Increases Sought for Apprentices in the ACT
Unions lodged applications with the Industrial Registrar in Canberra seeking higher pay for ACT apprentices. First such applications in the Territory to be fixed by the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission. Hearings set for June 23 before Commissioner G A Findlay. Earned rates would be percentages of journeyman scales with additional tool allowances and other benefits.
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Canberra
A.C.T
Conciliation and Arbitration Commission
Commission
A.C.T. Metal Trades
Painters
Sydney Day dealer jailed for fraud totaling £60 000
Geoffrey Frederick Keon aged 59 of Potts Point was sentenced in Quarter Sessions to five years gaol for frauds against the United Dominions Corporation (Australia) Pty. Ltd. He faced two charges totaling £4,953 and later pled guilty to 22 more charges totalling about £55,000. His counsel plea for leniency noted the company had recovered some losses by truck repossessions, reducing claimed losses to £40,000.
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Sydney
Geoffrey Frederick Keon
Crick Avenue
Potts Point
United Dominions Corporation (Australia) Pty. Ltd
P. Clyne
Keon
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