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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 08, 1947
Page
3
Unclear OCR fragment hints at district football history
The readable text mentions football, a district meeting, and references to a rare early quarter century period. It notes aims to recover tradition after war and mentions Torr Park and a club organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telater
Amiods
Torr Park
Twinta
Fragmentary court note on a man and a three year term
A partial court entry mentions a man and a three year term. The text is garbled with missing words and unclear references, making details and identities hard to confirm from the readable fragments.
Labor shortage hits rubber plantations in New Guinea
Sydney reports Tuesday that many rubber plantations in New Guinea cannot be worked due to a labour shortage. Mr Al Johnston, arriving from Port Moresby, says the shipping position is serious, with indentured native labour needed inland. Plantations require about 60 percent more labour to meet demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
New
Guined
Camnot Br
Seid
AL. Jonnson
P Ruber Pleas
Port Moresby
Sr Setaaion
Ila
Postmaster General Reports Veteran Hiring Boost
The Postmaster General announced in Parliament that over 12 months 10,000 new employees were added and about 8,000 were ex servicemen. He noted 93,820 men were installed in 1946/47, a postwar employment peak, with no known noncompliance cases cited and discussions on tighter enforcement of preference provisions underway.
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Benator Cameron
Natalie Benator Cameron
Dedman
Yenter
War crime claim over ship Coptic damages case
Adelaide High Court session before Justice Dizon heard Shaw Savill and Albion Co sue for 130000 damages after the motor ship Coptic was struck off the New South Wales coast in 1940. The hearing spanned years with mixed rulings, then later set aside by the High Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Muffled Punctuation Text About Railways and Power
Fragmentary report discusses railway topics and a new power generation method. It mentions American and European contexts and references electric motive power experiments using pulverised coal.
Manager on Charge of False Pretences in Sydney
Vitor Heltharsay Wain, 33, a company manager, was remanded in Central Court today after being charged with false pretences. Police said Wain, manager of Mutual Sales Pty Ltd, received a cheque for 500 pounds from Charles Ehwint in a deal to buy a van through an Erwin disposal sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Vitor Heltharsay Wain
Pany
Wain
Yene
Mutual Sales Pty, Ltd
Charles Ehwint
Erwin
Hotels Ordered to Provide Meals in Sydney and Country
About 26 hotels in Sydney and surrounding districts are to face police action over alleged failures to provide meals and accommodation. Officials have instructed enforcement to verify compliance with license conditions and ensure guest provisions meet requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
YMCA Board to Decide on Montel at Anton Closure
A YMCA board meeting is called to decide whether to discontinue Montel at Anton service. The YMCA plans to let another organization take over the community drill hat facility pending formal action. The notice notes the urgency and mentions planned transfer of use information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ym.c.a. Board of
Anton
YMCA
Mantis
Special Lottery Results From Sydney Draw
The Tuesday draw lists first prize number 49208 tied to Dreamer Syndicate with Edna Keeling of 17 Clarence Street Sydney as a listed winner. Second prize matches number 49236 Lucky Right Syndicate Edna Keeling. Third prize 1142 from Rank Beate with Mina M Hatcher of Rosebank Street Kinga Crom. Fourth prize 20832 from Lucky Strike Syndicate with Johnat and Myacif Syndicates noted.
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State Lottery
Sydney
Tues
Wae Tauay
Dreamer Syndicate
Adwarda
Junction Street
Woollahra
Lucky Right
Mins
Edna Keeling
Clarence Street
Rank’ Synbeate
Mina M. Hatcher
Rosebank Street
Kinga Crom
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