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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 29, 1946
Page
3
Local reports indicate Crokerice project progress with a Bel Bn venue nearing completion. Officials expect final work and inspections soon as crews finalize structural tasks and public amenities.
ACT advisory council debates trunk road from Bateman's Bay to Canberra and a Tumut to Canberra link. They consider hospital staffing and ward closures at the Community Hospital, noting obstetric capacity strain and nurse pay issues. Debates touch on Prime Minister’s Lodge and liquor poll timing, Cotter toilets, and potential upstairs restaurant use of council chambers.
Lilian Gardiner, 80, appeared in Central Court charged with malicious wounding of her husband Dea jeard Gardiner, 48, an invalid pensioner, in their Ashbury home Saturday night. He is in critical condition. Gardiner was remanded to November 4. The court debated handling the case as a matter of local concern.
Melbourne notes show MDGE protests over time wasted in the 40 hour week case. The honorary secretary expresses limited fret in Cusregard while hoping for more support, citing Archinal on industry’s postwar leather production and manufacturing costs.
Classifieds show a married couple seeking a furnished or unfurnished flat or rooms with rent in advance. Another note requests furnished or unfurnished house, half a home or flat. Contact details appear as phone extensions and a Timex Office reference. Election of officers nominations listed for a local studio.
Commonwealth Surveyor General Ar F M Johnston told the Advisory Council that 22 houses were completed in Canberra in the latest quarter ending September 30, up from 12 in the previous three months. Total housing use reached 2,139 in Canberra, with 3,008 occupied by Commonwealth staff and 339 by non government workers. Temporary houses occupied by Commonwealth employees rose, and 53 new terraces were granted to public housing and Commonwealth employees. Privately owned houses under housing loan numbered 246, down from 268. There were 188 houses under construction, up from 278 in the prior quarter, with nine started by dry labour. Plans submitted totaled 207, up from 67. Tenders were called for 400 houses including concrete houses and 206 low-cost dwellings.
Two special planes will depart Melacerne and Sydney tomorrow to transport Dayora to the final stage in Darwin from October 31 to prember Beardew 200 motor ventotea. The sale and machine details remain unclear in the report.
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