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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 20, 1939
Page
4
The advisory council notes beef prices rose in October compared with Canberra figures while mutton fell. Rib, chuck steak and sausages gained 0.13d per lb and brisket dropped 0.06d with leg forequarter join and loin down 0.18d per lb. pork stayed unchanged amid Sydney Canberra comparisons.
The arbitration decision to reduce the time lag between wage increases and their application would not alter the cost of living figures. Officials note price checks across 300 cities and warnings against further lag reductions. scrimp payments could offset gains if prices fall. Melbourne reports 25 percent basic wage rise sought by CTU officials, pegged at £5 due to rising living costs since the war.
The Minister for Agriculture announced that bulk wheat would be received at allocated temporary facilities on Boxing Day and next Saturday would be a full work day for wheat reception. The government will bear extra costs to allow farmers to deliver their wheat and avoid theft during the Christmas period. Additional sheds will be constructed to enhance storage and prevent fire risk.
Sydney reports the Australian Wheat Board announcing a 1d per bushel rise in export wheat price in three weeks. Bulk wheat now 3 1/7d per bushel, bagged wheat 3/10s. Local consignees quoted at 3/7 bulk and 4/10 for the bagged.
Justice Duffy and Justices McFarlane presided in the Supreme Court today over the case against the editor of Truth. The editor faced a 15 pound penalty for alleged bribery. McGuinness failed to disclose information he possessed and 42 ep registers will be lodged in due course.
The cabinet decided no quick push to raise shale oil output at Glen Paine from ten million to one hundred million gallons annually. Prime Minister Menzies noted inadequate information to make a sound decision on the proposal.
In the Bankruptcy Court the whereabouts of missing financier John Woolcott Forbes was asserted by Mra Forbes and two solicitors holding his power of attorney. Rex Chambers represented Producer and General Finance Corp Ltd claiming £43,160 against Forbes. The petition service named Albert Levitus, Abraham Lande, Mrs. Wenlcott Forbes, and a Sydney building caretaker. Chambers argued Levitus and Lande knew Forbes’s location. Oliver Smith denied acting as a dummy for Forbes in related charges. He stated Forbes was arrested in Bombay last January and that the P G balance sheet showed a £453,000 total with over £260,000 lost in the last two months. The hearing adjourned.
Eric Franklin aged 19 was acquitted of murder in Criminal Court after prosecutors failed to prove he shot Arthur Vous a 53 year old optician on November 1. The defendant broke down in court as the verdict was delivered amid emotional testimony.
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