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IN BRIEF
Beer, beverages and food costs up
MELBOURNE, Wednesday. - The price of beer, beverages, food
and other items is expected to rise following the granting of a price rise
to; the packaging and can making firm Containers Ltd.
The rise of 2.119 per cent
was approved by the Prices
Justification Tribunal "today,
and was the amount sought
by the company.
Sources at the tribunal said
it was the first time a com
pany had been granted the
full rise it sought after a
public inquiry.
The tribunal said the in
crease should not apply until
November 25.
It said the increase sought
by the company was justified.
"The company has to
meet active and intense com
petition, and this factor
alone ensures that price in
crcascs are kept to a mini
mum, and that reasonable
efforts are made to operate
efficiently and secure produc
tivity gains where possible",
the tribunal said.
The poods covered by the
rise include beer, beverage,
general line and open - top
cans, rigid plastic, paper and
fibre packaging products and
flexible packaging products.
Courts
PORT MORESBY, Wed
nesday (AAP). - A crisis
conference on tribal lawless
ness in Papua New Guinea's
primitive highlands today
proposed on-the-spot courts
at the scene of bloody clan
lights in which 14 have died
so far this month.
Damage
Children were blamed for
an estimated S350 damage to
two greens at the Canberra
North Bowling Club, Mc
Caughcy Street, Turner, u.
Tuesday night, caused h\
riding bicycles over them,
Sergeant Peter O'Boyle of
the ACT Police said yester
day.
PNG pilots
MELBOURNE, Wednes
day. - The five pilots of
Papua New Guinea's air
force got their wings today
when they graduated in a
ceremony at the Hast Sale
RAAF base.
Housing
Government houses and
flats were being offered yes
terday to people who applied
on the following dales: four
bedroom house, August 21,
1972; three-bedroom house,
September 1, 1971; two-bed
room flat, May 1, 1972;
one-bedroom flat, Septem
ber -6. 1968; bedsitter,
March 2S, 1974.
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