrumental works, credited to high broadcasting standards and more Australian production. It notes twenty national stations, a second station in capitals except Perth, an all Australian nightly news plan for remote areas, and calls for copyright and arbitration reforms. Total broadcasting time rose to 106,157 hours, with revenue up to £642,081.
In Sydney at the Causes Court Frederick Hillis a commercial traveller said his wife earned seven to eight pounds weekly as a commission from the starting price business. Billie and two children sought three thousand pounds in compensation for the death of his wife in a car incident near Swansea. The Commissioner for Main Roads pleaded not guilty. The jury returned a verdict for the Commissioner after evidence about the wife’s earnings was sent to the Income Tax authorities.
At Princesa Colliery in Sydney Nova Scotia a mine train carrying 250 men broke its cable and fell 8 miles down steep tracks, smashing into a wreck. Twenty were killed and 38 injured as 26 cars hurtled at 60 miles an hour, with survivors describing a horrific scene and sudden catastrophe.
State Lottery No 551 drawn today with four prize levels listed. First prize number 42200 goes to Adios syndicate Mr Lewis Petersham post office. Second 98003 to Desperate syndicate Mr J W Firewood Campaie. Third 48958 to Spero Melore syndicate Mr A Mort Lane Cove. Fourth 68700 to Rain syndicate Mr W McGregor Summer Hill. Lottery No 552 to be drawn Monday night.
LISMORE Wednes day Joyce Molous was convicted at the Quarter Sessions of setting fire to her business premises. Acting Judge Fuller sentenced her to four years imprisonment noting the maximum for arson is fourteen years. Notice of appeal was given.
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