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Chronicle (Levin), 5 September 1946, Page 2

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Two ex-servicemen are making sandals from old motor-tyres, andc'onsider ' that whep- finished • they will stand up to 5000. miles of walkihg. ' ' Over 400 ■ arrests were ■; ma.de in Slydnev, in seven days. Charges by. tiic .police .inclufle ©ifensive behav'iour, drunken and disorderly conduct and assault. More tlian ■ 29 motorista were- charged - with drunken .driving. Bagesnatching is a prevalent offence. Thousands of sheep are.perishing, while crows feed on the carcases. - Electoral authorities fear, that /:he namcs of dead men. may be used illegally at the Federal. elec-., ;ion.-i ,./■ Australia is . considered to be ikelv to become one of the fashion rentres of the world. - • • Five thousand war planes. costhig £12,000,000 • now rot on the 3.A.A.F. Staticn at Wagga. A "Tommy" of the Royal Tank Jorps has married int.o the rnilionaire Comtauld family, embracng £46.000,000. People oh'ering small businesses Tor sale have demanded up to '8000 for goodwill. Levying of saies tax on retail instead of wholesale prices would save the public £15,000.000 a year. states the cliairman of the Joint Committee for Tariff Revision. Australian troops in Japan were "forgotten men," states a returned serviceman from Japan. The racer, Bernborough's expected visit to the United States has aroused a good deal o'f curiosity about the "wonder horse."