Future ACT Hire Purchase Amendments Expand Disclosure
The Advisory Council approved amendments to the Hire Purchase Ordinance requiring full disclosure of all fees charges and premiums in future ACT hire purchase agreements. The memorandum says the aim is to ensure buyers know the total amount payable including insurance costs and delivery expenses. Officials note the changes align ACT law with New South Wales practice and strengthen purchaser protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.C.T. H.P
A.C.T
ACT
Advisory Council
Under
W. I. Lind
W. J. Campbell
New South Wales
Campbell
Risk to Children at Rifle Range
Canberra police urged parents to warn children against walking across the rifle range on the eastern side of Mt. Ainslie. They cited recent complaints during holidays about children at the range causing concern to markmen. Bullets could ricochet from rocks even if not in the direct line of fire.
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Canberra
Mt. Ainslie
Soccer Match Aids Koomarri Building Fund
A cheque for £37 was presented to the ACT Handicapped Children's Association at a social evening in the Sergeants Mess Royal Military College at Duntroon. Proceeds from a RM C and ACT Police match funded the gift, handed to President H P Hancock by Regimental Sgt Major Peter Steer. A jumble sale at Ainslie Hall raised £19, with a games night at the home of Mr and Mrs H P Hancock adding £7. Art union tickets for the Koomarri House Building Appeal will be sold at Civic Centre each Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.C.T. Handicapped Children's Aa
Association
H. P. Hancock
Hancock
Art Union
Koomarri House
Civic Centre
Polio Outbreak in Fiji Reported
Fiji reports an outbreak with two deaths including Ian Macgregor a Suva lawyer among mainly children under five. Most cases occur in young children as health workers track the spread.
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Fiji
Suva
A.p.reuter
Basua
Ian Macgregor
Oman
Assembly
Cairo
A.a.p.reuter
Arab League
Arab Nations
Britain
United Nations General Assembly
Muscat
Imam
Germany
Moscow
A.a.p.-Reuter
Russia
Middle East
Tass
U.S
West Germany
New Guinea
Papua-New Guinea
Australia
L. A. Rose
Rose
Northern Territory
Territories
Hasluck
East Germany
Leipzig
United Press
U.K
Polndon
P.reuter
Bopwverland
Blyth
Ritain
Home Office
Investigation Of Cheap Housing Sought In Canberra
The A C T Advisory Council decided to thoroughly investigate the possibility of introducing low-cost housing in Canberra. Speaker Mr P D Day urged realism, noting many residents needed affordable homes while warning against a rush to mass cheap housing. Concerns about maintaining standards and prefabricated housing examples at Narrabundah were raised, with calls to balance cost with quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.C.T. Advisory Council
Canberra
Thoronchly
P. D. Day
Australia
Peach
Causeway
Westlake
Narrabundah
Campbell
Day
Maunder
Development Commission
A. C. Morris
Mary Stevenson
No Progress In Talks On Mine Dismissals
Sydney report on a Joint Coal Board conference with colliery owners and Miners Federation reps failing to advance cure discussions. A special conference is set for next Wednesday to address dismissals on northern coalfields amid pessimism from Mr Parkinson about any immediate remedy.
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Sydney
Joint Coal Board, Colliery Proprietors and
Miners’ Federation
Atment
Spooner
N.S.W
Simpson
Poi Naagges A. Se
W. Parkinson
Booth
Cahill
Joy
Aberdare
Abermain No. 2
Parkinson
Vehicles Missing Since Weekend in Canberra
Two vehicles reported missing in Canberra over the weekend had not been recovered by last night. A 1954 Armstrong Siddeley car, registration 14697, owned by Mrs Patricia Morrisby of Barker lpeneste Griffith, was taken from Franklin Street Manuka before 8 15 p m on Saturday, containing a tape recorder and two wireless sets. A maroon AIS motorcycle, number 2562, owned by Reinhold Renner of Capital Hill Hostel, was taken from the hostel between 7 p m Sunday and 7 a m yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Armstrong Siddeley
Patricia Morrisby
Barker Lpeneste Griffith
Franklin Street
Manuka
Reinhold Renner
Capital Hill
Heavy Burden Of Ship Delays
Sydney based Union Steamship Company has lost about £155,000 due to ship delays, the Senate Select Committee heard. Seven ships were held 300 days at ~£500 daily, starting after a Kumalla voyage with a non Australian crew. Wag delay was 98 days in Melbourne. Six other ships also delayed. Indemnity payments to unions total about £50,000.
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Sydney
Union Steamship Company
Senate Select Committee
William ©. Hancock
Kumalla
England
Melbourne
Hancock
Australia
18 More Homes For Campbell
The Department of Works announced on behalf of the National Capital Development Commission that additional housing and engineering contracts are let in Canberra. McAppion Bros. won a contract to erect and complete 18 houses at Campbell sections 32 33 and 35 with delivery in 30 weeks. The project raises Campbell housing to 273 units with 29 already completed. Canberra Constructors Pty Ltd received two engineering contracts including Lyneham Dixon Ainslie stormwater channel works valued at £20 700 to finish in 26 weeks and realigning a Sullivan's Creek branch opposite Pedder Street O Connor at £7 000 to be completed in 13 weeks.
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Department of Works
National Capital Development Commission
Canberra
McAppion Bros
Campbell
Department of the Interior
Canberra Constructors Pty. Ltd
Lyneham-Dickson-Ainslie
Sullivan's Creek
Pedder Street
O'Connor
Agricultural Fellow A F Bell Dies Before Award Notified
An Australian agricultural expert and former Queensland Under Secretary to the Department of Stock and Agriculture, A F Bell, was elected a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science last March but died before the official announcement yesterday. Bell was among nine new Fellows. others include Dr A R Callaghan, Dr A E Cornish, J G Crawford, J G Davies, J A Prescott, Sir Ian Clunies Ross, E J Underwood, and Sir Samuel Wadham. The Federal president stated Fellows are recognized for outstanding contributions to agricultural science, noting Bell’s election was in process when he died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Bell
Australian Institute of Agricultural
Council of the
Institute
Bell
Department of Stock and Agriculture
Queensland
A. R. Callaghan
South Australia
A. E. Cornish
Mathematical Statistics
R.D
J. G. Crawford
Department of Trade
J. G. Davies
Plant Industry
C.s.lr.d
J. A. Prescott
Waite Agriculture Research Institute
Ian Clunies Ross
C.S.I.R
E J. Underwood
University of W.A
Samuel Wadham
Melbourne University
R. Moore
Firs
Fellow
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Koomarri
Tharna Road
Alec Paniatovsky
Marsha
Antonia Bostyanere
Sky Street
Queanbeyan
Casa Maria
B. Morrison
J. H. Pead
Commonwealth Trading Bank
Australia and New Zealand Bank Limited
Bank of New South Wales
Commes' Banking Company of Sydney Limited
Stock
Sydney Water Board
Underitsen
Breest L. Davis & Co
Sydney Stock Exchange
5. M. Clack & Co
Newcastle Stock Exchange
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