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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 20, 1947
Page
3
The High Court case centers on attempts to overturn a decision and seek Privy Council review. Mr Justice Clancy notes uncertainty would persist without a remedy and references a property damage matter. Brent is mentioned with further hearings expected.
Police raided a nudist colony at North Cronulla on a Sunday, fining four men five pounds each and placing them on 18 month good behaviour bonds. Two women also fined five pounds each with similar bonds. Senior Constable Molloy described the beach as unruly and warned against offending again.
The Sydney report notes completion of the nurses registration examination. Names of nurses testing include Jane Raymond Broadbent Dorothy Jackson and Helen May O'Buluvan with details of conduct and age months.
The article notes Palla, Kramer, Be Pure, and Rlcga planning a foreign tour with Harris promoting a U S return. Harris projects earnings in 1948 around 25,000 to 180,000, mirroring Budge’s 1938 incomplete tour, with Kramer drawn for a big guarantee. The piece mentions a Madison Square Garden match next week as a career highlight.
The Minister for the Interior announced an amendment to the Canberra Scholarship Rules reducing the number of scholarships to two annually, proportionate to Leaving Certificate candidates, down from six. The change aims to maintain a high standard while limiting total awards.
At the London conference proposals emerged for a British team to visit New Zealand and Australia in 1960 and an Australian tour of Britain in 1968. Other Dominions floated tours including a South African visit to Britain in 1981 and a New Zealand tour of Britain in 1964. provisional accords covered further French and New Zealand tours around 1948 1957 and related trips.
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