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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 17, 1946
Page
2
ACT executive lta lta notes enormous attendance but no proper facilities for crowds at the tournament. Crowded sidelines hinder players and viewing areas have caused chairs and space shortages. Proposals include extending seating on the Manuka side and adding a passageway between courts to improve spectator access and safety.
Canberra veterans on leave from combat zones now qualify for a free return rail journey to any New South Wales station. The concession, long sought by the ACT Repatriation Committee, applies to ex servicemen who enlisted from Canberra and are on leave prior to discharge. The decision follows a letter from the minister and aligns ACT benefits with NSW travel concessions for returned servicemen.
The night tennis season for Can berra will commence on Bri at 96 Pay courts, Stank. Exhibition matches have been arranged including Mrs. Thompson Mrs. Hower Messrs A Crawley KC Taylor FE Bennett X Carnally Pryor and one to be reelected.
A Sydney letter argues the Dutch ship ban persists affecting imports to the Netherlands Indies and Australia. It blames Communist tactics in the Waterside Workers Union for twelve months of halted cargoes and calls for urgent union action to restore NEI trade and national employment.
In Sydney an office shortage strains accommodation as Minister of the Interior Yancy plans Friday talks with Mr. Weethoven and Mr. Westhoven to seek relief measures. The government faces a tightening cap on staff and ongoing accommodation issues amid forecasts of continued demand.
A Cabinet issue will consider letting wives of Australian servicemen travel to Japan. By mid July about 200 applications had been made by army and air force personnel for their wives to accompany them, with talks also touching on sending Australian women canteen workers to Japan.
Garvie declared in Thirroul on August 39 that he committed the murder. Walter Maitland Sellick testified Garvie was with him on August 7 near the Thirroul railway. Garvie was remanded until December 12.
An infant named Paul Andrew Witte Barmala two years old was found alive two days after going missing in freezing conditions about 1 1/2 miles from his parents home near Burrage Vernon. Over 120 police and residents searched the rugged country. the child endured a two day ordeal but shows no serious injuries.
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