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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 21, 1946
Page
5
Articles left in kit stores by soldiers will be sold by the Disposals Commission if unclaimed within six months. The Commonwealth Gazette lists items such as spoons, a Japanese knife, a Bible, and a complete boxing kit among the unclaimed articles.
The document notes wartime customs and excise duties rising sharply from about £7 million previously to over £22 million in a single period. It also references large imports with mentions of 18 million pounds of imported goods and 4 million pounds of another category.
A Tamworth meeting of city and district butchers voted to align with state rules by January 6 or face government action. They agreed to lodge 150 cep as a deposit to Tamworth Base II capital if the mop a closure proceeds, signaling potential shutdown without amendment.
A three day Canberra meeting of the South Pacific Air Transport Council drafted a directive for trans-Pacific and trans-Tasman services. It calls for three round trips per fortnight Australia to North America, and one per fortnight New Zealand to North America, pending government approval. The plan covers British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines Limited operations. Final airport site for Fiji undecided with surveys ordered at Mandi and Nausori. Nandi to remain in use. Interims service contract between BCPA and Australian National Airways discussed. tariff charges to be approved by member governments.
The government is unlikely to appoint a royal commission to investigate the seizure of tobacco by Brisbane customs officers. A final decision has not been made, with consideration still by the Minister for Customs. An alternative departmental inquiry may be arranged if approved. In a separate note, Ex-Constable William Joseph Cable, 31, has appealed his death sentence for the murder of his wife by poisoning.
A catalogue lists 4257 bales from the Southern and Central Tablelands and New England with Western clips. Leading prices show Merino bids from Holgate Dalton to Davidson Young and many others, with a wide spread of grades and auction terms across districts including Crookwell Goulburn and Bathurst.
A compact listing shows a girl s small bicycle nearly new at Legg Road Duntroon and a Douglas motorcycle registered priced at £15 with an address 71 Buree Street Reid. Additional items include radio eraive mantels Gontaraput Brown and Leckie scalpment at 361 Nottebourne.
At 20.10 and 10.15 am an RRS NE vacant two seats car service runs to Begs via Cooma on Boxing Day one way. Apply to 35 Times Office.
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