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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 07, 1950
Page
2
Causeway residents report that removal of the public telephone caused nonvenience and worry. They say delays in summoning medical aid could be dangerous and point to the nearest public phone at Can a Berra railway station. They urge restoration and funding to prevent further disruption.
A spokesman for the Department of Works and Housing said pipes purchased in the United Kingdom are cast iron and scarce in Australia. The pipes, used for above ground work and two story buildings, would supply about two years of building at 500 homes a year. Lead piping is being substituted where shortages occur, but the department will not let the housing program be delayed.
Justice Simpson grants two restitution offers and a decree nial in Canberra matrimonial cases. Petitions involve William and Muth, Robert McDowell against Katherine McDowell, Millicent Hall and Rodwin Hall, with hearings noting marriages in Canberra and Sydney. Maguire represents respondents, orders set for restitution returnable in 28 days and six months.
Pre-School Play Centres in Canberra will reopen on Tuesday after the spring vacation. Toe Turner sentra has been closed and will resume on Tuesday. The eight centres will have a total enrolment of 225 children.
Staff of the House of Representatives bid farewell to Mr Stan Dickingon as he retires from the Parliamentary Service after about 30 years. A familiar figure, he had long led the gallery operations within the chamber.
Rear supplied for two Canberra hotels hit by a railway mishap at Darling Harbour in Sydney and the Canberra Club in also without a speed component. Shortened latern on Thursday may arrive in Canberra by train this morning.
Three year old Sydney Layen from Newcastle died at Rayel Newcattle Hospital after being bitten by a death adder in a yard near Norah Head. The incident occurred when Walter, playing with a stick, found the snake and brought it to a nearby person. The adder was killed, a tourniquet applied, and the boy rushed to a doctor but died about an hour after admission to hospital.
Sydney Friday report of young airmen from RAPS arrested at gun point early this morning. They were sentenced in nine months’ hard labour at Central Court for motor cycle offences. Denton, M., Yule, Mullen, and others faced prior convictions.
A Canberra business group applied to the Department of Interior for two blocks in the Beadle minor industrial area to establish a two phase market and eventually retail space on both city sides. The plan centers on fresh foods with emphasis on vegetables and fruit from Sydney and regional sources. If north side proposals succeed, markets could open quickly with space for local vendors and planned cooling facilities pending cost estimates.
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