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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 16, 1952
Page
5
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The CAC notes that all employers should support defence by ensuring young workers join National Service Training. About 2000 men sought discharge from service, and roughly 11,000 could not continue. The CALF strength is 4167 with 25,000 National Servicemen having finished initial service.
Construction of three union offices at the Acton Trades Hall has begun. The project will extend the hall by about 40 by 10 feet and provide new headquarters for the SWALAT, the Printers Union, and the ACT Trades and Labour Council. The work aims to be permanent offices with plans for an industrial library as space is completed.
The Australian Workers' Union votes to have members continue accepting work under the current pastors award until Arbitration Court rules on higher rate claims. A late June executive meeting will address the union’s broader demand for a general increase in award rates amid transportation and contract disputes.
In Chicago on a Sunday, four men raided a fur storage warehouse stealing pelts valued at around 316,000. They forced four employees to lie face down at gunpoint for minutes while the robbers loaded goods onto a lorry. Three thieves moved the vehicle to the rear while the fourth shuttled into a locked office posing as a messenger.
Work has started on a £30,000 Roman Catholic church hall in Lime Tone Avenue and Ipima travel area. Contractors Rennie and Hurton expect completion and ready occupation by the end of February. The hall will seat 700 and feature a 48 foot high wall with a gallery, serving the expanding northern suburban Catholic population.
Lifeboats rescued 31 crew members from the Baron DouRian after a heavy outlist with the Yuroslav steamer Kwentea in the Channel west of Tay. The ship was wrecked near Haxtinngs with a T-degrye and heavy flooding. Two lifeboats towed the vessel 10 miles toward Dover, while the captain and several crew remained aboard.
Police report an explosion wrecked a car in Redfern prompting investigation. The owner, Roderick McCue, a 25 year old Long Bay warder, said he was asleep at his Redfern home when the blast blew a hole in the front window. A motorcycle and other items were damaged. detectives investigate possible causes.
The government announced a £2,600 army tent supply contract awarded by Minister for Guy Mr Beale. The contract covers canvassware for twelve months and will benefit several firms through direct contracts.
A branch of the Institute of Accountants announced the results of the May examination. In Management Accounting, winners include V Riome, BW Birehand J, KR. FWapAsrleh. Details of other passers were listed for the Sunday session of the Rydeny area.
A blaze swept through a fourth floor flat in UB-year-old housing, killing five members of the same family including four children and badly burning an elderly relative. A policeman and a fireman were injured during rescue attempts as a neighboring tenement was evacuated and all homes were burned out.
Four workers at a secret project at Argonne National Laboratory were exposed to nuclear radiation. They were Aston Ulrich 31 Peter Martin 30 Louise Holiman 48 and Roland Bach 28. They were hospitalized but sustained no serious injuries. The incident prompts investigation into the exposure duration and source.
A Sydney meeting of federation leaders says waterfront work is available to-morrow. The port remains open with operations to commence at 1 pm on the sugar freighter Beats Mera. Classified ads note items for sale and services nearby, including a Henderson motor cycle and baby cot, with contact details in Queanbeyan and Sydney suburbs.
A garbled notice includes public safety warnings near Duntroon with a firing practice window and a hazardous zone in Canberra region. It lists terrain boundaries, road names, and fence lines, warning of unexploded ordnance risks and instructing handling only by authorities. It mentions job ads, exchanges, and a broad array of distorted names and locations.
Hotel civic Tuesday program at Lawley House features Junie 430 Dm and Allmtasion. The Victoria League in Canberra hosts a musical afternoon on Wednesday next at 3.30 pm. Invitations and memory call are extended with reservations to Mrs G Turner.
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