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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 30, 1949
Page
3
Firefighters battled a blaze in the drying kiln at J. & RA. Cavanagh’s Went Seeeertees sawmill. The fire reached boxwood and cawdust, taking about an hour to extinguish. A millhand, Amber, was stacking when discovered. Fireman Jack Baidin was partially buried under wreckage but escaped injury. Damages estimated at £30.
Audrey, Charles Cousens, and K M G Parkyna travel to San Francisco to testify in defense of an alleged American born Japanese woman D Aquino known as Tokyo Rowe. The case involves treason charges tied to a propaganda broadcast to Allied troops and claims of aiding prisoners’ escape.
A. A. Holdatoy of the Soviet Union alleged that the Australian administration of Nauru operates a phosphate monopoly and exploitative labor system. J R Halligan defended restrictions as necessary, while Chinese delegate Hans Marler Li accused racial discrimination and violation of the UN Charter. Mood and the administering authority rejected reconsideration of trusteeship status.
Mrs Mary Kathleen Stuart, living at Marine Parade, told the court she had not engaged in recent contact with Ford Thomas, once jailed for a 1944 shooting. She said her estranged husband had been generous, but alimony was needed, and she has little money left, having borrowed. Acting Justice Toose voiced grave suspicions of undisclosed arrangements but said he could not act on suspicion.
Dairymen at a midweek conference of the dairymen commodities section of the Primary Producers Union discussed fund use and producer payments. Speakers noted 20/7 cwt received from the Bri comtract was paid into the fund and not distributed to farmers, with calls for applying terms and not grants. The group supported APPL proposals to secure producers price for winter fat stabilisation and renewal terms.
A New Zealand race or match ends in a draw with noted contenders Pestpond Petree and Flobertson among participants. The event includes references to 1968 and related performances but details are unclear from the fragment.
Canberra's protection plan centers on wide dispersal of industry and underground storage. Mr. H H Kane of the Department of Works argues for extensive urban and infrastructure separation, with underground shelters and crucial facilities placed deep within mountains. He cites Hiroshima and Nagasaki to justify low residential density and strengthened building standards. He also notes the need to protect key electric and water networks and to relocate vital goods underground.
The senior gymnasium class conducted by the Canberra will continue in the Drill Hall tonight. Instruction focuses on physical fitness for young workers, with lessons aimed at improving body conditioning and health.
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