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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 15, 1939
Page
2
The favoured nation trade pact was ratified by the Commonwealth Parliament. It provides exclusive tariff preferences in Australia for butter and canned fruits at 1 cent per lb and 10 percent ad valorem. Australia grants Newfoundland origin newsprinting paper the British preferential tariff.
Queanbeyan Municipal Council elected H. C. Taylor unanimously as mayor succeeding J. Esmond who retires after five years. F. Williams re-elected deputy mayor. The council set a 50 shillings annual mayoral allowance and approved new electricity charges, a reserve water fund, and showground management. Vandals damaged the bandstand. plans for a protective fence were considered.
London reports judicial statistics for 1934 show marriages increasing from 4200 to 10350 under the new Act. Decrees totalled 1821 and other cases rose in the matrimonial docket.
The Victoria League in Canberra says goodbye to secretary Mrs L Steele after her husband’s transfer to Sydney. President Mrs R J Tillyard led a farewell sherry with committee members and friends, as Mrs Murphy heads away and Mrs Fraser assists. The Canberra Highland Society and Burns Club host a dance at Albert Hall to raise funds for pipe band uniforms. The Women’s Volunteer Service reports knitting and Red Cross fund efforts at Gorman House, with 20 pairs of socks donated. In NSW interstate dancing, Canberra pair James Brill and Doris Heudebourck place fifth in the grand final under Jimmy Halloran’s tutelage.
A two year old boy, Ray Webster, suffered extensive injuries when a 4.5 inch howitzer shell cap exploded in his Sydney residence. The fuse and oxidizer inside the cap had been in the house for years and the child reportedly carried it to the front lawn before the blast enveloped his face and arms. The boy’s father is a warrant officer in the Permanent Forces currently in Melbourne for training.
Allied Air Forces New York reports Lockheed won a British contract for 200 Hudson bombers costing nearly £5,000,000. The French Air Ministry also ordered 270 Douglas bombers, with negotiations ongoing for pursuit and training planes.
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