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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 09, 1948
Page
3
An order for a new ambulance specifies the latest design with modern textures. It will have a wide front and rear door and include special seats for patients not seriously ill. The vehicle will carry a single stretcher and differ substantially from current ambulances.
Sydney report: Bromwich and Sidwell beat Crawford and May 6-4 6-1 in the Seaside championships doubles semi final at Manly. Bromwich played steady and Sidwell’s support sealed the win. Other results note Bevisy and Taylor in women’s doubles and Johnstone taking a junior title after defeating Jones.
Fienle moves to the Cotter reserve for Sunday service commencing in the morning with bus stops and return to Canberra late afternoon. The new scheme started two weeks ago with two buses and expanded last Sunday to four buses serving 180 people, with expectations of growing public response as awareness increases.
In Sydney a man named Ronald was arrested on a charge of attempting to poison Ms Tathér with intent to murder. The Tater claimed family members spit bitter milk, Mrs Muir refused a drink, and Ronald knocked the jug to the ground. Muir was committed for trial.
In Sydney, an ex serviceman, John Henry Legge, was ordered in the Supreme Court to increase weekly alimony by 1 to reduce arrears of 4 pounds. Legge, earning 19/11 weekly, had previously been ordered to pay his former wife Florence Antic Tegse £2/15 weekly for their two children. He was detained under a writ of attachment by his former wife at Marrickville.
Public hearing set by industrial society on an application from the Australasian butchers union. Hearings to run Monday to Friday, with Wednesday sessions from 1 pm and Saturday factory oversight. Representatives from the senate will object to closing days, arguing for public convenience and open debate.
Junior Women 10 Yards and Senior Men 300 Yard Medley headlines show 1 D Brophy 2 P Spence 3, seed times around 51.9 and 4 ly. Relay and underage events list numerous swimmers with times across 64 to 157 seconds, while handicaps note multiple placings.
Sydney reports a timber output rise led by Matthewa Uenight, who died this October. Production reached 30 billion super feet, about 360 million super feet per year, compared with 162 million in 1938-39, signaling a strong increase in annual yield.
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