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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Mar 10, 1939
Page
5
London reports that British Palestine proposals will be submitted to Jews and Arabs without modification if no agreement is reached. Ministers consult with the Jerusalem High Commissioner on constitutional changes while American Jewish leaders return home. A separate Haifa roundup and terrorist activity are noted.
Prime Minister Lyons announced discussions between the Commonwealth and New South Wales Governments on ensuring service for Sydney. The move follows a recommendation from the South Wales Electricity Advisory Committee for safeguards in defense and national purposes, with committee and Principal Supply Officers to confer.
Plans for a national registration card system emerge as the Women’s Voluntary Service debates a constitution and a general meeting. Canberra discussions anticipate Lieut General Squires’s proposal for a standing army of 10 000, with Cabinet backing amid cost concerns and debates on compulsory training versus voluntary enlistment.
Justice Owen in the Supreme Court awarded Metropolitan Brick Company Ltd 414 pounds 17 shillings 2 pence from John Grant and Son Pty Ltd for bricks supplied. Grant, director of the defendant, had previously maligned brickmakers as pirates while serving as director of another brickworks. The judge noted an agreement to pay any price fixed by the supplier or market price appeared extraordinary yet central to the dispute.
Melbourne reports at the bush fires inquiry claim red tape prevented men from burning a break on January 1. Orchardist Jafford Lempke testified 20 workers were stopped by police due to lack of burning permission, costing an estimated £40,000 to £50,000 in destruction.
Prime Minister Lyons said cabinet would consider assistance to Victoria for extracting oil from brown coal. Any proposal would go to the Standing Advisory Committee on Oils for a report, then cabinet. Likely aid could be excise remission on new production, with forecast revenue loss about £240,000 yearly from 16,000,000 gallons output.
Unofficial record at Royal Canberra golf links as Jim Potter, club pro, posted a new score in a match with Australian High Commissioner Bruce Meg McFarlane and W McDonald against J Petterson. The pair won two and one with a total around 33 over par.
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