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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 01, 1966
Page
3
On the Melbourne steel exchange prices eased with BHP down 6c to 86-04. Turnover for BHP shares was unusually low at 5,650, signaling a quiet trading session.
Industrials show mixed moves as the new issue news shakes prices. Buyers push up select names like Union Fidelity and Waterwheel before retreating. big losers include Monier and Gippsland Cement with several sellers trimming gains. Radio and TV shares firm, while brewery and transport stocks drift. Southern Motors holds steady on dividend cut.
In the pastoral section Elder Smith-GM moved up while Younghusband cused 3c. The notice records finance share activity across Melbourne Brisbane and Adelaide markets with brief movements and unclear details. Entities named include Elder Smith and Younghusband with unspecified actions or values.
The fragment lists many retailers and figures in a bustling wholesale scene. Names such as David Jones Myer Woolworth and Coles appear among others with scattered monetary amounts and codes, suggesting a marketplace or stock listing context in a historical period. The text remains garbled but preserves the sense of a crowded retail landscape with diverse participants.
An OCR fragment lists multiple industrial goods and prices, including references to Amalie, Alten, Coles, Frewemed, and Myers, with varied numbers and codes. The text appears to be a catalog-style price sheet or market snippet from Brisbane, lacking coherent context or complete entries.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a location in Lima Ohio with the numbers 70 and names Bar nel Ohia. No clear event or outcome is present.
A dense OCR page lists prices for metals and mining stocks including ANZ 408, National, NES, Overseas 108, and Western Australia names. It also notes categories like BASE METALS and MINING with numbers for commodities and company quotes, reflecting a clustered market snapshot.
A fragmented OCR listing shows numerous stock names, prices, and numbers from the Sydney market. The readable bits include company names like Dalgety, Oldie, Pioneer, and authorities or speakers such as ARIES and Griffin, but overall the text is dense, with scattered figures and no coherent narrative.
In a Canberra court Lovett claimed 360 000 against the Commonwealth alleging heart injury from a pumping station accident. Judge Eggleston found the injury due to Lovett’s own negligence while joining a broader claim to include the Commonwealth as a defendant. Also, London Blair Pty Ltd was dissolved with assets distributed and no creditors outstanding.
Ronald Phillip Studie, 21, of PMG Camp Black Mountain pleaded guilty to four traffic offences in Canberra Court of Petty Sessions yesterday. He was fined 120 dollars in total by Mr Dobson SM. The penalties included 50 dollars for failing to yield at the Fast Bow l and Alinga Street intersection on January 11, 30 dollars for giving a false name, 20 dollars for driving an unregistered vehicle and 20 dollars for no driver’s licence.
A year old man was remanded until Monday by Mr Dobson on charges of false pretences and obtaining the hire of a motor vehicle by fraud. Iain Charle MacPherson, unemployed with no fixed address, allegedly used cheques to obtain a suit and shirt from David Jones Canberra Pty Ltd for 74 46 and a camera from Fred Bareboam Camera Centre for 1 92. He also faces a charge of obtaining the hire of a motor vehicle from Hertz Australia via a scape application. A scuffle at a dance led to a fine of 10 for Lance Robert Doyle. Police also reported Langley urinating outside premises in Lonsdale Street after leaving a hamburger shop. An 18 year old was admonished after being remanded from May 3 and citing the Town House Motel bill of 100. Thompson, previously living at a po fined address, was remanded but now employed with his parents.
Sydney television and radio personality Charles Stephen Faulkner was cleared of an adultery claim related to divorce proceedings between Dr Edwin Trenerry and Mrs Averil Trenerry. The judge granted Mrs Trenerry a divorce on cruelty grounds and awarded custody of their two children. In a separate case, Peter Raymond Kocan faced further remand to July 12 over the attempted murder charge against Federal Opposition Leader Calwell, with bail issues and security for the sureties discussed in North Sydney Court.
Melbourne report states Ronald Ryan, 41, seeks leave to appeal to the High Court after the State Full Court dismissed his murder conviction appeal. His death sentence stands for the Warder George Hodson murder during an escape from Pent Ridge Gaol on the 19th. The new appeal was lodged today by the Victorian Public Solicitor.
Sydney court records show Yau Yin Kwan a sailor on the Malay sia freighter who smuggled one pound of opium into Singapore received a six month sentence in the Special Federal Court.
Court No 6 at the ACT Law Courts opens at 10 am for the Minister for Works and Australian Workers U Dispute over industry and a wage payable to empty Department of Wir ement Products Factory Pyshwick. Notes unclear text.
Mrs Michael Stewart wife of the British Foreign Minister and a justice and East London Juvenile Court chairman visited the ACT Law Courts yesterday. She spent about an hour in the building chat ting with Canberra magistrates. Morning tea with the magistrates led to adjournment of the Courts Petty session.
In Sydney on Thursday Robert George Delaney aged 19 was sentenced to seven years' gaol in the Central Criminal Court after pleading guilty to raping a 14-year-old girl at an isolated Mona Vale spot on March 27. The case was heard before Mr Justice Richardson.
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