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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 24, 1950
Page
2
Three members of the Spartak football team were taken to hospital after drinking alcohol on a Brockholm Melainkd aircraft en route from Helaink to BluLuiay. The incident occurred mid flight, witnesses report the players collapsed but later continued the journey.
Sydney Monday reports quote Minister for Land as saying Bakewell and Weight shifted positions on the federal wool tax plan. The article accuses Bakewell and Wright of backing the scheme while claiming it harms small woolgrowers. Renshaw criticizes loyalty over farmers’ interests amid concerns over funding and inflation.
Sydney reports show 14 051 sales at auction with 193d per bale average. Brokers note Japanese competition and a higher rate for better fleece while overall values drift.
The minister will decide within a week whether a public inquiry into Burrinjuck Dam tragedy will be held. The A W U demands inquiry as nine men died when a platform collapsed on the Dam works. Experts to confer with resident engineer KC Davey and report to Mr Weir. relatives seek relief.
A report from Kalgoorlie notes owners of a rich New Mexico mine in Ora Banda Gimlot, Boromint and party, netted £20,000 in gold over the past three months. Details mention 17% tons produced, mining operations, and government views on taxation and repayment framed by local authorities.
The association will begin a handicap competition next week due to problems in calculating prior results caused by nominations. A new Canberra Booth team has entered the league, joining rivals from the RMC and Forestry sections.
The Tax Protest League argues ready-made garments would be cheaper to import than rayon textile imports. Secretary H Staley and opponents say existing trade pacts keep rayon use at 84 million yards yearly, and a new tax could raise clothing costs by about £8 million, not justifiable even in hard times.
A woman Ivy Muriel Cogdon was committed for trial on murder charges after her 19 year old daughter Patricia Ruth Cogdon died with an axe at August 11. Cogdon claimed she acted to protect her daughter amid nightmares and visions of danger within a home. Three doctors testified at the Coroner's Court with the Coroner Mr Burke ordering £500 bail with private hospital supervision.
Mr W appeared by counsel before Mr Justice Simons in the Supreme Court on the first day of the term. George Lewis of Motel Civic alleged adultery by his wife Twy May Liwin of Sydney with Thamar McVeigh of Sydney. The couple married in 19 Mr Justice Simons granted a decree nisi returnable in months and ordered the respondent to pay costs.
Amid contradictory radio chatter in London the station says Messi Wind surpassed industrial output targets for early 1950 but several key ministries missed their quotas in the third quarter while overall quarterly growth was over three percent despite shortfalls.
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