Market grosses: onions rise while greens fall in Canberra area
The weekly market rundown shows white onions at 7d per pound, greengrocers expect a rise to 1 shilling soon, potatoes at 8d and 9d per pound, beans and peas 9d, lettuce down 3d, cabbage cut to 1/6, watermelons 1d lower, pawpaw up 3d, peaches up 3d. Meat prices steady with some specials. lamb chops 2/6 to 2/9, minced steak 2/6 per lb. Butchers cautious on next weeks prices amid slower turnover since Christmas. a seasonal lift in lamb prices expected next month.
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Kuwait ruler forms first Cabinet including eleven relatives
Kuwait Radio reports the Sheik of Kuwait appointed a new Cabinet formed by decree and took office today. Eleven relatives of the Sheik are among the members, creating a family backed administration in Kuwait City.
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Prices You Should Pay For Perishables This Week
A guide lists reduced stock prices as shopkeepers clear perishables before week’s end. It covers meats such as roast beef and leg of lamb, sausage meat, pork chops, and assorted produce including apples, oranges, pears, pineapples, grapes, and peaches with specific price ranges.
Fire fault could have started 1930s exchange blaze
A preliminary inquiry into a Canberra fire that destroyed the Civic Telephone exchange hears a momentary boiler fault might have caused the blaze. Police and fire officials describe simultaneous alarm relays at 12.51 am on September 22 as investigators probe whether a 16 year old set the fire.
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