Labour Council defers move for new technical college
The Canberra Trades and Labour Council defers plans for a permanent Canberra Technical College site until materials and time allow. No site chosen yet, several areas under consideration, with emphasis on temporary housing and service trainee accommodation. Delegations will discuss integrating the college with local education and housing needs amid ongoing war demands.
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Trades Lbour Council
Canberra
Technics College
Police hunt sadists after Corrimal attack on woman
Police search the South Coast for a sedan linked to a brutal assault on Mrs. Margaret Allen in Corrimal. She recalls being lured into the car by a young man asking for directions and being held by two others with threats and cigarette fire near Bellambi beach before regaining consciousness at Corrimal station. Her husband Jim Allen identified one man as called Bob.
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Bydney
Tueday
South Coast
Corrimal
Margaret Ajlen
Allen
Wilfred Breet
Deagan
Bellambi Beach
Cafe stalls strain as visitors fed beyond capacity
The southern dining centre ran out of food after a hectic rush on Monday. Kingston proprietors responded to wartime demands despite shortages. Secretary MF O Woodger praised local labor, noted acute female labour shortages, and warned influxes of 600 English immigrants and potential petrol releases could stretch cafeteria supplies further amid record tourist traffic.
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Sabine
Graraemmere
City
Chamber of Commerce
MF. O. Woodger
Kingston
Canberra
Nine Killed in NSW Road Week End Toll
The holiday week end traffic toll in New South Wales rose with nine fatalities on roads. Transport Minister O Sullivan blamed drivers who lost courtesy and urged stronger road safety measures. Legislation to grant ambulance drivers right of way was introduced, with officials noting it was observed during the weekend.
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Sydney
Miniater
O'Sullivan
New South Wales
Shunter Killed Lithgow Tuesday in Unclear Report
Fragmentary OCR noting a fatal incident involving a shunter and Lithgow with references to a warden and injuries. Details are obscured by garbled text but imply a railway accident or assault scenario investigated on site with injured persons and an engine.
Pink Tomatoes Held Unfit to Eat
A report from the Department of Agriculture states many pink tomatoes offer no food value. Growers in Queensland and the North Coast ship immature produce to cash in on high prices, with hundreds condemned for immaturity. The Potato Controller announces seventy three thousand sacks of potatoes will be released to the trade to relieve the shortage.
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Queensland
North Cosat
Commonwes
Mr. Foster
Locomotive Passes Oil Burning Test Across Mountains
The oil burning locomotive reached Lithgow today. In charge of inspector Bayles the tender carries 2,400 hogs of crude oil and can travel Sydney to Lithgow and back without refueling, replacing coal for the trip across the Blue Mountains.
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Lithgow
Tosunday
Blue Mountains
Spector Bayles
Sydney
That miserable minority in Australian politics
Nearly 500000 additional electors voted this time versus 1943, yet Communist candidates lost further votes than three years ago. The Labour campaign, while denouncing Communists, is praised by the public as a whole. It condemns Communist influence in unions and on the waterfront, argues Labour represents steady progress, and calls for keeping Communists out of the Labour movement to protect export trades and employment. Authorised by T. G. Dole, Cargos Pty, Ltd., 84 Oxford Street, Sydney.
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Australia
Netherland East
Commonwealth
Netherlands
Ching Land
Malaya
Labour
Labour Party
Chifley
Minkex
Rentanf
Tull
T. G. Dole
Cargos Pty, Ltd
Oxford Treet
Sydney
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Colgate
Breater
Labour Council
Canberra Trades and Labour Council
Shunter
A. Nounter
Ana
Fereson
Apertor
Suich
New South Watra
Waugh & Josephson Pty
United Unwin
St. Peter's
Melbourne St
South Brisbane
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