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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 07, 1949
Page
3
The Band secretary Mr. W Senith is not removed amid worker refusals to work under him after a dispute over a meal and a dog. Unrest at Bastlake kitchen noted with a September incident and an investigation by Panayewe Lemmon, whose outcome remains unclear.
The article notes opposition from Mr L Dahelleri and others to a Sunday meal surcharge practice. It mentions efforts to harmonize with other towns and references the Alliea Liquor Trades and Mr A McVeigh. The piece hints at union members opposing penalties for Sunday employment without a penalty rate.
Selection of a memorial site for American services has been approved by committees and the Commonwealth Government. A 200 foot column on rising ground is proposed with an estimated cost between 30 000 and 40 000, to be funded by public subscriptions. Australian and overseas artists will submit designs for competition.
Sir Thomas Beecham launches a public attack on Covent Garden Opera House Trust and its management. He targets Bird Toomas’s ties with the Covent Garden opera venue, while critics and publishers consult lawyers amid a rising protest.
Swedish medical talks in Stockholm highlighted rapid thoracic surgery progress using artificial respiration. Professor Clarence Crafoord described a heart lung machine developed with Emil Andersson that oxygenates blood and returns it to the body, granting surgeons about thirty minutes for operations.
Victims treated for burns and smoke injuries after a tram collided with a horse cart at Taylor Square this afternoon. One woman suffered shock and was taken to hospital as firefighters from Darlinghurst and Redfern quickly controlled the blaze. Police separated the tram driver and the cart driver during the incident.
Melbourne reports that the English women's cricket team will depart tonight for Adelaide where the first Test starts January 15. The Australian side will return from Adelaide on Saturday night.
The railways agent for the District Producers Co Operative Society in Canberra reports a high quality harvest. This season's output is projected at about 18 000 tons, far below last year's 28 000 due to wet conditions, transit delays, and crop losses from heavy rain.
Tokyo reports Rear-Admiral Tusubu Neki sawa was sentenced to hard labor by the American Army Military Commission for conspiring against Allied ships. Four other former Japanese admirals, including a member of the Emperor’s circle, received prison terms of eight to twenty years for the same conspiracy. The scheme led to the torpedoing of many ships and the deaths or abductions of hundreds of survivors in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean.
Hilton Thomas Green, 33, was committed for trial after evidence in a brawl near Circular Quay left Leonart Harcourt-Smith, 49, fatally injured. Police say Green struck Harcourt-Smith and a teacher’s aide testified Green admitted delivering blows. Harcourt-Smith died in hospital on December 39 with a fractured skull and both eyes blackened.
The Criminal Investigation Branch will recommend a substantial reward for the man who knifed a young woman at Matraville. Superintendent Thompson will forward the recommendation to the commissioner for approval.
Swedish brewery In OsterSund uses smoke from factory chimneys as source of carbon dioxide for carbonated drinks. Technical manager Gunnar Englund and Royal Institute of Technology experts led the process with Star and Separator firms aiding the solution. Young engineer Lars Bitstrom finished the project enabling bottled CO2 for North Swedish residents and tourists.
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