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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 24, 1946
Page
3
The fragmentary line hints at a local feature or name with no clear event or date. Readable pieces are insufficient to identify people places or organizations for a fuller summary. Further context is needed to produce a precise headline and card teaser.
In Sydney Fuller knocks out Meaney in the second round at Sydney Stadium before a crowd of about 6 008. Fuller earlier faced Meaney three times, each winning once. Also noted are results from Melbourne and Newcastle boxing cards with several KO and decision outcomes.
Captain Flat defeated Canberra 8 to 4 in a rough Cup football match. Key players included Kearney delivering an acute angled goal, Day carried off early, and Canberra’s surge with Hinckaman O'Brien Hume and Barty. Final moments saw Canberra press but Captain's Flat held on for the win.
Two men have been arrested in connection with a hotel theft in Lismore after an extended search. The case involves stolen cheques from the Civic Hotel and a rifle, ammunition, and a coffee found damaged at the scene. Police charged the suspects yesterday in relation to the hotel heist and related items.
Science shows a push to invade American houses with larger scales of prefabricated construction. The article cites aluminium foil insulation, steel framing, plastics for ready built rooms, laminated girders, and high frequency heating in factories, plus new kitchen units and an automatic orange juice squeezer that drops pulp into the garbage.
Sydney report states a drop in milling output from four to two mills may hit the poultry industry hard. Secretary of the Associated Poultry Farmers Union cites a large consumption of bran and pollard and notes supply constraints could raise prices and slow production.
Transport Workers Union Canberra Branch announces nominations for executive and committee posts from the recent general meeting held June 20. Nominations close with the returning officer at Depot Kingston, 8 p.m. Friday June 28, with papers available from BL Carpenter.
An OCR fragment lists various apple varieties such as Granny Smith and Romie Beauty with pricing and freight notes for Quirker rall transit. Includes references to Valle Orchards Batlow and Jerrabombera Avene, phone numbers, and prompts for winter orders and delivery options.
J Dibbs and Co report 690 sheep and 70 cattle yarded at Queanbeyan saleyards last Thursday. Unsettled weather caused lighter yarding but buyers cleared most stock at satisfactory prices. Three year Hereford cattle from Cuppacuma sold. fat lambs and crossbred wethers also traded with broadly firm demand.
An old newspaper blurb promotes Charmounn cold cream as a wartime beauty remedy. It touts availability through chemists and stores, noting benefits like skin nourishment and a claim of interfered wartime production for supply. The ad uses florid wording and calls out jasmine fragrance.
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