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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 14, 1950
Page
3
Government and public works notices from Canberra ACT outline tender closings for supplies, installations, and services. Details cover heating systems, electrical work, hospital service extensions, new buildings and fittings, with dates, responsible ministers, and contact points for applicants.
Vacancy notice outlines salaries and appointment terms under the Establishment and Employment Act. Applicants must state date and place of birth education qualifications and war service where applicable. Send copies of references only.
Listing reproduced from a 1954 notice for an Archives Assistant at Commonwealth National Library Canberra with salary £482 050 per year and duties including handling and arranging transferred records. Includes eligibility for unmarried males 18 to 24, qualifications, and terms of service, plus other government job postings in South Australia and Darwin with different positions and wages.
Reported bank robbery at Burney where three officers and a customer were shot. Manager Leslie Mader, 06, and two others injured, critical. Bandits entered around 11 am, demanded money, fired, then fled in a beam-coloured car toward Glebe. Witness Alexander Robinson described three shots and quick escape. Police searched area. car later found abandoned.
In a dramatic Sydney robbery the bank manager wounded as robbers opened fire at close range. A getaway car abandoned on Washington Road was later found with plates altered. Police believe a single bandit fired five to six shots while accomplices waited nearby. The injured include Mr Nalder and others as bystanders fled the scene. Authorities note a substantial sum was in the bank at the time and prior raids have involved cafe locks and loot.
Police report two roadside fires within a 100 yard radius of a 60 acre wheat paddock worked by Croce and Mr Southewell. Earlier December fires on the roadside may have been caused by discarded cigarette butt. Damaged crop, potential loss could be 400 acres if winds shifted. No injuries. fires considered old and possibly linked to passing motorist.
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