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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 12, 1946
Page
2
Canberra officials say ambulance and wire brigade staff will drop from 112 to 84 hours weekly as Permittion is granted to raise staff by eight. The scheme faces accommodation limits delaying relief from long shifts despite 1303 ambulance calls in August with 145 accidents and 16 000 miles covered.
A Canberra troop reports a one day camp at Mt. Keira Wollongong with fine weather and a full programme including poouling serivities. They visited Port Kembla steelworks and Keira colliery. J. Cuthbertson won the individual points. P. J. Barnard and J. Cuthbertson won the cooking contest. Peter Barnard elected Troop Leader for the year.
Meetings restart Tuesday at 6 15 pm in Forrest Scout Hall with notes for the China clothing appeal. Donations may be brought to the next meeting at 30 Bougainville Street and at Daly's Acton home later.
At Canberra Technical College Navy trainees construct a garage and huts as part of a training scheme. Fourteen bricklaying trainees have finished the garage and may move to cottage work soon. Plumbing trainees near completion, expected to start out-site work in about six weeks. Principal Mr Dunbar says courses are progressing satisfactorily.
Three wal treemen received criminal notices on Monday and decided to strike while other staff who backed them returned to work on advice from J Nedwell secretary of the Allied Liquor Trades Union. Notices expire tonight. If not withdrawn, the women would refuse to work. On Monday night 61 at Gorman House signed a petition backing management. The department of interior was asked to settle and the case will go to the Appeals Board. Until then the three workers may remain employed.
Ninety one residents of Gorman House sign a letter to the Department of Interior praising the staff while criticizing management and calling for better conditions. They defend the current staff and offer to speak personally if a meeting is arranged.
The Disposals Commission proposed dumping machine gun parts valued at £160,000 to prevent assembly into complete guns. General Manager Davies announced that MRILA steel valued at £110,000 had been held. since taking office in September 1944 the Commission has held goods worth £57,000,000.
Melbourne dispatch reports a Javanese widier lynched at a Dutch military camp in Casino district. Corporal Mond found hanging in a barbed wire compound housing 800 AMF personnel awaiting mutiny sentences. A soldier stabbed in Queensland. national quiz championship questions unsettled due to unrest.
A secret ballot among New South Wales miners will decide if they work one hour shifts every Saturday until Christmas. Balloting will occur on Thursday September 10 across three coalfields with each district retaining autonomy to reach its decision. Results are expected soon after the ballot.
In Sydney 420 engineers walked out at the de Havilland aircraft plant in Bankstown this morning protesting alleged reductions in shifts and pay. The strike ended after about an hour with workers returning to the factory, officials say.
Funeral advertisements declare promptness dignity and personal attention. Canberra Funeral Directors outline services including day night arrangements and contact options for arrangements and rings.
An advertisement promises a menopause treatment labeled Bulibentrone caymulen as guaranteed for all mid life disturbances. It touts a 30 day course priced at 71 shillings and offers post free delivery from Ceverdish Laboratories Carnaiay Ltd at Bourkeat, bourse.
The Royal Commission on Soldiers Retirement recommends settling ex soldiers on sugar lands in Queensland. It finds no new mills should be built and urges priority for ex servicemen to buy farms, proposing up to 18 000 acres of land to house 344 to 400 ex servicemen, boosting annual sugar output from 737 000 to 789 000 tons.
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