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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 20, 1949
Page
3
The Busy Housewife describes the exhausting routine of housework and shopping that leads to neglect of self care and chronic constipation. It promotes Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills as beneficial, noting daily bowel activity is important and irregularity requires a dose to prevent discomfort and serious trouble.
Police searched Watsons Bay for Keith Mc Kensie Clowes, an ex naval man, then learned from his wife he may be alive in Melbourne. The war veteran has behaved unusually since discharge and a bottle and tablets were found near a 200 foot cliff edge.
Robert Charles Hammond, 15, labourer of Forrest, was committed for trial at the ACT Court after a magistrate found a prima facie case. A hostel resident testified she awoke to a hand on her body, Hammond seen in the hostel passage, and police later linked him to the incident.
The Cabinet, led by Minister Johnson, backed a shift toward government home purchases in the ACT. Officials said the policy would allow sales at current values via the Housing Commission, with minor objections remaining from authorities. The interior secretary and W McLaren noted continued monitoring of the plan and its impact on rental schemes.
State wool sale records were reported at Goulburn and Newcastle. A Ray White of Gunning described long, well coloured crossbred wool as a top lot, while A C Boggs of Goulburn sold high grade fleece with Russia and British buyers active. Newcastle saw a greasy merino price record of 87 4d, Japan leading purchases alongside Continental and British bidders. The top price of 81d was earned by K M H and E Arnot of Murrurundl for five bales.
Commonwealth Statistician Dr Wilson reports an 18 percent price rise across the six capital cities for the September quarter. Sydney leads regional gains with 1.9 percent, Melbourne 1.4, Brisbane 1.0, Adelaide 2.3, Perth 2.1 and Hobart 8. The weighted averages show New South Wales 1.9, Victoria 13, Queensland 1.9, South Australia 2.2, Western Australia 2.1 and Tasmania 1.0. In Griffith, police report Blackburn was arrested after a drunken disturbance with a bottle in Barralier Street.
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