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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 16, 1949
Page
2
Authorities enforce electricity restrictions in Canberra to limit heating use. Most residents comply though some warned to adjust habits. A fire linked to a radiator caused £50 damage to a wall fuse box and wardrobe, traced to the radiator left on when power was cut.
Lottery No 1880 results list first prize No 65866 for Lucky Dip Syndicate A L Mac Neil of York Street Sydney. Second prize No 22776 Change Over Syndicate H Poggioli of Armidale. Third prize No 62744 United Syndicate H Orante John Grant Bona. Fourth prize No 207M Coolangatta Syndicate J Dawes Kurri Kurri. Fifth prize No 3450 I Got Sixpence Syndicate Mrs E Laween Drummoyne. Lottery No 1881 to be drawn Monday.
Mr. Justice Kinsella questions deprivation of light power and warmth for women and children as miners face shortages. Mr. Smith replies a break in downds. The Commission findings suggest coal policy aims to intensify shortage by limiting coal for the community.
A. C. T. hockey team lineups show A grade players A. McIntosh Pike Hill Chandon and Barnes Orr Norton Aon. B grade lists Christy Courtney Phillips Barranger and Co. C grade includes Meaunton Grant dos Laces Treasider Rackett MacNicol Williams David.
Fire Brigade defeated Acton Guest House 4 nil to extend its lead in the Canberra Amateur Billiards Association standings on Thursday night. Transport drew with Hotel Acton. Individual scores show J Bower 200 over V Levy 98 and T Byrne 200 over J Elliott 165, with Brooker defeating Dingwall 137 to 53 and Prendergast 140 over F eae 05.
Auctioneers and real estate valuators travel agents named. firms include Orient Line Burne Go Wilhelmeen Matson American Pioneer Lines. R. A. McKILLOP & CO. AGENTS, CITY, Tel. 877.
Ellen Fredericks Palmer, 48, was committed for trial on a charge of attempting to kill John Robert Miller of the Palatine Insurance Company. A witness said Palmer held a knife as Miller was wounded after she claimed he “wiped her off.”
At Canberra Court yesterday Frederick Ward a tiler was fined two pounds in default four days for indecent language. Giles police were arresting another person at the time.
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