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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 05, 1947
Page
4
Sydney engineers say Australians avoid heavy manual tasks on dam and railway projects and that heavy dam and rail work will be done mechanically. They dispute the minister for immigration’s claim that locals would not take such jobs.
A new world record was chased yesterday at Holywood Pane as Honeymoon, owned by film producer Warser who bought Bar From Lou B Mayer, dominated the seven furlong race. The event featured notable owners Alles Allan Beaupere and others as excitement built around the record attempt.
John Henry Miles aged 18 of Marrickville was committed for trial on a charge of murdering his brother in law Vincent Ill, 35, an actry worker. The coroner Mr RM Stewart said the circumstances justified bail refusal and Miles admitted killing Hill after Hill had threatened his sister and mother. Mrs Hill testified her husband, while drunk, had knocked Miles from her arms and Mrs Frances Miles said she heard screams from Hill in May. Miles said he would get them all, fired a gun, and Hill collapsed.
Livya Marshall, a coloured American, knocks out the British cruiser in a London bout. Mila is mentioned in passing, detailing the event's surprising outcome and the race against time for a rematch.
An OCR fragment reports a mid air incident near Perth with an Avro aircraft losing undercarriage and landing safely. Passengers were not alarmed though the narration is garbled and incomplete.
Prices inspectors have moved into rural districts to enforce price limits on butchers and storekeepers. The Deputy Prices Commissioner asserts northern districts face stricter action and favors magistrates familiar with price breaches. In Sydney bread prices, starch products were cut to four pence per loaf from fourpence four for Pre and Proms brands.
A fragmentary report notes a victim named Marvy in serious condition after an incident at a wine shop. A suspect or related individual, Cameron, was remanded to June 4 with seven ballots mentioned in the fragment.
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