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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 29, 1947
Page
3
Fragmented text notes a minister speaking about tender board processes and written applications. Mentions Goomse Goulburn and Kosciusko Park with plans to prevent repeats. Snow disruptions and assembly session timing are referenced but details are unclear.
Sydney reports the Minister for Ith, Mr Kelly, urged funding to extend hospital care as excessive stays strain the system. He noted the Commonwealth Government was asked for support and advocated expanding the Bothurat cottage scheme for aged care while blaming doctors for lengthy hospital stays.
Bribbane reports the Australian record price for 38 bales of wool from the Queensland Pastoral Co at Winton during today's sales. Greasy wool fetched modest prices while combing and crossbred types led the Melbourne second day wool sale with top quotes around 60 for eight bales from Pulpona Harrow.
A father and his three daughters watched as a 10 month old baby girl burned to death in a fire at a post office store near Cos Harbour. The father had saved the other children, Lindsay tried to fight the blaze and rescue the infant, but a second explosion followed.
In Adelaide a drawn match saw Mung and Tmais call by BP Mind Ms Sore as Tim Haroen wore Mankad scoring 116 not out and Amarnath 4 not out. South Australia's innings featured Piastardimauest taming and Wie huus with the over, leaving Australia saved from defeat as 00 not out and Delll 23 not out steadied.
South Australia declared at 400 in first innings reach 451 in India second innings with Hathare and Amarnath notable. Noblett and O Neill shared wickets as India batsmen like Hazare and Gul Mahames fell to Noblett. Sundries tally five for the innings.
In Brisbane the Queensland side defeated New South Wales by two wickets in a Shield match. With only half an hour left, Mew was dismissed after 11 minutes to seal the win. New South Wales were 386 overnight and fell to 270 in seven for 270 in their innings declared, with Toshach taking 2/40 and Johnston 3/33 assisting.
In a discussion labeled by a Labour member Mr Tonge as long ago, debate referenced a Government re introduction of fogging following a past outbreak. The notes mention Pest and an outbreak associated with Wich as Sor Serra, with emphasis on timing and view of reintroducing fogging.
Unclear readable lines indicate committees to meet in Jakarta tomorrow with local engagement noted. no concrete dates or participants clearly identifiable from noisy OCR.
The State Industrial Court ordered Queensland employers to implement a 40 hour five day work week affecting about 4,000 workers in refining veneer mining and related trades. Justice Matthews issued the order, impacting public and community forestry sectors. The document references Southbound services and local establishments in Brisbane.
The Chamber of Cammperes orders all shops to close tomorrow as a public protest against banking policies. Organizers urge locals to join the display of discontent in city streets.
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