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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 17, 1948
Page
5
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions names and places in a garbled sequence. It references Joe Wight and the BAA and includes scattered numbers and phrases lacking clear context or a complete event. The passage is too fragmentary to determine a coherent news item or outcome.
Dr J Hunter, secretary of the BMA, accuses Senator McKenna of defying the government reform plan for health and benefit services. He says the doctors’ stance reflects broader tensions with the scheme and disputes government survey data on prescriptions. The Federal Council message omits key paragraphs and argues the BMA seeks broader safeguards, while indicating discrepancies between government and BMA surveys.
Fragmented report notes Police Friend Medals awarded to several officers for long service including a search operation in Mountain Country. Also mentions a new state police honor and a Greek Bulgarian diplomatic development tied to the Orient liner Orontes and reestablishment talks with Australia, with figures and dates sparse.
A Canberra council report discusses a proposed reach of rights and powers for a new corporate body to acquire property and borrow for development at Hall. It lists authorized works totaling £6,000,000 with a projected 13,700,000 annual capacity, noting delays before job completion and interdepartmental coordination.
In the A C P Supreme Court Sidney Charles Hall a labourer was acquitted of charging a married woman with criminal assault alleged on Dusitroon Road on May 8 Pleading not guilty he contended the case faded when key witness was absent. The accused’s mother and the principal wife gave unclear testimony.
The article claims headaches signal deeper ailments and urges addressing root causes. It argues remedies that slow heart pulsations give only temporary relief and promotes Dr Morer’s Indian Root Pills as the best cure for headaches arising from indigestion bile constipation or sluggish liver.
An obituary note reports the death of Paddy Moran aged about midlife in a local incident. No clear cause or place is given, but the item confirms Moran’s passing and notes the event as covered in the period’s local pages.
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